The IIL Blog

JULY 12, 2023

By Cynthia Snyder Dionisio July 12, 2023 Even though the PMBOK ® Guide – Seventh Edition was released two years ago, there are still many project managers who are wondering how it is structured, and how they can use it. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge is what we call the PMBOK ® Guide.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Deshalb habe ich bereits 2017 eine erste Umfrage zum Net Promoter Score® des Scaled Agile Framework SAFe ® durchgeführt. Viereinhalb Jahre später habe ich diese Umfrage nun wiederholt: SAFe® hat zwischenzeitlich mehrere Iterationen durchlaufen und mehr agile Praktiker haben Erfahrungen mit diesem Framework gesammelt. Zwischen dem 13.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 7, 2023

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. Yet, Scrum and the principles of agile development are not as common in Japan as they are in other parts of the world.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

SAFe® has always been a controversial topic within the agile community. Therefore, back in 2017, I ran a first survey on the Net Promoter Score® of the Scaled Agile Framework SAFe®. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? The main acquisition channel was the Food for Agile Thought newsletter.

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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

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Welcome to Sprint anti-patterns article from our series on Scrum anti-patterns, covering not just the three Scrum roles, but also the stakeholders as well as the IT management. Do you want to get this article in your inbox? This habit puts also reaching the Sprint Goal at risk.). 27 Sprint Anti-Patterns.

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Velociteach

JULY 6, 2023

Large enterprises and government agencies increasingly turn to Agile for their software projects. This is a difficult shift, with many struggling to fit their new round agile pegs into their existing square waterfall holes. Cultural, structural, and procedural impediments make “being agile” a challenge.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 5, 2022

As a community, we excel at putting our fingers on the sore spots of what teams and organizations do wrong. What is exceedingly clear to me is that many Scrum Masters, trainers, and consultants thrive on debating them online. When they read these articles, they might consider them enjoyable.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 28, 2022

Welcome to the Sprint anti-patterns article from my series on Scrum anti-patterns, covering the three Scrum roles—pardon me: accountabilities—and addressing the contributions of stakeholders and the IT/line management. And if so, what are the consequences? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2019

But what does it take to get there? I asked people two questions: What should people managing projects be aware of as we go into 2019 to make 2019 their most successful year ever? What will you be doing in 2019 to have your most successful year ever? Mark Phillips runs a consultancy focused on high performing projects.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

This latest update to the interview guide addresses Product Owner anti-patterns from Product Backlog management and refinement to the Sprint Review. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 33,000-plus subscribers. ?? Source : Scrum Guide 2020.

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International Institute for Learning

MAY 3, 2023

After all, how can you develop a realistic schedule if you don’t even know what the final output will be? [1] But this article discusses some variables you can keep in mind as you build your hybrid schedule. The development approach for deliverables is evident in the amount of schedule detail and the use of releases and iterations.

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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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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

THIS IS A REPOST ARTICLE DETAILING THE KEYNOTE I CO-PRESENTED AT THE LESS CONFERENCE IN 2019. This article is about how we improved on the Spotify inspired model in one tribe inside a Large Dutch Bank. The consultant. All seemed okay, but this was about to change as we approached our first big product release.

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

In fact, I thought my personal computer had been hacked, and I rebooted a couple of times without knowing what exactly to do because my service providers’ status dashboards were all green–a good 10 minutes into the internet outage. Instead, he sees story boards, iteration and release burndown charts, and velocity graphs. Not really.

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MPUG

JUNE 23, 2020

“I keep six honest serving-men, They taught me all I knew, Their names are What and Why and When, And How and Where and Who. One of communication management, risk identification, charter preparation, and also, product development. Slice out a release strategy. This poem in particular has been used as a method.

