Planview

JUNE 1, 2021

Executive teams have seen how Agile practices can help organizations gain speed, pivot quickly and effectively when needed, and deliver high-quality outcomes on strategy. At the same time, our traditional planning processes cannot keep up or sustain us anymore: The annual plan is most on-strategy the day you finish it.

Cadence 148

Cadence Logistics Lean Agile 148

Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

First, it is necessary to believe that a year is not defined by a list of projects but rather by an Investment Strategy : an organization of stable, cross-functional teams with aligned value, funded for reasonable intervals against strategic objectives. We define the Governance rules that control how value flows through that Structure.

Planning 123

Planning Finance Cadence Governance 123

Planview

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Santander’s vision was to create an ecosystem that enables enterprise agility by connecting business with IT and strategy into delivery – with a single line of sight into key initiatives at every stage of the journey. Joaquim’s response: Work is linked to strategies (initiatives). Joaquim answers the five remaining question below.

Agile 99

Agile Cadence PMO Governance 99

Leading Agile

JULY 18, 2023

Additionally, we need to consider how we organize teams in the presence of dependencies, how we orchestrate and govern those dependencies, and what we measure and control around the team. And what are we measuring and controlling around the team? Third, how are we reproducing working tests in software?

Agile 113

Agile Software Review Certification Technical Review 113

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

It is made up of people who have an interest in the project: representatives from each of the key stakeholder communities, who meet on a regular basis to provide direction, authority to proceed and to decide on the strategy for the project. It’s fine to have a different cadence at different points in the project lifecycle.

Governance 352

Governance Government Risk Management Technical Review 352

Scrum.org

APRIL 11, 2019

I was successful with optimising for feature size that could be delivered in a two-sprint cadence. This approach is ideal to get a cadence from the influx of new features to done, closing the empirical process control loop from design to delivery. The waterfall smell is everywhere.

Underperforming Technical Team 142

Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Development Team Review Software Review 142

Planio

JANUARY 11, 2021

Timing and team cadence: Decouple team cadences whenever possible. Timing and team cadence: Decouple team cadences whenever possible. Agile teams rely on a clear sprint cadence to keep projects moving, remove bottlenecks, and ship great software. Poor people management: Embrace your team’s nuances.

Underperforming Technical Team 88

Underperforming Technical Team Cadence CTO Hire Technical Review 88

Velociteach

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

The degree is a balance between control and efficiency. Acceptable variances, reporting cadence, and status meetings are addressed in the plan. The plan may include the categories, processes for identifying and assessing risks, and a framework for developing response strategies. Which risks require a response strategy?

Planning 52

Planning Technical Review Governance Government 52

Leading Agile

MARCH 31, 2021

When curating that pilot, it is tempting to tee it up in a way that controls for organizational context and all the messy variables that come with it. Strategy and Epics. Lack of) Alignment Between. Encapsulate Early, Encapsulate Often.

Underperforming Technical Team 118

Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Technical Review Governance 118

Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

Without a regular cadence of delivery of working software any belief that you will get a usable increment is misguided at best. Use a modern source control system – A modern source control system is more than just code management , it should include all of the goodies talked about in DevOps practices and beyond.

Software Review 229

Software Review Technical Review Planning Manufacturing 229

Leading Agile

APRIL 20, 2023

And let me give you three strategies. Actually, for strategies to build systems to ensure the right attributes are in place to empower your teams as a as a group. Why is it hard for managers to empower teams they want control? Why do they want control? We say they control the velocity with the backlog, right?

Agile 62

Agile Underperforming Technical Team Cadence SCRUM 62

Digite

MARCH 12, 2018

split across different cities and even countries, though all speak the same language), and getting the know-how under control etc. The Kanban boards and cadences ensure that everyone is aware and aligned; and if there are conflicts, they are resolved during one of these meetings (other than the Daily Standup).

Development Team Review 154

Development Team Review Software Review Cadence Technical Review 154

Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

A lot of organizations put buffering strategies into place, like setting aside extra time to deal with known dependencies. So, while Scrum of Scrums is a fine communication tool, it’s not a good strategy for eliminating dependencies. In the middle, you’re going to deliver features on some kind of cadence. Compensating Controls.

