Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 28, 2017

You can facilitate discussions in your project meetings. The lead tester may develop a team for testing. Let’s look at a different form of engagement–the use of an internal blog. Blogs are a form of pull communication used for large volumes of information or for large audiences such as an organization.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 22, 2024

For project managers aspiring to become Scrum Masters, understanding the project management Team Performance domain in a different light is crucial. This domain, traditionally associated with the management of project teams, takes on a new dimension in Scrum. Especially support your Product Owner with visioning.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 26, 2024

For Project Managers transitioning to Scrum Masters, understanding how Scrum’s empiricism and iterative process effectively manage risks is key to successful initiative outcomes. Next Steps Start by integrating risk management into your Scrum practices. In Scrum, risks are viewed as evolving, requiring continual reassessment.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 19, 2024

For Project Managers transitioning to Scrum Masters, understanding how Scrum excels in navigating complexity is crucial. This approach allows teams to respond effectively to the unpredictable nature of complex problems. Empower your team to take ownership of their work and contribute to navigating complexities.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 8, 2024

For Project Managers transitioning to Scrum Masters, understanding how to leverage Scrum to guide stakeholders and teams through change is crucial. For Project Managers transitioning to Scrum Masters, understanding how to leverage Scrum to guide stakeholders and teams through change is crucial.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 1, 2024

Scrum, with its empirical approach and emphasis on cross-functional, self-managing teams, inherently cultivates adaptability and resiliency. This approach enables Scrum Teams to adjust to changing requirements and market conditions effectively. This focus helps teams stay agile and responsive to stakeholder needs and project goals.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

In Scrum, systems thinking involves acknowledging the dynamic interactions within the team, the product, and the broader organizational and market environment. Scrum, however, thrives on change, and being inflexible impedes the team's ability to adapt and innovate.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2024

Caring for the Scrum Team: beyond the product, stewardship in Scrum includes caring for the developers. This aligns with the Scrum values of respect and courage, ensuring the team is cross-functional, self-managing, and continuously growing in effectiveness.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2024

Caring for the Scrum Team: beyond the product, stewardship in Scrum includes caring for the developers. This aligns with the Scrum values of respect and courage, ensuring the team is cross-functional, self-managing, and continuously growing in effectiveness.

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Inloox

DECEMBER 11, 2018

There was a lot going on at InLoox in 2018, which is also reflected on the InLoox blog. 8: 6 Project Management KPIs to Keep in Mind [Guest Author] Tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) is a great way to keep your projects on track. Here’s how you can lead your organization successfully into the digital future – in 6 steps. #2:

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Enhance Your Facilitation Skills: As stakeholder engagement is key in Scrum, enhance your skills in facilitating meetings and workshops, managing diverse opinions, and synthesizing feedback into actionable insights. Conclusion Transitioning from a project manager to a Scrum Master requires a shift in how stakeholders are engaged.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 4, 2024

Scrum thrives on the collective intelligence and creativity of the team, encouraging the integration of practices that suit the context of the initiative, while keeping the framework as-is. Cultivate a mindset of continuous learning, both for yourself and your team.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

We’ve gathered 15 vision statement examples from the best companies in the world to help you write your own business vision statement. A strong vision statement also works to help differentiate your company from others. That’s why you need a long-term vision statement to guide your efforts and help you plan long-term.

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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. Don’t forget that, while employee motivation is key to success in the workplace, it’s not all you and your team need to succeed.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

Would you like to make 2023 a successful year for your projects? I’m sure you take away tips and ideas for making this your best year yet managing projects at work. Leadership : ethical, authentic leadership is what helps get work done and set you apart from your peers. I’m sure you do. Let’s jump in.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 30, 2023

In this blog post, I discuss the different ways to know your customers. I recommend discovering these roles with Stakeholders and your Scrum Teams to increase transparency and better understand customers and users. Also, you might think about your customers'/users' archetypes. Think about your customers’ behaviors.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 29, 2019

For the last four years, I’ve published my annual women in project management blog for ProjectManager.com. Stevens is a podcaster, author, speaker and works with women in project management to reinforce within themselves their true value to their team, company and industry. It’s Time to Change the Ratio.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

And now, depending on how we phonetically write the word Kanban in different alphabets, we get different meanings. This is how you can imagine it. Whether he really said it or not, nobody can be sure. But what is important, I would like to specify the meaning of Kanban. Kanban Card. Kanban Board. it implements the kanban system.

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Scrum.org

MAY 29, 2023

I definitely see many good things happening within our community, and the teams and organizations we work with. That’s roughly the flow of this blog post. In short, I’ll describe how poor facilitation of the Scrum events can cause Zombie Scrum. Hence the title of this blog post. Unfortunately, we’re not there yet.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 25, 2023

With the Scrum Team Survey , teams can diagnose themselves with a scientifically validated approach, inspect the results together, and improve with evidence-based feedback. Every team member can complete the survey anonymously. The aggregated results are shown in one team report. How is that possible?!

