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White paper: Exploring the delta in AgileSHIFT

Henny Portman

Happy to see that my white paper Exploring the delta in AgileSHIFT is now live on the AXELOS content hub. Enterprise agility is key. It is not just about implementing an agile way of working in your IT department but a transformation for your whole organization.

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Mike Cottmeyer’s Agile 2018 Talk: Deck and White Paper

Leading Agile

The Talk, The Presentation, and The White Paper. First, we’d like to thank all of you that were able to attend Mike’s talk at Agile 2018. That’s why we’re giving you his deck to take with you, and a white paper that will continue to build the case that a systems-first Transformation is truly the only option. The post Mike Cottmeyer’s Agile 2018 Talk: Deck and White Paper appeared first on LeadingAgile.

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5 levels of Agile planning. and the DoD

Musings on Project Management

Some years ago I picked up this nice summary image of agile planning over several time cycles. It came from a white paper at AgileConnection.com " entitled "Scaling Agile Processes: Five Levels of Planning Fortunately, to give some credibility to his thesis, the author says right up front that agile methods don't scale to enterprise level without some changes! agile

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Forming Teams in an Agile Organization

Leading Agile

And dependencies kill Agility. Or, to learn more about how we think about and approach Agile Transformation, you can download our Agile Transformation white paper here: www.leadingagile.com/whitepaper

2020 139
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Agile Adoption: Decreasing Time to Market

This Refcard is focused on helping you evaluate and choose the practices for your team or organization when getting to market faster is of prime importance

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The CEO Says We Need Agile

Brad Egeland

Download the white paper CEOs like the latest technology, continuous improvement initiatives and to make decisions. But are those decisions always in the best interest of the organization?

2019 95
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5 Tips for Successful Agile Adoption

Brad Egeland

From Jama Software How To Scale Agile Across an Organization Successfully implementing Agile within a company requires learning new skills and aligning disparate teams. Most often, Agile is embraced by a development team and the biggest challenges come from addressing how the rest of the organization will adapt.

2019 141
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Why Agile Teams Don’t Make You An Agile Organization

Leading Agile

It’s great to start at the team level during a Transformation, but we can’t expect team level change to seamlessly change the entire business at every level—because the business itself is not designed to support Agility in the first place.

2021 71
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Implementing Agile for Enterprise Adoption

Brad Egeland

Even with the research showing advantages of the Agile software development practices and methodology, there is still resistance. Introducing Agile practices into an organization can be a challenging task. For new adopters, the case for Agile methods has to be supplemented by results showing the high failure rates in traditional projects. Download the full white paper

2019 132
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Current State and Future Prospects of Scrum and Agile Development in Japan

Scrum.org

Since I became a Professional Scrum Trainer in November, I have been asked a lot about the current state, and the future perspectives, for Scrum and agile development in Japan, where I’ve worked for the last six years. So much so that many consider the paper to be part of the roots of Scrum.

2023 117
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The Third Wave of Agile

The third wave of Agile is here

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13 Reasons Why The ROI Of Your Agile Training Died! (And How You Can Save It The Next Time)

Scrum.org

How do you manage the ROI of your Agile Training? White Paper: Designing Agile Training & Coaching for Maximum Impact & Results. Case Study: WWT Apprentices get 828% ROI From SmoothApps Agile Training.

2021 200
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Lean/ Agile Adoption in IT Services

Digite

In my position within Digité, I have often interacted with senior leadership in these organizations about Lean/Agile adoption. Several quarters ago, I started a Lean/Agile transformation journey for an IT service provider with their Leadership team. How does Lean/Agile recommend that projects are estimated in the Presales stage before the deal has been won and a SOW issued? How does Agile recommend we handle such large requirements that come in bulk?

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Remote Work and PSTIR w/ Jeff Howey

Leading Agile

At the beginning of the pandemic, LeadingAgile published a white paper called Maintaining Momentum in a Remote Agile World. Download the White Paper. Maintaining Momentum in a Remote Agile World. Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go!

2020 134
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Using Agile To Get Early ROI

Leading Agile

The best way to achieve early ROI with Agile is to create a delivery engine where the teams at the execution level are aligned with the business strategy. That’s our basic like law, to me of team level agility.

2020 118
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What Are the Characteristics of an Agile Organizations?

Leading Agile

It’s difficult to get value out of Agile if we don’t get set up correctly first, don’t have all the right pieces in place, and don’t have all the right levels of support. But it takes more than culture or practices to enable Agile to actually work in an organization.

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Combining Waterfall and Agile in SAFe

Brad Egeland

Agile and Waterfall processes are not generally considered something that should be mixed. They are mixed – and have to be – as many organizations make the transition from a Waterfall software development and project management methodology to an Agile methodology of the same. The exception being, of course, new organizations or startups that go the Agile only route. Download the white paper

2019 95
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How DevOps Enables Business Architecture Alignment

Leading Agile

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].

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Agile 2018 Interviews: Day One

Leading Agile

This year, at Agile 2018, we had a ton of thought leaders from the Agile community stop by the set of SoundNotes to talk about the state of the industry, give us sneak previews of their speaker sessions, and to promote their latest projects/endeavors. Mark and Johanna Co-Presented a talk at Agile 2018 entitled: You have to Say More There: Effective Communication in a Distributed Agile Team. Johanna led another session at Agile 2018: Agile and Lean Roadmapping.

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Should Lean and Agile Organizations Limit Projects to Maximize Success?

Brad Egeland

Download the white paperOrganizations are constantly thinking of more efficient ways to operate in order to remain profitable, effective and even relevant in their industry.