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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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International Institute for Learning

MARCH 29, 2023

By Cyndi Snyder Dionisio You can have an awesome schedule and a great risk management plan, but those won’t get the project done. You may also need to figure out how to balance project management needs and scrum master needs. Support the project manager. Resolve conflicts outside the project manager’s authority.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Are you struggling to manage complex projects in an increasingly fast-paced and digital environment? Digital project management is a skill requiring competency in our technology-driven workplace. Embrace the necessary tools and techniques today to supercharge your project management skills.

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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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Scrum.org

JUNE 13, 2022

After covering the anti-patterns of the Scrum Master, the Product Owner, and the stakeholders, this article addresses Scrum Developer anti-patterns, covering all Scrum Events and the Product Backlog artifact. Continue reading and learn more about what to look out for if you want to support your teammates who build the Increment. ????

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Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Since we are in a complex world and the requirements, customer demands, and technology change rapidly, we know little about what & how we are going to develop. It will end-up with a time-management mess. Increase effectiveness of time management. What to Estimate. We learn more through empiricism.

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Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Straightforwardly if I have to explain the Product Management, then I would say, “The activities performed throughout the Product Lifecycle is the Product Management.” Who is a Product Manager, Product Owner, Project Manager, and Business Analyst? What are the Product and its lifecycle? ? Investopedia.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Do you want to get this article in your inbox? The primary way of achieving this goal as a PO is the management of the Product Backlog. In my experience, most Product Owner anti-patterns result from a less than adequate handling of this Product Backlog management task. You can sign up here and join 25k other subscribers.

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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. What’s the Big Picture? Source: The Agile Practice Guide, PMI and Agile Alliance.

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The IIL Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

Every year, numerous articles are written that describe new approaches to management and leadership practices. The focus of this paper is to discuss some of the challenges facing the linkage between artificial intelligence (AI), project management, and stakeholder relations management.

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International Institute for Learning

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Harold Kerzner Introduction Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications have become a major interest of the project management community of practice worldwide. Many companies have already begun implementing AI augmented applications into their processes, tools, techniques, and methodologies for project management.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

When it comes to product management, we tend to hear a lot more about things like road mapping, requirements gathering, and wireframing because the mechanics of the job are easier to explain. What are Metrics For Product Management? What are KPIs For Product Management?

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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. However, what really happens?   Agile Transformations. Transformations are flavor of the month.

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Leading Answers

JUNE 19, 2019

They need to model the desired behavior, share what they have learned and their new plan of action. Product managers, project managers and team leaders all play an important role in keeping the maze-solving teams motivated and moving in the right direction. We Are in the Maze-Solving Business. Nowadays, it is also a race.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 8, 2019

Applying a name to an emotion can help a person manage or conquer it. James Shore wrote succinctly on this topic in The Art of Agile Development. James Shore wrote succinctly on this topic in The Art of Agile Development. This article is the story of such a discovery. Sub-title: Not Every Defect is a ‘Bug’. Enter Ryan.

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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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Binfire

MARCH 13, 2017

The secret to success as a project manager or any other profession is to learn from our mistakes and not repeat common mistakes project managers make; even the experienced ones. Project manager’s role is complicated. I am writing this paper with the new project managers and those with no management experience in mind.

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Project Cost Management often puts people off. Instead, you must act with determination to understand project cost management and implement all the tools at your disposal to control costs and bring in your expenditure on budget. What is not negotiable is the budget. The governance considerations for project cost management.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 11, 2020

Agile Unplugged is your chance to explore LeadingAgile’s freshest ideas, mental models, frameworks, and solutions with the people that are actually doing the work of leading large-scale Agile Transformation, out in the field. Welcome to an all-new podcast hosted by LeadingAgile’s CEO, Mike Cottmeyer. Transcript.

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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. However, what really happens?   Agile Transformations. Transformations are flavor of the month.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 20, 2023

As the world of business increases in complexity, it will take more than user stories, estimation, and OKRs to build a trustworthy system that management can delegate into. But if managers want a trustworthy system, it’ll be up to them to create it. ” Like, what the heck does that even mean?

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