Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 25, 2022

Engagement is closely related to motivation. One way is to take the VIA Character Survey at [link] This is a free survey and you receive your ranking of the 24 character strengths right away. Not only will they help the team, they will give you a behavior pattern to copy. What does ‘engagement’ actually look like?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 21, 2021

They are different to my own survey results, that show hybrid is far more widely used. Yes, the base of respondents for the survey was different – PMI reached people in industries that I expect I did not, like construction and telecoms. Finally, only 21% of projects globally were reported as using hybrid methods.

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Telecoms 2021 Prince2 PMI 470

Scrum.org

JULY 9, 2023

Chow & Cao (2008) surveyed 109 Agile projects. Closing What is your experience with improving the release frequency❓ What recommendations do you have to help a team start improving❓ Release frequency is one of the 20+ factors we measure to determine Agile & Scrum team effectiveness. Check: [link]

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

We can conduct customer interviews or surveys. Some customers may be unable to pinpoint what they need, and others may not be close enough to the product to know how the people we’re building it for will actually use it. (See We can do this through surveys, focus groups, interviews, or regular stakeholder group meetings.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 9, 2023

2018) surveyed decision-makers in a large organization and found that automation reduces manual tasks, but requires a cultural shift to encourage investment in proper developer practices and technologies to support it. Why don't you give the Agile/Scrum Team Survey a try? Kuusinen et. Check: [link]

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 25, 2023

With the Scrum Team Survey , teams can diagnose themselves with a scientifically validated approach, inspect the results together, and improve with evidence-based feedback. Every team member can complete the survey anonymously. This post isn’t intended as a promotion, our survey is one example of a diagnosis tool.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 12, 2022

This wasn’t a survey about project portfolio management at the PMO level. Planning is the top skill identified as being able to manage multiple projects, closely followed by communication and stakeholder engagement. Survey respondents recognized over 60 different skills, from attention to detail to vendor management.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Risk Management Engineering 373

Scrum.org

JULY 14, 2021

I am an organizational psychologist and Scrum practitioner with a love for survey development and statistics. I created a free online app called the Scrum Team Survey. This free tool allows Scrum teams to diagnose themselves with an extensive survey, and receive detailed results and evidence-based feedback upon completion.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Frustrating, disheartened, disillusioned doesn’t come close and honestly if it wasn’t for the pandemic I would have left some time ago. The survey mentioned above gave people to talk about their biggest concern in project management and the results were eye-opening (and yet unfortunately not surprising). See the trend?

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Online PM Courses

MARCH 19, 2018

And it’s only fair to acknowledge that some of the things I have been saying in training sessions fo the last 20+ years track back to Paul’s advice closing a project well. It is the stage where you carry out all the formal and informal tasks that will close your project down in an orderly manner. What is Project Closure?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 12, 2023

Third, it is important to emphasize that the Agile Team Survey allows teams to measure stakeholder happiness in two ways. Why don't you give the Agile/Scrum Team Survey a try? Second, the best strategy is to initiate open conversations between teams and stakeholders as to what can be done to improve their happiness. ?

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Scrum.org

JUNE 28, 2021

Ever since Christiaan and I shifted our focus towards product development — in specific, the Scrum Team Survey — the Sprint Review became an important recurring event. In the past months, we hosted multiple online Sprint Reviews ourselves, each time to gather feedback on our product, the Scrum Team Survey.

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Software Review SCRUM 2021 Closing 188

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Is it really that important that they are autonomous, able to release frequently, interact closely with stakeholders and spend all that time on continuous improvement? And we share results from our own analyses based on actual data from stakeholders and Scrum teams that we collected through the Scrum Team Survey.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In this post we will cover questions 4-6 of the Gallup Q12 Engagement Survey , and how they can be addressed through Professional Scrum. This question from the Gallup Q12 engagement survey is one that many managers struggle with. So that’s questions 4-6 of the Gallup Q12 survey. At work, my opinions seem to count.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 5, 2022

Although the workshops are intended to support teams to close the gap between “Zombie Scrum” and “healthy Scrum”, it can remain difficult to decide on what the adaptations & improvements should be. In the Scrum Team Survey , we call these 15% Solutions “Quick Tips”. We call these “Quick Tips” in the Scrum Team Survey.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 1, 2021

This wasn’t a survey about project portfolio management at the PMO level. Planning is the top skill identified as being able to manage multiple projects, closely followed by communication and stakeholder engagement. Survey respondents recognized over 60 different skills, from attention to detail to vendor management.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Risk Management Engineering 347

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2018

In project management there are five phases: initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing. The last phase of the project is closing it out. Administration: Close out all outstanding contracts and administrative matters, archive the paperwork and disseminate to proper parties. Survey Your Typical Project Types.

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Scrum.org

MAY 25, 2023

Closing What is your experience with improving cross-functionality❓ What recommendations do you have to help a team start improving❓ Cross-functionality is one of the 20+ factors we measure to determine Agile & Scrum team effectiveness. Why don't you give the Agile/Scrum Team Survey a try? Check: [link]

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Scrum.org

JULY 28, 2022

All quick tips are included in the Scrum Team Survey. With this free product, Scrum teams can diagnose themselves with an extensive, scientifically validated survey and receive detailed results and evidence-based feedback upon completion. Give it a try, and receive quick tips for each of the 30 topics the survey contains!