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Modern Challenges of Hybrid R&D Teams in Manufacturing

ProjectManager.com

If you’re interested in learning more about optimizing hybrid R&D teams in manufacturing, we encourage you to download How R&D Teams Increase Speed & Quality with Hybrid Work Management , our white paper on this subject.

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Transformation, Business Architecture, and Scaling

Leading Agile

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. How did you get into this agile space?

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Building An Agile Operating Model That Accelerates ROI 

Leading Agile

This clip is from Mike’s series on the 6 Key Business Drivers of Agility. Or to learn more about how we think about and approach Agile Transformation, you can download our Agile Transformation white paper here: www.leadingagile.com/whitepaper.

2020 71
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7 Key Considerations for Building the Perfect PMO

LiquidPlanner

There are many choices… with two being traditional waterfall and agile? If agile, will it be Kanban or scrum? Scrum and Kanban are two agile project management methodologies with “subtle” differences. Agile Leadership Methodology Productivity Project Management

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SoundNotes Live: Q&A Session w/ Mike Cottmeyer vol.2

Leading Agile

?. Once again, Mike Cottmeyer and Dave Prior sat down to discuss some of Mike’s latest thoughts on Agile Transformation and answer questions that we received from the audience. Some of the topics discussed were: Agile PMO, velocity, and governance just to name a few. For more of Mike’s latest thoughts on Agile Transformation, you can check out his latest white paper, here: Download Mike’s White Paper.

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Waterfall Should Have Never Existed: Part 1

MPUG

I’d like to begin by sharing a brilliant quote that puts the latest project management fashion, Agile, into humbling perspective: “ A Waterfall project is just an Agile (Scrum) project with one huge sprint! In the following two-part article, I will argue that: ‘ Agile ’ is not agile.

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How DevOps Enables Business Architecture Alignment

Leading Agile

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].

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Agile Transformation Kata with Organizational Change Patterns

Scrum.org

Katas and patterns go hand in hand and so does the Agile Transformation Kata (ATK) harmonize very well with the organizational change patterns published for example by Mary Lynn Manns and Linda Rising in their book More Fearless Change. The goal of this blog post is to show real-world connections between the Agile Transformation Kata and the organizational change patterns and how the patterns can help coaches implement ideas.

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PMI Membership for Professionals and Students: Is it Worth It?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

A Disciplined Agile Approach to Optimizing Your Way of Working (WoW). Your membership fee gets you: Electronic copies of the PMBOK® Guide and The Agile Practice Guide. So you’re considering joining PMI® as a member or a student member?

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Webinar recap: Agile Project Management with Microsoft Teams and Planner

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Dux Raymond Sy’s Agile Project Management with Microsoft Teams and Planner webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Agile Project Management with Microsoft Teams and Planner.

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Top Project Management Conferences of 2022

ProjectManager.com

Be Prepared for Project Management Trends in 2022 with This White Paper. Agile & Beyond. Agile is not new. Agile & Beyond is a great opportunity to mingle with a community of like-minded professionals and executives. Agile 2022.

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Excellent Project Leadership Starts Here

Brad Egeland

Led projects and oversight of offshore development teams for PS organization Acting in advisory role CTO role for Agile tool startup pmxboard implementing the best technology for the organization to grow and move forward. ​ I am available. 22 years experience.

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Project Manager - Immediate Availability

Brad Egeland

Led projects and oversight of offshore development teams for PS organization Acting in advisory role CTO role for Agile tool startup pmxboard i mplementing the best technology for the organization to grow and move forward. I am available. 22 years experience.

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Shifting from Projects to a Product-Centric Approach

Planview

In my last blog, “ Agile Transformation: The PMO’s New Paradigm ” we covered the significance of embracing different types of work and the role that continuous planning plays in becoming an Agile PMO—but that’s only the beginning. In the whitepaper, The Agile PMO: 5 Steps to Driving Agility at Scale , the focus of the PMO can no longer be on executing on-time and on-budget, but instead on the delivery of value as the outcome. Lean and Agile PMO

2019 106
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Are you having Fun?

Scrum.org

This directly relates to the Agile values : “Individuals and Interactions Over Process and Tools”. Barry Overeem, his insightful white paper on “ Characteristics of a Great Scrum Team

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How to Kick-Start a Career in Project Management

Binfire

This could mean anything from becoming an expert in Agile methodology to focusing on change management or risk management. This could include trade magazines, online blogs, and even white papers from leading companies in the field.

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Dr. Harold Kerzner Q&A: How Changes in Project Management Are Supporting Agile and Scrum

The IIL Blog

This past November as part of IIL’s IPM Day online conference , Dr. Harold Kerzner delivered a keynote on “ How Changes in Project Management Are Supporting Agile and Scrum. This appears to be true for continuous improvements in Agile and Scrum activities. and we are excited to share highlights here, organized in the following categories: Agile and Scrum . AGILE AND SCRUM. Can the traditional PM role still exist in an Agile world?

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Practice Your Agile Transformation with a Kata (Whitepaper)

Scrum.org

Imagine for a moment what frequently asked questions around agile transformations look like. Which questions do you hear most often as it seems agile transformation has been a hot topic lately? How do I roll-out an Agile Transformation in my organization?". How long does it take to transform an organization to Agile?". Who is in charge of the Agile transformation?”. We can establish and increase agility, but there is no finish line to cross. .

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5 Ways To Use Visual Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Whether your team uses Agile methods or a waterfall-based methodology (or blends the two), think about ways that you can share your project schedule with team members. I wrote a white paper on this topic.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Here's a collection of presentations, briefings, papers, essays, book content used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've written and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems and other domains. Agile Project Management (#APM). Agile Software Development (#ASD). Integrating Agile and Earned Value Management (#AEVM). Journal Papers, White Papers, and Essays on Project Success (#Papers).

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