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Debunking 10 Common Objections to Incremental Delivery for Software Teams

Scrum.org

The customer will understand and appreciate incremental delivery because they will be engaged with the Product and can influence future changes by providing feedback after each Increment is delivered. Objection: "We can't accurately estimate delivery timelines with incremental delivery."

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The Truth about Bullying in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Not surprisingly for companies in the much larger United States, workplace bullying-related costs are estimated to be over $200 billion. The best short answer is to appreciate what is within your realm of control and influence in order to create an action plan. That may give you an opportunity of influence outside the unit.

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How to Create an Event Budget

ProjectManager.com

An event budget is the estimated costs associated with putting on an event. From a holiday party to a business conference, they run the gamut from intimate to large. Estimate Fixed & Variable Costs. This means understanding the difference between fixed and variable costs and making accurate estimates for them.

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Prioritization techniques for the Product Owner

Scrum.org

Here's how it works: The Product Owner or their delegate should review requests for inclusion in the Product Backlog through the lens of Reach (how many users are impacted), Impact (how positive of an impact the feature will have), Confidence (how confident estimates are), and Effort (how much effort will it take to deliver each feature)."

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The 18 Most Influential People in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

These 18 project management professionals, in particular, have established themselves as thought leaders and influencers. Related: Top Project Management Conferences of 2019. We took each of these elements into consideration when developing our list of the 18 most influential people in project management. Jason Westland. Jon Terry .

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Creating a Risk-Adjusted Backlog

Leading Answers

While profit is not their goal, usually an economic impact figure can be estimated for the outcomes they aim to achieve. Then, in 2012 I presented a collection of Collaborative Games for Risk Management  at the Agile 2012 Conference in Dallas and PMI Global Congress in Vancouver. After The Economics of Risk Management.

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Feedback: Be useful not polite

Growing Agile

Recently I have been working on a new conference submission with a new speaker Yogini Moodley. To help her get started presenting at conferences I’ve offered to co-speak with a workshop we’ve designed together based on work we’ve done together. Title: Influencing an Agile Transition. The Feedback we got.