Leading Answers

DECEMBER 21, 2017

My first opportunity to create and run a large agile team did not start well. Having had good successes with small to medium sized agile teams I was keen to unleash the benefits on a bigger scale. I was working for IBM at the time and was able to persuade my account manager to pitch the approach on one of our government projects.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

Knowing how to manage projects effectively in a digital setting ensures that your organization stays agile, competitive, and capable of meeting its strategic goals. A traditional project manager should look into incorporating agile practices and hybrid, digital transformation approaches to project management.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Agile A flexible and dynamic approach to project management that allows for iterative updates during defined time blocks, which allows for incremental value. Agile Manifesto The fundamental document that outlines the values and principles of Agile project management. Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g.,

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Planview

JANUARY 19, 2023

The PMO determines how strategy gets put into action and turned into execution and delivery. This greatly influences the plan’s execution and determines to what degree targeted outcomes can be achieved. The key ingredient in all this planning is that the quality of inputs needs to be as accurate and up-to-date as possible.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

Mike Cottmeyer was recently a guest on the Agile to Agility podcast with Miljan Bajic where he discussed Transformation, Business Architecture, and Scaling. Agile to Agility Website. So, I’m the CEO of a company called Leading Agile, started about 11 years ago, I’m based in Atlanta, Georgia. Listen now.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JANUARY 30, 2020

The percentage of projects using agile or hybrid practices exceeds the number of traditional projects , according to the Project Management Institute. Agile is moving beyond technology and is now widely used in financial services, government, and professional services companies. Agile is a mindset and way of working.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 20, 2024

This customization process involves a modification of methodologies and governance structures, transforming project management into a strategic asset as dynamic as the projects it aims to guide. Tailoring prevents teams from being overwhelmed by irrelevant procedures or documentation, fostering a more agile and responsive environment.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

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. In 2018, it might seem like we could let our increasingly agile, multi-disciplinary, and highly collaborative teams just get on with it.

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The Lazy Project Manager

MARCH 2, 2020

It is a collaborative community with six of the brightest minds in Project Management leading discussions and sharing ideas to help you solve your challenges, increase your influence and accelerate your career! His books include the Agile Almanac trilogy and, most recently, Enterprise Agility in Healthcare. Who are the Faculty?

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Governance: Personen, die ein Interesse daran haben, wie das Produkt verwaltet wird. Zum Beispiel Vorstände, PMO, Auditoren oder Behörden. Influencer: Personengruppen, die den Einfluss haben die strategische Ausrichtung des Produkt zu ändern. Sie ziehen einen direkten Nutzen aus der Verwendung des Produkts.

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SCRUM PMO Governance Government 153

International Institute for Learning

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Benchmarking is an excellent method to capture external best practices, possibly by using the project management office (PMO) or other internal organizations as the lead for external benchmarking activities. Identification of governance and leadership effectiveness. The steps can range from four to ten steps.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 27, 2020

grow the influence of individual practitioners! He started his career as a project manager in 1997 and worked his way up through program manager and PMO manager to eventually head up large project departments in the private sector and government in the UK, New Zealand and Australia. John is the Agile guru on the faculty.

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International Institute for Learning

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Agile Project Management. In the past decade, Agile has finally established is rightful place in Project Management. One example of this is PMI’s acquisition of Disciplined Agile and FLEX. For example, how do you manage risk on an agile project? For example, how do you manage risk on an agile project?

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2019 Leadership Agile PMO 58

Wrike

APRIL 25, 2023

Establish project governance: Project charter templates help to identify key stakeholders and team members involved in the project, e.g., project sponsors, project manager, and team lead, indicating who is responsible for specific tasks and who has the authority to make decisions.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Such tools provide a solution to establish a prioritization process for projects that helps organizations govern their existing and future efforts. Integration with agile processes. Gantt charts, Kanban board views for agile & waterfall projects. PPM tools also help establish what your project needs are. Real-time insights.

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MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

We are a consulting company in the DC Baltimore area that specializes in project and portfolio management for about 80% of our customers in the government space, the other 20 in the commercial space. It is taking both traditional waterfall and agile and pushing them together into a project or a program. By education and training.

