Henny Portman

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In the book Agile transformation – Structures, processes and mindsets for the digital age , the author Neil Perkin shows how to transform an organization to a new type of business for a new age and to become fit for purpose for both the present and the future. QRC agile transformation Download. Conclusion.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

I’ve read, I’m guessing, over 150 management books in my career, and you can read my book reviews if you want to trawl through the archives. Books that cover ways of working, technical project management, leadership , power skills, soft skills for the workplace, business acumen and also strategic and business management topics count.

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PMI Certification Sustainability Technical Review 341

Scrum.org

JUNE 15, 2020

TL; DR: Remote Agile Transitions. Since the pandemic has forced many of us to work remotely, this unique capability has been kicked into overdrive regarding remote agile transitions. Here are my top-10 challenges of organizational change that remote Agile has made more urgent to address than ever before. ??

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Agile Technical Review SCRUM Software Review 169

The IIL Blog

MAY 8, 2024

Download and print the log sheet from the internet. on the site below and submit an approval request to the reviewer. Peter Drucker defined the roles of CEOs and middle managers as follows: Leadership is doing the right things. Create a container by deciding where and how to hide it. Management is doing things right.

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2024 Technical Review Leadership 2020 88

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

TL; DR: How to Make Agile Work in Fast-Growing Startups. For years, I worked in several Berlin-based, fast-growing startups in my capacity as Scrum Master, agile coach, and Product Owner. These are my lessons learned on making ‘agile’ — including Scrum as a framework — work in a fast-growing startup. Participation is free.).

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

TL; DR: The Illusion of Velocity In this article, I explore the pitfalls of ‘The Illusion of Velocity’ in agile contexts, peeling back the layers of traditional metrics as leadership tools. Moreover, I point to the advantages gained from leadership engaging directly with teams. Collins, T., Silverman, D., & Fussell, C.

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Leadership Underperforming Technical Team 2007 Agile 164

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

The project kickoff meeting begins with introductions, reviewing the client’s background and talking about the scope of the project. The project status report meeting is when team members provide data that the project manager uses to review where the project is over a specific period of time. Project Review Meeting.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 6, 2022

Learn how individual incentives and outdated organizational structures — fostering personal agendas and local optimization efforts — manifest themselves in Scrum stakeholder anti-patterns that easily impede any agile transformation to a product-led organization. ???? Update : Join the poll and its lively discussion on LinkedIn. ??

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SCRUM Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Agile 198

Scrum.org

AUGUST 13, 2023

TL; DR: Adherence to Legacy Systems, Processes, and Practices Administrative overreach and micromanagement in Scrum mainly arise from clinging to legacy systems and traditional (management) practices, leading to rigidity and misapplication of Agile principles. A push to revert to non-Agile practices in emergencies.

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Planio

AUGUST 1, 2022

For most development teams and startups, ‘becoming Agile’ starts and ends with how you build software. But a full Agile transformation isn’t just about the development process you use — it’s a way to bring creativity, innovation, and lean operations to every aspect of your business. Jump to a section: What is an Agile transformation?

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Agile Technical Review Leadership Infrastructure 78

Scrum.org

JANUARY 23, 2023

While I find ChatGPT a fascinating technology, I want it to fail in this interview challenge. ? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 36,000-plus other subscribers. ? ? ?? These should allow an interviewer to dive deep into a candidate’s understanding of Scrum and their agile mindset.

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2023 SCRUM Technical Review ChatGPT 161

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Education PDUs are those earned from formal and informal learning across the three areas of the PMI Talent Triangle: Technical, Leadership and Strategic and Business Management skills. Download the CCR Handbook from the PMI website for a complete step-by-step breakdown of what you need for your particular circumstances.

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2020 PMI Certification Technical Review 350

Scrum.org

MARCH 11, 2024

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 42,000-plus subscribers. ? Every activity required to achieve the Product Goal, such as Sprint Planning, Daily Scrums, Sprint Review, and Sprint Retrospective, occurs within Sprints. Technically, it is the prerogative of the Product Owner to cancel Sprints.

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Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review SCRUM 160

Leading Answers

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The issue seems associated with the large file size due to all the illustrations. A couple of people have reported “not available in this region” messages and I am working with Amazon to fix these. It should be available soon, I appreciate your patience. People have also requested a physical version.

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Technical Review Agile Certification PMI 88

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2019

It’s a lot to read, so here are some spoilers drawn from common themes I heard time and time again in the interviews: Agile – if you don’t know enough about it, you need to start learning. Leadership – ethical, authentic leadership is what helps get work done and set you apart from your peers. Find her on Twitter. John Estrella.

2019 290

2019 Technical Review PMO Consulting 290

Planio

JULY 4, 2022

Agile ceremonies are the fuel that keeps your development team moving forward. But what if you’re not entirely comfortable managing and running Agile ceremonies? Agile ceremonies get abandoned when teams stop seeing the value in them. But often, the real issue is that they’re missing a key ingredient: leadership.

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Agile Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review 88

Scrum.org

JANUARY 4, 2021

So far, this Product Owner interview guide has been downloaded more than 7,500 times. . ?? You can sign up here for our weekly ‘Food of Agile Thought newsletter’ and join 29k other subscribers. ?? Join us on February 3, 2021: Hands-on Agile #29: Scrum Guide 2020 — Reloaded. See also part one of this three-part series. ).

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SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Agile 225

Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

If you are looking to fill a position for a Scrum Master (or agile coach) in your organization, you may find the following 47 Scrum Master interview questions useful to identify the right candidate. Then sign up for the Food for Agile Thought newsletter and join 26k other subscribers. Question 02: Success Factors of “Agile”.

