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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Scrum.org

AUGUST 3, 2023

The Scrum Master's accountability is to guide and support the team in adopting the Scrum framework, empowering them to address challenges independently. As a teacher, the Scrum Master ensures that the team understands the Scrum framework and its underlying values. This creates a delicate balance for the Scrum Master.

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Agilemania

MARCH 3, 2022

Agile is a word that was added to the corporate dictionary two decades ago and is still relevant today. The Agile adoption rate increase from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021 has left the business world stunned. Amidst all the chaos, there is one designation that helps organizations realize their dream of Agile transformations. .

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Four Common Misconceptions About Agile Transformation In this article, our CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, explores why focusing on practices and culture isn’t the right place to start an Agile Transformation. Next, he talks about how Agile Transformation is an ongoing process and the importance of teaming strategies. Is SAFe Agile?

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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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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2018

But even if this type of constraint is balanced, issues can occur. Fast, cheap or good — choose two. Are you tired of hearing that? One of the biggest challenges of every project manager is project constraints. They limit a project, and they can quickly endanger your project’s success. So I started wondering why. Tool for Handling Quality.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 1, 2023

Getting everyone on the same page Every Scrum Team member needs to understand the framework and its benefits. Beyond the team, for organizations to support an agile approach to developing products, everyone in the organization needs familiarity with how the Scrum framework will impact and interact with their work.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Scaled Agile Framework has taken the corporate world by storm. 37% of the respondents reported that their organizations used SAFe to scale agile. 37% of the respondents reported that their organizations used SAFe to scale agile. Source: 15th State of Agile Survey. It’s now time to delve into SAFe as a framework.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

This is the third and last video on agile metrics for Scrum Masters. They do this by enabling the Scrum Team to improve its practices, within the Scrum framework.". Scrum is there to create sustainable great teams that enjoy what they do after all. In this post, we’ll talk about the effectiveness of a Scrum Team. .

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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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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

Over time, these principles have been integrated into various business sectors, including IT, services, and healthcare, proving that the continuous improvement model is versatile and applicable across different organizational types and industries. Today, continuously enhancing your project management skills is beneficial and expected.

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Agilemania

JANUARY 1, 2023

Scaled Agile Framework, SAFe® is the world’s leading framework for Business Agility. The seven core competencies each have three dimensions making it a total of twenty-one dimensions to enable Business Agility. Team and Technical Agility. Agile Teams. Agile teams have two specialty roles.

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Inloox

MARCH 27, 2024

The PDCA cycle, also known as the PDCA method, PDSA cycle (Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle), Deming cycle, Deming wheel or Shewhart cycle, is a four-step framework designed to improve processes through iterative testing, learning and refinement. What is the PDCA cycle? This includes setting goals, defining success metrics and expected outcomes.

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Project Bliss

MAY 10, 2017

Everybody’s talking about agile software development these days: project managers, software developers, IT directors, small startups and big corporations. What is Agile Software Development? Agile software development is an approach that promotes delivering value quickly to the customer. Agile Principles.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Isn’t a Scrum Master some kind of an Agile Project Manager? Before we dive into an overview of the differences between a Scrum Master and a Project Project Manager, let’s start with the conclusion, which is: The Scrum Master is not an Agile Project Manager. What is a Scrum Master? What a Scrum Master does.

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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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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Maybe the company wants to scale and sustain its growth or increase productivity and efficiency. Process implementation is how a business is able to stay competitive by having a framework to manage change. As a business grows, it needs to look at new processes or ways to improve the processes it has in place.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 8, 2024

The desire for a project management framework that sustains deliverability, supports the required cadence, and remains faithful to an adaptable methodology is now within reach. Your pursuit of streamlining and enhancing project management processes led you to a pivotal crossroads.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Four Common Misconceptions About Agile Transformation In this article, our CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, explores why focusing on practices and culture isn’t the right place to start an Agile Transformation. Next, he talks about how Agile Transformation is an ongoing process and the importance of teaming strategies. Is SAFe Agile?

