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Agile Beyond IT: Lean Thinking

The IIL Blog

It traces its roots to Lean, which is also foundational to other modern management theories. Lean’s primary focus is delivering value quickly and eliminating waste. Toyota was a Lean pioneer. It developed the just-in-time delivery model, which freed up working capital. Lean is a set of principles.

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Develop Better High Performing Teams

ProjectManager.com

As we ease into the new year, many organizations’ executive teams are ramping up hiring for new talent. All these efforts require precise judgment to hire just-in-time talent, using data to make strategic project decisions at a portfolio, program and project level and launching new high performing teams.

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How To Make 2023 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

And in no particular order we start with: Mark Phillips Mark Phillips High performing teams are motivated by an exceptional vision. The vision becomes a touchstone for difficult discussions with stakeholders, a path to unity for all project participants and a guide post for decision making with your team throughout the project.

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Apply the Experience Curve Concept to Strategy and Project Management

The Strategic Project Manager

While businesses, organizations, and markets have evolved, the Experience Curve concept survives and can be very useful for informing decisions, shaping strategy, and guiding implementation. Henderson, the founder of the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), based on analyses of overall cost behavior in the 1960s.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

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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Project Success: Implementation AND Adoption

Velociteach

The development team was devastated. In my consulting practice, I see development teams struggle with their users. A primary reason is poor stakeholder engagement. Poor alignment on project objectives and expectations. Develop mitigation strategies. This experience is not unique.

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Shift-Left, Shift-Right, Keep Middle

Velociteach

For large and complex projects, engage them during the pre-initiation stage when the business case is being developed. The project team knows the expectations rather than having to make assumptions or guess. The definition of done establishes overall quality standards for each step in the development process.