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To Fix Your OKRs – Go Back to First (Familiar) Principles

Scrum.org

And it lends itself to heavy-handed command and control. . Aligned Initiative over Command and Control. This looks quite similar to OKR’s predecessor – Management by Objectives ( MBO ) which was very control-oriented. There’s a false dichotomy that many leaders fall for, which is the belief that alignment requires control.

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Everything You Need to Know About Release Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

My software projects needed releasing, so we had to follow the formal process and engage with the release manager to make sure that the bug fixes and new features got pushed to the production environment in a controlled way. They’ll work with project teams as well. So what does a typical day in the life of a release manager look like?

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Unlocking the Power and Mastery of Development Approach and Life Cycle

Project Pulse Journal

This domain facilitates strategic alignment, optimized delivery cadence, methodology customization, increased flexibility, and improved risk management. The desire for a project management framework that sustains deliverability, supports the required cadence, and remains faithful to an adaptable methodology is now within reach.

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Use MVIs for team improvements

Kiron Bondale

But what about changes to the team’s way of working (WoW)? Whether a team uses a scheduled cadence for reviewing their WoW such as the use of retrospectives in Scrum, or they use a just-in-time approach they will come up with improvement ideas. To be a valid experiment, certain variables would need to be controlled.

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Do We Need Risk Management in Agile Projects?

MPUG

The style of project management The organization may have a preferred methodology or paradigm, and the project manager (along with their team) will also assess what is right for this project. However, to illustrate with Scrum, let’s consider the Sprint Reviews and Sprint Retrospectives of Scrum.

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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. Also, review performance measures.

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The Transformation Journey: Lessons Learned

Planview

It can be challenging to expand Agile practices beyond IT and development teams. A continuous planning cadence – quarterly, monthly, or even weekly – enables organizations to be ready to move fast when change occurs, or new opportunities appear on the horizon. Increased agility stems from more frequent planning.

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