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Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Governance 52

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Whether you are agile , hybrid or predictive, you need to tailor for size of project, maturity of PM organizational structure, budget, timescales, willingness of the people to do the work, quality outcomes required and so much more. Tailor based on context. This one is so important! Build quality into processes and deliverables.

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Technical Review Software Review PMI Influencer 353

Planview

APRIL 27, 2023

When a transformation doesn’t stick – whether it’s digital, Agile, organizational, or a combination — you risk missing your critical business outcomes. Specific pain points within the existing PMO ecosystem stymied the implementation of their existing Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) and PPM solutions.

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Change Management PMO Technical Review Governance 88

Leading Agile

MARCH 17, 2021

This is Mike Cottmeyer's talk from AgileIndy 2021 on The Executive's Guide to Why Agile Transformation Fails. Announcer] This is Mike Cottmeyer’s talk from AgileIndy, 2021 on “Why Agile Transformation Fails.” So I got involved with agile back in like 2003 and I was working in this company called CheckFree.

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Wrike

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

The structure of your organization’s project management office (PMO) may be the difference between effective and ineffective project management. Your PMO structure must blend in with the organizational culture to ensure project management success. What is a PMO structure? PMO can also mean Program or Portfolio Management Office.

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Planio

APRIL 24, 2023

Planning sprints and running agile ceremonies 8. During this phase, there’s a lot of box-ticking and governance to ensure everyone understands their ongoing requirements. Real-world example: Now that James has his Gantt Chart completed, he works with his PMO to plan the resources he’ll need for the project.

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Epicflow Blog

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Forum participants will have an opportunity to learn from inspirational project management leaders as well as attend masterclasses revealing the aspects of delivering sustainable projects, Agile transformation, application of technologies, and more. is the largest Agile conference in Central Europe. PMO London 2024 June, 18-19.

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LiquidPlanner

JUNE 6, 2017

PMOs and process specialists spend months developing standard processes, methods, and templates to achieve predictable results. Believe it or not, the PMO doesn’t create a new template or a new process out of sadistic pleasure. External pressures and politics influence project decisions over process.

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Manufacturing PMO 2017 Lean 111

Project Bliss

MARCH 27, 2017

If you’re using a more agile or iterative approach, you’ll still work with the team to identify what’s needed, dependencies, etc. As the project manager, you may report to stakeholders, governance bodies, and anyone else who needs project information. Reporting. However, many organizations don’t have that role.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management Executing 235

MPUG

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Is it your PMO, individual project managers, or others? 55% PMO, and 45% individual project managers. Tad: Well good, clearly it is the PMO that is landing much of this, but it’s actually the innovation or strategy groups that start much of this activity. Is it the innovation strategy group? Tad: Awesome. 0% on other.

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Paymo App

JANUARY 19, 2018

Project management methodologies – Agile, Waterfall, PRINCE2, PRiSM, Six Sigma, Critical Path, and many more. The UK government developed PRINCE2, so if you’re planning on working in the UK, you might want to give this certificate a go. Just like its name, Agile is made for projects that require agility.

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PM That Works

APRIL 23, 2018

Morris: I've now become certified in Agile. And everybody thinks Agile is brand new. He's the creator of The Agile Almanac Book One and book to the person that I learned a tremendous amount of Agile too. Morris: Rob one is Agile theater which is people who are pretending to be Agile but not doing it right.

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

The company’s out of Redmond, they’re part of Microsoft now, and mentioned that the developers and technologists, how they influence every function in sales marketing and HR and Microsoft’s going to be infused with that for more agility going forward. It’s all about infuse every company with more agility.

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2019 Technical Review Software Review Engineering 40

Project Accelerator News

DECEMBER 15, 2023

I remember a PM saying this when first adapting to hybrid working, comparing it to switching from Waterfall to Agile and how that felt “clunky” to begin but soon became second nature and now, years later, is as natural as breathing. IT Project Management professionals also only get better and stronger. Does this remind you of anyone?

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