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Do your team members feel unsafe to lead?

Kiron Bondale

An article published this week on HBR.org indirectly identified another casualty of low psychological safety: future leadership. In the article, the authors highlighted three key reasons why capable people are reluctant to lead. Reducing the probability of failure by finding low risk opportunities for staff to lead.

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The Conscious Project Leader [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I have been a bit lax with project management reading recently but one book that I have made time to review again is The Conscious Project Leader: How to Create a Culture of Success for Your Projects, Your Team and Yourself. Colin’s book isn’t going to teach you how to estimate or manage risk – although there are chapters on that.

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How to Manage Project Scope Without Scope Creep (with examples)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

One of the reasons for that is scope creep – and that’s what this article is all about. The term refers to how the project’s requirements or feature list grows over time without proper control. Scope creep is the more common term but you might hear both, especially if you are working in software development. What is scope creep?

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Software Development & Management

Alan Parker Blog

Introduction to Software Development and Management Purpose The fundamental purpose of software development and management practice is to ensure that software applications meet the diverse needs of internal and external stakeholders. These needs encompass functionality, reliability, maintainability, compliance, and auditability.

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6 Easy Ways to Manage Group Think and Risk at Work

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is a guest article by Dr Mike Clayton , the brains behind Online PM Courses.com. It’s an edited extract from his book Risk Happens ! Group Think Introduces Risk. Therefore, with dissent discouraged, groups tend to endorse higher risk decisions than individuals would. Dr Mike Clayton. Appoint a devil’s advocate.

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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. 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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Creating a Risk-Adjusted Backlog

Leading Answers

This article explains what a risk-adjusted backlog is, why they are useful, how to create one and how teams work with them. What is a Risk-Adjusted Backlog? A risk-adjusted backlog is a backlog that contains activities relating to managing risk in addition to the usual features associated with delivering value.

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