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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

This article, How To Make 2018 A Successful Year for Your Projects , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. It’s a lot to read, so here are some spoilers drawn from common themes I heard time and time again in the interviews: Agile – if you don’t know enough about it, you need to start learning. I’m sure you do.

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Scrum.org

MAY 4, 2020

We started this series on remote agile with looking into practices and tools; we explored virtual Liberating Structures, and how to master Zoom. We had a look at common remote agile anti-patterns; we analyzed remote Retrospectives, Sprint Plannings as well as remote Sprint Reviews based on Liberating Structures.

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The IIL Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

By Monika Muddamshetty Agile emphasises that self-organizing teams have a greater chance of success. But what happens to the project manager as firms move towards agility and the product owner, team facilitator/Scrum master, and team members perform their roles? So, where can project managers go to stay relevant in an agile world?

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The IIL Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

The development team was devastated. In my consulting practice, I see development teams struggling with their users. Few organizations invest in the change management capabilities required to support new technologies and business processes. Develop mitigation strategies. This experience is not unique.

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Velociteach

AUGUST 3, 2023

The development team was devastated. In my consulting practice, I see development teams struggle with their users. Few organizations invest in the change management capabilities required to support new technologies and business processes. Develop mitigation strategies. This experience is not unique.

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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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Scrum.org

MARCH 24, 2020

TL; DR: Remote Agile (Part 2): Virtual Liberating Structures. Last week, we addressed basic practices and tools of remote agile with distributed teams. Based on that article, I also ran a live virtual class, the recording of which will be made available soon on the Age-of-Product’s Youtube channel. Liberating Structures.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The company has developed many hit movies and animated characters, including Mickey and Minnie Mouse, which have become recognizable worldwide brands. First, however, you might wonder how Disney implements its agile framework at such a large scale. How Did Scaled Agile Framework® Work for Disney?

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

SAFe defines the role of the Scrum Master as a servant-leader for the agile team who helps educate the team on various frameworks and methods, including Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming, and SAFe, ensuring that the agreed-upon agile process is duly followed. SAFe embraces Lean and Agile principles making them very explicit.

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International Institute for Learning

MARCH 29, 2022

IIL’s 6th annual Agile and Scrum Online Conference: Co-Create for Greater Value opens on June 3, 2021. In this article, we’ll preview what you can expect to take away from this unique learning event. Today, agile concepts have expanded well into nearly every industry, across products and services. Agile Transformation.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 25, 2024

A well-implemented PMO can transform your project delivery process , ensuring that every project is set up for success from the start. It is a focal point for project oversight, resource management, and decision support, providing the organizational structure used to manage people, processes, and tools in project execution.

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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? I do have an article on this, by the way, it’s called mirror mirror on the wall , who is the most and I won’t say anymore. That article has been out there since September, 2018. It was updated a few months ago.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

A scrum team has three accountabilities (commonly known as roles) – Developers, Product Owner, and Scrum Master. Keep reading to find out more about this essential role in your company’s software development team. The Scrum Master makes sure that the team follows the scrum process effectively. Who is a Scrum Master?

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Let’s imagine you’re a ghostwriter and you’re writing an article for one of your clients. Now instead of asking for any early feedback, you write the entire article and send it to your client at once. To get such negative reviews after putting so much effort into writing an entire article.

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International Institute for Learning

MAY 4, 2021

IIL’s 6th annual Agile and Scrum Online Conference: Co-Create for Greater Value opens on June 3, 2021. In this article, we’ll preview key themes that will be discussed at this unique learning event. Today, agile concepts have expanded well into nearly every industry, across products and services. Agile Transformation.

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Resource Guru

JUNE 7, 2023

Now, if you’re new to agency project management or want to improve your processes, project management methodologies are a great jumping-off point. As a business, you’ll likely develop a general project management approach based on your specific needs and agency workflows. Agile PMs achieve gradual improvements through repetition.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

For any organization, project management tools are a necessity. As the importance of project management tools becomes more widespread, it is no surprise that there is an abundance of reliable tools on the market. In this competitive world, it is important to have a successful project management tool. Advantages.

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Velociteach

JUNE 7, 2023

Agile seems like a mystery to many. However, when we step back and inspect agile, we see that it follows common, recognizable patterns from our daily lives. Let’s explore how agile practices can be applied to this common predicament. Agile ceremonies (meetings) are time-boxed, which creates focus and a sense of urgency.

