Planview

AUGUST 16, 2021

Fresh from achieving great strides in digital transformation and other endeavors in record time over the past year, executives and boards of directors want to inject even more speed and agility into their organization’s DNA. Portfolio Management Offices are in a prime position to deliver this business agility – with the right PMO roadmap.

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Henny Portman

APRIL 26, 2022

There are not that many books on agile portfolio management, so I am curious what the book Agile Portfolio Management – A guide to the methodology and its successful implementation “knowledge that sets you apart” written by Klaus Nielsen, offers. What I am missing are the real agile portfolio risks. I miss structure.

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Leading Answers

MAY 30, 2021

I recall the Steering Committee meetings where we discussed what we believed was necessary for agile practitioners and team leaders to have experience in and an understanding of. So our scope included more than just Lean and agile; it had a little leadership and emotional intelligence. I am more of a pragmatist.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2019

To do so requires business agility. What Is Business Agility? Business agility is just as it says, a way for businesses to remain agile when markets fluctuate, as they have a tendency to do. Business agility then is an organizational method to help businesses adapt quickly to market changes.

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Leading Answers

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

On Friday, September 30, I will be presenting a session on Beyond Agile at the HTEC Project Management Virtual Conference. A colleague recently described Beyond Agile as a “Yes, And, And” toolkit, and I thought it was a great way to summarize the two elements of combining hybrid agile with the Theory of Constraints, and value stream view.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM The quest for methodologies that offer efficiency and agility has never been rockier. Agile methodologies stand at the forefront of this quest, providing the blueprint for rapid, responsive, and customer-centric project execution. Agile methodologies offer a path to mastering these challenges.

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Project Accelerator News

APRIL 18, 2024

When new to a role (in many business environments, not just IT Project Management), new managers tend to lean into making sweeping changes, it’s human nature. Through business impact assessments and feasibility studies, BAs help you assess the viability and potential impact of proposed IT projects and business change.

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The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Insights from Bosch By Johannes Köber Agility, dynamic, and flexibility are trendsetting words, with good reason. These challenges impact project management practices and project managers, spurring much-cited Agile Transformation. billion euros and is already implementing agile transformation in many units.

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NimbleWork

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

When the Agile methodology was first introduced, it was embraced as a welcome replacement to the rigid Waterfall approach. The community largely accepted Agile and Waterfall as mutually exclusive project management paradigms. Critics of Agile believed that Agile simply translates into fast failure.

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Agilemania

JANUARY 24, 2022

What is Scaling in Agile? Agile is a set of values and principles. Agile is an umbrella term for a group of iterative product development frameworks. Most organizations started their Agile journey with one of the frameworks mentioned above, and Scrum is the most popular one. Scaling Agile Frameworks. What is SAFe?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Are you aiming to achieve your PMI Agile Certified Professional ( PMI-ACP )®? Below, I list the best agile books for your certification studies. These are guides that support your learning but also help you go deeper into the world of agile. If you’re looking for those, check out my list of the best agile study guides.

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 19, 2023

By Alan Zucker Disciplined Agile® (DA) and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) are two popular, second-generation agile methodologies. They build on lean-agile thinking, and standard Scrum, Kanban, and DevOps practices. They emerged about a decade after the Agile Manifesto.

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Velociteach

MAY 10, 2023

More recently, the profession has grappled with two intertwined questions: Should principles or processes govern project management? Processes describe the inputs, tools, techniques, and outputs used to execute project activities. A toolkit is a collection of techniques and practices used within the project processes.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 27, 2022

received a question: do you believe scrum and agility can be scaled and what’s the best approach to it? And I need to add flight levels to that article, but today I’m going to talk about LeSS, disciplined agile, scrum with scale, SAFe, Nexus. It’s very difficult to get a case study published there. Disciplined Agile.

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Leading Answers

JUNE 18, 2021

Last month I did a 20-minute overview of my new Beyond Agile book for the Washington D.C. Lean-Agile MeetUp group hosted by Sanjiv Augustine. I outline how Beyond Agile grew from studying high-performing teams and trying to distill what they did differently than most other teams.

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Proofhub

JUNE 14, 2021

Agile is more than a management methodology. In this sense, Agile is not about “management” at all, but about working without leaders, but with a team whose members are responsible to each other. A Brief History of Agile The flexible approach began its existence somewhere in the first half of the 20th century.

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Digite

JANUARY 7, 2018

Several good books have been written on Kanban and its application to various business processes, especially to Scrum, since David Anderson published his original Kanban “blue book”. If you want to improve or create the flow in your product development process start with this book! By Mattias Skarin. By Klaus Leopold. By Arne Roock. (31

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Although the year was full of surprises, the Agile adoption rate increased from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021. With the pandemic looming large, here are a few interesting statistics on Agile Adoption challenges-. 46% reported inconsistent processes and practices. Source: 15th State of Agile Report. How does Agile work?

