Binfire
AUGUST 11, 2019
There is no denying the importance that communication has when it comes to the success of an agile methodology and Scrum-based projects in particular. . Indeed there is no better solution for improving the Agile team’s communication other than holding Scrum meetings as defined by the Scrum roadmap. Typically Scrum meetups include daily scrum, sprint planning meeting, sprint review meeting, and retrospective meeting. .
MPUG
AUGUST 11, 2019
Most non-technical people don’t know what the critical path is; whereas, those that work on IT projects know what it means at a high level, but have few insights into the actual mechanics of it—and how quickly it can change the outcome of their projects! The truth is that there are many misconceptions about the critical path. Let’s cover some of the major ones: Misconception: The critical path is the shortest path through the network diagram.
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Lynne Cazaly
AUGUST 11, 2019
This week I'm at the Agile 2019 conference in Washington DC. Some people think 'agile' or 'agility' are buzzwords or cliches. Well they are if you throw them around trying to sound all. agile! Agile is actually a way of thinking and working that's sweeping the world. And it's not just limited to the tech industries where it started to thrive. It's being applied across all sorts of fields, sectors and industries.
Leankor
AUGUST 11, 2019
How Huddle Boards and Gantt Charts Work Together To Delivery Revenue. Most managers are not dictated a specific way of organizing their team. Instead, they are given broad, measurable goals and told to deliver results within a specified budget and timeframe. So it stands to reason that over time, as managers in different functions begin working together to deliver value to the customer (aka a “valuestream”), a plethora of team collaboration and resource management tools begin to multiply across
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Lynne Cazaly
AUGUST 11, 2019
Reporting in from Agile 2019 in Washington DC. Author Chris Bailey kicked off the conference keynoting on how to manage your attention in a world of distraction. I. t turns out we don't need to fit more content in, we need to create more space. Productivity he says, is a combination of time, energy and attention. We'd do well to take care of our energy.
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Lynne Cazaly
AUGUST 11, 2019
There are plenty of concurrent sessions going on here at Agile 2019 in Washington DC. About 20 options to choose from every 90 mins! At this, or any conference, it’s easy to be swamped, firehose style with content, topics, presentations, models and references. The key in distilling information is to get up higher in context, out of the detail of a case study for example, so you can take a key message and share it or explore it further.
Online PM Courses
AUGUST 11, 2019
The OnlinePMCourses mammoth guide to preparing for your Project Management interview - what they want to know and why, and what questions you may get. The post Essential Project Management Interview Questions appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.
Lynne Cazaly
AUGUST 11, 2019
What a privilege to be at Agile 2019 in Washington DC and today, to take to the stage and deliver a keynote. The topic was ‘ish: The problem with our pursuit for perfection and the life changing practice of good enough.’ Here's a visual summary of the key points I presented. You can get the book, ebook or audiobook - yes with me narrating - wherever you normally buy your books!
Teamweek
AUGUST 11, 2019
If you want a world-class employee, you need to create a top-notch project management job description to attract them. A good hiring ad clarifies the applicant’s role in the company. But more importantly, it means the right applicants apply for your job. Making a strong job ad involves choosing the right title, creating an attention-grabbing introduction, and clearly writing out the project manager skills you require.
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Lynne Cazaly
AUGUST 11, 2019
It’s easy to be a critic or cynic of something, to put counter views out there or to dismiss or reject ideas. But it’s way more helpful to understand a few fundamentals first and then add your views. If agile is something new-ish to you, it’s good to know that many of the agile ways of thinking and working are based on the principles and practices written in 2001 in the Agile Manifesto.
Lynne Cazaly
AUGUST 11, 2019
Buying popcorn at the Apollo 11 doco recently (incredible music by Matt Morton btw) the attendant asked if I’d like to ‘supersize it’ The opportunity to upgrade, add more and make bigger is everywhere. When is enough enough for you? ‘Maximizing’ is a perfectionist behaviour. We think we need more, better, different or just more. ?
Lynne Cazaly
AUGUST 11, 2019
This week’s posts are on maximising. It's not a good thing. Nobel Prize-winning economist Herbert Simon talked of ‘maximising'. As a political scientist and cognitive psychologist he knew plenty about how we make decisions. If we keep working on something - think a presentation, report or document - we can end up wasting a great deal of energy, time and effort.
Lynne Cazaly
AUGUST 11, 2019
I'm posting on ‘maximising’ this week; the unhelpful activity associated with perfectionism, making us overthink, stress, doubt and be paralysed with inaction, stuck (of course) in comparison. You know that quote: ‘Comparison is the thief of joy’ well, it does indeed make us miserable. The perfectionist (the maximiser) keeps comparing everything, thinking it's the way to a better solution or more perfect answer.
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Lynne Cazaly
AUGUST 11, 2019
On the topic of ‘maximising’, this week’s posts highlight the damaging effects of striving for more, better, perfect. Maximising isn’t as good as it sounds. It means we put in extreme, herculean efforts trying to make things better, tick all the boxes, cover all the bases (and other metaphors!) to cover every question, topic or query.
Lynne Cazaly
AUGUST 11, 2019
When we're working on a task or activity at some point we need to say, ‘Enough. It's satisfactory. That will suffice.’ 'Satisfactory’ and ‘suffice’ were cleverly combined in Nobel Prize–winning economist Herbert Simon's Theory of Satisficing. This decision-making theory says look at alternatives and go with the best.
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