The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Lean A project management philosophy that aims to maximize value while minimizing waste. Lean Six Sigma Combining Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to eliminate defects and waste. Projects are generally a mechanism for change and may leverage innovation. initiation, lanning, execution, and closing). of a project.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 23, 2024

This method has driven companies to new heights of efficiency and innovation, enriching every facet of project execution - from planning to evaluation - and boosting effectiveness and adaptability. Continuous improvement, or Kaizen, has revolutionized business practices since its inception in post-war Japan. What is Continuous Improvement?

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The Strategic Project Manager

APRIL 20, 2023

For example, Google’s “Ten Things We Know to Be True” is a set of guiding principles that helps to define the company’s culture and approach to innovation. ” Reducing Rules and Regulations : Companies have reduced rules and regulations to encourage innovation and creativity. Google has a similar policy.

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The Strategic Project Manager

OCTOBER 26, 2021

This post explores the factors that influence the choice of a strategy framework, untangles confusion presented by the plethora of strategic frameworks, and shows areas of impact for project managers. Strategic frameworks that are helpful in a visionary environment include Blue Ocean Strategy , Innovator’s Dilemma.,

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 4, 2024

It involves taking risks, being transparent about challenges and failures, and having the confidence to experiment and innovate. This action maintains cycle time and, with the application of lean principles, makes Kanban a very effective way to manage productivity. Courage fosters an environment where continual improvement is possible.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In modern, Agile or Lean organizations, the customers, employees and value delivered, is the most important concern. [3]. Another yet important idea, is the close collaboration inside the organization and with customers, users and partners. Nexus) or other Agile or Lean frameworks, were enacted in an empirical way.

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The Strategic Project Manager

MARCH 14, 2022

Hence, there are two types of channels: communication and distribution: Communication Channels – These are the means of getting the messages out to potential customers and influencers. Open vs closed communications channels – How much control, or access, do we have to the means for communicating with our customers?

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Leading Answers

SEPTEMBER 23, 2018

While I drafted this article gadget store Brookstone declared bankruptcy and Apple became the world’s first publicly traded trillion-dollar company, with Amazon close on its heels. Qualities like magnetism and charisma became important and self-help books had titles like “ How to Win Friends and Influence People ”.

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The Strategic Project Manager

JULY 25, 2023

Enhance operational efficiency by implementing lean methodologies and reducing waste. Operational Strategy : Implement lean manufacturing principles to improve efficiency, reduce waste, and optimize production processes. Be sure to map closely to strategy! Streamline supply chain processes to reduce lead time by 15%.

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Scrum.org

JULY 16, 2019

This is no simple task and requires creativity, intelligence and close collaboration with developers, product owners, and management. Together with other Scrum Masters (s)he can ignite the necessary organizational changes by influencing the system from the inside out. Lean Change Management, and Training from the Back of the Room.

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The Strategic Project Manager

APRIL 30, 2022

Managers need to pay close attention to people and processes, monitor metrics, and adjust accordingly. Engage with key influencers – Be strategic about this. In what areas do you need influence, with whom do you need to engage, and what is in it for them? This stage is complete when the change has been implemented.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 8, 2018

Read them, share them and keep them close at hand for when you need them. You can be an expert at the textbook definition of a dozen methodologies, or an intuitive leader who manages from the gut, but if you lean too heavily on one or the other, you’re never going to fully realize your potential. Project Management Quotes.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Cultural Emphasis on Technical Excellence Over Customer Value : Organizations that place a higher emphasis on technical excellence or innovation for its own sake, rather than focusing on delivering customer value, may inadvertently encourage gold-plating.

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Leading Agile

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

And so objectives can be innovation. If I throw that word in there and I think about our world, I assume some of our objectives in K o work would go to a Basecamp five innovation team. Here’s what we have to influence. But it’s a new thing. Those are the horizon three type things. We definitely use those languages.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

Some lean practitioners dispute its existence is justified.). ???? September 27, 2022 : Join 200-plus peers at the 45th Hands-on Agile Meetup: FAST: An Innovative Way to Scale with James Shore. The Product Owner may influence the Developers by helping them understand and select trade-offs. Product Backlogs do not scale.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2020

A Product Owner is an innovator at heart and thus a value creator for customers and organizations if given a chance to work in an agile manner. The Product Owner owns the “why” and influences the “what” and “who,” but never the “how.” Do you want to get this article in your inbox? You can sign up here and join 28k other subscribers.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 15, 2019

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Tad Haas’ How Innovation & Portfolio Management Office Underpins Corporate Success webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Tad: The conversation today is built off a white paper called Innovation and Portfolio Management Office.

