Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2021

Did you know that 56% of your project budget might be at risk due to poor communications? Key decisions documentation – provides a mechanism for documenting and distributing key decisions with the project team for future reference. We know that all projects use finite resources to achieve an objective. who support it.

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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. You’ll want to document a terms of reference for your governance committees so they know what they are supposed to do. It’s fine to have a different cadence at different points in the project lifecycle.

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Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2020

They have these conversations at the appropriate cadence, for appropriate duration's in order to elevate the transparency in their work. Slack also acts a risk buffer within the Sprint. Build in some slack & keep the risk buffer handy(10-20%)! Inspiration and References: Co-founder and Coach, Arvind Ashok ,@thequad.in,The

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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.

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 19, 2023

Both refer to themselves as “frameworks” or “toolkits” rather than methodologies. To coordinate the teams, SAFe applies cadence and synchronization. Cadence means all teams are aligned to a standard, two-week delivery cycle. The event facilitates quick resolution of interdependencies, risks, and issues.

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Project Bliss

JANUARY 8, 2018

You can break out the different areas for individual status indicators, so any that need attention due to risk are highlighted and easy to see. It gives you reference points in your schedule to measure progress against. If desired, you can incorporate ticket or reference numbers if you have a system that tracks them.

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Digite

MAY 26, 2017

Program Increments (PIs) provide a development timebox (default 10 weeks) that uses cadence and synchronization to facilitate planning, limiting WIP, provide for aggregation of value and assure consistent retrospectives. The Agile Release Train provides alignment and helps manage risk by providing program level cadence and synchronization.

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Bridge the Gap Consulting

APRIL 11, 2023

Though maturity models are great, I won’t make reference to them here. 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. Most clients want to see better delivery results first.

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MPUG

MARCH 8, 2021

Many project managers utilize a Lean-Agile approach when there is high change or churn in project requirements, significant lack of clarity in scope, high complexity to their projects, and/or a larger number of risks associated with such. It’s usually based on a cadence. Let’s understand these two types a bit more.

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International Institute for Learning

MAY 16, 2022

refers to exponential changes in the way we work, live, and interact with one another as a result of the combination of technologies such as machine learning and artificial intelligence, intermingling with the physical world to create cyber-physical systems. For the uninitiated, the 4th Industrial Revolution (or Industry 4.0)

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Euterpe encourages us to embrace experimentation and risk-taking in pursuit of innovation. Failures and Disasters (Melpomene): Melpomene, the Muse of Tragedy inspires risk management and preparedness for unexpected project challenges. Okay, so most often, project failures may not be a tragedy, but not always.

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Leading Agile

MAY 17, 2021

What ensued was an excellent reminder that, even in pursuit of the continuous improvement, there is always a risk that any conversation can go sideways with even the best of intentions getting lost in translation. I shared the above outline with the team and discouraged any practice that results in the “gaming” of metrics. Be vulnerable.

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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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Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

What do you do with planning cadences? Then maybe just to kind of add another thing here, which is reference architecture. Like, you know, where does reference architecture, we’re not talking about IT reference architecture but business reference architecture fit in and what is your? Mike Cottmeyer 15:10.

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Herding Cats

JULY 16, 2017

Either a Cadence Release Plan or a Capabilities Release Plan. Uncertainty creates risk. Risk Management is how Adults Manage Projects - Tim Lister. Conduct Schedule Risk Analysis. Uncertanty creates Risk. Agile is a participant in Risk Management, but Agile is NOT Risk Management. .

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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. References. [1] Can you feel the frustration, confusion, and possibly anger?

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Digite

MARCH 17, 2017

As the PI has 5 iterations with multiple teams working in cadence to achieve a common vision, it is important for these teams to assemble and plan out the course of action for the entire PI duration. The meeting also helps the teams understand any dependencies amongst themselves and any risks to be addressed.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Work (or sometimes even a transformation) is ongoing, and the organization wants a second opinion on risk or improvement factors. . Note that the ‘we’ doesn’t have to refer to the people having the problem or causing the problem. ‘We’ Something went wrong, and the organization wishes to know what happened where and when. .

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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.

