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Cultivating Adaptability and Resilience

International Institute for Learning

By Cyndi Synder Dionisio, Lead for the PMBOK ® Guide & President | Cynergy2. There is a principle in the PMBOK ® Guide – Seventh Edition about adaptability and resilience, and if there is anything the past 2 years has taught us, it is the need for adaptability and resilience. The principle states: “Build adaptability and resiliency into the organization’s and project team’s approaches to help the project accommodate change, recover from setbacks, and advance the work of the project.”.

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Why are people leaving project management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Nearly 1 in 5 project managers have considered leaving their job: 37% of professionals have thought about quitting project management in the past year. The figures look even worse for those who identify as having ‘some project management experience’: 41% have considered or seriously considered leaving it all behind and finding a different career.

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3 Fehler, die Scrum Teams bei der Verwendung von Velocity vermeiden sollten und wie sie stattdessen Performance, