ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 3, 2020

But we do know that when it comes to business, leadership, personal productivity and work-life balance, a slew of seriously helpful self-help books has recently been published that can help you make 2020 your best year yet. If you start your new year by reading just one of these books, you’ll be starting out on the right foot.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 23, 2022

In this article you will learn: Why enabling Scrum Teams with UX Design capabilities is important. Why introducing UX capabilities to Scrum team is frequently hard. What is the job of an UX Leader in a product development organization. How to use a UX Design maturity level to coach teams to deliver better outcomes. . ??

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 19, 2022

Successful CEOs Ram Charan and Larry Bossidy define execution in their book Executive: The Discipline of Getting Things Done : “Execution is a specific set of behaviors and techniques that companies need to master in order to have a competitive advantage. Communicating information to all key stakeholders, sponsors and team members.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 2, 2019

But we do know that when it comes to business, leadership, personal productivity and work-life balance, a slew of seriously helpful self-help books has recently been published that can help you make 2019 your best year yet. If you start your new year by reading just one of these books, you’ll be starting out on the right foot.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 8, 2023

In addition, 89% of consumers moved to rivals after having a bad customer experience [ii]. User stories can help project teams put customer needs at the heart of what they build. Apply this in your projects Code software to add in customers’ names and default to their location. year on year [iii].

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Leading Agile

MAY 25, 2023

Solid technical practices and your full-stack developer’s software craftsmanship are also limited by the conditions inside your organization. And so what we were talking about was the idea, on theme for the last couple of these recordings of, what are the necessary preconditions to be able to do software craftsmanship well?

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Kiron Bondale

DECEMBER 16, 2018

I’m midway through Nassim Taleb ‘s latest book, Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life. The premise of this book is that without skin in the game, asymmetries emerge which encourage unfairness, poor decision making and can contribute to a lack of understanding of realities.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 5, 2020

Management expert Henry Mintzberg, in his book, ‘Managing‘ suggests that the open-ended nature of the job is one of the most significant adjustments for new managers. According to the HRPA (Human Resources Professionals Association), 63% of millennials believe that their organisations are not developing their leadership skills.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2022

“New work is being assigned without being reviewed for priority or as part of the long term strategy/plan,” wrote one project manager, and many others added similar comments about the lack of organizational portfolio management, like these: Poor strategy planning hence poor implementation in order to realize benefits sought.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

You won’t find anything in PRINCE2 about people management or the soft skills of project management, although these are covered in other related books. PRINCE2 is the same: there is no point in sticking rigidly to the workflow in the book if it takes you three times as long to get anything done. And what are the weak points?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 30, 2020

I told him honestly that I didn’t see any possibility of using his software at work, but that I was revising Social Media for Project Managers for a second edition (now published as Collaboration Tools for Project Managers) and that there would potentially be some scope in learning more about their product for that. Not being truthful.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

And in no particular order we start with: Mark Phillips Mark Phillips High performing teams are motivated by an exceptional vision. The vision becomes a touchstone for difficult discussions with stakeholders, a path to unity for all project participants and a guide post for decision making with your team throughout the project.

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LiquidPlanner

DECEMBER 5, 2022

As it turned out the traffic was in my favour allowing me longer rest periods (never a bad thing on a long journey) and all other people involved in my journey were ready and waiting for me (thank you) – result being arrival at home a little earlier (and without undue stress). In the absence of such ‘data,’ only bad decisions can be made.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 22, 2019

For years, I’ve fulfilled the role of Scrum Master for many different organizations and Scrum Teams. These teams were mostly focused on software development. These organizations were able to attract the smartest developers and create products customers loved. Examples of a Developer Culture.

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Kiron Bondale

NOVEMBER 28, 2021

wrote The Mythical Man Month, he provided project managers with the valuable caution which later was named Brooks’ Law: “ Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later “ While there are always exceptions, this statement is generally true. as well as a number of other online book stores).

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Given I literally wrote the book on Collaboration Tools for Project Managers, you’d expect that I’d be using my software for stakeholder comms every day. I do use Slack for project management on a daily basis, as it’s a good way to stay in touch with the team. Team Engagement Tactics. More ideas!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

I caught up with Mark so that he could explain that interesting title and talk more about the book. Visual Project Management is a process that uses the visualization of the project delivery process to drive team behaviors: to collaborate and effectively manage projects to deliver on time. But what is visual project management?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Being able to act as a credible, trusted leader is dependent on you and your team making ethical choices about how you manage and lead the work. Yep, that’s correct: the PMBOK ® Guide isn’t the only reference book you need to look at. It’s giving your clients a poor service and doing a disservice to your team as well.