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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. Risk management. The first step is carrying out a project risk assessment before a project starts. Such as scope changes and risks. Let’s dive a little deeper.

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Planio

JULY 4, 2022

Working this way reduces the risk that you’re building the wrong software. Refer to your communication plan to see who should be included. Try switching up your cadence, bringing in different people, or use a different format such as ‘Start, Stop, Continue’ or the ‘Sailboat Method.’. But it also makes projects more complex.

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Wrike

DECEMBER 20, 2021

Project management has always been a tool for carrying out goals and managing risk. We’re referring to relying on online tools for collaboration and coordination between teams, and not just complex back-and-forth email exchanges. An increased dependency on project management tools. A focus on enhanced collaboration.

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Resource Guru

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Reduce risks before they escalate: A sub-optimal utilization rate can be an early warning sign of projects derailing further down the road. These objectives—sometimes referred to as key performance indicators—will be different depending on the industry your agency serves.

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Digite

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

In this article, he outlines the similarities of the two as WIP Limiting, Pull-based systems – with cadences and a focus on learning – while also explaining their differences. Getting my thoughts out and in a more concrete form that I can reference (and send people to reference) should promote better conversations as well.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 11, 2024

If a Sprint is too long, the market may invalidate a Sprint Goal, increasing complexity and risk. Shorter Sprints, similar to short projects, promote more learning cycles and limit the risk of cost and effort to a briefer time frame. This habit also puts reaching the Sprint Goal at risk. Source : Scrum Guide 2020.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

The third set of goals revolves around looking at where the organization exists today and determining a possible operating model within the LeadingAgile reference architecture. It’s essential that the leaders see their organization within the reference architecture.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 25, 2022

The Sprint Goal, the Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint, plus the plan for delivering them are together referred to as the Sprint Backlog.). Probably, the Product Owner is referring to former team metrics such as velocity to support their desire. Irregular Sprint lengths: The Scrum team has variable Sprint cadences.

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Planio

MARCH 13, 2023

A project status report is a document that summarizes a project's current progress against the baselined project plan (this is why they’re often referred to as “project health checks”). This leaves you at risk of becoming one of the 54% of projects fail that fail due to poor KPI tracking. Why do they matter?

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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. – Safe defines a reference architecture for a system of delivery. I think mine and yours challenge with it, sometimes it becomes a late dependency, a late risk reduction strategy. How do you like fix it?

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 19, 2020

Tim, is going to drop a link for you guys later on if you guys weren’t part of that webinar series, because I think we’re going to reference some of it. And a lot of times I reference, there’s a cartoon, I should actually have it on the ready because I talk about it all the time. And then I reduce the risk.

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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.org

JANUARY 27, 2020

Probably, the Product Owner is referring to former team metrics such as velocity to support his or her desire. Irregular Sprint lengths: The Scrum Team has variable Sprint cadences. Otherwise, transparency will suffer and flawed decisions might be made, reducing value creation and increasing risk.).

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

The first one is the one around risk, around scope rather. So the team design, interacting with a governance model, focused on the flow of value, and managing those five categories of risk, are what our governance model and our team design do. The five types of risk: Are we solving the right problem? Around each piece of work.

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Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Bookmark this project management glossary and refer to it whenever you come across any project management jargon. This is usually in case of risks that are unlikely to occur or minor enough so as to not affect the project's outcome. Base Date: A date that serves as the reference (or 'base') for the start of a project calendar.

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Digite

DECEMBER 18, 2016

CoS is a risk categorization mechanism for any work item. For this blog, cards that are classified as Intangible CoS will be referred to as “Intangibles”. This approach can be easily extended to strive for uniform cadence across the value stream. One of the important aspects of The Kanban Method is Class of Service (CoS).

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MPUG

JANUARY 30, 2020

Somebody stopped him, gave him that little shard of advice, and the reason I know this is because if you listen to the way he presents, if you listen to his cadence and the cadence of his speech, what you discover is, oh, my gosh, he’s pausing a lot. How do you do all of risk management in one hour or less?

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Risk Management (#RM). Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management. But in fact, risk management is part of the other 4 principles as well. Table of Contents (Click the Name to go to Section). Management Processes (#MP).

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