Agile 125

Agile Technical Review SCRUM Cadence 125

Leading Agile

APRIL 24, 2019

This may be perfectly fine in some cases, but in many cases, the result is not so fine: Any change that is meaningful and impactful to the business can be delivered only on the pre-agile cadence. Market analysis and business strategy know-how and institutionalized processes are required to answer that question. Is it easy?

Technical Review 117

Technical Review Agile Infrastructure Cadence 117

Agilemania

MARCH 23, 2021

SAFe also adds additional interaction events to ensure collaboration happens across the teams and not just within the agile teams aligned to a common goal and work with a synchronized cadence. This is a key tenet of the SAFe® framework and is referred to as ‘Develop in Cadence’ in the big picture. The lean economics.

Agile 98

Agile Cadence Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM 98

Agilemania

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Be it monitoring and control, collaboration, stakeholders onboarding, change management, and governance methods, the problems only keep increasing. SAFe is a framework that not only aligns team and the program level but also stays in line with the organizational strategy. Apply cadence, synchronize with cross-domain planning.

Lean 98

Lean 2011 Cadence Innovation 98

Agilemania

JANUARY 24, 2022

The cadence of development of multiple teams. In addition, it aligns strategy and execution through Lean Portfolio Management. Portfolio SAFe: aligns execution with strategy by organizing development around value streams. . Prioritize Inspect and Adapt: Getting started instead of looking for the perfect strategy.

Agile 98

Agile Lean 2011 SCRUM 98

Scrum.org

MARCH 18, 2019

There is a nice and exhaustive set of controls for the plot. With those numbers in hand you can devise a strategy to attack waste. Scrum Sprint cadence provides a good enough solution for eradicating Mura waste. There is a reason the scatterplot looks chaotic. Because it is. It all starts with Muri, or “busy-ness”.

Agile 125

Agile Cadence SCRUM Software Review 125

Leading Agile

MAY 11, 2021

Delivering on a regular, predictable cadence. If You Want to Be Trusted… An effective enterprise Transformation strategy is grounded in a trustworthy ecosystem around the people for them to produce products in a predictable way. On one level, you really don’t have any control as to whether or not someone trusts you.

Influencer 69

Influencer Cadence Leadership Executing 69

Scrum.org

AUGUST 21, 2019

Nor does any loss in the ability to mitigate serious risk, given that the team would no longer try to achieve significant goals, on cadence, in a complex product environment. A case can thus be made for not necessarily replacing Scrum with Kanban, but rather for implementing a Kanban strategy within Scrum.

Cadence 133

Cadence SCRUM Risk Management Agile 133

Leading Answers

JANUARY 16, 2021

These days, when I look at the overall effectiveness of our risk management strategies at the end of a project, it is not usual to see 1.5 – 2 times the value in achieved opportunities compared to avoided threats. Which risk avoidance or elimination strategies are working and which are not?   Team Activities and Tools.

Risk 145

Risk Underperforming Technical Team 2006 2012 145

Planio

OCTOBER 15, 2020

7 strategies and techniques for managing remote teams used by top remote companies. Here are the strategies, techniques, and tools these teams use on a daily basis to manage their remote teams. 7 strategies and techniques for managing remote teams used by top remote companies.

Underperforming Technical Team 88

Underperforming Technical Team Cadence Software Review Controlling 88

Scrum.org

MARCH 18, 2019

There is a nice and exhaustive set of controls for the plot. With those numbers in hand you can devise a strategy to attack waste. Scrum Sprint cadence provides a good enough solution for eradicating Mura waste. There is a reason the scatterplot looks chaotic. Because it is. It all starts with Muri, or “busy-ness”.

Agile 96

Agile Cadence SCRUM Software Review 96

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

To prevail in today’s game of an accelerated innovation-based competition—software is eating the world—, every organization needs to acquire a holistic understanding of an agile product creation process: A vision leads to a strategy that (probably) results in a portfolio of products (and services). Read More : “ Creating Personas.”.