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Velociteach

MARCH 18, 2024

Have you ever wondered why project team members decide to quit? Join us as we unravel the mysteries behind team turnover with HR expert Cindi Filer. Discover the pitfalls project managers should avoid to retain their team members, foster a thriving workplace environment, and optimize your most valuable resource: your people.

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Productivity Land

JULY 25, 2023

In today’s competitive professional landscape, the secret sauce to significant achievements lies in both individual skills and efficient teamwork and team collaboration. So, let’s explore the wonders of collaborative work and the strategies to boost team productivity.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 4, 2020

When I saw the book “Art of doing twice the work in the half time,” Dr. Jeff Sutherland wrote, my reaction was like how someone can claim that? I went through the book and loved it. It is not only because the book is good, but I felt connected with one of the case studies. You can read the original post here.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

“New work is being assigned without being reviewed for priority or as part of the long term strategy/plan,” wrote one project manager, and many others added similar comments about the lack of organizational portfolio management, like these: Poor strategy planning hence poor implementation in order to realize benefits sought.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 22, 2019

Early September a new book will be added to the Professional Scrum Series : Agile Leadership Toolkit - by Peter Koning. We live in uncertain times created by the move from the age of mass production to the digital or software age. We are moving to a world where, by necessity, teams have to be empowered to respond to their environment.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Stick with me, and we’ll explore what project requirements are, why they’re important, and some tips for developing good ones. First, they provide the project team with a shared understanding of the project’s goals and objectives. Tips for developing good project requirements. Well, this is my life!

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 3, 2018

We’re tasked with developing new products, taking them to market, making our systems more efficient and well, so much more. Quality is a very good thing in an end-product, but it can slow you down in development. The Exercise : This one is easy; come up with as many ideas as possible — good and bad. Work in a New Location.

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Inloox

MAY 27, 2021

A good project manager knows that some developments are out of their control. Entire books have been devoted to explaining this law. As a result, everyone develops an individual level of risk tolerance, which a good project manager must also consider within their team. Which is why there are numerous interpretations.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 11, 2023

Why do we deliver poor quality? More things to think about come from Marty Cagan's “Inspired” book. Sounds like you should start the 1st Sprint with focus on a Integrated Done Increment Not like others spending 600’000 CHF on Not Done Software. Why do we build unnecessary products? Why are we most often too late?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 21, 2019

Sub-title #2: Jeff Sutherland’s book could have been called: “Scrum: Twice the decision-making in half the time leading to half the work and twice the output.”. In Product Development, the end state cannot be known in advance of starting. Therefore, the Iron Triangle is a weak model to apply in Product Development.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 29, 2019

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. This year, I’m going to spotlight an initiative called #CelebratingWomeninProjectManagement launched by Elise Stevens , CEO of FixMyProjectChaos. Invest in your network.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2021

Your Scrum team is consistently failing to meet commitments, and its velocity is volatile. How would you address this issue with the team? If a Scrum Team is exhibiting a volatile velocity, consistently failing to meet their forecasts, it suggests that velocity is being used as the prevalent metric for measuring that team’s progress.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 21, 2022

We can do nothing else if we want our teams to behave well and deliver for us. You cannot look after your team and your stakeholders unless you are in robust physical, mental and emotional health. A couple of poor nights’ sleep in a row can damage your judgment and emotional stability just as much as an excess of alcohol.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2019

Part 1 intends to focus on the Scrum Team, Part 2 will be released shortly after our Webinar on April 29th and will focus on the “Epic” challenges agile leaders are facing. For example, it is recommended that members of the development teams do not spend more than 10% of their capacity on Product Backlog refinement.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

It’s of paramount importance to everyone involved, from stakeholders to team members. The best a project manager can do is develop an accurate time estimate for how long it will take to satisfactorily complete the project. The main lesson to learn from all this psychological profiling is that our gut is a poor estimator of time.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 22, 2018

There are many questions you need to think about, like what should your team culture be, and what are the best project management tools for your tasks? But how can you develop these skills and set yourself up for success? Now you can apply this knowledge to your team leadership, sharpening and refining your leadership skills.

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Leading Answers

AUGUST 25, 2020

It has spawned the #NoEstimates hashtag, a website, a book and countless blog posts and conference presentations. For software projects following an agile approach, the team is often asked to estimate the development effort for stories in the backlog. Then people can make up their minds based on their unique environment.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ?️ As set for each Sprint, regularly achieving these goals suggests the Scrum Master’s effectiveness in creating an environment where Product Backlog management and Sprint Planning work well, including all team members.

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Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 15, 2016

” Nine times out of ten, I hear an answer — among others — related to poor communication. What happens when poor communication exists? Here’s the bottom line — poor communication drives projects off the cliff into an abysmal valley. software defects) that they found.

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