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 16, 2021

This has stirred up the topic of today’s discussion- Business Agility. According to a Mckinsey Study, Business Agility effected the following outcomes-. In case you are keen to know about Business Agility, this blog post will serve as a guide. What is Business Agility? Why is Business Agility important?

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

You want to embrace Agile as part (or maybe all) of your Project Management practice. Which Agile Certification program should you follow? Classifying the Agile Certification Providers. I have also included the Axelos PRINCE2 Agile qualifications here. Tier 1: Principle Promotors of Agile Project Management.

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Henny Portman

APRIL 28, 2020

Rethinking agile – Why agile teams have nothing to do with business agility written by Klaus Leopold is great book to cope with agile transformations and what you have to do to increase the chance of success. It definitely busted the myth that having agile teams makes you agile. Agility is not a team affair.

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International Institute for Learning

JUNE 22, 2022

Is there a dark side to agility? The approach many Agile “purists” will expound on is that you must do things a certain way, or if that way of working does not work, you have failed, and it’s your fault. The opposite of agile, thus agilists impose anti-agility practices termed, “agile fragility.”

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Leading Answers

MAY 28, 2021

I am excited to announce my new book “ Beyond Agile: Achieving success with situational knowledge and skills “ is launching. Since helping create DSDM in 1994, I have been working on agile projects for 27 years. Around 8 years ago, I noticed many capable teams were adopting agile but still not being very productive.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Moonpig was founded in 1999, before Lean and Agile approaches had become mainstream in the UK. It was not until about 2013 that Moonpig first began to adopt Agile practices. In this post Amanda Colpoys – a Lean, Agile and Growth Coach, shares her experiences as she set out to introduce business agility at Moonpig.

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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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Agilemania

MARCH 30, 2021

Before agile came, several industries like software, aerospace, manufacturing used to follow the waterfall approach. Although that time, the meeting in Oregon didn’t result in the birth of agile methodology; it was the first big step in the history of agile. A New Ideology is Born: The History of Agile Manifesto.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

So, whether agile is a framework or methodology, let’s explore everything in this blog. Agile is the word used in every company. The fastest-growing startups build their software platforms and business operations with agile. But the question here is, “What is Agile?” Agile is neither a methodology nor a framework.

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Agilemania

MARCH 10, 2022

Scaled Agile Framework is rising in popularity. And to further testify the benefits of SAFe, 37% of the organizations use SAFe as per the 15th State of Agile Report. The path to these SAFe jobs are the SAFe certifications offered by Scaled Agile. . Why and how business agility is the need of the hour for enterprises?

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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. We’ve broken down the process into 3 steps to help you with the SPC exam-. Study the entire workbook. Work on a case study. Business Agility.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

In this blog, I’ll delve into how servant leadership can revolutionize PMO management by attracting and developing top talent, refining processes to world-class standards, and leveraging technology for unparalleled efficiency and effectiveness. Utilizing World-Class Processes The Significance of Processes. Case Study.

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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. Start with an Agile pilot project.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 28, 2020

Since 1995, Scrum, and since 2001, Agile, have become ubiquitous for how to combat these challenges as they provide paths for innovating and creating value in a complex and ever-changing world. We are mired in a pattern of applying the industrialized mindset in our pursuit of agility. We will know the future of work has arrived when….

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The IIL Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

Many organizations nowadays adopt a hybrid delivery approach that combines traditional and Agile methods. To achieve the right balance between traditional and Agile methods, it is crucial to understand the “why” behind your project and the problem you’re trying to solve.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

Being a project manager is a trade, after all, and there are many trade schools and universities that offer a course of study resulting in a degree. Agile certifications: These are ideal for those project managers that want to work in agile environments as a scrum master, agile certified practitioner or agile value stream consultant.

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MPUG

MAY 10, 2022

According to the 15 th State of Agile Report, 94% of companies are practicing Agile. This statistic is somewhat misleading as it does not mean that all of these companies are receiving benefits or even successful with their Agile approach. That said, many companies are trying to find ways to incorporate Agile methods.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 15, 2019

Columns on the kanban board represent where that task is in the process. In lean manufacturing, kanban helps save inventory space and overcapacity. Kanban strives for efficiency and is always looking for ways to eliminate waste from processes. To do so, they studied supermarkets. History of Kanban. Kanban Board Example.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The vast majority of businesses were doubtful when the Agile manifesto was introduced in 2001. Nowadays, everyone wants to be more agile. Each profitable organization, from Microsoft to Google, is striving for methods to integrate agile ideas into its process. Adoption of a scaled agile framework can help you alter this.

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