Software Review 145

Software Review Technical Review Cadence SCRUM 145

MPUG

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

A controlling PMO plays a role in project compliance to standards and/or regulations, and it ensures conformance with various governances and associated frameworks. While the degree of control provided by the supportive PMO will be low, controlling and directive PMOs will have moderate and high degrees of control, respectively.

Agile 94

Agile PMO Technical Review Cadence 94

Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

What do you do with planning cadences? For 11 years, became a CEO and learned a ton about stuff I’d never want to learn about like, banking and [unsure 06:57], benefits and investment strategies and you know, growth and SGMA and cost of goods sold and all kinds of stuff like that, yeah. How do you go up into Portfolio Management?

Agile 140

Agile Consulting Influencer Underperforming Technical Team 140

Planio

MAY 9, 2022

Deciding on a meeting cadence that works for everyone: How many times a week should you meet? Start with what you can control (i.e., You’re turning your back on some management 101 ideas like how to run meetings and control the flow of feedback. Does everyone know your product strategy and business goals?

Underperforming Technical Team 147

Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Cadence Risk Management 147

Digite

JUNE 13, 2018

They are merely visual control systems. This makes sense: the bottlenecks in each team’s workflow are distinct, so each team’s improvement strategy is distinct. Where do you take over complete control of work, and where do you hand it off to another team or department?

Agile 110

Agile Technical Review Cadence Software Review 110

Wrike

JUNE 15, 2023

This data can inform new strategies and tactics to raise performance levels. Try Wrike’s templates Benefits of using project management templates Project management templates can serve as a short-term remedy for dealing with new processes or unfamiliar projects, but they can also be integrated as part of your long-term strategy.

Energy 36

Energy Budget Cadence Lean 36

Planio

MAY 24, 2018

OKRs translate your company strategy into a digestible way that allows every team member to know they’re working on the right thing. But to run a sustainable business, we need to keep costs under control. OKRs communicate strategy and priorities from the highest level right down to each individual team member.

Planning 133

Planning Cadence Agile Sustainability 133

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Such a study is holistic; it involves looking at the organizational design, technical capabilities, culture and knowledge, and type of control and metrics used to define success. It’s helicopter parenting as an organizational strategy. . For background, I’m often called into organizations to investigate their ability to deliver.

Cadence 136

Cadence 2019 Closing Sustainability 136

Leading Agile

MAY 3, 2023

And so if you show up and like you say, “Hey, I want to adopt Agile,” but you know, you’re not familiar with the strategies or Agile governance strategies or such, right? The roles, the ceremonies, the artifacts, the cadences, all those different things that we model as implementation details.

Agile 62

Agile Technical Review Governance Government 62

Herding Cats

AUGUST 5, 2017

Hope is Not a Strategy. Project Managers constantly seek ways to eliminate or control risk, variance, and uncertainty. Attempting to control these variances outside their natural boundaries is a waste (Muda). The Plan for the project is the Strategy for its successful completion. This is a hopeless pursuit.

Risk Management 42

Risk Management Risk Estimate Underperforming Technical Team 42

Leading Agile

JANUARY 21, 2021

What are we asking our organizations to measure in control? Not only at the team level, but at the program level at the portfolio level, at the strategy level, like at the macro level of governance and that was kind of the problem that we really set off to solve. It’s not even necessarily features delivered.

Sustainability 93

Sustainability Agile SCRUM Technical Review 93

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Strategy (#Strategy). Here's how to connect dots between strategy, mission success, programmatics, and technical performance management in units of measure meaningful to the decision makers. Capabilities Based Planning (V2) - Capability-based planning fits naturally with Strategy Based Planning and Business Process Improvement.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

Teamweek

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Risk management It helps identify the risks of falling behind schedule or missing project milestones due to team performance or project strategy. Or perhaps there are other external challenges out of your control. Monthly reporting is probably a good cadence. Feel in control with project reporting.

Estimate 52

Estimate Budget Risk Management Influencer 52

Leading Agile

APRIL 7, 2023

That having weekly planning cadences; daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives would give people a reason to get in the same room and collaborate. There was almost no discussion of the importance of teaming strategies to the methodology. Allowing some compensating controls to emerge to deal with unresolved dependencies.

Agile 131

Agile Governance Government Underperforming Technical Team 131