The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Then it looks at how the framework can be applied in devising strategy, and managing project, programs, and portfolios. The Four Actions Framework, also known as the ERRC framework, is a ‘blue ocean’ strategic management tool introduced in the book “Blue Ocean Strategy” by W. What Is the Four Actions Framework?

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Then it focuses on strategy and project management as careers that can lead to CIO – but with a careful strategic approach. Specializing can distinguish you and provide valuable expertise for addressing organizational challenges and driving innovation. Finally, the post discusses whether and how a CIO role might even lead to CEO.

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Scrum.org

MAY 14, 2020

So online tooling doesn’t guarantee productivity, let alone innovation or creativity. Standard Waterfall strategies are not built for the high-speed world we live in today. Management Innovation. Agile has been around for a while now, but many firms still see agility as a software development solution.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Agile Methodology. What It Is: In a nutshell, Agile project management is an evolving and collaborative way to self-organize across teams. The agile methodology offers project teams a very dynamic way to work and collaborate and that’s why it is a very popular project management methodology for product and software development.

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Inloox

MARCH 27, 2024

If not, the insights inform the next planning cycle to refine the strategy for better results in the next cycle. Advantages of the PDCA cycle in project management Adaptability: The iterative nature of the PDCA cycle allows teams to adjust their strategies based on practical, real-world feedback, increasing the project's resilience to change.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Is an Agile Transformation Coach any different than being an Agile Coach? When most people think about Agile Coaches, they tend to think about a person who comes in and assists the teams with things like: Learning Scrum, SAFe, LeSS. If that’s your definition of an Agile Transformation Coach, you’d be right—but only partially.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Aren’t we supposed to be innovative and inventive so that we might push the boundaries of the market to keep up with our competition? You want to be both innovative and inventive in a competitive marketplace. And how do we do these tests and get the feedback at scale without losing our ability to be Agile? Glad you asked.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 14, 2023

As businesses evolve, there's an underlying pressure to adapt, innovate, and revamp. However, noticing the benefits of collaboration, you merged them into a unified 'Go-to-Market' team, aiming to harmonize their strategies and communication. You've rolled out policies that seemed innovative on paper. You've introduced new tech.

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Henny Portman

DECEMBER 10, 2022

Agile by Rini van Solingen and Maarten Kossen was originally published in Dutch. The book starts with a warning that agile is more than a mindset, it is a philosophy, followed by 22 chapters, in which the authors show that it is easy to understand, but very difficult to apply at first. Scrum or agile?

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Leading Agile

MAY 3, 2023

If you could magically create a new world where large organizations had overcome the barriers to Business Agility and Agile came naturally, what would have to be true about that world, the organizations, and the people working there? And how would we know that this new Agile world was any good? What other conceptual gaps?

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 16, 2023

Without these 3 Things, you’re not really doing Agile. Because when the ideas behind Agile meet the reality of what’s going on inside large organizations, it’s going to run into some roadblocks. Musical Interlude) Why Are You Adopting Agile? Teams, backlogs, and working tested product. It’s going to take some work.

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Every organization – whether for profit, government, or not-for-profit – needs a viable Business Model. Today, it is often imperative to be capable of innovating Business Models – to change and reconfigure value chains. What Is a Business Model Innovation Definition? What Is a Business Model?

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The Strategic Project Manager

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

While businesses, organizations, and markets have evolved, the Experience Curve concept survives and can be very useful for informing decisions, shaping strategy, and guiding implementation. This is what happens with new and disruptive innovations. Using the Experience Curve in Strategy Formulation.

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Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Manufacturing Sustainability 98

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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Inloox

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Although some risks can be eliminated with a suitable solution strategy, certain risks can never be completely avoided in the project context. Governance risk Governance risks include all eventualities that entail dangers in the context of the internal organization and management of the project.

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Planview

AUGUST 26, 2019

As we finalize our six-part blog series on how to become agile, let’s take a look back at the previous five blogs and provide you with a brief summary of their key points. Part 1: Driving Agile at Scale: The Agile PMO. The path toward agility necessitates a thoughtful strategy and patience. This must change.

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Planview

MAY 26, 2021

We jointly presented findings from the new Strategy Execution Benchmark research. Peggy and I received some great questions from the webinar attendees about how to cultivate more speed and agility. A category of “Strategy Execution Leaders” emerged from the results. What can we do to get more agility in our practices?

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 9, 2023

Join Mike as he debates the general consensus on Agile and encourages you to start thinking about Agile through the lens of systems so that you can finally achieve the change you’ve been searching for. It is always the systems first structure, governance and metrics, then practices, then culture. So so bear with me here.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 7, 2024

Discover the importance of organizational governance systems, delve into essential project-associated functions, learn how to navigate the project environment, and ensure you are communicating and building relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Further, many organizations tend to have projects without a higher purpose.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 20, 2020

Agile began as something only development teams needed to worry about – now organizations seek Agility in how they do business and within their organizations. Organizational Agility. Within the Agile framework, teams are self-organized with assigned responsibilities. Cultural Agility. Investment Tier.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 22, 2024

Discover strategies to boost your confidence and overcome these challenges. Embrace agile methodology and structured approaches, build a support network, and invest in professional development to enhance your project management skills and capabilities and drive project success.

