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Questions to ask a project management mentor

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Also ask some questions about the logistics of the relationship , like these: How often do you think we should meet? At regular meetings You’ll find a regular cadence and probably settle into a regular agenda or routine with the check in sessions. What might my blind spots be in this process? When did you join [your company]?

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5 Tips for Making a Retrospective Meeting More Productive

NimbleWork

Retrospectives should ideally be done at a regular cadence. These facilitation strategies do more than just manage the logistics of a meeting; they actively enhance participation, contributing to a more inclusive and effective retrospective process. However, what happens if your team does not find them engaging or useful.

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The Transformation Journey: Lessons Learned

Planview

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. A continuous planning cadence – quarterly, monthly, or even weekly – enables organizations to be ready to move fast when change occurs, or new opportunities appear on the horizon.

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The Complete Guide to Scaling Agile and SAFe for Business Agility

Agilemania

The entire organization had to be in the process, not just a few self-managed teams. . The cadence of development of multiple teams. The aviation firm enjoyed a 20% increase in market share in the small and medium logistics market alone. Therefore, it is suitable for small self-managed teams. . Enable enterprise-wide visibility.

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Agency client retention guide (with 8 strategies and expert tips)

Resource Guru

The agency client retention process involves keeping clients engaged and satisfied long-term. It’s also common for larger clients to work on a retainer basis, which makes the onboarding process harder, possibly more expensive, and more time-consuming. As a result, switching agencies is more difficult.

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Deliver Fast or Deliver as Planned (Update)

Herding Cats

The Plan for the delivery of value is shown in the Product Roadmap and implemented in the Cadence Release Plan, or sometimes in the Capabilities Release plan. The need is defined in the Capabilities Based Planning process. . I have a colleague, who was General Schwarzkopf's logistic person in the first Gulf war.

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Questioning Agile Dogma

Leading Agile

The combination of high WIP (work in process), multiple and uncoordinated project assignments per individual, lack of coordination of scarce resources, and inattention to cross-team dependencies during planning led to unpredictability in software delivery. The first step has to be to bring the delivery process under control and measurement.

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