COVID-19 and agile are strange bed fellows
Kiron Bondale
APRIL 5, 2020
COVID-19 is like that car accident just up ahead which you know you shouldn’t be focusing on while driving, but which draws the attention of all around it.
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How our PST community rallies in response to COVID-19
Scrum.org
APRIL 1, 2020
A little over a month ago, life was fairly normal and Scrum.org was easing into the normal pattern of March - the rhythm of providing training, the development of new capabilities and products, and a lot of participation with forum and blog posts discussions. But the reality of COVID-19 is far worse than any example I have cited.
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Project Risk Coach
JANUARY 2, 2017
Visitors spent an average of 4 minutes and 19 seconds per visit. Top Blog Posts for 2016. The post My Top 10 Most Popular Blog Posts of 2016 appeared first on. Also up from 21,000 in 2014. As you can see, the visitors have doubled in two years. The top countries were: The United States. The United Kingdom. Reader Survey 2016.
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How To Create A New, Better Normal For Your Team Post Covid-19
Proofhub
APRIL 6, 2022
COVID-19 situation is changing with every passing day. things are not going to be normal like they used to be before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Here’s what I believe we as leaders can do to create a new, better normal for our teams post COVID-19: Take big, tough decisions without much delay Reluctance to change is in human nature.
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A Letter From Our CEO About COVID-19
LiquidPlanner
MARCH 19, 2020
Many of our practices can be explored in depth in our blog and knowledge base. The post A Letter From Our CEO About COVID-19 appeared first on LiquidPlanner. LiquidPlanner can help optimize resource utilization and connect teams dynamically via our scheduling engine and the insights it delivers.
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Office & Work Life After COVID-19?—?The Good, The Bad And Everything In-between
Proofhub
OCTOBER 21, 2020
Office & Work Life After COVID-19?—?Here’s Here’s everything that’s changed COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we used to look at things around us. But before we move to that let us first have a look at the good, the bad and everything in-between that has been brought forward by this COVID-19 pandemic. The Good Things 1.
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How effective are your Scrum Events if you can’t even book a room?
Scrum.org
MAY 30, 2022
This ‘way of working’ seems to be working for them, so keep an open mind, and perhaps this blog will inspire your teams. COVID-19 has altered our perspective of working remotely. It’s without a doubt that COVID-19 has changed our view of working remotely. So what’s this annoying issue? Booking a meeting room! Back to the office.
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Managing Work From Home Efficiently During COVID-19
Proofhub
APRIL 21, 2020
Here is how you can work well from home during COVID-19. Final Thoughts All in all, it is possible to continue being productive even when you are forced to work remotely from home during COVID-19. To work efficiently while social distancing, it is important to understand the fundamentals of managing work-from-home effectively.
Adaptation and Compassion in a Time of Crisis: Our Statement On Covid-19
Teamweek
MARCH 25, 2020
The post Adaptation and Compassion in a Time of Crisis: Our Statement On Covid-19 appeared first on Toggl Blog. Check-in on your coworkers. Listen to each other. Communicate often. We can get through this — together.
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Checklist: How to Prepare Your Business for COVID-19
EasyProjects
MARCH 12, 2020
COVID-19 has taught us that no matter how progressive our healthcare system and security measures are, we still face unpredictable circumstances that are beyond our control. Hardware : Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there’s been a recent 50% increase in laptop sales as businesses prepare for their teams to work remotely.
Checklist: How to Prepare Your Business for COVID-19
EasyProjects
MARCH 12, 2020
COVID-19 has taught us that no matter how progressive our healthcare system and security measures are, we still face unpredictable circumstances that are beyond our control. Hardware : Since the outbreak of COVID-19, there’s been a recent 50% increase in laptop sales as businesses prepare for their teams to work remotely.
How To Create A New, Better Normal For Your Team Post Covid-19
Sandeep Kashyap
APRIL 6, 2022
COVID-19 situation is changing with every passing day. things are not going to be normal like they used to be before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Here’s what I believe we as leaders can do to create a new, better normal for our teams post COVID-19: Take big, tough decisions without much delay Reluctance to change is in human nature.
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Tips for Working from Home During the Covid-19 Crisis
International Institute for Learning
MARCH 20, 2020
With an educational background in History, Psychology, Business administration and the tech sector, and a previous professional background in political action, her writings based on these broad experiences of topics in these areas have been published in various online publications and blogs.
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Top 25 Project Management Blogs You Should Be Reading
Workzone
OCTOBER 30, 2021
Project management is no exception, and there’s tons you can learn and share by browsing project management blogs across the web. It can be nearly impossible to sort through it all, which is why we’ve collected our favorite project management blogs and put them all in one place. How can you actually use these blogs?
Adaptation and Compassion in a Time of Crisis: Our Statement On Covid-19
Teamweek
MARCH 25, 2020
The post Adaptation and Compassion in a Time of Crisis: Our Statement On Covid-19 appeared first on Toggl Blog. Check-in on your coworkers. Listen to each other. Communicate often. We can get through this — together.
