Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Many organisations are investing in people, processes and structure to create teams focused on strategy execution, often by establishing project management offices (PMOs). Establishing solid communication as part of project leadership will also help team leaders gain the trust of the project teams they are managing.

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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. Portfolio management teams apply these principles and approaches to strategy and investment funding, Agile portfolio operations, and governance.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

Strong leadership in projects is important for success, so getting your project board and/or project steering group set up as soon as you can is a good start. For example, on one project, I had the CFO steering group, and attendees were all SLT (senior leadership team members). Who will get you access to the resources you require?

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Velociteach

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Or risks were identified, but a response strategy was never created. Context and environmental factors should govern process requirements, specificity, and formality. Context and environmental factors should govern process requirements, specificity, and formality. Criteria for implementing the response strategy.

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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

APRIL 20, 2021

For this email, it is assumed that the organization’s technical strategy has been defined and a governance model has been implemented. If neither is true, this email will still be valuable, it will just illustrate that strategy and governance are missing. Solve those problems with your leadership, let me know if I can help.

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Inloox

JULY 1, 2021

High flexibility, adaptability and increased communication are just a few of the benefits that have led to significant improvements through the introduction of agile work processes in organizations. Lean Agile Leadership: Managers are the very core of lean agile development and business agility.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

MAY 16, 2023

Meeting Cadence Calendar. I didn’t see the importance of this when I first read about “Cadence Calendars.” The PMO I was working in and eventually lead had a handful of project managers, each with around 5-6 projects under their leadership. Processing… Success! Fight for training dollars. Then another.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 30, 2023

What would you suggest to the leadership of that organization to help the change effort? Engage key stakeholders early on in the process to gather input and buy-in. Be prepared to address and resolve any conflicts that may arise during the change process through effective conflict resolution strategies.

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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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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

46% of the organizations reported inconsistencies in practices and processes as their main challenge with agile transformation. They are prepared to align strategy and execution for the entire organization. Develop Lean-Agile Leadership. Apply cadence and synchronize with cross-domain planning. Is there a solution?

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Velociteach

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Lifecycle phases describe the required process steps from inception to delivery. Domain Management Plans The domain management plans define the processes for planning, executing, and monitoring the project’s performance; and are sections within the overall Project Management Plan. Agile projects are fundamentally different.

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Teamweek

JULY 27, 2023

A professional development plan is a document outlining an employee’s current skill set, goals for the future, and potential strategies to achieve those realistic goals. Short-term goal: Gain expertise in digital marketing strategies and analytics. Gain advanced knowledge in digital marketing strategies.

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The project manager and the organization’s leadership must create the environment. Collaboration between project sponsors and stakeholders to develop the scope and best strategy is required for success, including estimations of time and costs. Erato reminds us of the importance of emotional intelligence in leadership.

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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. Program teams are needed in more complex organizations and sit between the strategy layer we’ll talk about here in a minute and the delivery/services teams.

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Leading Agile

JULY 18, 2023

When people make such statements, they usually mean that they have trained product owners and a proficient Scrum master, and their team consistently follows the cadence of sprint planning, daily stand-ups, interviews, and retrospectives. I question why they would implement a process that doesn’t yield the desired business benefits.

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Agilemania

JANUARY 24, 2022

The entire organization had to be in the process, not just a few self-managed teams. . The cadence of development of multiple teams. In addition, it aligns strategy and execution through Lean Portfolio Management. Lean-Agile Leadership. Therefore, it is suitable for small self-managed teams. . Cross-Team Dependencies.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 20, 2023

And let me give you three strategies. Actually, for strategies to build systems to ensure the right attributes are in place to empower your teams as a as a group. I think the servant leadership coaching world has talked about just be there for your teams and support them. Maybe the organizational strategy, right?

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Leading Agile

MAY 11, 2021

But before we get to that process, let’s talk about common failure modes that get in the way. . Delivering on a regular, predictable cadence. If You Want to Be Trusted… An effective enterprise Transformation strategy is grounded in a trustworthy ecosystem around the people for them to produce products in a predictable way.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 11, 2023

Understand how strategy is determined and also how project decisions are made to achieve organizational strategy. Do people feel strategy and supporting governance is effective? Existing Processes and Tools. Document the processes used today. I will highly encourage creating an As-Is/To-Be process model, though.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

JULY 21, 2021

These workouts include heavy tension and faster cadence at lower resistance. Here are some of the key things I’ve learned in addition to project management, building those other “professional muscles”: Strategy : This was a HUGE eye opener. Those strategies turned into projects. Processing….

