The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Budgets, timelines, and agreements are familiar sources. Elements in the assumptions log can include: Describe the assumption using the most specific and definable information available. The plan should provide well-defined steps to respond to the risk should it occur. Until we validate them, they are risks.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Cadence and synchronization: Teams should work in fixed iterations, known as sprints, and synchronize their work to deliver a consistent flow of value. This cadence allows for regular feedback and course correction, so that teams stay on track and deliver high-quality results.

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Velociteach

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Budgets, timelines, and agreements are familiar sources. The plan should provide well-defined steps to respond to the risk should it occur. Until we validate them, they are risks. So, we want to document them in an assumptions log and proactively review and address them. Constraints are things that limit our projects. Response Plan.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

MAY 16, 2023

Budget – PMO ain’t free! Meeting Cadence Calendar. I didn’t see the importance of this when I first read about “Cadence Calendars.” I didn’t see the importance of this when I first read about “Cadence Calendars.” Defining a formal meeting is pretty easy.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 11, 2023

Finding the PMO’s “WHY” Though this is listed first, it may be defined in your assessment last. Also, look at communication cadence and means by which to share this information. Financial/Budgeting. Assess the budget and how costs will be tracked. The more input, the better. A PMO ain’t free!!

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

We learn as we go and take small steps with defined budgets, resourcing, and time-boxes. What agile adds to this, therefore, is a distinct cadence of its own iterations or drawdowns of tasks into the Work in Progress part of the Kanban Board. Typical agile frameworks do not include a clearly defined risk owner or risk manager.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 30, 2023

How to Create ChatGPT Prompts Generally, ChatGPT prompts comprise several elements: I define in what capacity ChatGPT shall interact with the prompts; for example, as a Scrum Master. A rough estimation of the budget required. The team should be able to adjust their budget as needed and should be able to measure their value delivered.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

From sunk costs, HIPPO-ism, my-budget-my-features to self-fulfilling prophecies?— Apparently, there is a difference in the inspect & adapt cadence when product strategy and Sprint Backlog are compared to each other. How that is supposed to happen is nowhere described in the Scrum Guide.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 6, 2021

They are open to innovation and help the team in defining goals and perceptions to communicate strategic vision clearly. Apply cadence, synchronize with cross-domain planning. Working with lean agile principles helps the SAFe Agilist in building the Agile Portfolio management with lean budgeting. Decentralize decision-making.

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Agilemania

JANUARY 24, 2022

The cadence of development of multiple teams. How do we budget?” . The core competencies for Business Agility as defined by SAFe are . Teams and domains should define objectives: Teams become more committed and empowered if they define their own goals . Facilitate teams of teams planning. Cross-Team Dependencies.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

It allows you to: Stay organized by clearly defining your objectives, which provides a sense of direction and purpose for your team. Setting Up Your Marketing Objectives Before tracking your goals, you need to clearly identify and define them. For example, you can set a regular cadence for reviewing your goal tracking data.

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Wrike

JUNE 15, 2023

Getting granular with work projects is important as you’re often faced with pressure from several sources: Time limits Budget constraints Client expectations Stakeholder opinion Without a measured or considered approach to how you’ll tackle both major and minor projects, the risk of falling prey to pressure from any of these sources increases.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Resource Allocation: This gives an overview of the resources allocated to the project, including personnel, equipment, and budget. Steps to Design a Status Report Template Defining Your Reporting Goals Before designing a status report template, identify the specific reporting goals and objectives.

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Wrike

MAY 23, 2023

Try Wrike for free Understanding Agile Ceremonies Agile ceremonies are pre-defined meetings or events that take place throughout the course of a sprint. By having a regular cadence of meetings, the team can stay on track with the project goals and make necessary adjustments along the way.

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Herding Cats

JULY 16, 2017

The order of the needed Capabilties in defined in the business strategy. . Either a Cadence Release Plan or a Capabilities Release Plan. You're late and over budget before you start, and have lowered the probability of technical success. These capabilities are connected to the business strategy. They implement that strategy.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 13, 2018

Lightweight methods are designed to support an approach whereby we define a goal — a capability our customers or our organization needs in order to meet business (or other) objectives — and a direction for product design that seems likely to achieve that goal. When do we define a new task on an existing story, or define a new story?

