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Win at Digital Transformation By Connecting Portfolio Management and Value Stream Management 

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By combining these approaches, organizations can improve the performance of every stage of the software development lifecycle, from planning to delivery to outcomes. VSM measures the end-to-end speed throughput and efficiency of delivery across all the people and processes involved, from planning to delivery.

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A Review Of Scrum For Kanban Teams

Digite

Inspired by Steve Porter’s efforts to bring process practitioners closer together and educate Scrum practitioners, I’m writing a shadow series of posts that will follow the Kanban and Scrum – Stronger Together series and continue my own efforts to clear up misconceptions between practitioners of these methods. Disclaimer.

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March Project Madness

LiquidPlanner

March Madness – that crazy college basketball time of year when 64 teams play for the national championship. The madness emerges as Cinderella teams advance, upsetting highly-ranked and favored teams as they fail to deliver. . This allows project teams to focus for the win! One winner, 63 losers.

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April Fool’s Ms. Project Manager: 3 Tips for Unexpected Surprises

LiquidPlanner

This ended up being a huge issue because they wouldn’t cooperate with my team and I. Poor planning, lack of visibility and the unknown frequently result in unexpected surprises that negatively impact project progress and outcomes. . Early and detailed planning is the key to ensuring your team can avoid unexpected surprises.

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Time to Check-in on Your Mid-Year Goals

LiquidPlanner

Shifting priorities isn’t always a bad thing. Even if the fires are still ongoing, can we develop some strategies to focus on achieving the most important goals? Often teams think they can plan projects in Excel to track the progress of their portfolio of projects. In fact, it may well yield better outcomes.

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Flat Rate vs. Hourly: A Guide For Agencies

Teamweek

For example, a web development agency charges $8000 for a website. For example, a website development agency may charge $120 per hour for a website build instead of a flat fee of $8000. This is especially the case with software development — where scope creep tends to thrive. ??. Let’s dive in! What is a flat rate?

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#PMOT – Who are the Project Managers on Twitter to Follow?

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Donnie’s Article at Online PM Courses: A Simple Way to Develop Interpersonal Skills for Project Managers. We make Agile teams become amazing, check out our free online masterclass: agilesumo.com. Developing Leaders. Exploring trends and developments in project management today. PMI’s blog team: @ PMvoices.

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