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Henny Portman

OCTOBER 26, 2019

These exponential organizations are able to show an exponential growth curve due to the integral application of communities, big data, smart algorithms and new, innovative technologies. However, this exponential doubling is much more common, but predicting a technology when it doubles is always dangerous. Conclusion.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

On the one side, they address typical Scrum events such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and the Sprint Retrospective. November 19, 2020 : If you use Scrum then join the free Hands-on Agile meetup—it will be worth your time ! The role of a Scrum Master is primarily one of servant leadership and coaching.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 3, 2021

You need to know how to break down your work to be forced by technology or business processes to deliver anything more than the minimum. . Yet something in agile seems to be missing: the MVP is devilishly elusive because leadership sets due dates and staffing, but flexing scope is nearly impossible. Finishing Statements.

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Software Review Technical Review SCRUM Risk Management 218

Henny Portman

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Ard-Pieter de Man, Pieter Koene and Martijn Ars wrote the book How to survive the organizational revolution – A guide to agile contemporary operating models, platforms and ecosystems. The existence of highly educated workforce and the integration of technologies. It scales agile by using autonomous multifunctional teams (squads).

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Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Governance 82

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Like a job ad for a Scrum Master position, the equivalent for the Product Owner position also reveals excellent insight into an organization’s progress on becoming agile. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 30,000-plus other subscribers. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Technical Review 2020 Development Team Review SCRUM 205

Techno-PM

AUGUST 9, 2022

Agile transformation may be simple for smaller businesses since having everyone in the same room and developing a shared understanding is all that is required. What Is Agile Transformation? The process of transforming a whole organisation to a flexible, reactive approach based on agile principles is known as agile transformation.

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

When I first learned about Agile methods in 2002, the principles seemed to offer an ideal solution to many organizational issues common at the time. It’s time now to move forward to the next level of proficiency in software delivery; what we might call “post-Agile.” Stable Team. Dedicated Team. Team Spaces.

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Agile Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Technical Review 110

Scrum.org

JANUARY 4, 2021

So far, this Product Owner interview guide has been downloaded more than 7,500 times. ?? You can sign up here for our weekly ‘Food of Agile Thought newsletter’ and join 29k other subscribers. ?? Join us on February 3, 2021: Hands-on Agile #29: Scrum Guide 2020 — Reloaded.

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SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Agile 172

Scrum.org

JANUARY 18, 2022

So far, this Product Owner interview guide has been downloaded more than 10,000 times. ?? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 34,000-plus subscribers. ?? Download the 82 Product Owner Interview Questions Ebook. Product Ownership is a leadership position in the first place.

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Planview

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

Consider these changes faced by PMOs in recent years: The call to infuse agility and become a modern PMO. In short, it’s because the nature of business and the technologies that support the market are constantly transforming. It’s true for all disciplines and describes the project portfolio management (PPM) market for several reasons.

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2025 2023 Technical Review PMO 78

Henny Portman

JANUARY 19, 2021

In a variety of contexts this environment can be summarized by the acronym BRIGHT (blur, risky, interconnected, global, hi-tech, timely). On their website ( [link] ) you can download the FLEKS Model Guide and the FLEKS Canvas. For the latest updated version of my Bird’s eye view on the agile forest article see: [link].

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Technical Review Agile Leadership Defining 85

Scrum.org

APRIL 18, 2022

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 35,000-plus subscribers. ?? The keystone of the definition of the Scrum Master role is the leadership aspect. Too bad, it is no longer called “servant leadership;” I found that description to be better suited.) The Scrum Master as Agile Manager.

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Agilemania

JANUARY 19, 2022

If you aspire to become an Agile Coach and then need to lead the SAFe implementation in your organization, becoming a SAFe Program Consultant is the right choice. Gather the Study Content: The first step is to go to the Scaled Agile Community website and download the workbook from the Learn > My Learning section.

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Certification Lean Technical Review Consulting 98

Planio

MARCH 25, 2024

Whether it’s articles on insightful topics or thought leadership opinion pieces, content is a great way to offer value to customers while subtly promoting your products and services. Customer reviews & testimonials. They know their app will help those who are tech-savvy and need to optimize their time to hit tight deadlines.

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2024 Influencer Technical Review Software Review 158

Scrum.org

MARCH 2, 2020

Learn how individual incentives and outdated organizational structures — fostering personal agendas and local optimization efforts — manifest themselves in Scrum stakeholder anti-patterns which easily can impede any agile transition. The early majority of organizations are already adopting BDD/DDD or Pragmatic Agility.).

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PM Basics

JULY 1, 2020

But you don’t have a relevant degree, experience, or technical background…. Featured Download : Getting ready to become an IT Project Manager? Get my Action Plan “How to become an IT Project Manager in 3 to 6 months” It will provide you a proven roadmap to the desired leadership role. Yes, it is. Table of Content.

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Software Review Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Leadership 98

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2020

If you are looking to fill a position for a Scrum Master (or agile coach) in your organization, you may find the following 47 interview questions useful to identify the right candidate. So far, this Scrum Master interview guide has been downloaded more than 17,000 times. There are no leadership roles in the Development Team.

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SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Development Team Review 161

PM Basics

MAY 16, 2022

But you don’t have a relevant degree, experience, or technical background…. Gain any leadership experience. Develop technical proficiency. Learn agile methodologies. Technical Skills of an IT Project Manager. How to Become a Software Project Manager Without Experience, Degree, or Technical Background.

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Software Review Technical Review Software Leadership 59

Henny Portman

MARCH 23, 2020

In this third edition of AGILE NXT — a magazine designed by Xebia’s thought leaders and experts to inspire and inform you, offers 15 new insights: The Ultimate Model for Managing Performance in Agile Environments (Daniel Burm). Stop Focusing on Agile & Start Adding Real Value (Kevin Bakker). Need Business Agility?

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