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Some time ago, I was teaching a Professional Agile Leadership class. But by introducing something like Big Room planning, you’ve moved the issue into the process domain. These things start piling up, because by managing the problem through process, more process must be added to manage further outbreaks of related symptoms. .

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Wrike

DECEMBER 20, 2021

However, this interaction will require the use of new technology and strategies to manage it properly. Embracing Agile as a means to combine strategy with output. Over the past year, more companies have started using Agile methods to improve their project management processes. A prediction of future trends in project management.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

What do you do with planning cadences? For 11 years, became a CEO and learned a ton about stuff I’d never want to learn about like, banking and [unsure 06:57], benefits and investment strategies and you know, growth and SGMA and cost of goods sold and all kinds of stuff like that, yeah. How do you go up into Portfolio Management?

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Leading Agile

MAY 3, 2023

And so if you show up and like you say, “Hey, I want to adopt Agile,” but you know, you’re not familiar with the strategies or Agile governance strategies or such, right? The roles, the ceremonies, the artifacts, the cadences, all those different things that we model as implementation details.

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Planio

JULY 4, 2022

But often, the real issue is that they’re missing a key ingredient: leadership. Agile ceremonies — also known as Scrum ceremonies or just ‘events’ — are specific events that provide a structured framework for iterative software development processes. But what if you’re not entirely comfortable managing and running Agile ceremonies?

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Leading Agile

APRIL 7, 2023

That having weekly planning cadences; daily standups, reviews, and retrospectives would give people a reason to get in the same room and collaborate. Traditional project management methodologies are process focused and agnostic to organizational design. Transformation itself is a process that takes years.

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Planio

AUGUST 1, 2022

But a full Agile transformation isn’t just about the development process you use — it’s a way to bring creativity, innovation, and lean operations to every aspect of your business. Build a leadership team that can get your required buy-in. Scale and improve your Agile processes. What does an Agile organization look like?

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Planview

JULY 19, 2023

In the first two posts of this blog series, we shared how one large biotech company defined its pain points and business goals for its PPM transformation process and the five steps it took to beat the transformation odds. (If Most change in organizations is slow and requires careful guidance and thoughtful, consistent leadership to stick.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 31, 2020

You get super clear backlogs, you find out what the real cadences you’ve finished work that you start. Again, it was kinda like, which process do you pick? Primarily applying it to projects, cause we we’re like trying to solve specific processes, but it’s generally applicable, at scale as well. – Yeah.

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Planview

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Santander’s vision was to create an ecosystem that enables enterprise agility by connecting business with IT and strategy into delivery – with a single line of sight into key initiatives at every stage of the journey. In Technology they were used to the processes and tools, so the transition was easy and simple.

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Planio

MAY 9, 2022

It’s not the same as implementing a new software development process or following a checklist when you finish a project. New processes are more successful because everyone gives feedback and is open about what’s working and what’s not. Deciding on a meeting cadence that works for everyone: How many times a week should you meet?

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MPUG

DECEMBER 28, 2020

This definition of the ‘goal’ can create confusion for many who understand project-program-portfolio management and how goals aligns with the vision, mission, strategy, and objectives of an organization. As the saying goes, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast.”. Strategy execution is the downstream of culture. Lean Thinking.

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Planio

OCTOBER 15, 2020

7 strategies and techniques for managing remote teams used by top remote companies. Update your communication processes to understand when your remote workers need help. Here are the strategies, techniques, and tools these teams use on a daily basis to manage their remote teams.

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Scrum.org

JULY 31, 2023

The new strategy should make the bank more customer-centric and enable them to get better, faster, and more effective at delivering value to customers. Tasks belonging to these initiatives got stuck in the worklists of teams in the IT department due to unclear decision processes. The transformation impacted the whole bank.

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Wrike

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It incorporates elements of other Agile frameworks — including Lean product development , Scrum, and Kanban — to optimize project execution efficiency, streamline processes and workflows, and reduce waste in big-sized teams. SAFe is heavily based on Agile project management principles that promote flexibility, iteration, and collaboration.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

Any software that you create is an organisational asset and decisions to cut quality need to be reflected in your company accounts and as such those decisions need to made by your executive leadership and should not be made by Developers. Professional Developers create working software. Release planning and predictable delivery.

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