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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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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

Metrics and KPIs are tools that will help an organization translate strategy to action while measuring progress. As the product strategy begins to become a reality via the product development process and subsequent market release, the ability to track and analyze key metrics is critical. Customer Acquisition Cost (CAC).

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Digite

JANUARY 14, 2018

It has been abundantly clear that in the last 3-4 years, the world of Agile has gradually come to be occupied by Kanban. Amongst the Agile folks looking at Kanban – and evaluating it for their purposes, Kanban is the solution to a range of what might be termed as limitations or constraints of the ways in which teams have adopted Scrum.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

83% of enterprises believe developing leaders at all levels in a company is essential. However, only 5% of businesses have included leadership development. When There is No Leadership, Someone Else Takes Charge Leadership is important because it always develops in some form or another.

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Online PM Courses

OCTOBER 14, 2018

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. Frankly it’s a bit of a blunt tool in these days where Twitter users often prefer narrower and more precise tags. Developing Leaders.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

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. Read Peter Landau’s article How to Write a Business Case to learn more about its structure.

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Agilemania

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Everyone who knows about the Scrum framework is aware of how it has benefited the software development industry. In this article, we will focus on the Scrum Master Salary in India and the US and the factors that influence it. It is a surefire route to lucrative pay and great professional advancement. Who is a Scrum Master?

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Leading Answers

JUNE 14, 2018

Instead, we launch agile transformations, digital transformations and productization transformations. Well, that’s the  idea and the promise of the consulting companies that sell transformation services.   Agile Transformations. A mantra of one agile approach is to  “Change the world of work.”.

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Teamweek

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Just a year ago, if you were to ask someone about their proficiency in ChatGPT, they’d stare at you much like I stared at a blank Google Doc when starting this article. There is one skill that’s helpful in rapidly changing environments, though — learning agility. What is learning agility?

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Leading Answers

JUNE 19, 2019

Developing new products or services is a maze-solving exercise. The process of learning starts with understanding the knowable and then adding to this through experiments and new learnings. We then need to create an environment with a dual track of product development and experimental learning. Nowadays, it is also a race.

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Leading Answers

MARCH 7, 2019

I wrote this article about the choices of approach we have and ways for new PMs to navigate them.). Consultants will say,  “Oh, it depends…”  and start a lengthy (aka expensive) conversation. Consider the process of designing a new car or home. The process is likely to be iterative and adaptive.

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International Institute for Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Since the Agile Manifesto was written in 2001 by a group of software practitioners, Agile approaches have been taking over the project management scene at a steady pace. Some say Agile is a mindset, not a methodology. Source: The Agile Practice Guide, PMI and Agile Alliance. Agile in Practice.

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Meisterplan

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

There are lots of methods and tools that promise comprehensive and complete project data. You may even utilize a consulting firm to perform a detailed analysis of your workflows and identify ways to be more productive. Is it helpful to know that the Senior Java Developer takes an average of 2.8 To Data, Or Not To Data?

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Wrike

JUNE 15, 2023

Yet you won’t always have the time or resources to build out a robust plan for every process, action, or workflow. With templates for project management, you can dive into new projects or build out processes from an established blueprint. Once established, you can leverage automation to accelerate progress.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

It involves the alignment of people, processes, and technology to achieve operational excellence and deliver value to customers. Understanding their needs, expectations, and preferences helps drive decision-making and process improvement. This involves streamlining workflows, eliminating waste, and embracing lean methodologies.

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Leading Answers

JUNE 14, 2018

Instead, we launch agile transformations, digital transformations and productization transformations. Well, that’s the  idea and the promise of the consulting companies that sell transformation services.   Agile Transformations. A mantra of one agile approach is to  “Change the world of work.”.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Shall I notify you about articles like this one? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 42,000-plus subscribers. ? But what if there’s a tool that could help navigate this complexity? Providing the content was a simple process and only took a few minutes.

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Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

In this article, we provide step-by-step tactics for " Initiating a Project " the right way. Project initiation is the opening process in project management, where the project's foundation is established. In short, the initiation process sets the project's guideposts from the start. What is Project Initiation?

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