The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Agile A flexible and dynamic approach to project management that allows for iterative updates during defined time blocks, which allows for incremental value. Agile Manifesto The fundamental document that outlines the values and principles of Agile project management. Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g.,

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 36,000-plus other subscribers. ? You are well familiar with Scrum and other agile product development practices. So, I took a few questions from the Hiring: 82 Scrum Product Owner Interview Questions guide and ran a ChatGPT Product Owner job interview.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In my Professional Scrum Training and coaching sessions with teams, I’m often asked about how to navigate organizations’ centralized planification. We know that transparency plays a critical role here: “the emergent process of work must be visible and understandable to those performing the work”. How do DAOs support Scrum Teams?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

Some examples of these services are: coaching the Team members in self-organization and cross-functionality. Some examples of these services are: coaching the Team members in self-organization and cross-functionality. This is a question I get in my training classes as well. supporting the organization in its Scrum adoption.

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Agilemania

MARCH 10, 2022

Scaled Agile Framework is rising in popularity. Large organizations who implemented SAFe reported the following benefits- . Large organizations who implemented SAFe reported the following benefits- . And to further testify the benefits of SAFe, 37% of the organizations use SAFe as per the 15th State of Agile Report.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2019

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. Mark Phillips runs a consultancy focused on high performing projects. Would you like to make 2019 a successful year for your projects?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

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. Mark Phillips runs a consultancy focused on high performing projects. Would you like to make 2018 a successful year for your projects?

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Scrum.org

JUNE 6, 2022

Learn how individual incentives and outdated organizational structures — fostering personal agendas and local optimization efforts — manifest themselves in Scrum stakeholder anti-patterns that easily impede any agile transformation to a product-led organization. ???? Update : Join the poll and its lively discussion on LinkedIn. ??

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Deshalb habe ich bereits 2017 eine erste Umfrage zum Net Promoter Score® des Scaled Agile Framework SAFe ® durchgeführt. Viereinhalb Jahre später habe ich diese Umfrage nun wiederholt: SAFe® hat zwischenzeitlich mehrere Iterationen durchlaufen und mehr agile Praktiker haben Erfahrungen mit diesem Framework gesammelt. Zwischen dem 13.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2022

Suppose you are looking to fill a Scrum Master (or agile coach) position in your organization. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 34,000-plus subscribers. ?? These should allow an interviewer to deep dive into a candidate’s understanding of Scrum and her agile mindset.

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International Institute for Learning

AUGUST 17, 2022

Registered Attendee Benefit – The first 200 registrants will be provided a coupon code for an in-person networking event on Thursday, August 18 at the NCSU McKimmon Center. Tailoring Approaches: Agile Project Management. excels in team building, budgeting, scheduling,and training team members. This will be a virtual event.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

SAFe® has always been a controversial topic within the agile community. Therefore, back in 2017, I ran a first survey on the Net Promoter Score® of the Scaled Agile Framework SAFe®. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 34,000-plus subscribers. ?? The result back then was -52. Survey Data.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 6, 2021

It was circa 2011 when Dean Leffingwell decided to conceptualize the Scaled Agile Framework. SAFe is a knowledge base of proven, integrated principles, practices, and competencies for achieving business agility using Lean, Agile, Systems Thinking, and DevOps. Software and IT teams delivering in an agile way alone isn’t enough.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

First, however, you might wonder how Disney implements its agile framework at such a large scale. This article will discuss how Disney can use the Scaled Agile Framework® to address the challenges a large organization will face when implementing it in its software development process.

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Agilemania

APRIL 15, 2021

Value is something the customer can benefit from, like a product or a service of high quality received within an expected time & budget. Value is something the customer can benefit from, like a product or a service of high quality received within an expected time & budget. So, what is value? And what happens now?

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 12, 2022

User stories are a fundamental part of agile project management. They define what needs to be built and who will benefit from the final product. Agile User Story Example: On the other hand, a user story like “I wanted to see my children’s smiling every day” helps you understand the real reason behind uploading a photo.

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Planio

AUGUST 1, 2022

For most development teams and startups, ‘becoming Agile’ starts and ends with how you build software. But a full Agile transformation isn’t just about the development process you use — it’s a way to bring creativity, innovation, and lean operations to every aspect of your business. What does an Agile organization look like?

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International Institute for Learning

MARCH 29, 2023

The sponsor negotiates for resources at the corporate level, such as team members and budget. They also continue to champion the project and the benefits it will provide throughout the project. With hybrid projects, (projects that use both predictive and adaptive approaches), it can be challenging to figure out the right mix of people.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

Mike Cottmeyer was recently a guest on the Agile to Agility podcast with Miljan Bajic where he discussed Transformation, Business Architecture, and Scaling. Agile to Agility Website. So, I’m the CEO of a company called Leading Agile, started about 11 years ago, I’m based in Atlanta, Georgia. Listen now.

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Agilemania

APRIL 15, 2021

Value is something the customer can benefit from, like a product or a service of high quality received within an expected time & budget. Value is something the customer can benefit from, like a product or a service of high quality received within an expected time & budget. So, what is value? And what happens now?

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Velociteach

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Gerald is an IT project management consultant; but he also has two degrees in music and is an accomplished bass guitarist. Combining Jazz and Project Management WENDY GROUNDS: Can you tell us, just as an introduction, how you’ve combined your dual careers as a professional jazz musician and as a project management consultant?

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International Institute for Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Since the Agile Manifesto was written in 2001 by a group of software practitioners, Agile approaches have been taking over the project management scene at a steady pace. Some say Agile is a mindset, not a methodology. Source: The Agile Practice Guide, PMI and Agile Alliance. What’s the Big Picture?

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

And even when they see an opportunity to modernize their legacy infrastructure, many find that the effort to move to the cloud either isn’t cost effective, or it’s more of a hinderance than it is a benefit. It’s kind of agile transformation adjacent. There’s a lot of coaches that are being let go. Hey Dennis.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

And even when they see an opportunity to modernize their legacy infrastructure, many find that the effort to move to the cloud either isn’t cost effective, or it’s more of a hinderance than it is a benefit. It’s kind of agile transformation adjacent. There’s a lot of coaches that are being let go. Hey Dennis.

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Technical Review Infrastructure Agile Governance 62

nTask

AUGUST 8, 2019

We have received an awful lot of requests about extreme programming in waterfall – and that how one could benefit from it as a project manager. Just in case you didn’t know what extreme programming is, it is a form of agile framework where PMs get the best out of available resources in a software development environment.

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Software Review Agile Development Team Review 2019 92

Wrike

AUGUST 22, 2018

The PMO is the keeper of documentation, guidance, and metrics for project execution, ensuring projects are completed on time and on budget. You may need a PMO if: Projects repeatedly finish later than planned or over budget. You do not have a standardized process for initiating and executing projects. Definition of PMO.

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Paymo App

APRIL 2, 2018

PM Training And Consulting Companies. Some project management professionals or consultants have their own individual blogs where they share their thoughts on PM best practices and news. People are gradually becoming more interested in project management as an independent topic and as a possible career.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 15, 2023

Companies that adopt Agile never do it just for the sake of adopting Agile. Usually, they assume it will benefit them, and maybe they’re clear upfront on what that benefit is; maybe they aren’t. They do know that Waterfall wasn’t working, so Agile will fix those problems, right?

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Meisterplan

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Different project management tools can record all processes in real time, documentation systems can collect completely new data and make it comparable to each other, and some apps can allow your employees to easily document all work steps through any smart device. Key resources are being booked on multiple projects at the same time.

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Paymo App

JANUARY 19, 2018

Project management methodologies – Agile, Waterfall, PRINCE2, PRiSM, Six Sigma, Critical Path, and many more. We’ve put together an extensive guide for you to serve as a beginning point and reference for your future career as a project manager. – the basic personality traits of a good manager.

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2018 Prince2 Certification Technical Review 111

PM That Works

APRIL 23, 2018

The Man Who Changed My Career - Rob Thomsett - Recorded March 23, 2018 To get to the web page of the radio show, click here. To download the mp3 file, click here. To subscribe to the podcast on iTunes, click here. Please remember this is a transcript of a radio show that airs live every Friday and is also podcasted. What does that mean.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. Time to update the Don't Do Stupid Things on Purpose (DDSTOP) post. There’s nothing more dangerous than an idea – or a person – that’s almost right.”. don't listen.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 22, 2018

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. Time to update the Don't Do Stupid Things on Purpose (DDSTOP) post. There’s nothing more dangerous than an idea – or a person – that’s almost right.” – Bono. don't listen.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. Time to update the Don't Do Stupid Things on Purpose (DDSTOP) post. There’s nothing more dangerous than an idea – or a person – that’s almost right.”. don't listen.

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Agilemania

OCTOBER 19, 2022

A project manager is an expert who organizes, plans, and manages projects while adhering to constraints like budgets, timetables, and much more. They oversee the work of entire teams, establish the objectives of a project, consult with stakeholders, and see through it from the beginning till its completion. Budget Management.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 31, 2020

Listen to the Agile Unplugged Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to Agile Unplugged on: Apple Podcasts. Remember to subscribe and listen to Agile Unplugged on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Podbean—and watch each and every episode on YouTube , IGTV , and Facebook. . Soundcloud. – Yeah. When did we first meet?

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

One of the biggest challenges in agile project management is determining what tasks are needed to complete a project, how long each should take, and who needs to carry them out. The agile release plan helps in aligning the teams by addressing multiple aspects that can contribute to creative and innovative problem-solving.

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