The IIL Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

As we step into 2024, the dynamics of project management continue to shift, demanding professionals to be agile, skilled, and strategically focused. Develop Advanced Project Management Skills The skillset required for project management has expanded beyond traditional and predictive vs. agile boundaries.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

A project management methodology is a set of principles, tools and techniques that are used to plan, execute and manage projects. The waterfall method makes use of Gantt charts for planning and scheduling; an example is below. Agile Methodology. How do you know if agile is for you? Scrum Methodology.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 20, 2021

While agile is relatively new, it has made a big splash in the work of project management. It started in software development, but has since been adopted by other industries that have seen the benefit of agile’s iterative approach. Agile is more of an approach, and could almost be defined as a philosophy.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

It’s a lot to read, so here are some spoilers drawn from common themes I heard time and time again in the interviews: Agile : if you don’t know enough about it, you need to start learning. A well-documented plan? John is the co-author of Agile Project Management for Mobile Application Development. Proper briefs?

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Inloox

APRIL 15, 2021

Whether in project planning or in business management, for reliable decision making you will need some predefined parameters. It is important to know where the boundaries between these terms lie and where they intertwine in order to gain a basic understanding of normative goal setting in organizations. Where do you want to go?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Carsten is an Agile Coach at the LEGO Group and the founder of Agile Ideas. You might also know Carsten from his YouTube channel , in which he shared hands-on tips & tricks about Agile, coaching, and facilitation. What does Agile at the LEGO Group look like? so, there’s also no big Agile transformation plan.

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Inloox

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The SAFe method is based on the Lean philosophy and offers a fixed framework in which Scrum and other agile management methods can be scaled to the entire company. This is why we want to briefly summarize the basic concept as well as the most relevant terms that are relevant for the initial understanding of the method in this blog post.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

On June 30th Christopher Handscomb and I presented a webinar based on our joint research on the topic of the value of enterprise agility. This blog is our attempt to answer some of them. Firstly, I see Enterprise agility - building an agile organizational system - as being all about creating resilience and sustainability over time.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 4, 2023

Lose weight and increase agility. That was the primary purpose of their Agile transformation. That was the primary purpose of their Agile transformation. And instead of increasing agility, they only become more rigid, slow, and sluggish. Check the related blog posts for a step-by-step explanation.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Newton’s third law is also true in the case of agile vs waterfall, where one sprang to life as a reaction to the other. Created a few decades before the agile methodology, each phase is reliant upon the deliverables of the previous phase. An example of a waterfall plan on a Gantt chart in ProjectManager.com— Learn More!

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LiquidPlanner

JULY 18, 2022

Success used to be defined in terms of scope, scale, and efficiency. In my previous blog post, Creating Personal Time Management Techniques , 2 we contemplated ancient wisdom rooted in knowing yourself and others. This is true in both the near term and the long-term. About the Author.

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Inloox

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The SAFe method is based on the Lean philosophy and offers a fixed framework in which Scrum and other agile management methods can be scaled to the entire company. This is why we want to briefly summarize the basic concept as well as the most relevant terms that are relevant for the initial understanding of the method in this blog post.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Agile project management can be a great help in a wide variety of projects, but if it is not fully understood, there will be problems. In Agile, there are unique terms and ways of working that can be bewildering for those new to the methodology. But even if it’s been planned out, the product backlog is not set in stone.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 7, 2020

An agile workflow can help. For a long time the agile framework influenced teams outside of the software development sector from which it originated. People are evangelical about agile. There are those who are almost rigid in their adherence to the agile framework. What Is an Agile Workflow? It’s ironic.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 7, 2020

Scrumban: An Agile Hybrid. Scrumban is part of an agile framework, a hybrid of scrum and kanban. What scrumban does is take the prescriptive nature of scrum, which resides in an agile framework, and uses the process of improvement that is key to kanban. That’s because there’s no sprint planning every couple of weeks.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 21, 2021

Level of effort (LOE) is a project management term that refers to a specific type of project activity called support activities. These reports should be created throughout the project lifecycle to check progress and compare it against the project plan. These estimations are the foundation of sound project planning.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 6, 2022

Her book, Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital describes the last 200 or so years in terms of 5 technology revolutions. . Many of those initial agile meetups were driven by the need to share a different way of working compared to the waterfall approach, an approach inspired by the industrial, mass-production mindset.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 31, 2019

More along the lines of project management, though, is the Agile Manifesto. Agile is a bit of a controversial topic in the field. Either way, agile offers a fast and nimble way to work that first benefited software development before expanding its reach to almost every industry. What Is Agile? You’re not alone.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 30, 2019

The same goes for an implementation plan. So what is an implementation plan, how do you make one, and how do you execute it successfully? What Is an Implementation Plan? What Are the Benefits of an Implementation Plan? The implementation plan plays a large role in the success of your overall strategic plan.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

In this blog post, I’ll walk you through some important steps you need to take in your first days to set a strong foundation for your long term success. Look around in or outside of your team for people who can become your alies and agile change agents. Let’s start with a disclaime.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 30, 2021

No matter how thoroughly a project is planned, the unexpected is bound to happen. Status reports are an example of how reporting directly impacts a project, in both the short-term and long-term. While many of these risks will never become reality, it’s crucial to document and plan for them. Risk Register Template.

