Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 25, 2023

In this article, we’ll look at the causes of team conflict on projects, how to identify conflict and resolution strategies so you can all get back to work. Project management conflict examples in the Concept Phase First up, the Concept or Initiation Phase. Here are some project management conflict resolution strategies.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The Customer Representative Stance Being the voice of the customer is essential in Agile. Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Identify potential risks and plan strategies to mitigate them effectively. The Influencer Stance Influence shapes product strategy and direction.

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The Strategic Project Manager

MARCH 11, 2024

This post explains what the Strategy Canvas tool is, and how to create a basic Strategy Canvas. Finally, it details the use and benefits of the tool for practicing strategy and project management. What is the Strategy Canvas Tool? The Strategy Canvas tool is a management tool introduced by W. Value: Moderate.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 9, 2023

I have been working on agile projects for the past 10 years. A couple of years ago, I asked by an executive how he would know if the money they invested on setting up these agile release trains was working? He was essentially asking me to prove the “ROI” for agile and to measure delivery of value.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 30, 2024

In times of organizational challenges, the temptation to cut costs often leads some to view Agile frameworks as a luxury rather than a necessity. However, dismissing Agile as a luxury is a mistake that comes from underestimating the transformative power of Agile frameworks for solving complex problems.

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Scrum.org

MAY 19, 2023

The Creating Agile Organizations approach is about designing your own organizational framework and coaching its adoption. Instead, Creating Agile Organizations provides none of that, but provides two sets of guidelines that draw upon decades of academic research and practical experience in organizations similar to yours.

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Large initiatives, like modernizing a legacy solution, are risky and fraught with peril. Establish an Agile System of Governance to guide this (and other) efforts. How relevant is a capability to your current strategy? Adaptive Governance This is an adaptive and dynamic process best served by agile governance.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 31, 2024

In Kürze: Agile Gesetze & verteilte Teams Bei vielen Gelegenheiten hat die Arbeit mit agilen Teams die bestehenden organisatorischen, technischen und kulturellen Herausforderungen in vielen Organisationen verschärft. Sie können sich hier für den Newsletter „Food for Agile Thought“ anmelden und sich über 42.000 Abonnenten anschließen.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 29, 2024

( Japanese version・日本語版 ) When picturing an effective and truly agile product development team, one often imagines a software development team, pushing some software to production every day, maybe multiple times a day, ala Amazon. Here are two strategies and a handful of tactics to help you achieve that.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 5, 2024

Agility is supposed to be about enabling people to do their best and most creative work. And yet, we often see so-called agile practices and frameworks being used in ways that are more about trying to control outcomes and people. You might hear things like, “we need to keep showing progress on these initiatives.”

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Scrum.org

JULY 3, 2023

TL; DR: Die Skalierung agiler Praktiken Agile Transformationen, bei denen die Skalierung agiler Praktiken von der Teamebene auf die gesamte Organisation im Vordergrund steht, erfordern mehr als die Implementierung von Frameworks wie SAFe®. Anstatt einfach eine weitere Initiative zu starten, die ggf. September 2023. ?

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Leading Agile

JULY 18, 2023

Agile needs to be tied to business-driven results. If not, then we start measuring things like people trained, teams doing Scrum, or the organization’s sentiment toward Agile to tell us if we’re succeeding. If your Agile isn’t helping you do that, then it’s not really Agile at all. First, how are we forming teams?

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Proofhub

JANUARY 4, 2021

As you start your project, you need to take the initiative on the preparatory work, from preparing the scope, estimating the costs, assigning resources, and creating a project timeline, to getting sign-off on the key performance indicators. These things will dictate the way you initiate and manage your project from idea to conclusion.

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Scrum.org

MAY 8, 2023

So let’s have a look at some typical agile negotiation scenarios. ?? Zur deutschsprachigen Version des Artikels: Agile Verhandlungen – Das Leben ist Verhandlungssache; warum sollte Scrum anders sein? ? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 46,000-plus subscribers.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 30, 2023

TL; DR: Agile Transformation with ChatGPT or McBoston? I was interested in learning more about a typical daily challenge many agile practitioners face: How shall we successfully pursue an agile transformation? Or shall we embark on an agile transformation with ChatGPT providing some guidance?

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

TL; DR: Adapt How You Lead for Agile Success w/ Johanna Rothman — ACB21. Too many people say, “With agile, we don’t need no stinkin’ managers.” However, because managers create and refine the culture, modern managers create and refine the agile culture. Without modern management, any agile initiative will die.

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The Strategic Project Manager

JULY 25, 2023

This post examines an interesting strategy implementation model, the OGSM framework – composed of Objectives, Goals, Strategies, and Measures. What Is the OGSM Strategy Framework? What Is the OGSM Strategy Framework? Hence, it’s a great framework for tying together elements of strategy and implementation.

