The IIL Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It reviews each of the key offerings, from the globally acclaimed Project Management Professional (PMP®) and PRINCE2®, to the more agile -minded certifications like ScrumMaster and Product Owner. Michael Shick, MSPM, PMP, CSM Are you looking to change careers or grab hold of the ever-evolving world of project management?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Many teams grapple with the intricacies of Scrum, and one of the most pivotal components is the Sprint Goal. It's not just a fleeting thought or a mere list of tasks; it's a commitment, a promise, and a clear direction. It's the tactical step towards the objectives of the work in progress towards the Product Goal.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

Common Types of a PMO Project Management Offices or Program Management Offices (PMOs) can vary widely in structure and function, adapting to the needs of different industries and organizational strategies. This type of PMO is beneficial in environments where adherence to statutory requirements and strict guidelines is required.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In the previous article, Agile Transformation – Success Factors part 1 , there was a strong focus on key levels that should be taken first into consideration. Agile Transformation efforts might be difficult. For instance: They create the agile transformation vision and act accordingly. They foster a positive, agile culture.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Agile and Scrum are the two most popular names in the industry. Most organizations think all Agile frameworks come with a one-size-fits-all approach. As a result, they set unrealistic expectations when using Agile practices in their organizations. More than 44% of Agile projects fail due to a lack of experience.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 24, 2022

What is Agile governance? Simply put, Agile governance is a way to maximize the flow of value within an organization in the fastest way possible. In small, lean startups, there aren’t a lot of legacy processes and systems in place to overcome, and your teams are small and conducive to an Agile governance model.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 13, 2023

Dealing with common business challenges through agility I’ve been helping companies improve their operations for over a decade. You might also call these OKRs, Distributed Leadership, Nimble, DevOps, Lean Startup, or Scrum. This affects product innovation as well as GTM innovation and other key business processes.

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Wrike

AUGUST 28, 2023

Lean Manufacturing is a methodology that aims to streamline business operations and eliminate waste in order to achieve maximum efficiency and productivity. In this article, we will dive deep into the principles, benefits, and challenges of implementing Lean Manufacturing.

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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. . Now, a lot of beginners type search queries such as- .

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Scrum.org

APRIL 8, 2021

A company vision might span several business strategies which concludes that higher- and lower-level goals might represent a 1-many relationship. Figure 2 One-to-Many Relationship from Strategy to Tactics. Figure 4 Goal Types. . The path to the Intermediate Goal is often still somewhat uncertain, but not completely unknown. .

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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?

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ProProfs Project Management

JANUARY 9, 2020

Strategies to manage your resources efficiently. A methodology is a framework of processes, methods, and practices that project managers employ for the design, planning, implementation and achievement of their project objectives. Developing a similar vision of what’s needed to stay on track. Projects come in all shapes and sizes.

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Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2021

Professional Agile Leadership – Evidence-Based Management (PAL-EBM) is the newest course in the Scrum.org portfolio. You can see it as an introduction to how goals, evidence, and empiricism can increase your business agility. Getting Started. I enjoyed participating in one of those, and I am glad to share my experience with you.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 18, 2019

The topic of Agile Metrics inevitably comes up in many situations and conversations. Those numbers that matter, the Agile Metrics. Starting Our Agile Metrics Engines. I have been hiring Scrum Masters lately. One of my screening questions read, “What standard metrics would you track if any and for what purpose?” Entering PSK.

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International Institute for Learning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Has COVID-19 made you see the need to adopt a more agile way of thinking? Where is your leadership strategy now? Discover three types of flexibility in leadership and work/life balance needed to make that happen in the aftermath of COVID-19. Estimating and Applying Points with Agile – How to apply, and when is it done?

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Proofhub

AUGUST 9, 2023

Business process improvement methodologies provide you with a framework, tools, methodologies, and best practices to help you improve business processes so that you can achieve the desired business objectives. It includes the use of best BPM practices, skills, methodologies, frameworks, and tools for effective process management.

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Resource Guru

JUNE 7, 2023

Project management methodologies: Project management methodologies, on the other hand, are structured frameworks that provide specific guidelines, processes, and techniques for managing projects. Agile PMs achieve gradual improvements through repetition. Welcome to part two of our agency project management series.

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

But eventually understanding how Value Migration works and building a strategy around it is why IBM has survived and thrived. But eventually understanding how Value Migration works and building a strategy around it is why IBM has survived and thrived. Three Types of Value Migration. A Definition of Value Migration.