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Planview

JANUARY 2, 2020

We facilitated a roundtable discussion of our customers at the 2019 Planview Horizons Customer Conference where enterprise agility in financial services organizations was discussed. Challenges arise when senior leadership has yet to adopt an Agile mindset, even if their teams have. Agile teams are largely self-governing.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 2, 2024

Imagine possessing the ability to seamlessly integrate the intricate web of internal stakeholders and external factors into your project strategy. From harnessing the innovative pulse of your culture to riding the dynamic waves of market trends, the key to elevating your projects from good to great lies in mastering the project environment.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2022

The conference is focused on ‘The role of project-based governance in sustainable development: the need for institutional development’ 2022 AIPM National Conference: Gold Coast, Australia, Sun, 27 Feb 2022 – Tue, 1 Mar 2022. This year’s theme is New Ways of Working and speakers will be covering latest innovations.

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Planview

MARCH 6, 2020

The answer may not surprise you: “Organizational agility.” The Project Management Institute (PMI) asked this question for the first time ever for its 2020 Pulse of the Profession ® report, knowing that organizations are rewiring to innovate and deliver competitive products and services quickly. Provide ‘just enough’ governance.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 19, 2020

Agile isn’t ever really about Agile. In our Business Drivers of Agility webinar series hosted by LeadingAgile CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, Mike dives deep into six key business drivers to uncover how Agile can enable organizations to connect these drivers to better business outcomes. It’s about creating business outcomes.

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The Strategic Project Manager

OCTOBER 12, 2021

The Blue Ocean strategy framework has become popular since around 2005, on the initial publication of “ Blue Ocean Strategy: How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant “, by W. The Basics of Blue Ocean Strategy. Make execution part of the strategy. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne.

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Planview

JUNE 5, 2020

PMO leadership today is about more than being a purveyor of governance and delivering projects on time and on budget. The Savvy PMO fosters organizational agility, cultivates efficiencies, and drives growth strategies. Top-down governance – Emphasis on compliance, standards, and processes.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Sie können sich hier für den Newsletter „Food for Agile Thought“ anmelden und sich über 42.000 Abonnenten anschließen. ? Widerstand gegen Lernen : Einschüchterung durch die Lernkurve, die für die Einführung agiler Praktiken erforderlich ist, gepaart mit einem unzureichenden Angebot an Schulungen und Coaching.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 21, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Adaptive project management is a vital strategy in a world where project landscapes are shifting. Imagine leading projects where changes and uncertainties are not setbacks but stepping stones to innovation and success. Lean may also combined with software development tools and techniques.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

Organizational strategy plays a vital role in the success of any business. In this article, we will explore the importance of organizational strategy, the key elements that make it effective, the steps involved in its formulation, and the challenges that may arise during implementation.

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Leading Agile

MAY 16, 2023

What if, instead of focusing on all the Agile practices, we started applying some of the things we know about systems engineering to help large companies become the kind of organization that can leverage those practices? Video Transcript Agile is a way of enabling work cells in that factory. How does workflow across the Agile world?

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The Strategic Project Manager

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

This applies regardless of the type of organization – small, medium, or large company; startup; government entity; or non-profit. Lean innovation management originated from startups, but is applicable in helping bring a startup mentality to a variety of types of organizations. Let’s start be defining lean innovation.

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Planview

DECEMBER 13, 2019

These include realizing Agile-at-scale, embracing the changing world of work, and creating an innovation culture. Challenges Connecting Strategy and Delivery: “How do we ensure we are investing in the right things?”. Then there is the pressure to innovate and deliver the right products and services to BCBS members quickly.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The Australian government has granted two initiatives close to Brisbane major project status. Over A$10bn has been committed by the Australian government to fund the upgrades. The majority of the work is government based and there is an exciting start up scene,” she adds. Source: PMI; figures relate to country).

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Leading Agile

MARCH 15, 2023

Companies that adopt Agile never do it just for the sake of adopting Agile. They do know that Waterfall wasn’t working, so Agile will fix those problems, right? They think if they do the “Agile stuff,” they will make quicker progress to achieve their goals.

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Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Bringing new innovative products to life is fraught with uncertainties, for it is an attempt to either meet an existing need or create demand. . The focus is on developing prototypes, a minimum viable product to test product effectiveness, and product launch strategies. Enabling and nurturing of innovative ideas, .

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Governance Government Innovation Lean 98