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New Broom, Sweeps Lean! Four ROI, Efficiency and Productivity Hacks for The New IT Project Decision Maker

Project Accelerator News

When new to a role (in many business environments, not just IT Project Management), new managers tend to lean into making sweeping changes, it’s human nature. CASE STUDY: Simon’s promotion put him in charge of a struggling team, and he told me he deployed benchmarking to identify why they’d been missing targets.

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Could a Scrum GPT Challenge Scrum Masters?

Scrum.org

Standish Group data reveals a startling 58% of Agile teams struggle with delays, budget issues, and dissatisfied customers. Case study analysis of successful agile product management. Problem-Solving Exercise : Groups identify anti-patterns in each case study and propose solutions or improvements.

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Review Agile Portfolio Management

Henny Portman

The book is divided into nine chapters, starting with project portfolio management, and ending with case studies on agile portfolio management. The next chapter The reality of Agility@Scale is more a chapter on lean thinking and principles. And the case studies offer not enough practical aspects.

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The Velociteach Guide to Delivering Sustainable Projects

Velociteach

Implementing lean principles to minimize waste and focus on value-adding activities. Case Studies: Real-Life Lessons from the Trenches Drawing from real-life examples, we see the successful application of these strategies in various industries. Using project management software for better tracking and optimization of resources.

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Best PMI-ACP Exam Prep Books

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I believe you won’t need to read all of the books on the agile exam reading list, so pick one or two that suit your budget and your learning style. Lots of things are at the heart of agile methods – it’s a very lean way of going about delivering results). They all feature on PMI’s exam reference materials list.

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Free project management certifications

Moira Alexander

Six Sigma and Lean: Quantitative Tools for Productivity and Quality - covers how to master Six Sigma and Lean fundamentals to improve productivity and quality in your organization and earn a TUM Lean and Six Sigma Yellow Belt certification. The course also includes a project management case study.

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The Complete Guide to Scaling Agile and SAFe for Business Agility

Agilemania

These frameworks also encourage you to use Lean principles to optimize your flow. These include Disciplined Agile Development (DAD), LeSS, Scrum@Scale, Spotify, Lean Startup, hybrid combinations, and more. Becoming a truly lean and agile enterprise is the best bet for any organization aspiring to succeed. . How do we budget?” .

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