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Scrum.org

JULY 20, 2023

As the software development landscape evolves, evaluating the time-tested traditional project management strategies alongside the burgeoning agile methodologies is essential. TL;DR: Agile's emphasis on incremental development with working software mitigates risks efficiently by validating real-world use early and continuously.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 16, 2020

This is a guest contribution from Monica Georgieff, Agile Coach and Trainer at AgileSherpas. Brought on by the struggle to respond and adapt to these times of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity), marketers have increasingly begun to embrace an Agile approach to their project management. Does Agile work for marketing?

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The Strategic Project Manager

APRIL 30, 2024

However, the speed of change has made these methods less reliable – and ushered in a more lean-agile approach to metrics. This post examines the difference between ROI and Lean-Agile metrics, It identifies the key metrics of each, and the drivers behind those metrics. Value is delivered in small increments over time.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

This is where agility comes into play and is on everyone’s lips these days. The Agile Manifesto will soon be 20 years old, and Scrum was first introduced 25 years ago. Yet, many people and companies still struggle to increase their agility. Agile teams are likely to face change during the development of a solution.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 13, 2024

However, navigating the intricacies of virtual collaboration requires a unique set of strategies and approaches to ensure seamless communication, productivity, and alignment among all the team members. By implementing these strategies, you can empower your team members to thrive and deliver value to your organization.

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The IIL Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

In this article, we will explore the rise of the AI-powered PMO and provide actionable strategies for project managers to thrive in an AI-augmented environment. It can alert project managers, recommend mitigation strategies, and even generate alternative scenarios. Suggest mitigation strategies for the top five high-impact risks.”

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Scrum.org

MARCH 1, 2021

Recently, I have been discussing some reasons why Agile Transformation may fail or go slowly. In this blog, I am presenting some success factors that might help your organization move toward Agility. . As before , we need to emphasize that Agile Transformation is a process that never ends. There is no end state. OPERATIONAL.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

Continuous improvement equips you with the tools to achieve this, helping your strategies evolve with every project, quickly adapting to new obstacles, and setting industry-leading standards. It enables organizations to remain agile, responsive, and competitive by fostering regular assessment and refinement.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This principle, rooted in systems thinking, is crucial in understanding and managing the complex, interdependent nature of Scrum initiatives. This holistic view is essential for fostering agility and responsiveness in a constantly evolving landscape. Next Steps Begin by reassessing your current initiatives with a systems thinking lens.

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Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Imagine initiating a project so effectively that it stays on track and aligns perfectly with organizational goals. In this article, we provide step-by-step tactics for " Initiating a Project " the right way. In this article, we provide step-by-step tactics for " Initiating a Project " the right way. What is Project Initiation?

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Scrum.org

JULY 30, 2023

Agility enables you to refine and cycle through this process repeatedly, eliminating flawed assumptions and optimizing those with a greater chance of producing favorable outcomes. Leadership and Scrum True agility for companies goes beyond fancy methodologies and rituals. Does this sound familiar?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2021

For example, manufacturing product managers are responsible for tangible products, while software development product managers will have different teams and agile workflows to assist in the software product launch. Project management process groups : Project initiation, planning, scheduling, tracking and closing.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The term “ agile product management ” means precisely what it sounds like. The goal is to develop product strategies and roadmaps in an elegant setting. At its foundation, agile product management is a reaction to the widespread usage of agile software development approaches such as scrum or kanban.

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The Strategic Project Manager

JANUARY 3, 2024

This post looks in depth at the piece parts of agile portfolio management. After defining agile portfolio management, it delves into some of the specific agile principles at work. Then it looks at the role of strategy in agile portfolio management. What is Agile Portfolio Management?

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The Strategic Project Manager

APRIL 26, 2023

It then looks at the intersection of RTE responsibilities with the strategy and project management functions – and shows how broad of a role RTE can be. A Release Train Engineer (RTE) is a key role in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) methodology for managing and coordinating large-scale software development projects.

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Traxidy

DECEMBER 12, 2023

The Art of Mastering Project Surprises: Easy Strategies for Managing Unplanned Work By: Steve McBroom, Founder, Traxidy (Click to follow me on LinkedIn) In this post, we will review the importance of working through project issues and the associated unplanned project tasks, as they arise, and provide effective strategies to manage them.

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UPQODE

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

For businesses engaging in B2B transactions, the distinction and appeal of your brand are primarily driven by your branding strategy. This underscores the importance of a solid B2B branding strategy for the prosperity of your small business. In this piece, we delve into the subtleties of an effective B2B branding strategy.

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Proofhub

DECEMBER 22, 2020

As such, you need to come up with ways to overcome such challenges and also to have the right methods of implementing digital transformation strategies. So, what impacts does the digital transformation have on leadership strategies? This will help filter the initiatives that work from those that don’t. Effective communication?—?

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This transformation signifies a need for adaptive strategies and mindsets to navigate the evolving project management landscape effectively. Resilience and Risk Management: The prevalent global uncertainties highlight the paramount importance of business and societal resilience and proactive risk management in project initiatives.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 2, 2023

When people say they have a culture problem that’s preventing them from sustaining change in an Agile Transformation, what they’re really saying is that they have a cognitive dissonance problem. You have an inability to help people see how Agile is going to improve the organization.

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