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MPUG

MARCH 8, 2021

Many project managers utilize a Lean-Agile approach when there is high change or churn in project requirements, significant lack of clarity in scope, high complexity to their projects, and/or a larger number of risks associated with such. Two Lean-Agile Types. Let’s understand these two types a bit more. Flow-based.

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The Strategic Project Manager

JUNE 6, 2023

This post examines the Pomodoro Time Management Method, or Pomodoro Technique – an approach to improve personal productivity for optimal personal concentration and sustained focus. The idea is to break work into manageable intervals, promote sustained focus, and prevent burnout. What Is the Pomodoro Time Management Method?

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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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ProProfs Project Management

JANUARY 9, 2020

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. Project management is one of those things that appears to be a relatively easy thing to accomplish — until you get started it. . How will you test each iteration.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 24, 2019

In my career, I have had the great privilege to witness different companies undergo many different phases of agile transformations. Trap #1: You’re the only one typing notes for every meeting. Are you always the one doing the typing in every Scrum event? Being a Scrum Master doesn’t make you the team secretary.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Let’s apply this by thinking of a team of Agile practitioners working on a software product. Let’s apply this by thinking of a team of Agile practitioners working on a software product. Retrospectives and intraspectives in Agile development do exactly that. He was surprised, but continued none-the-less. A couple of weeks passed.

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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

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

Listen to the Agile Unplugged Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to Agile Unplugged on: Apple Podcasts. Welcome to our latest episode of the Agile Unplugged podcast with host Mike Cottmeyer, LeadingAgile’s CEO. Soundcloud. Transcript. – Everybody welcome. So— – We reconnected, yeah. .

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The Strategic Project Manager

APRIL 20, 2022

There are many frameworks and methods to help implement change successfully. Reinforcement – Sustainment of the change going forward. Change initiatives face many hurdles at both the strategic level and project level. This post examines one method – the ADKAR Method – for implementing change.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 16, 2023

Some time ago, I had an interesting conversation with an Agile Coach from a large car manufacturer in Germany. As an Agile Coach, he’s responsible for about 50 Scrum Masters. Regardless if you’re an Agile Coach or Scrum Master, servant leadership is the desired mindset, behavior, and attitude.

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Moira Alexander

MARCH 20, 2017

Because of this, they work to understand the types of content fans are engaging with and how those engagements drive their fans downstream behaviors. Executives will use data and analytics for business strategy and growth, creating new additional roles for professionals. Experts share insights on how data improves project performance.

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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. How do you align to the different types of work required?”. Here are five highlights from the discussion: 1. Challenges Connecting Strategy and Delivery: “How do we ensure we are investing in the right things?”.

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International Institute for Learning

JANUARY 21, 2021

As such, there must exist a definition that satisfies all types of projects. With these three components as part of the project’s success criteria, companies must ask themselves when creating a portfolio of strategic projects, “Why expend resources and work on this project if the intent is not to create sustainable business value?”

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Leading Agile

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Video Transcript I’ve got a client that I’ve been recently working with, and for them, they feel that organizationally they have not invested into the employee experience and employee happiness. And so they’re really signaling to the employee front. They really want that story to come through. Andrew Young Yeah, of course.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JANUARY 16, 2020

Understanding these ideas can also help you to use your creativity within a robust framework, where fresh and even potentially risky ideas can be explored. Developing collaborative skills is another prerequisite for sustainable success in 2020 and beyond. Creative Skills. Technological Skills. Collaborative Skills. Adaptive Leadership.

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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

DECEMBER 6, 2021

The BCG Growth Share Matrix is a simple but powerful conceptual framework for businesses, large and small. The matrix is similarly structured, is derived from similar thinking, and overlaps in some ways with some old core BCG frameworks such as the BCG Advantage Matrix , Experience Curve , and the Rule of Three and Four.

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Leading Agile

JULY 7, 2021

In this video, we explore our iterative and incremental Agile Transformation framework and discuss why this approach is valuable to large organizations attempting to adopt sustainable Agile practices. Agile Transformation white paper: [link]. Contents of this Video: 0:00 Our Agile Transformation Framework.

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