Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2021

In this article, I’ll explain project communication management, why it matters, give an overview of the communications process, and some examples of where you might apply it on your own projects. THE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT PROCESS. There are numerous examples where project communication supports other project management processes.

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Velociteach

MARCH 6, 2024

The challenge is to create a fair, efficient, effective, and transparent process for our teams and stakeholders. Making better decisions requires understanding the organization and establishing context-sensitive processes. Understanding the project’s relative importance informs its decision-making process. Decision-making.

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Kiron Bondale

DECEMBER 2, 2018

The Scrum Guide calls sprints the heart of Scrum as these time boxes set the cadence for all other events. To gauge whether this ceremony is more than just a frequent “lessons learned” session, we could track the ratio of improvement ideas generated compared with how many were actually executed and provided expected benefits.

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The Strategic Project Manager

JUNE 28, 2022

This post outlines the essentials of the agile scrum process. It then delves a little deeper into the most important element of the process – the sprint. It then looks at implications of the agile scrum process for project management and strategy. A Basic Agile Scrum Process Diagram. Sprints and the Team.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 11, 2022

In other words, what do you want to get out of your strategic planning process? There’s no fixed cadence for strategy conversations. If you are putting together your first strategy or doing a complete overhaul, you’ll need to spend a lot more time on it to get the strategic process set up and the relevant data collected.

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Management Plans The project management plan is created at the beginning of the project and describes how the project will be executed. Context and environmental factors should govern process requirements, specificity, and formality. Large, complex projects will require more highly structured processes than smaller ones.

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Velociteach

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Management Plans The project management plan is created at the beginning of the project and describes how the project will be executed. Context and environmental factors should govern process requirements, specificity, and formality. Large, complex projects will require more highly structured processes than smaller ones.

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 19, 2023

To coordinate the teams, SAFe applies cadence and synchronization. Cadence means all teams are aligned to a standard, two-week delivery cycle. DA defines “process blades” to describe common enterprise capabilities. Disciplined DevOps is the set of process blades enabling the continuous delivery of working software.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 12, 2023

Various A-B-C formulas lead us to believe it’s a straightforward process, but setting and using goals effectively is challenging. Common pitfalls include not going deep enough with what we aim to achieve and bringing a success-or-failure perspective to the process rather than an empirical mindset. Goal setting is a process.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Here, the process of crafting a Sprint goal is unravelled. 4DX (The 4 Disciplines of Execution) : Focus on the Wildly Important Goals (WIGs). Create a Cadence of Accountability. Process vs. Outcome Goals : Process Goals : Focus on the actions or strategies needed to reach a goal. Act on Lead Measures.

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Planio

AUGUST 28, 2023

Are there parts of their job or team processes that are annoying or frustrating them? Set up (and stick to) a meeting cadence Meeting cadence is important to ensure you’re providing enough support without wasting time or coming across as a micro-manager. Arrange for one-on-ones with executives (e.g.

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Leading Agile

JULY 3, 2023

We need to obtain buy-in, address ambiguity, and navigate the process. Different change cadences. The package is changing at one cadence and maybe you’re trying to innovate and change at another cadence, right? They were accustomed to a process where they would examine the requirements, build, and then test.

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Kiron Bondale

FEBRUARY 4, 2018

But the steps in Kotter’s model, like PMBOK processes, are not to be followed in a purely sequential manner. . Executives and mid-level managers are constantly juggling competing priorities and as long as it appears that a change initiative is not on fire, their attention spans are likely to be shorter than that of a goldfish.

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Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

LPM also known as Lean Portfolio management, refers to how senior leadership uses lean principles and systems thinking approaches to align strategy with execution. It is a part of the Lean Enterprise movement, which seeks to eliminate waste from business processes through the application of lean principles. Strategic Portfolio Review.

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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.

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Leading Agile

JULY 28, 2022

And whether you are producing software or some other product, the process can be applied to many different contexts. The Process of Producing Working, Tested Product. They are responsible for defining the user stories and prioritizing the backlog to execute program requirements. Avoid Pushing Work to the Next Sprint.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

MAY 16, 2023

Here are three different levels using NFL football as a comparison: Executive Status: This is an easy to read, informative one-page dashboard highlighting business value and achievement against organizational goals. Upper Management: These folks will want to see the executive dashboard and maybe one to two levels below that.

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Agilemania

MARCH 23, 2021

The entire organization had to be in the process, not just a few self-managed teams. It provided us with a unique framework and guidelines for the entire organization, including the chief executives, to be part of the process. So, the perception is made that SAFe is process heavy. That’s when SAFe came to the party.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 6, 2019

Once about four or five key results are determined for each objective, it is the job of an OKR Champion (servant leader) to coach and guide the team in executing on a cadence towards the objectives. Unfortunately, in most cases, that is where the process ends, and a new series of OKR begins.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

For the purposes of this article, we’re going to assume you’re following the common governance structure of a project board for day-to-day oversight and also a higher-level steering group for executive assurance. It’s fine to have a different cadence at different points in the project lifecycle. Let’s not get hung up on terminology.

