LiquidPlanner

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Without a harmonious project team, your project could be at risk of unhappy stakeholders and clients, delayed timelines, and every PM’s greatest nightmare … scope creep. Harmonious Focus 2: Set ground rules and act as a harmonizing influence Set a cadence for how your team should behave and work from project initiation to completion.

2023 148

2023 Cadence Construction Influencer 148

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 11, 2022

There’s no fixed cadence for strategy conversations. Think about the values, skills, culture and risks that might block your progress. What goes into your meeting (and therefore, your agenda) will very much depend on where you are in the strategy planning cycle. When do strategic meetings happen? Some businesses use quarterly meetings.

Planning 388

Planning Cadence Closing Defining 388

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

They let you know whether you can go overspent or what risk mitigation actions are the right ones for this point in the project. It was a much smaller group, and focused on strategic decision making instead of day-to-day problem solving and risk management. Risks and issues. They should help guide you to project success.

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Governance Government Risk Management Technical Review 367

Scrum.org

MAY 27, 2021

Working on a fortnightly cadence, teams can go through a planning conversation whereby they focus on the most important things to have completed in the forthcoming two-week sprint. Initially it’s massively helpful if they are there, until they can see that the team is collaborating and working well together, at which point they can back off.

Agile 248

Agile Cadence Technical Review Software Review 248

International Institute for Learning

MAY 16, 2022

Many of the 4IR disruptions may still be in the “Early Market” phase – per Geoffrey Moore’s “Crossing the Chasm ” MarTech philosophy – but the success of these initiatives will eventually cross over the chasm for adoption by “the Mainstream Market.”

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Artificial Inteligence Agile Cadence 2011 59

Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 11, 2023

Whether considering standing up a new PMO or revamping an existing, doing an assessment is a key initial step to setting one up. Also, look at communication cadence and means by which to share this information. Assumptions & Risks. Also, understand how assumptions and risks are documented for each project.

PMO 52

PMO Cadence Governance Government 52

Leading Agile

MAY 12, 2020

Teams delivering on a predictable cadence earn the trust of the business. Hold Teams, as well as overall organization, accountable for producing a working tested increment of product on a regular cadence. They share in the conduction of Risk & Asset Allocation analysis in order to provide for optimizing and sound decision making.

Transportation 71

Transportation Cadence Engineering Agile 71

Henny Portman

MARCH 15, 2019

DAD starts from team initiation all the way to delivering the solution to its end users. At a certain moment, after several releases, the release cadence was tightened, and their lifecycle evolved towards the lean lifecycle and the team stopped with sizing their work. Scrum offers only a development cycle.

Technical Review 53

Technical Review Agile Lean Cadence 53

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. In certain sprints the Goal could be to provide and meet an agreed SLE, whereas in others the traditional mitigation of feature risk could be more important.

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Cadence SCRUM Risk Management Agile 134

The Strategic Project Manager

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

To provide an initial taste of agile methods, consider the following list: Scrum – Scrum codifies the ‘pillars and values’ of transparency, inspection, and adaptation. What are the risks? Again, the approach needs to be tailored to effectively manage the level of risk involved. An Agile Methods List Overview.

Agile 52

Agile Software Review Cadence SCRUM 52

Scrum.org

JANUARY 30, 2023

We thought that AI might initially come after simple office jobs. Once the initial answer is available, follow up with additional questions to guide the bot in a more suitable direction or to receive information on the rationale of the response from the LLM’s algorithm. We thought that AI might initially come after simple office jobs.

ChatGPT 194

ChatGPT Agile Artificial Inteligence Consulting 194

MPUG

JUNE 28, 2021

Now, you might be thinking what exactly a dance has to do with cadence in Agile? Let’s start first with the definition of cadence. Cadence – Definition and Basics. One can define cadence in Agile as follows: Cadence is a regular, predictable pattern of development work in Agile. Working with Single Cadence.

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Cadence Agile Technical Review SCRUM 115

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Teams are struggling against risks they should have planned for or avoided. This keeps a constant cadence of communication with stakeholders and team members and allows them to tailor the tone and style of the communication to the relevant audience. Managing projects is about more than scoping requirements and managing risks.

Leadership 65

Leadership Technical Review PMO Cadence 65

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Apparently, there is a difference in the inspect & adapt cadence when product strategy and Sprint Backlog are compared to each other. The product roadmap needs to be adapted to the learnings from running product experiments regularly in an appropriate cadence to meet that standard. Bonus in limbo : We are nearing the end of a quarter.

Software Review 146

Software Review Technical Review Cadence SCRUM 146

Leading Agile

MAY 11, 2021

In today’s environment, organizations are striving for business Agility, or else they risk being put out of business. In today’s blog, a continuation of the first in this two-part series, we’ll talk about building trust and influence, and initiating the trust-influence loop. Delivering on a regular, predictable cadence.

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Influencer Cadence Leadership Executing 71

Leading Agile

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

But, as we grow larger and more distributed, we knew we had to become more deliberate about fostering these connections and creating more channels within the organization to reinforce our core values and principles, or risk losing the culture we’d grown accustom to.

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Cadence Consulting Executing Influencer 118

MPUG

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Now imagine that a senior executive starts off his day and decides first to have a quick look at the project dashboard expecting to see metrics such as the current status of projects, earned value indices in terms of money and performances, and top risks. Can you feel the frustration, confusion, and possibly anger?

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Agile PMO Technical Review Cadence 94

Wrike

JUNE 15, 2023

Getting granular with work projects is important as you’re often faced with pressure from several sources: Time limits Budget constraints Client expectations Stakeholder opinion Without a measured or considered approach to how you’ll tackle both major and minor projects, the risk of falling prey to pressure from any of these sources increases.

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Energy Budget Cadence Lean 36

Planio

AUGUST 9, 2021

The schedule will also help you see if you’re overloading your team or putting people at risk of burnout. The plan includes a series of documents that guide the execution and control stages of the project, such as: Risk management. Risk mitigation. For example, should that feature take a day for a senior developer? Estimation.

Software Review 78

Software Review Technical Review Estimate Agile 78

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. Have you uncovered more work than you initially planned for? Risk management. The first step is carrying out a project risk assessment before a project starts.

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Estimate Budget Risk Management Influencer 52

Wrike

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Project management has always been a tool for carrying out goals and managing risk. Over the years, however, its scope has broadened to encompass a wide range of activities and initiatives. Others use project management software such as Wrike to plan, schedule, and monitor progress across all active initiatives.

2022 41

2022 Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Cadence 41

Planio

JULY 4, 2022

Working this way reduces the risk that you’re building the wrong software. Here are the Agile ceremonies that most teams use and why they’re essential: Sprint planning: These sessions are what initiate each sprint. Then, based on user feedback, usage data, and self-reflection, they plan their next sprint. Pro tips: Mix it up.

Agile 88

Agile Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review 88

Proofhub

APRIL 8, 2020

Remote employees have the risk of becoming addicted to the world of work. We have a weekly Huddle every Monday, which we’ve been doing via Google Hangouts since working remotely, and managers have kept their regular cadence of meetings in place. This keeps everyone on the same page regarding company initiatives and strategies.

2020 78

2020 Cadence Software Risk Management 78

Digite

MARCH 2, 2018

It is then up to them – or some business function like sales or support – to have the conversation with your customers that they need to accept new releases at a certain frequency or they may be at a risk of not getting the support they might need on an old version of the product. This is a loss to the company.

Underperforming Technical Team 71

Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Cadence Software 71

Digite

MARCH 2, 2018

It is then up to them – or some business function like sales or support – to have the conversation with your customers that they need to accept new releases at a certain frequency or they may be at a risk of not getting the support they might need on an old version of the product. This is a loss to the company.

Software Review 66

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Cadence Software 66

Planio

APRIL 24, 2023

Assessing and mitigating project risks 7. Identifying and managing any risks or issues as the project progresses. But over the years, project managers have learned to follow a strict project lifecycle, which helps them manage every step of the journey, from establishing initial goals to handover and closing.