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Digite

OCTOBER 18, 2017

With this Digité launches a new, tightly integrated tool for planning and managing the entire software delivery process based on the SAFe framework. SwiftEASe provides end-to-end enterprise agile lifecycle management that enables teams at all levels– enterprise, portfolio, program, and team— to collaborate and deliver software faster.

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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?”. How do you align to the different types of work required?”. Here are five highlights from the discussion: 1.

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Productivity Land

JUNE 7, 2023

As new technologies enable companies to become more agile and adaptable, team working models have had to evolve in order to keep up. What are Team Working Models Team Working Models are frameworks that help to explain how teams are structured and how they interact. But which team working models are best for driving productivity?

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The Strategic Project Manager

DECEMBER 2, 2021

The Advantage Matrix is an old Boston Consulting Group classic strategic framework. Despite changes in industry structure, the competitive environment, and the impact of technology since it was originally conceived, it still has applicability as a framework and as a thought tool. History and Basics of the BCG Advantage Matrix.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 18, 2019

The topic of Agile Metrics inevitably comes up in many situations and conversations. Those numbers that matter, the Agile Metrics. Starting Our Agile Metrics Engines. I have been hiring Scrum Masters lately. One of my screening questions read, “What standard metrics would you track if any and for what purpose?” Entering PSK.

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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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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

It’s one of the three foundations of a lean startup: business model design, agile engineering and customer development. This method reduces the risks inherent in a strategy centered around product development. Pair customer development with agile development. Agree on market type; it changes everything.

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Leading Agile

JANUARY 21, 2021

Mike Cottmeyer explores the key attributes in each of the three systems necessary for making a success out of the otherwise complex tax of large scale Agile Transformation. And what we are is we’re a consultancy that’s focused on doing Agile Transformation specifically. Transcript. Like what are the networks of teams?

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International Institute for Learning

JUNE 22, 2022

Transforming organizations to become Lean and Agile while maintaining high levels of performance within its teams requires a strong focus on people. The first value in the Agile manifesto is individuals and interaction. No matter what framework we use, creating high-performing teams has always been a top priority of mine.

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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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Leading Agile

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Today, Mike Cottmeyer sits down with Andrew to discuss how LeadingAgile is talking about OKRs and KPIs, the impact governance and teaming strategies have on your ability to run them effectively, why your project mentality might be getting in the way, and how you can get started using them in your business.

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Resource Guru

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

Agency process” refers to the established framework and procedures that an organization uses to reach its goals. The problem is that when there’s no agency processes in place, and your team isn’t organized properly, the latter tends to take up a lot of time, and may make up more of your day than is spent on your client-facing projects.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 11, 2021

No wonder people sometimes get mixed up or don’t fully realize the strategy Microsoft has around growing and supporting these tools for project management. Misconception #1: “Project is Not for Agile or An Agile Tool”. In fact, I have been hearing this since Agile became a hot topic. Project Desktop Agile Features.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

It’s kind of agile transformation adjacent. It’s a little bit of maybe an impediment to agile transformation that we’re going to explore. And I’m going to talk a little bit about what leading Agile’s doing about it and what we’re doing in the market. Hey Dennis. How you doing, man?

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

It’s kind of agile transformation adjacent. It’s a little bit of maybe an impediment to agile transformation that we’re going to explore. And I’m going to talk a little bit about what leading Agile’s doing about it and what we’re doing in the market. Hey Dennis. How you doing, man?

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Wrike

JUNE 15, 2023

You don’t have to spend time crafting documentation or process guidelines as you can lean on existing frameworks. Use Agile systems to boost productivity: Agile tools such as Kanban boards allow you to set your teams up for success. Project management can also be useful on the ground level.

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Meisterplan

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Does it matter that your Senior Java Developer can type three times faster than any other developer on your team? . Imagine this: Your project landscape is getting more complicated and confusing all the time. Key resources are being booked on multiple projects at the same time. To Data, Or Not To Data? That sounds great, right?

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Leading Agile

MARCH 31, 2020

Listen to the Agile Unplugged Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to Agile Unplugged on: Apple Podcasts. Remember to subscribe and listen to Agile Unplugged on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Podbean—and watch each and every episode on YouTube , IGTV , and Facebook. . Soundcloud. – Yeah. When did we first meet?

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The Strategic Project Manager

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

It can be useful for devising strategy, presenting to stakeholders, and for collaborating about direction. The matrix can provide a great presentation tool for explaining strategies or to support collaborative discussion. What other considerations and questions come to mind when considering a market penetration strategy?

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