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Velociteach

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

It describes how the project will be executed. Plan Elements The Plan is like a book with three main sections: Execution Parameters establish how the project will be managed along with the approach, required lifecycle phases, and governance procedures. Lifecycle phases describe the required process steps from inception to delivery.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 6, 2021

A SAFe agilist has deep knowledge as to what is needed to revamp your current agile product development process and attain business agility in the organization. Planning and Execution of Program Increment. A SAFe agilist has a long-term plan based on a vision to revamp the Agile Development process. Why SAFe Agilist (SA)?

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Leading Agile

APRIL 20, 2021

This entire process is designed to harness the natural downriver current of the team, and allow the team to make the change, with the support of leadership. The process is straightforward – on a regular cadence execute these themed conversations with the team. It does not work upstream.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 31, 2021

Despite the obtuseness of the term, the concept is rather straightforward: encapsulating value means intentionally establishing a clear governance process and organizational structure that facilitates an alignment of product development execution to defined strategic objectives. Encapsulate Early, Encapsulate Often.

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MPUG

MARCH 8, 2024

These processes allow us to not only think back, but also act. For Scrum , it happens at the end of the Sprint , whereas for Kanban , it can be based on cadence. In the next Sprint’s planning meeting, the retrospective items that can be executed will be taken-up and planned for. Reflection and growth are part and parcel of life.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 24, 2022

In small, lean startups, there aren’t a lot of legacy processes and systems in place to overcome, and your teams are small and conducive to an Agile governance model. They meet on a regular cadence to move high-level work items through the system of delivery. *A We landed on this idea of something we called a value story.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 13, 2021

46% of the organizations reported they are inconsistencies in practices and processes. SAFe contains a combination of principles, processes, and best practices that help large organizations in easy adoption of agile frameworks including Lean, Kanban, and Scrum. Program Execution: Program Execution is the jugular vein of SAFe.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

46% of the organizations reported inconsistencies in practices and processes as their main challenge with agile transformation. Leading SAFe Training will get you ready to lead SAFe transformation including – Launching Agile Release Train to plan, execute, deliver and bring numerous teams together. Is there a solution?

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Cadence and synchronization: Teams should work in fixed iterations, known as sprints, and synchronize their work to deliver a consistent flow of value. This cadence allows for regular feedback and course correction, so that teams stay on track and deliver high-quality results.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

They can be stewards of design processes, user-centricity, and hypothesis-driven development across teams. As a person interested in “individuals and interactions over process and tools,” I wanted to start this UX and Scrum conversation with the human aspects of bringing design and development closer together.

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Sarah M. Hoban

MAY 2, 2022

Two former Amazon executives shared some of the unique tactics that the corporate giant used to run its business. In practice, establishing a writing culture encompasses strategy and process documentation. Each team builds in time for writing process documentation as part of their job responsibilities.

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Project Bliss

JANUARY 8, 2018

Simplifies the reporting process for the project manager. Brief executive summary of the project (high-level summary of the project goals and progress). Presenting to C-level executives is different than presenting to a team of peers. Be consistent – use a consistent format and cadence for your status reporting.

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Leading Answers

JANUARY 16, 2021

If, for some reason, the project was stopped or interrupted part-way through execution, there may still be a valuable partial product to use. By this time, I'd been using them for 4-5 years and knew they were well received by sponsors and executives. Risk management, like backlog prioritization, is not a once-and-done process.

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Leading Agile

MAY 12, 2020

IT leaders driving the business are working with (not for) other leaders to continuously deliver value, manage on-demand, architect process change for business growth, becoming strategic advisors, and navigate through technology changes. Teams delivering on a predictable cadence earn the trust of the business.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 11, 2023

exec level) to authorize and fully support you; the Executive Sponsor. Existing Processes and Tools. Document the processes used today. Ask if the tools dictate the process, its ability to meet the needs of the teams, reporting abilities, integrations, and issues. Processing… Success! A couple things to start here.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Meanwhile, some ideas have gained buzzword status in the process, causing the occasional collateral damage along the way. This core agile product creation process is agnostic to the product delivery framework, be it Scrum, XP, or any other framework. Think of “MVP.”). Download for free : The Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide.).

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

For an organisation to achieve its goals, projects chosen for their strategic importance need to be executed successfully, and the key way to ensure this is with project workers who understand the strategic importance of their role and their projects. The rise in project-based work means that project skills are in high demand.

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