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Scrum.org

MARCH 19, 2022

This blog post is also available as a nicely designed PDF. From that moment on, I captured my struggles, failures, and successes in a series of blog posts. Over the years, the sum of these blog posts resulted in the paper “ The 8 Stances Of A Scrum Master ”. You can download it for free here. The 6 Scrum Master Stances.

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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?

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 31, 2023

But is it possible to structure a process of continuous improvement at your company so that it aligns with your preferred management tools, team morale and overall objectives? There are many methods that have been developed to successfully seek out and act on opportunities to help improve your business and quash the competition.

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Scrum.org

JULY 22, 2021

In this highly engaging speaker session from the Agile Camp Berlin 2021, John Cutler delves into the advantages of linking strategy to everyday work: Motivation, inspiration, seeing the big picture despite working on a small iteration. ?? Join us on August 10, 2021 : Hands-on Agile #33: Adapt How You Lead for Agile Success—Johanna Rothman.

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Ganttic

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

In this blog post, we’ll explore the top project management pitfalls and discuss strategies to steer clear of them. That’s because your employees can help you think of different things (or even just different angles) that you never would have been able to think of all by yourself. How to improve? Quite the opposite.

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Wrike

APRIL 16, 2024

In the span of just a few years, developments in the area have spurred so much innovation at a rate that makes your head spin! You’re staring at a blank document, sometimes for far too long, waiting for inspiration to strike. Creative blocks can suck a huge amount of time from your day. Wrikers are no different; we’re human too!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

In case you’ve only just stumbled across this blog, in 2021 I celebrated 15 years of blogging about project management. It touched on the classic reasons for project failures – poor sponsorship and so on – but also focused on how we define failure on projects. Here’s the scoop on zombie projects and how to kill them ).

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Scrum.org

MAY 15, 2022

Does your team struggle with using Sprint Goals? We wrote this guide to help you get the dialogue started in your team. Sprint Goals help teams understand what is valuable in a Sprint, and thus help them make decisions about what to spend time on (and whatnot). How To Prepare. Scrum Team Survey.

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Scrum.org

MAY 30, 2022

Is your Scrum team comfortable with doing all the Scrum events remotely? I’m simply sharing a “way of working” that one of my teams is experimenting with at the moment to address an annoying issue that, I’m pretty sure, we all have experienced before. A couple of weeks ago, I posted a poll on LinkedIn with the question.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2023

In many of our blog posts , we show how Liberating Structures can be used with Scrum. It takes inspiration from the Ladder of Inference by Chris Argyris, an expert on learning in organizations, and it offers a perfect structure for Sprint Retrospectives. In this blog post, I’ll offer a short explanation of the various rounds.

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Velociteach

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

This blog is your roadmap to becoming not just a leader but a great leader through simple, effective leadership strategies. Do you naturally encourage your coworkers? Recognizing your strengths and areas to grow is key to setting off on your leadership-development journey. These are signs of a budding leader.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 30, 2022

One day your project management status updates might self-destruct. In a parallel universe, some of the key drivers of project management are to communicate, to inform and to develop high performing teams. Given how popular and powerful social media has become, what will this mean for the way we manage projects?

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Scrum.org

MAY 2, 2022

Is psychological safety in your team low? We wrote this guide to help you get the dialogue started in your team. Psychological safety makes it easier and safer for teams to learn and try new things and positively influences team performance. How To Prepare. How To Prepare. Scrum Team Survey.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 17, 2023

Although teams go through the motions of Scrum, Sprints don’t result in valuable outcomes, customers are not involved, teams have little autonomy, and nobody is doing anything to improve. The first response to Zombie Scrum might be to panic, run around, and hide below your desk. But what if your contribution isn’t helpful?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 14, 2022

Team morale indicates how willing members are to push on in the face of difficulties. Teams with high morale find their work meaningful and feel motivated to work together. High morale is a buffer against inevitable setbacks and burnout, and a great indicator of the atmosphere in a team. How To Prepare.

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Scrum.org

JULY 4, 2022

Following on from my previous post ( Considerations for a new Scrum Master ) this blog aims to help those just starting out as a Product Owner. Like my previous blog - the following items are in no particular order of preference. Know your product. Create and share your Product Vision. Start to build your Product Backlog.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 23, 2023

This blog is meant for gathering your thoughts on this topic. Please feel invited to share your thoughts either below this article, or through a direct message to me on LinkedIn. Delegate: Product Owners may decide to delegate certain choices to others in the Scrum Team in order for them to focus on more urgent matters.

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