The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

When the Department of Defense (DoD) decided to expand the need for more technical projects following World War II, pressure was placed upon the aerospace and defense community to develop expertise in project management. First, the PM was expected to possess a command of technology rather than merely an understanding of technology.

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Proofhub

AUGUST 17, 2021

7 Best Practices To Lead And Coach Remote Project Management Teams Source: [link] Does your remote project management business have a strategic plan for communicating, training, and delegating? And what about your team members?—?are are they doing great work individually and as a team?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

PRINCE2 is process based, with processes covering starting a project, directing a project, initiating a project, managing stage boundaries (sign off and moving between stages), controlling a stage, managing product delivery (there is an emphasis on product based planning) and closing a project. And what are the weak points?

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 15, 2017

Here’s a lesson I’m thankful I learned early in my career: successful engineering projects rely more on non-technical skills than technical skills. It’s not that the technical skills aren’t important – they are. cited that $122 million was wasted for every $1 billion invested due to poor project performance.

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Susanne Madsen

JANUARY 5, 2020

What better time to consider how you can continue to develop as a project leader and sharpen your saw. Review the past year A good place to start is to look back at what happened last year. Reviewing your achievements reminds you of how far you have come and what you have learnt. ​A new year is upon us.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 1, 2019

Sometimes leading a team, project or organization goes well. In Review – Crisis Management: How to Lead During a Crisis. Jennifer noted that whether you’re leading a team , project or organization, things are either going well or poorly. But it is in a crisis when the true meaning of leadership is defined.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

This very incompleteness is one of the strengths of Scrum, but without specific guidance, some myths have evolved about the right way to run a Scrum Team. . Product Backlog refinement is critical to the Scrum Team. Developers should size the work because they are the ones who will be accountable for delivering the work. .

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 30, 2020

Career-limiting because: No one wants to work with the project manager who emails the operational team a closure document and is never seen again. As I talk about in my course on how to write awesome project status reports , surprises are bad. If you don’t talk about problems then you risk hitting your manager with bad news.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

In the ever-evolving world of project management, effective leadership is a crucial factor in achieving the success of any endeavor. One leadership theory that has gained traction in recent years is the Situational Leadership Theory. Directing: Appropriate when team members are low on both competence and commitment.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 18, 2020

On November 22nd, 2019, I gave the closing keynote at Scrum Deutschland, a talk called ‘The Four Things You Do To Prevent Value Delivery.’ Such a study is holistic; it involves looking at the organizational design, technical capabilities, culture and knowledge, and type of control and metrics used to define success. Background.

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Teamweek

JANUARY 18, 2024

Or, you can look at a list of strategic interview questions to ask candidates and use those to get a better idea of who’s got the skills and qualities needed to become your next team member. TL;DR — Key Takeaways Poorly structured interviews waste time and ultimately result in bad hires or skills mismatches.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

TL; DR: The Illusion of Velocity In this article, I explore the pitfalls of ‘The Illusion of Velocity’ in agile contexts, peeling back the layers of traditional metrics as leadership tools. Moreover, I point to the advantages gained from leadership engaging directly with teams.

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Velociteach

MARCH 18, 2024

Have you ever wondered why project team members decide to quit? Join us as we unravel the mysteries behind team turnover with HR expert Cindi Filer. Discover the pitfalls project managers should avoid to retain their team members, foster a thriving workplace environment, and optimize your most valuable resource: your people.

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LiquidPlanner

APRIL 3, 2020

When I was approached by our blog team to contribute an article for Women in Tech Week, I knew immediately what my contribution would be. I’ve worked very closely with one of our earliest employees and current VP of Product, Jen Morrisey, for the past five years, and I can’t think of a more inspirational and passionate leader.

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 10, 2022

If you’re a project manager – and if you are reading this you probably are… or deal with them often on a team – then you know that you often need to be a jack of all trades in order to get things done for your projects. Manage the budget closely. The financial guru hat. . A 10% budget overrun can be corrected fairly easily.

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ProProfs Project Management

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Managing creative teams has always been a tricky job because you need to give your team freedom to try new ideas and take risks, while at the same time, pushing them is also important to get the job done on time and within scope. So what’s the solution to creative team management? In short, it’s a constant balancing act.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 4, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Are you looking to elevate your leadership style to foster a more dynamic, collaborative, and high-performing team? One of the secrets to unlocking your team's full potential lies in embracing the core values of the Scrum Framework.

