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5  misconceptions about Scrum's Sprint Event

Scrum.org

The Sprint is one of the five events defined in the Scrum Guide. It is a container event, which means that it contains all other events, including Sprint Planning, the Daily Scrum, the Sprint Retrospective, and the Sprint Review. Misconception # 2: In a high-risk environment, the Sprint should be longer.

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Managing Project Assumptions and Risks

The IIL Blog

By Alan Zucker We make hundreds of assumptions and take small risks daily. Recovering from these risks may be inconvenient but not horribly impactful. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Our risks were identified, but a response strategy was never created.

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Managing Project Assumptions & Risks

Velociteach

We make hundreds of assumptions and take small risks daily. Recovering from these risks may be inconvenient but not horribly impactful. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Thoughtlessly making assumptions or ignoring risks can lead to critical problems.

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How We Reduced Cycle Time from 164 Days to 8 Days in 6 Months

Scrum.org

How do we define “cycle time” in our context? Due to horrible time-management on my part, we could not answer all the questions in the webinar, so we are answering them in this blog instead. EXECUTIVE REPORTING: How was the progress reported to executive management that is used to Gantt Charts type reporting?

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Project Communication Management: What is it all about?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Did you know that 56% of your project budget might be at risk due to poor communications? Perhaps that number (from research by PMI ) surprises you, but I’m sure you aren’t surprised by the fact that good communication management on projects leads to higher success rates. What is project communication management? who support it.

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Disciplined Agile & SAFe

International Institute for Learning

The Project Management Institute acquired DA in 2019 to extend its agile capabilities. Full SAFe extends the framework to Large Solutions that require coordinating many ARTs and implementing Lean Portfolio Management. Essential SAFe is the core configuration and is designed for managing a program of 5-12 agile teams.

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Why Your Annual Operating Plan Is A Lie and What To Do About It

Leading Agile

Imagine you’re a CIO, CTO, IT Leader, or Finance Manager. Unplanned events, outages, and work eat at the money you planned to invest in a new value. You are given unfunded mandates related to risk, compliance, and cyber security. A year is defined by a set of projects. Everything after that is chaos. HOW DID WE GET HERE?

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