Wed.Aug 22, 2018

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Don’t Say NoGet Them to Understand Your Team Delivery Capacity

Leading Agile

Do you, or the teams you work with, feel pressure from stakeholders to say “yes” to everything they ask for? If so, you’re not alone. The Cycle of Distrust. There’s a problem with saying “yes” to everything. It tends to create a reinforcing loop that builds distrust in the organization. I often see advice from coaches that teams should learn to say “no” to stakeholders.

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8 Project Proposal Essentials to Get Manager Buy-In (with Free Template)

Planio

In most companies there are significantly more good ideas than there are time, money, and resources to bring those ideas to fruition. From new features and updates to updating processes or making things more efficient, it’s hard to always know what’s the best use of the limited resources you have. Getting buy-in for your project, whether it’s a new feature, update, website, or service, is a key part of your job as a project manager.

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Using DACI Framework for Better Group Decisions

ProjectManager.com

DACI is a project management framework used to clearly define the roles of the various stakeholders on a project. DACI stands for Driver, Approver, Contributor and Informed. These roles, defined by DACI, make it clear who has authority in certain areas and situations. This allows a project to progress smoothly whenever group decisions have to be made.

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The Best Trello Alternatives: 10 Top Kanban Tools That Will Improve Your Project Workflow

The Digital Project Manager

The post The Best Trello Alternatives: 10 Top Kanban Tools That Will Improve Your Project Workflow appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance.

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There’s no big difference between Scrum and Kanban so pick one and get on with it

Scrum.org

Don’t say this too loudly around agile conferences, but when it comes to the day-to-day work, Scrum and Kanban are basically the same. Now, as an attendee of these conferences and an enthusiastic participant in discussions on pull systems; time boxes; empirical process control; and little’s law, I admit that it’s satisfying to go deep into these issues.

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The great "Scrum vs Kanban" debate can be a distraction, so pick one and get on with it!

Scrum.org

Don’t say this too loudly around agile conferences, but when it comes to the day-to-day work, Scrum and Kanban teams are very similar. Now, as an attendee of these conferences and an enthusiastic participant in discussions on pull systems; time boxes; empirical process control; and little’s law, I admit that it’s satisfying to go deep into these issues.

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From Surviving to Thriving: 3 Challenges PMOs Need to Conquer Now

Wrike

The day Lydia Agnese started her new role as PMO manager at Northstar Travel Group, she received some big news. “They told me we were switching from waterfall to agile— and I would be leading the transition,” she says. “I went home to my husband and said ‘I’m gonna be busy.’” . Northstar Travel Group , a leading B2B information, business intelligence, commerce, and events platform serving the global travel and meetings industry, is growing fast.

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Scrum for School Work

Scrum.org

It is not often that you hear about children in school using Scrum to help them with their school work. I’ve recently come across a student on social media, who has been using Scrum for school projects. I found this story very inspiring and I thought it would be fun to share with you on our blog. Sixth grader Bianca Lewis ( BiaSciLab ) is very passionate about science and technology.

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DDSTOP The Saga Continues

Herding Cats

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. Time to update the Don't Do Stupid Things on Purpose (DDSTOP) post. “There’s nothing more dangerous than an idea – or a person – that’s almost right.” – Bono. I worked a program , as VP Program Management, that had a simple goal - remove all the nuclear waste from a weapons production plant and send it to secure storage, clean up all the normal h

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Strategic Project Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial Metrics

Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management

Empower yourself as a project manager with insights that directly influence the financial landscape and strategic direction of your organization! Join us for a deep dive into the world of financial strategy, as we dissect key metrics that drive CFOs and business leaders’ investment decisions. This session will equip you with the necessary tools to craft compelling business cases as well as a comprehensive understanding of the crucial distinction between capital expenditure and operational expend

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Mentorship in the Trainer Community Plus Glimpse of Global Face-to-Face #47

Scrum.org

Professional Scrum Trainers at the Face-to-Face Meeting #47 . Time went by so fast since my last Global Professional Scrum Trainers Face-to-Face Meeting at the Scrum.org Headquarters. My jetlag's now gone but the feelings from that awesome experience still lingers on. Allow me to share my takeaways from the last F2F: Mentorship. (This blog was co-written by Shirley Santiago and Jill Graves.

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Duration vs Effort

Celoxis

You'll never forget the difference between duration and effort again!

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