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Inspection and the Increment (19)
Scrum.org
MAY 18, 2023
If you want to take a deeper dive into the core concepts we are covering in this blog series, then surely check out our Professional Scrum MasterY workshop. Don't want to miss any of these blog posts? I hope you find value in these short posts and if you are looking for more clarifications, feel free to take contact.
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Measuring the value of business agility - your questions answered
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 17, 2020
This blog is our attempt to answer some of them. Question: COVID-19 may be considered a Black Swan event. CH - We were talking about agility long before COVID-19. COVID-19 battle-tested the agile model in a way that we couldn’t have imagined before. To avoid duplication we have grouped some questions. .
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Different ways to know your customers
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 30, 2023
In this blog post, I discuss the different ways to know your customers. Example: Tom, a psychology student taking language exams to obtain a certificate, age 19, struggles with international language exams and wants to improve his score before the next attempt. More about experiments are included in the blog post Why Experiment?
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Best Teamwork Quotes: 35 Motivational Quotes for Teams
ProjectManager.com
JANUARY 20, 2023
You can spend hours reading business books and browsing blogs about teamwork, but sometimes, teamwork quotes from history seem to say more than an entire book ever could. Bryant, commonly known as Bear Bryant, was the head coach of the University of Alabama football team for 25 years. Now that’s teamwork! “In union there is strength.”
9 HR Challenges That Will Be Prevalent In The Digital Age
Proofhub
JULY 12, 2022
As an aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, people are returning to the office. Adapting To A Hybrid Work Model Before COVID-19, very few companies had a hybrid work program. Ensure Employee Wellness The disruptions of the Covid-19 pandemic have brought to light many physical and mental health issues.
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Make It Less Stressful Going Back to Office Post-Pandemic
Proofhub
MARCH 9, 2022
Image Source: Pexels Now the offices are reopening again as the cases of Covid-19 are finally dropping after the third wave. Apart from the pressure of regular office life, people may be concerned about the safety standards if the cases start to rise again or if the other team members are serious about the Covid-19 or not.
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How Agile Practices Enable Remote Working
Scrum.org
MAY 27, 2021
We’ve already discussed the importance of decentralised command and decision-making in an earlier blog, outlining how managers need to be able to train, mentor and teach their teams. Nothing erodes trust and performance as fast as being treated as if you are not trusted. “
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How to Steer Your Team Away From the 2021 Burnout Epidemic
Proofhub
OCTOBER 5, 2021
What we experience today as burnout is as novel as COVID-19 itself, and is more prevalent. To combat burnout, we must understand how COVID-19 changed it. Pandemic-Related Burnout Source: [link] So how did COVID-19 worsen an existing burnout epidemic? Sixty-seven percent believe the pandemic has “worsened employee burnout.”
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Top Project Management Conferences of 2020
ProjectManager.com
JANUARY 20, 2020
May 19-21, Detroit, MI. October 17-19, Seattle, WA. There are presentations and interactive sessions led by experts that explore current implementation best practices and creative applications of agile and the scrum framework. Agile & Beyond . Check on the site for updates. PMI Global Conference 2020.
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How to lead "Live Virtual Class" like a pro- part one (Preparation)
Scrum.org
APRIL 12, 2020
Are you working remotely during the COVID-19 outbreak? Based on the lessons learned from attending and leading virtual sessions, I am very humbled to create a two-part blog series as an experience report to help my fellow colleagues from the Agile and Scrum community to lead live virtual classes like a professional. Stay Safe.
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Top Project Management Conferences And Events Of 2024
NimbleWork
APRIL 23, 2024
Project Management Symposium When: April 18 – April 19, 2024 Location: University of Maryland, USA Website: [link] Dive deep into project management at the Project Management Symposium 2024! Project Management in the Age of AI (IPMA world of congress) When: April 19 – April 21, 2024 Location: Washington D.C.,
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By: 19 Change Management Blogs to follow - Conversations of Change
Agile Coach
MAY 22, 2015
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5 Ways to be an Excellent Project Manager During COVID-19 by Brad Egeland
MindGenius
JULY 13, 2020
Who knows how long this will go on and what long lasting effects the COVID-19 pandemic will have on our behaviors and business practices for the long term. There’s no question that the way we did things last year cannot be the status quo way we do things this year. Or maybe even next year.
Best Gantt Chart Software of 2023
ProjectManager.com
JUNE 21, 2023
Pricing Lite: $19/user/month Pro: $49/user/month Enterprise: $99/user/month Quick Facts TeamGantt has a free 30-day trial TeamGantt has a mobile app 5. Compared to other Gantt chart software these reports are basic and not very useful. The Gantt chart is good, but the software rests its reputation on that tool.
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Quickstart To Improve How Your Team Uses Sprint Goals
Scrum.org
MAY 15, 2022
In this blog post, we share three short formats that easily fit inside a Sprint Retrospective. Based on data from over 2.000 teams from across the globe, we identified 5 high-level factors and 19 sub-factors that contribute to team effectiveness. Blog post: Myth - A Sprint Goal Is Optional In Scrum. How To Prepare.