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Planio

APRIL 24, 2023

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. Learn from their mistakes and lean on them for insights. Focus Projects may impact/influence multiple parts of the business.

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Resource Guru

JUNE 8, 2022

It’s true that the pandemic opened our eyes to the possibilities of remote work and better work-life balance, but look closely, and you’ll see that the “Great Resignation” has been a long time coming. Next, lean on capacity planning to build your iron triangle. Download our free resource scheduling template ?. ” Alex Matthews.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 31, 2020

You leave like pretty close and you’re thinking about this in very similar ways. And then tying that together into a network and then applying Lean principles to designing an organization that can get stuff done. And then you start to measure some of the lean stuff that we’re doing at the time, from some of the con bonds.

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TrustRadius Project Management

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

here] culture”) Thought leader / Thought leadership Content (whether “Content is king” or “snackable content”) Growth hacking (which is essentially just marketing) Buy-in Pain point Swimlane, or even just “lane,” particularly when someone is telling you to stay in yours.

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Supply and Demand have an influence on bringing Cost and Value closer, but that does not make them the same thing. It’s really only when Cost and Value are fairly close – where Supply and Demand intersect – that something comes into our field of vision. Often things are priced, or valued, based on their cost.

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Planio

JULY 22, 2020

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. Closing: Formally closing the project and documenting lessons learned. Project Management for the Unofficial Project Manager follows the same structure as the PMBOK: Initiate, Plan, Execute, Monitor and Control, Close. Closing the project and measuring success.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 11, 2020

Poppendieck was an influence for me, no doubt, and several others in those days. But sure, it was heavily influenced by Mary Poppendieck. . Okay, so one thing I wanna just give a nod to, it’s like somebody who’s heavily influenced our thinking on this was David Anderson’s stuff around the pre-Kanban stuff.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

“Understanding the Impact of Project Risk Management on Project Performance: An Empirical Study,” Roque Rabechini Junior and Marly Monteiro de Carvalho, Journal of Technology Management and Innovation , Volume 8, Issus ALTEC, 2013. Innovation and Risk Management,” Eduardo Manuel, MPRA Paper No. 11 November 2008. 2277, 16 March 2007.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

“Understanding the Impact of Project Risk Management on Project Performance: An Empirical Study,” Roque Rabechini Junior and Marly Monteiro de Carvalho, Journal of Technology Management and Innovation , Volume 8, Issus ALTEC, 2013. Innovation and Risk Management,” Eduardo Manuel, MPRA Paper No. 11 November 2008. 2277, 16 March 2007.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 9, 2019

And this is actually fairly huge because Microsoft just crossed over the $1 trillion mark in terms of revenue assets for the company and Amazon not far behind, also implementing agile in a global perspective to help them really kind of innovate and create a much more competitive of company and organization.

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Resource Guru

AUGUST 10, 2023

While project managers aren’t miracle workers (although pretty darn close), they need to keep a close eye on project scheduling , from project initiation to closure. Not only do they need to put out great content that supports campaigns, but they also need to monitor trends and keep up with influencers. Not an easy job.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Executives that are not close to the customer problems make the decisions at the portfolio level, and teams execute, which can lead to disengaged teams. Saddest is that given decades of UCD and HCD as our key processes, SAFe picked “Lean UX” to add to their model. Lean UX is neither Lean nor UX; don’t be fooled by the name.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Executives that are not close to the customer problems make the decisions at the portfolio level, and teams execute, which can lead to disengaged teams. Saddest is that given decades of UCD and HCD as our key processes, SAFe picked “Lean UX” to add to their model. Lean UX is neither Lean nor UX; don’t be fooled by the name.

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Paymo App

APRIL 2, 2018

Influence – We considered Moz’s Domain Authority (DA) to predict how a website can rank on Google’s SERP. What to expect: As a Lean and Agile project management expert, Corinna Baldauf shares her knowledge to help PM professional find and fix process problems. Worth reading. Free Project Management Templates. Mike Cohn’s Blog.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 16, 2021

The entire organization needs to use lean and agile practices to deliver solutions faster than the competitors. Teams that are close knit for extended periods of time tend to be high-performers. Intel: Intel was reeling under pressure to constantly innovate while controlling costs and maintain quality. There is high visibility.

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