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Managing Project Assumptions and Risks

The IIL Blog

Open or closed are the most common. Date opened and closed are always used. Dates : Multiple dates may be documented in the log: Opened, Closed, Next Review. Does the item need to be escalated to leadership or other parts of the organization? Deferred can be used for future items. A target resolution date may be helpful.

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Recharge to Reach the Finish Line: A Leader’s End-of-Year Strategy

The IIL Blog

This rhythm of exertion and recovery resonates deeply with the cadence of leadership in business. As the year winds down, let’s take a moment to reflect on our approach to leadership. It’s essential to prioritize—identify the key initiatives that will require our focus as the year closes.

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Your Strategy Planning Meeting Agenda (with Template)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There’s no fixed cadence for strategy conversations. 5pm: Wrap up and close. Finally, wrap up the meeting, draw it to a close and if you are going to meet again, put the date in the diary. Think about what you are meeting for and what the leadership teams are expecting to get out of it. When do strategic meetings happen?

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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Strong leadership in projects is important for success, so getting your project board and/or project steering group set up as soon as you can is a good start. And will make the decision to close the project down early if it can no longer meet its objectives. Senior leadership is always interested in how much money has been spent!

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How To Implement Lean Portfolio Management?

Agilemania

The lean portfolio leadership team creates the goal of your company. To synchronize and coordinate the planning and feedback loops, the leadership team makes choices at a fixed cadence that is followed by both the operations (the tasks they carry out) and the governance (the reviews they conduct). LPM operations.

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Disciplined Agile & SAFe

International Institute for Learning

To coordinate the teams, SAFe applies cadence and synchronization. Cadence means all teams are aligned to a standard, two-week delivery cycle. Without strong leadership support and commitment, change efforts fail. They are closed books, online, and self-proctored. The exams are challenging and require study.

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Are These DevOps Obstacles Getting in the Way of Your Agile Transformation?

Leading Agile

Different change cadences. The package is changing at one cadence and maybe you’re trying to innovate and change at another cadence, right? You want to be able to mark things that aren’t available because now you can move the package, something moving at different cadences. So get numbers.