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Questions to ask a project management mentor

Rebel’s Guide to PM

At regular meetings You’ll find a regular cadence and probably settle into a regular agenda or routine with the check in sessions. Can you show me an example of when you’ve done Y so I can compare it to what I’m doing? Can you give me some examples of productivity here? Can I tell you what’s happened since we last spoke?

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

Scrum.org

David L Marquet talks about Intent-based Leadership. For example, I helped a fast-growing biotech startup create an approach for cross-company OKR planning leveraging a process similar to SAFe’s PI/Big Room Planning). Figuring out the right Cadence . The Scrum framework provides one example of how such a cadence could look.

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All technical debt is a risk to the product and to your business

Scrum.org

The non-linear accumulation of technical debt A good example of this is from the Developer Division (DivDev) at Microsoft in developing a product called Team Foundation Server. This commercial product was built using traditional project management practices and delivered on a two-yearly cadence. TFS was delivered on a 2-year cycle.

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Use MVIs for team improvements

Kiron Bondale

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. For example, they might not have sufficient budget left to purchase a new tool. But what about changes to the team’s way of working (WoW)?

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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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Your Strategy Planning Meeting Agenda (with Template)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There’s no fixed cadence for strategy conversations. Present the overall roadmap, for example, a timeline for the 5 year plan. For example, perhaps you have a couple of different portfolios that support the strategy. Think about what you are meeting for and what the leadership teams are expecting to get out of it.

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Turning Good Project Management into Great Project Leadership

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

For example, there is a relational skills gap if any of the following are occurring: Project managers are struggling to engage with stakeholders. Project leaders are ultimately the ones who can turn good project management into great project leadership – providing they possess the skills required to drive that kind of transformation.