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Scrum.org

MAY 20, 2022

In this blog post, we focus on one specific topic that emerged. The question from Eleonora is based on James Shore’s book “ The Art Of Agile Development ” to which Bas Vodde also contributed. In this blog post, I’ll share my view on this question. You’re involved in setting a “long-term” goal for the product.

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Planview

AUGUST 29, 2023

But most organizations lack basic resourcing capacity, and plans are often approved before resource capacity is evaluated, resulting in missed objectives and employee burnout due to overutilization. Organizations require an effective capacity planning strategy. In these models, planning is done by months or quarters, not daily.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

When we define the term, we’ll explore which projects use one. The creative brief is the outline of what will become the project plan. ProjectManager is online project management software that can help you turn your creative brief into a working project plan. Have a Distribution Plan. What Is a Creative Brief?

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The IIL Blog

AUGUST 16, 2023

Below, AgileDad explains why you need accurate financial projections for your business and offers some advice on how to create them: Why Financial Projections Matter Financial projections are a realistic estimate of your business’s future financial revenue and expenses, short-term and long-term.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 30, 2021

In this blog, I will share my valuable experience in my journey towards becoming a Scrum Master. You have to locate a team that is new to the Agile framework and try out few things such as: . Pen down a Plan for Personal Development . Under the personal development plan, you can consider: Setting clear goals for yourself.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 4, 2022

We’ll show you how to make one so that when you’re planning your next product, the final deliverable has everything you planned to put in it. If your team is agile, they can toggle over to the kanban board and manage their backlog and collaboratively plan sprints. ProjectManager Helps With Product Planning.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 2, 2021

Task management is a process that guides you in planning, analyzing, evaluating and reporting on each task as it progresses. A cloud-based project management application can add efficiencies and reduce waste by connecting planning, scheduling, resource management and collaboration all under one roof.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 20, 2020

There is no time like the present for looking backwards and planning forwards. For the agile enthusiast, this scrum gathering takes place twice a year since 2013. There are presentations and interactive sessions led by experts that explore current implementation best practices and creative applications of agile and the scrum framework.

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TrustRadius Project Management

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Agile development is a relatively young workflow methodology. At the start of the millennium, software devs pioneered the development of agile, and here we are. Since its inception, agile has seen incredible adoption across the business world, especially in tech sectors. Essential Agile Statistics for 2022 and Beyond.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 25, 2021

Read on and learn how to employ search-engines, LinkedIn’s people search, reaching out to peers in the agile community, and analyzing the event markets in the quest for your next Scrum Master job. ?? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 29k other subscribers.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The term “ agile product management ” means precisely what it sounds like. At its foundation, agile product management is a reaction to the widespread usage of agile software development approaches such as scrum or kanban. How Agile Can Product Management Benefit Your Business?

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Planview

JANUARY 2, 2020

We facilitated a roundtable discussion of our customers at the 2019 Planview Horizons Customer Conference where enterprise agility in financial services organizations was discussed. We learned more about some of the biggest struggles financial institutions face with a focus on capacity planning, funding models, and digital transformation.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2018

In project management there are five phases: initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing. If the project is approved, then the next step is to assemble a project team and to start planning how to manage the project so it can achieve its goals within budget and on time. Define those contracts and who they’ll go to.

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Proofhub

JULY 12, 2022

Having the information as to why people tend to leave, HR can develop plans to address employee turnover. Change Management One of the greatest challenges HRs face today is coming to terms with the new reality of VUCA (P) times. HR needs to develop long-term plans that account for change and agility.

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Leading Answers

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

We intuitively know that a successful agile adoption requires more than copying agile practices. You may have seen the “agile iceberg” model that shows the visible practices agile teams perform as the tip of an enormous iceberg supported by a mindset, values and principles. Belief in the core agile mindset and values.

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Scrum.org

MAY 3, 2021

The Scrum Master is probably one of the most famous Agile roles. Scrum, for those of you who are new, is an Agile framework, and started life as a way of developing and delivering complex products to market with efficiency. Scrum is the most popular Agile framework in use around the world today.

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