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SCRUM Software Review Finance Closing 180

Scrum.org

JUNE 22, 2023

The aim is to keep refinement focused on the work in the current iteration or one very close to this one. ? Closing What is your experience with improving refinement❓ What recommendations do you have to help a team start improving❓ Refinement is one of the 20+ factors we measure to determine Agile & Scrum team effectiveness.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 7, 2023

In Week 3 you will add quality standards, evaluation questions and survey questions to the plan and submit it again. Close out report and exec summary The Sauce & Spoon close out report was quite time-consuming to do, but worth it as it provides the input to the exec summary for the project impact report.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 4, 2022

All quick tips are included in the Scrum Team Survey. With this free product, Scrum teams can diagnose themselves with an extensive, scientifically validated survey and receive detailed results and evidence-based feedback upon completion. Give it a try, and receive quick tips for each of the 30 topics the survey contains!

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Christiaan Verwijs and I created the Scrum Team Survey to support Scrum and other Agile teams in their continuous improvement loop. It can be used independently from the Scrum Team Survey. Eventually, our recommendation is to use the (free) survey to bring real data into the conversation and to identify improvements.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

If you want to use subjective measures , think about how you could survey the team in this scenario. Effective, frequent communication will let everyone know how close you are to hitting those quality targets and what corrective action might be required to get back on track if you are falling short.

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LiquidPlanner

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

There is a close working relationship with the end users which results in increased customer satisfaction. You improve the quality of work life A survey by the Scrum Alliance shows that 85% of respondents believe Scrum continues to improve quality of work life. The product owner is embedded in the team.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

With the Scrum Team Survey , you can create transparency with your team around five core questions: Are you building what stakeholders need? This is why our latest release of our Scrum Team Survey now allows teams to invite their stakeholders to offer their perspectives. Are you shipping fast enough? Are you improve continuously?

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Scrum.org

MAY 1, 2023

Closing What is your experience with improving self-management❓ What recommendations do you have to help a team start improving❓Self-management is one of the 20+ factors we measure to determine Agile & Scrum team effectiveness. Why don't you give the Agile/Scrum Team Survey a try? Inform this person afterward. Check: [link]

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Engagement is closely related to motivation. One way is to take the VIA Character Survey at [link]. This is a free survey and you receive your ranking of the 24 character strengths right away. Not only will they help the team, they will give you a behaviour pattern to copy. What does ‘engagement’ actually look like?

Underperforming Technical Team 287

Underperforming Technical Team 2020 2001 PMI 287

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 4, 2019

Some are qualitative and use focus groups, in-depth interviews and ethnography, while others are quantitative, which involve customer surveys and analysis of secondary data. By using tools like surveys for customer feedback , you’re also going to understand the needs of your existing customer base. Choose Which Buyers to Survey.

Software Review 184

Software Review Risk Management Closing Risk 184

Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 28, 2017

Conduct polls and surveys. If you like, you can include a poll or survey on your blog/website using a tool such as SurveyMonkey or Polldaddy. Click here to see how I used a GRPI survey in one of my projects. I often share the survey results in subsequent posts. Individuals can read previous articles to refresh themselves.

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Scrum.org

MAY 20, 2022

Research shows that teams are more effective when they collaborate closely with stakeholders. All quick tips are included in the Scrum Team Survey. With this free product, Scrum teams can diagnose themselves with an extensive, scientifically validated survey and receive detailed results and evidence-based feedback upon completion.

Software Review 209

Software Review Technical Review SCRUM Initiating 209

Scrum.org

JUNE 17, 2020

Ask each team member to conduct the survey individually, collect the results, and define improvements. All the surveys combined should give a good impression of the state of Scrum in the entire organization. This survey can help you make the progress transparent and thereby show your value as well. Closing Words.

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SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Finance Closing 194

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The Scrum Master Trends Report 2019 is based on a survey of over 2100 participants—both from Scrum.org’s as well as Age-of-Product’s member and subscriber base. Do you want to get this article in your inbox? You can sign up here and join 29k other subscribers. The Findings of the Report 2019. The Conclusion.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 25, 2019

If you’re not convinced about the benefits of a company retreat, there’s a 2017 FfK survey that was conducted for Project: Time Off that showed that working less increases productivity. The end of the retreat can close with a forum to review and reflect on the day’s events.

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2010 2017 Closing Software Review 193

Scrum.org

APRIL 3, 2023

Closing What is your experience with improving team conflict ❓ What recommendations do you have to help a team start improving❓ Team conflict is one of the 20+ factors we measure to determine Agile & Scrum team effectiveness. Why don't you give the Agile/Scrum Team Survey a try? Check: [link]

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Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 28, 2017

Conduct polls and surveys. If you like, you can include a poll or survey on your blog/website using a tool such as SurveyMonkey or Polldaddy. Click here to see how I used a GRPI survey in one of my projects. I often share the survey results in subsequent posts. Individuals can read previous articles to refresh themselves.

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