Leading Agile

MAY 11, 2021

In today’s environment, organizations are striving for business Agility, or else they risk being put out of business. In today’s blog, a continuation of the first in this two-part series, we’ll talk about building trust and influence, and initiating the trust-influence loop. Trustworthiness begets more and more trust.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 24, 2022

This notion of contingency analysis shows that when planning or budgeting, we must account for foreseeable risk and factor in the optimal route required with the minimum number of possible detours. Risk is not solved with a calculation. Project leaders need to ask: are some foreseen risks not occurring?

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Leading Answers

JANUARY 16, 2021

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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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Risk Assessment and Mitigation: Identify potential risks and plan strategies to mitigate them effectively. The Influencer Stance Influence shapes product strategy and direction. This introductory blog, explores the concept of the 6 advanced stances of a Professional Product Owner.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 16, 2024

By using regular and consistent scenario planning, organizations can better allocate resources successfully, mitigate risk and decrease production costs. Operationa l scenario planning reviews all potential outcomes of a certain decision and how they can influence the business or project.

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Online PM Courses

NOVEMBER 18, 2018

When we did our roundup of the 50 best Project Management Blogs in 2017 it quickly became one of our most popular posts. So, here then is our list of the 52 best Project Management Blogs for 2019. How do People Consume Project Management Blogs? It seems to me that the blogs that thrive will offer something specific.

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Project Risk Coach

JANUARY 18, 2021

One of my popular blog posts is 40 Reasons PMOs Fail. How to manage: Identify high-powered, high-influence individuals who have a tendency to undermine initiatives. Be sure to identify and evaluate your risks in light of your project objectives. Develop and implement the risk response plans. How About You?

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nTask

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Gary David Cohn once said, “If you don’t invest in risk management, it doesn’t matter what business you’re in, it’s a risky business.”. Project manager or not – professionals on all levels have to interact with researching, identifying, and resolving risks. Risk Identification Techniques.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 14, 2021

You need to be aware of the project environment and prepare for its influence on your project throughout the project management life cycle. The project manager must understand the project environment and proactively plan to manage the factors that might influence the project. It’s sort of like managing risk in that way.

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Wrike

JANUARY 4, 2024

Similarly, for any organization looking to succeed and flourish, the solution lies in having an effective risk management process at the ready. This comes in the form of an enterprise risk management (ERM) framework, which involves mitigating risks before they wreak havoc on your company.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 22, 2021

A stakeholder map is a visual, four-quadrant influence-interest matrix used to identify stakeholders and categorize them in terms of their influence and interest in the project. It helps to mitigate risk and discover the stakeholder’s real goals for the project. How much influence and involvement in the project do they have?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 9, 2022

Stakeholders are very important because they can have a positive or negative influence on the project with their decisions. While every project has stakeholders and those stakeholders can be anyone with influence or that can be influenced by the project. Types of Stakeholders. External Stakeholders. Stakeholder Prioritization.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 7, 2023

You can read weekly blogs, guides and download free event planning templates for Excel and Word. There are a lot of variables and you have to consider risk, which might impact the event’s costs. Using this visual tool makes it easy for you to see each stakeholder’s impact and how they influence your work.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

This means this methodology greatly influences how your team operates and might even require you to make hiring decisions based on it. If not, you’re going to risk scope creep. On the other hand, kanban doesn’t have such strict rules. First off, it’s that scrum master.

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Wrike

JULY 23, 2023

Understanding and effectively addressing risks is crucial for any business or organization. In order to implement effective mitigation strategies that minimize potential harm and maximize preparedness, it’s important to redefine our understanding of risk and overcome the obstacles that hinder successful implementation.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2023

Our site is a hub for a variety of content related to the field, including weekly blogs, videos and, yes, free templates. This costs money so there’s also a place to estimate the budget, add a risk log and lay out the change management process. There are downloadable templates for every phase in the project life cycle.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

I gathered some project management statistics from original research (thank you, blog reader community) and learned some scary facts: it’s hard out there for project professionals. The buck stops with me but there are very few ways I can influence the direction of travel. So why are people leaving project management?

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Epicflow Blog

APRIL 29, 2022

Project management goes hand in hand with uncertainty and risks. The present-day disruptions caused by the pandemic bits and pieces, military conflicts, and geopolitical tensions can only increase the number of risks that projects will be exposed to. . Risk Register: Definition and Purpose . How to Create a Risk Register?