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Resource Guru

OCTOBER 18, 2023

This is where resource management software bridges the gap between underusing your agency resources and getting projects done on time and on budget. For example, a project with a well-defined process and clear communication is likely to meet deadlines and stay on budget. As a result, it’ll keep utilization rates high.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 12, 2016

Can these two Features 2015007 and 2015008 going to make into the next Cadence release, scheduled for the end of November?". In our domain that starts with a Broad Area Announcement to provide a "sanity check" to those asking for the solution to "test the bounds of the budget they may need to acquire the capabilities from the project.

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Resource Guru

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Scope misalignment A well-defined project scope helps agencies manage client expectations and prevent misunderstandings. This is a critical concern for agency resource managers who are often in charge of budget management. Be sure to touch base with them regularly , at a cadence that makes sense for both parties.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

What do you do with planning cadences? And so, a lot of the process for us is getting everybody aligned around the reference architecture patterns, picking a slice of the organization that wants to go and do this, con expedition and then we move it to a defined steady state. How do you go up into Portfolio Management?

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Planio

APRIL 24, 2023

According to the Association for Project Management : “Project management is the application of processes, methods, skills, knowledge, and experience to achieve specific objectives, according to defined acceptance criteria, within agreed parameters.” Using the chosen project management process to track progress and budget.

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Velociteach

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

A Cadence to Managing Projects BILL YATES: Okay. There’s a cadence. There’s a cadence. Again, this is a pet peeve of mine, but when it comes to schools, I think when they say, “Oh, the budgets are tight, let’s cut music,” I’m like, “No!” KYLE CROWE: A mark of true leadership is defined by the ability to empower others.

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Planio

AUGUST 1, 2022

With a team in place and a deep understanding of where you are now , it’s time to define what you want to get out of this Agile transformation. An Agile blueprint can help you define your ultimate goal and how you’re going to get there. Roadmap: Finally, define your scope and pace of the transformation.

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Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Benefits Framework: This defines the expected benefits of the project, the specific operations it would affect, and how the project's performance would be; a) realized, and b) measured. Blueprint: A project blueprint defines the scope of the project, the business goals it is meant to achieve, and the broader vision behind it.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 31, 2020

You get super clear backlogs, you find out what the real cadences you’ve finished work that you start. It’s breaking what an organization does to produce those outcomes down into measurable, definable outcomes. – Safe defines a reference architecture for a system of delivery. How do you like fix it?

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

The overarching theme is focused on defining what Done looks like, assessing progress toward Done in units of measure meaningful to the decision makers. Project Governance - project management is a well-defined concept found in many guidebooks and Bodies of Knowledge. Mathematical and Science Writings (#MathSci).

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 5, 2017

This Plan needs to define: How the products and services will be “matured” as the project progresses? It serves no purpose to have a risk plan and the defined mitigations in the absence of a risk communication plan. Herding Cats: Capabilities Release or Cadence Release. So the supposed UNK UNK was actually lack of understanding.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 5, 2016

In our domain this is the Performance Measurement Baseline, which is a time-phased budget plan for accomplishing work against which contract performance is measured. It includes the budgets assigned to scheduled control accounts and the applicable indirect budgets. People have defined skills and capabilities.

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Leading Agile

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And so at scale, that product owner metaphor gets expanded and it’s basically define the feature, do the story mapping, do the release plan, all that stuff. That’s their interface to the rest of the organization is defined by the product owner. Budgeting and funding matters. They have a backlog. These things.

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

” A lot more is possible than was imagined when “Agile” was first defined. More narrowly-defined roles would have fewer concurrent assignments, but still too many to be effective. It’s time now to move forward to the next level of proficiency in software delivery; what we might call “post-Agile.”

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MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

Now up to this point, session number one of our series, we were discussing a system for value delivery, which meant for the most part, PMI wanted to paint five primary contextual concepts defining the system for value delivery. What’s deliverable, cadence, project phase? It makes sense. I was used to different software.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 20, 2018

Are stakeholders involved in defining the examples? It isn’t reasonable for (say) ten development teams to share (say) two statically-defined test environments whose configurations differ wildly from production. I often hear people say they can’t afford to create consistently-defined environments throughout the pipeline.

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