The IIL Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

In my consulting practice, I see development teams struggling with their users. Organizational change management (OCM) is the domain intended to support the adoption of new ways of working. However, history demonstrates that change is hard. So, what can project managers do to improve adoption? Check it out here.

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Scrum.org

JULY 16, 2019

Although the paper is focused on training in general, my mind made the connection in how Scrum consultants, trainers, and coaches try to have organizations learn Scrum. How organizations expect to succeed with Scrum by hiring consultants, trainers, and coaches. Or the other way around. What I see happening a lot is…. Complexity.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

To learn more about the difference between the Scrum Master and Project Manager, you can read our article: Scrum Master vs. Project Manager. Facilitating team self-organization and change management. SAFe® Lean Portfolio. Management (LPM) Training. Management (APM) Training. ICP-ACC) Training.

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Digite

MARCH 8, 2018

In this 2-part series, we are honored to publish a couple of blog posts by (2016 Brickell Key award winner) Christophe Achouiantz, Kanban thought-leader, consultant and coach. Look at Jason Little and his excellent Lean Change Management for guidance. Written in the “Fika-style” (read on to understand what that is!),

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Online PM Courses

OCTOBER 14, 2018

#PMOT is the Twitter hashtag used by Project Managers on Twitter. If you want to follow project management conversations on Twitter… Or if you want to keep up with the latest articles, or products… #PMOT is a good tag to follow. It’s not the only tag project managers use. I am a casual Twitter user.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

These are called either a Program Management Office or a Portfolio Management office. This article focuses on the concept of a Project Management Office. It acts more as a consultant and mentor, offering services as needed while not mandating processes.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Everything you need to know about project management terms is here in one list! Plus we’ve added handy links to help you dive deeper into different topics with videos, articles and even our round-up of all resources so you can put these important terms into practice with your projects.

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Agile Coach

JULY 24, 2016

They’re filled with a glut of questions seeking binary answers, and for each question there are 17 coaches and consultants arguing about why their answer is the best answer. Implement Lean? Of course, us consultants will say that’s no reason to go Agile! What about product? Switch verticals when you feel like? Let teams pick?

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Project Management Essentials

MAY 1, 2019

Organizational change and transformation efforts are often challenging. In last month’s article, ”Road Trippin’ Organizational Change: The Beginning” , I recommending using adaptive-agile planning practices and treating the effort like a road trip: Set the direction, not the destination. Learn from experience. Are we there yet?

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

This involves streamlining workflows, eliminating waste, and embracing lean methodologies. Change Management: Gain buy-in from all stakeholders, communicate the vision and benefits of operational excellence, and manage resistance to change. Note: This article was created with the assistance of an AI engine.

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Leading Agile

MAY 3, 2023

So as you guys know, Leading Agile, we are exclusively in the change management business. Typically, we’re doing Agile transformation and all the change management is associated with that. And there are a lot of folks that are adopting Agile that are in organizations that are really, really difficult to change.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2019

Mark Phillips runs a consultancy focused on high performing projects. He is the author of Reinventing Communication by Routledge, a book on how to design, lead and manage high performing projects. The extension of self-care is caring for others, also crucial for project management and change management. Helena Lui.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Value stream identification is a crucial step in the Lean process. This is why many organizations use the lean methodology. As a project manager and team lead, you must identify what you want in the value stream. The purpose of this article is to provide you with some tips on correctly identifying the value stream.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

It is changing so fast that it’s hard for practitioners to keep up with the latest offerings. In this article we look at emerging software in the PPM space and discuss how its selection and implementation needs to be done in line with an overarching digital strategy. Click To Tweet. Implementation Issues.

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Workzone

APRIL 18, 2019

Over 70% of organizational change initiatives fail, but change itself isn’t the stumbling block. Change is common and natural, even inevitable. Seasons change, people change, mountain ranges change — yet successful change management remains a lofty, even insurmountable challenge for many organizations.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 31, 2020

And that was based on some work I’d done, as a consultant several years ago the company was acquiring a bunch of other like power companies, and we were doing capability modeling. And then tying that together into a network and then applying Lean principles to designing an organization that can get stuff done. – Yeah.

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International Institute for Learning

JULY 26, 2022

Well, adopting the Scaled Agile Framework provides you with a basic model of roles, responsibilities, artifacts, and ceremonies that have been established to embrace Lean-Agile principles and relentlessly improve based on more than a decade’s experience of implementations and the latest research. Franks: To quote Scaled Agile Inc.,

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Leading Agile

JANUARY 21, 2021

And what we are is we’re a consultancy that’s focused on doing Agile Transformation specifically. So we have predictabilities, smaller batch sizes break dependencies, team level, or business capability level investment strategies versus like a lean startup thing where we’re just experimenting and market.

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Leading Agile

JUNE 20, 2023

The Challenges of Change Management And I think part of the challenge is that as practitioners, even if we recognize it, we don’t know quite what to do about it. We don’t quite know how to orchestrate the change. It’s kind of consulting 101. It’s kind of fascinating. It’s fascinating.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 11, 2020

Now that he’s on the consultant side of things, he brings his unique perspective to each of his engagements and is able to empathize with his clients in a way that only he can. – So you don’t get to just hire a bunch of consultants and name a director of transformation and let it go? – Yeah, that’s right.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 9, 2019

He’s an accomplished speaker, consultant and educator supporting the project management community for over 25 years. I’ve got some articles, in fact, I just wrote one last week for MPUG, if you haven’t seen it, talks about how agile is being used at Microsoft to eliminate bureaucracy.

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Wrike

APRIL 12, 2017

Corporate Education Group presents a variety of individual classes on topics like risk management and project scope, plus PMP exam prep. Global Knowledge has instructors who are certified PMPs and consultants with an average of 15 years experience. Project Management Guide for Beginners – Wrike. PMI Knowledge Center.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Need up-to-date facts and figures for a project management report, article, or infographic? Browse this collection of project management statistics collected from studies and reports from the past five years. Lean & Test Driven Development (TDD) – 11%. Management Consulting. Poor change management – 25%.

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Paymo App

APRIL 2, 2018

Project Management Software Developers. PM Training And Consulting Companies. Without further ado, here is our list of the best project management blogs at the moment (in no particular order): Individual Authors. You’ll find how-to articles and actionable tips on these methodologies. What is Agile Project Management?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

However, as students of the lean entrepreneurship movement hear repeatedly, it’s usually not a good idea to launch your product with a “big bang.” This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management. This is solid counsel from my experience. Excerpted with permission by St.

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