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NimbleWork

MARCH 27, 2024

There’s a human element linked to all of them: individuals are influenced by their unique background, expertise and experiences; teams are highly influenced by the leadership and existing team dynamics; organizations are inherently influenced by tangible outcomes such as ROI and other business performance metrics.

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Inloox

MAY 27, 2021

Another reason can be the influence of the project environment or a high number of stakeholders. As a result, everyone develops an individual level of risk tolerance, which a good project manager must also consider within their team. The very process of identifying a risk eliminates its most damaging characteristic: surprise.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

I assume yes – if you are reading this blog about doing work, you probably are committed to doing your job to the best possible level and that’s because you enjoy it. Good relations are the key to influencing people, getting their attention and finally getting things done. Anna Erdmanska, PMP. Do you love your job?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 4, 2023

There are fields to capture basic stakeholder information, including their title, contact information and influence or power over the project. It lists the project requirements , from user, functional and system to software, interface, workflow, change and risks. There’s a lot covered in the free template. Related Content.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 5, 2019

They are often active, and they can have a positive or negative influence depending on their actions. Stakeholders can influence everything and everyone in a project or organization, including senior management, project leaders, team members, customers, users and many others. Also, who will wield the most influence? Compromise.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2018

Hence, it’s important to know all possible constraints, their influences on each other and the project management tools that address those constraints. Managing risks is an important task for project managers. When you estimate probability, a risk will have a certain impact on your project. Tool for Handling Risk.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 2, 2020

Project managers are well aware of this and spend much of their time planning in order to avoid negative risk and its potential impact. There are many tools that can mitigate risk in a project, but it also takes skill in something called project controls. Risk management. Methodology. Cost estimates. Project documentation.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Prices for things change and there’s an inherent risk in putting together an event that can impact your budget. The latter is also a fixed cost, but the utility bill can be influenced by your event, which is why it lives in both categories. Planning and budgeting an event is the first step you in delivering a successful event.

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Scrum.org

JULY 11, 2021

And has created tons of supporting materials like card decks, papers, videos, blog posts, and much more! In this blog post, we focus on one specific question that was raised: “How to measure the success of an Agile Coach or Scrum Master?”. In the remainder of this blog post, I’ll include my personal findings as well.

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Scrum.org

MAY 21, 2021

Our own explanation of agility so far has been "the skill to turn customer needs into value flexibly, creatively and quickly while managing risk in complex environments.". . For some, value means, money, prestige, influence or success; for others, it means, health, freedom, education or environmental value. Controlling complex risk.

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Scrum.org

MAY 2, 2022

Psychological safety is defined by Amy Edmonson as the degree to which people are willing to take interpersonal risks. Examples of interpersonal risks are: admitting mistakes, disagreeing with others, and learning something new. In this blog post, we share three short formats that easily fit inside a Sprint Retrospective.

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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 ”. How is Scrum a framework to manage risk and deliver value sooner?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

It also builds thought leadership and allows your organization a reason to build relationships with industry influencers. A website or blog to post episodes and recaps. For example, in the show notes of the podcast, you can list related blog posts where you’ve covered the episode topic in more detail.

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Productivity Land

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

This blog will explore the relationship between organizational culture and project management and provide practical strategies for aligning culture with project management goals. Risk-taking An organization’s culture can influence individuals’ willingness to take risks.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 5, 2022

In this blog post, I share my thoughts on this alternative approach. This often happens when teams cannot influence impediments or don't know how to do so, and their well-intentioned improvements remain superficial. Small steps in the right direction to remove impediments, improve collaboration, manage risk, and deliver value sooner.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

You’ll want to address the length of the project, who will be involved and what risks are possible. It helps you understand the needs and expectations of your stakeholder in terms of their power or influence and the level of interest in your project. That means everything from the start of the project to the end of the project.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 26, 2023

The World’s Leading Framework and Certification for Agile Project Management By APMG International July 26, 2023 Agile’s influence on the project management industry continues to rise at pace. Risk Management AgilePM provides practical ideas for managing risk, directly addressing many of the common risks for projects (e.g.,

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) Log A document that tracks and manages project risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies. Risk Assessment An evaluation of potential risks to a project, including their probability and impact. a project).

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

Some might want to save the celebrations until the final delivery, but having milestones , acknowledging them and rewarding the team throughout the execution phase is how you keep morale up, which influences productivity. You should have developed a risk management plan during the planning phase. Meet Regularly.

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