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

Scrum.org

Avoid … mapping all planned initiatives to OKRs. . Aligned Initiative over Command and Control. Donald Reinertsen calls this Aligned Initiative. David L Marquet talks about Intent-based Leadership. Why does initiative/autonomy matter so much? Figuring out the right Cadence . So with that in mind – .

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How To Implement Lean Portfolio Management?

Agilemania

The lean portfolio leadership team creates the goal of your company. To synchronize and coordinate the planning and feedback loops, the leadership team makes choices at a fixed cadence that is followed by both the operations (the tasks they carry out) and the governance (the reviews they conduct). LPM operations.

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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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Turning Good Project Management into Great Project Leadership

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

This shift in project scale requires a shift in project leadership —and explains why there is a greater demand than ever for technically adept project managers who can master the relational skills to inspire teams and push projects across the finish line. The best project leaders engage in multi-channel outreach.

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Recharge to Reach the Finish Line: A Leader’s End-of-Year Strategy

The IIL Blog

This rhythm of exertion and recovery resonates deeply with the cadence of leadership in business. As the year winds down, let’s take a moment to reflect on our approach to leadership. It’s essential to prioritize—identify the key initiatives that will require our focus as the year closes.

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Project Decision-Making

Velociteach

Strategic initiatives have higher visibility and require greater leadership engagement than a small maintenance project. Understand the Project Context Projects support the organization’s mission and goals. Understanding the project’s relative importance informs its decision-making process. Is there consistency with the past?

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The Three — Wait: Four — Elements of Empiricism

Scrum.org

To help with inspection, Scrum provides cadence in the form of its five events.”. Also, a Scrum team must have the agency to initiate any necessary adaptation. The answer to that question is feeding a whole industry; think servant leadership, radical candor, or psychological safety, to name a few. Inspection enables adaptation.

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