Development Team Review 78

Development Team Review 2030 Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 78

Digite

AUGUST 21, 2017

In 2015, in a blog post called Kanban Cadences , David Anderson laid out a set of 7 Kanban cadences or meetings that provide comprehensive opportunities for feedback, planning, and review in an enterprise. In my experience, 3 of these are critical for ensuring that a Kanban initiative gets off the ground successfully.

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Development Team Review Cadence Technical Review 2015 151

Digite

AUGUST 17, 2017

While Kanban was meant to be initiated at the middle management level, Enterprise Services Planning is meant for executives and senior management. He highlights this with the adoption path for Kanban cadences (meetings) as to how Kanban is bottom-up and inside-out approach whereas ESP is the top-down and outside-in approach.

Cadence 89

Cadence Lean Initiating Executing 89

Leading Agile

AUGUST 19, 2020

The challenge is I think it kind of hand wave over the fact that most organizations, at least initially, are products, or excuse me, projectized organizations, right? And so, the mental model is, is the business brings this initiative to the table, I want to do this in the software stack. And then I reduce the risk.

Agile 103

Agile SCRUM Governance Government 103

Leading Agile

MARCH 31, 2020

You get super clear backlogs, you find out what the real cadences you’ve finished work that you start. So, also about the time that you and I met you were doing some work with PMI and the OPM three initiative? I think mine and yours challenge with it, sometimes it becomes a late dependency, a late risk reduction strategy.

Agile 71

Agile Technical Review SCRUM Engineering 71

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The main accountability of the Product Owner is driving value for customers and the organization while mitigating risk at the same time. Roadmap planning is—like Product Backlog refinement—a continuous effort, just at an extended cadence. Estimations are a crucial part of the risk mitigation strategy of the Scrum Team.

Technical Review 216

Technical Review SCRUM 2020 Cadence 216

Scrum.org

APRIL 25, 2022

The Scrum Guide characterizes the Sprint Planning as follows: Sprint Planning initiates the Sprint by laying out the work to be performed for the Sprint. A good Scrum team can handle that in ten to 30 minutes before moving on to the decomposition tasks and the initial planning of how the Developers intend to accomplish the work of the Sprint.

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SCRUM Planning Underperforming Technical Team 2020 201

Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The Define the End State—or Discovery Step—validates the hypotheses created in the initial step and engages the broader organization. There should be a regular cadence with the leadership team to formally review intermediate deliverables, challenge assumptions, and identify risks.

Agile 147

Agile Cadence Executing Defining 147

Leading Answers

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Why We Have Communication Management Plans Projects can be time-consuming and costly, and tie-up valuable employees for long periods with no guarantee of the outcome initially hoped for. So, the responsible thing to do is to agree upfront on how everyone will be kept informed of the project’s progress, risks, issues, etc.

Agile 135

Agile Planning Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review 135

Scrum.org

MARCH 28, 2022

When a Sprint’s horizon is too long the Sprint Goal may become invalid, complexity may rise, and risk may increase. Shorter Sprints can be employed to generate more learning cycles and limit risk of cost and effort to a smaller time frame. This habit also puts reaching the Sprint Goal at risk. There is no such thing in Scrum.

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SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Consulting 167

Scrum.org

JANUARY 27, 2020

A good team can handle that in ten to 30 minutes before moving on to the decomposition tasks and the initial planning of how the Development Team intends to accomplishing the work of the Sprint. Irregular Sprint lengths: The Scrum Team has variable Sprint cadences. Sprint Planning Anti-Patterns.

Planning 221

Planning Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Cadence 221

Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Accept: A response to a project risk where the project manager accepts the risk and takes no action to evade it, i.e. 'accepting' the risk. This is usually in case of risks that are unlikely to occur or minor enough so as to not affect the project's outcome. A project sponsor can request an audit.

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Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle Estimate Risk Management 78