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The Perfect Storm for The Project Economy
Leading Answers
AUGUST 29, 2020
The winds of change were strong before the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 Hits Then COVID-19 changed how the world works, learns and communicates. Population Growth and Technology Uptake While extremely taxing on hospitals and medical practitioners, hopefully COVID-19 will do little to overall population counts.
My team have nothing to say in our Retrospective!
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 22, 2020
In the case of Scrum people might think that the Scrum Guide is only 19 pages so even though they haven't read it yet or delivered anything using Scrum, how difficult can it be!? The Scrum Guide is only 19 pages. At this stage people typically think that the thing they don't know is easier than it is. Conscious Incompetence.
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What Topics Will Be Covered at This Year’s IPM Day 2023?
The IIL Blog
AUGUST 23, 2023
At this year’s 19 th Annual International Project Management Day, I will be talking about working with blended in-person and remote teams. Pew Research did a study and found when asked, more than two-thirds of people prefer to work from home full-time, while 98% want to work from home at least some of the time.
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My Team has Nothing to Say in our Retrospective!
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 22, 2020
In the case of Scrum people might think that the Scrum Guide is only 19 pages so even though they haven't read it yet or delivered anything using Scrum, how difficult can it be!? The Scrum Guide is only 19 pages. At this stage people typically think that the thing they don't know is easier than it is. Conscious Incompetence.
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Dynamic Planning: Refocus, Reprioritize, and Reallocate Rapidly
Planview
APRIL 15, 2020
Nearly 70 percent of finance leaders are taking cost containment measures and considering postponing or canceling planned investments, according to PwC’s COVID-19 CFO Pulse Surveys (March 30, 2020 and April 13, 2020). The next blog in the series will cover how to align your remote workforce to rapid reprioritization.
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A Quickstart To Improve Your Scrum Team's Morale
Scrum.org
APRIL 14, 2022
In this blog post, we share three short formats that easily fit inside a Sprint Retrospective. In this blog post, we share three short formats that easily fit inside a Sprint Retrospective. Blog post: Don’t use happiness metrics, measure “Team Morale”. Blog post: In-Depth: Why Great Scrum Teams Have A Mind Of Their Own .
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Regaining Trust: The Winners and Losers of a More Cautious Tomorrow
Leading Answers
MAY 26, 2020
It is also why predicting how the world will change after the COVID-19 pandemic contains much uncertainty. There are several informative lists and pretty maps of cognitive biases, but some that apply in predicting life after COVID-19 include: 1. What about open-plan offices, high-fives and shaking hands?
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Quickstart To Improve Your Team's Psychological Safety
Scrum.org
MAY 2, 2022
In this blog post, we share three short formats that easily fit inside a Sprint Retrospective. Based on data from over 2.000 teams from across the globe, we identified 5 high-level factors and 19 sub-factors that contribute to team effectiveness. Blog post: In-Depth: Why Psychological Safety Improves The Effectiveness Of Your Team.
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Key Technology Trends in the Construction Industry in 2024
Epicflow Blog
DECEMBER 14, 2023
What is more, persisting supply chain issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and current geopolitical tensions can lead to material shortages, uncertainty regarding construction schedules, delays, and cost overruns in construction projects. Market Research Blog. References Schmidt, S. 5 Key Construction Trends to Watch in 2024.
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European Defense Industry 2021: Challenges and Trends
Epicflow Blog
MARCH 16, 2021
There’s probably no industry in the world that hasn’t been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on the Industry . In late 2020 and in 2021, the armed forces still have been supporting the civil healthcare system by assisting in vaccination against COVID-19.
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How To Steer Your Team Away From The 2021 Burnout Epidemic
Proofhub
OCTOBER 27, 2021
What we experience today as burnout is as novel as COVID-19 itself, and is more prevalent. To combat burnout, we must understand how COVID-19 changed it. Pandemic-Related Burnout Source: [link] So how did COVID-19 worsen an existing burnout epidemic? Sixty-seven percent believe the pandemic has “worsened employee burnout.”
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Navigating Complexity: Zoom Towns and the 'K' Shaped Recovery
Leading Answers
DECEMBER 15, 2020
COVID-19 converted the conversations and presentations into our present-day lives. K-Shaped Recovery COVID-19 has created some clear winners and losers in business, and it will be interesting to see if the trends continue after a vaccine gains sufficient adoption. Nor will businesses be the same. It will also be a lopsided recovery.
Disengaged Employees and How You Can Retain Them
Proofhub
MAY 3, 2022
You already know that the last two years of Covid-19 caused a considerable amount of worry for employers as they shifted toward hybrid workplaces and had to also navigate through the emotional as well as logistical consequences of the pandemic. But, despite all of this, they are not successful in engaging their employees.
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Top 5 Skype Alternatives for Video Conferencing & VoIP
TrustRadius Project Management
MAY 1, 2020
of the monthly web conferencing traffic on the TrustRadius platform— and since the COVID-19 pandemic began, Zoom has become the undisputed winner of the video conferencing category as a whole. Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, comparisons between TeamViewer vs Blizz have grown by 1269% on TrustRadius. Skype currently earns only 3.8%
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