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PM Basics

JUNE 17, 2020

This is complete guide on leadership in project management. It fully comes from my practical experience in managing software development projects for nine years. Here you’ll learn: What is leadership in project management in practice? How to build a strong team and honor commitments. Key Concepts of Leadership.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Whether you are just starting out, developing your project manager resume, or a seasoned professional, mastering the Project Management Buzzwords is non-negotiable. Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g., Business case An organization will develop a document to justify the investment in a project (i.e.,

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Agilemania

JANUARY 3, 2022

With the fast-paced world, technologies have become obsolete, and those who fail to adapt today become ghosts. 19% of business organizations have customers leaving them due to inaccurate or partial data . 45% of the companies who have suffered a loss in revenue due to Covid-19 are increasingly focusing on digital transformation .

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Resource Guru

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Challenge: Poor communication can lead to misunderstandings, errors, and delays. Solution: Implement clear communication protocols, hold regular team meetings, and use collaboration tools to streamline communication. Solution: Create realistic project schedules, assign tasks early, and monitor progress closely to meet deadlines.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 6, 2023

By identifying and categorizing project risks, developing effective strategies for navigating uncertainty, and harnessing the power of leadership, project managers can mitigate risks and increase the likelihood of project success. Common types of risks in project management include technical risks (e.g.,

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

In today’s technology-driven world, IT services management plays a critical role in overseeing the smooth operation and success of businesses. Aligns IT services with the overall business strategy, so that technology investments are in line with the organization’s objectives.

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Leading Answers

JUNE 21, 2019

Within agile frameworks, the team retrospective is the primary workshop for planning and evaluating experiments. Yet most team retrospectives I see are broken. Teams spend too much time recording viewpoints and information—but not enough time reviewing or planning experiments. This is a more useful format.

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Resource Guru

APRIL 4, 2023

I was working with a competent Lead Developer on one of our biggest clients delivering a rebuild for a platform that we’d been working on for 10+ years. Our Technical Director had executed some high-level planning of how big the migration project was and how much it’d cost to rebuild their platform. So, some team changes!

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Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

It's about leading a team through the trenches, keeping them motivated, and ensuring smooth progress while preventing burnout. You might wonder if it's possible to keep a keen eye on every project detail without overburdening yourself and your team. Can you truly have a well-monitored project and a motivated team working harmoniously?

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The IIL Blog

JULY 19, 2023

In the past, engaging team members effectively in project assignments was not given the attention it is receiving today. The wage and salary activities for the assigned workers were the responsibility of their functional managers and project managers often had very little input if any in the performance review processes.

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LiquidPlanner

MARCH 9, 2020

OKRs are a goal-setting framework developed by Intel co-founder Andy Grove and implemented at major companies like Google. Ideally, a business constructs a pyramid of OKRs that connects individual goals to team goals and broader company objectives, giving business leaders a more tangible path to success. How it affects your business.

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Teamweek

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Since 2000, agile product development and project management have been on the rise, with 60% of companies claiming to experience profit growth after adopting an agile approach. But, interviewing for technical positions like Product Owner can be challenging. A Product Owner is a person who’s part of the scrum team.

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Resource Guru

JULY 19, 2023

Any thriving creative team is supported by a solid advertising agency workflow. Not only do advertising agency workflows differ from workflows for other agency types—say recruitment or software development. Meaning you can respond to bottlenecks and project changes without over-allocating your team. television or radio).

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Scrum.org

JULY 29, 2019

In my role as an Agile coach and Scrum trainer, I get the chance to talk to a lot of Scrum Masters and teams. When I ask them about what their team is measuring, the most common answers I hear are velocity, story points, and burn-down charts. Team health? I often failed to help developers understand its true purpose.

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Teamweek

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Since 2000, agile product development and project management have been on the rise, with 60% of companies claiming to experience profit growth after adopting an agile approach. But, interviewing for technical positions like Product Owner can be challenging. A Product Owner is a person who’s part of the scrum team.

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Resource Guru

MAY 26, 2023

Agency operations management covers a wide range of roles and responsibilities, from finding resource management software to developing effective quality control processes. But we’re here to (hopefully) enable you to improve agency operations while putting your team first and improving your bottom line.

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Online PM Courses

AUGUST 6, 2018

This could equally fit under ‘weak leadership’ However you classify it, if your people aren’t committed to your project’s success, they may as well be committed to its failure. It would be easy to conclude that projects fail because of poor Project Management. Poor Project Skills. Scope Creep.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

Imagine a software development project where the project manager estimated that it would take three months to complete. However, due to unforeseen technical challenges and a lack of understanding of the project’s requirements, the development team ended up spending six months on the project.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 20, 2023

Empowering your teams isn’t about allowing them to make decisions in a vacuum and giving them free rein to do whatever they want. The days of providing a little guidance here, some methodology there, and letting the teams self-organize their way to success are behind us. What does it mean to empower teams?

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 7, 2019

This is often due to the various forces at play that impact decision-making, like those related to the project budget, schedule or resources. There’s a term to explain this idea: technical debt. If you’re about to embark on a new project, take a moment to read about what technical debt is and why you’ll want to avoid it at all costs.

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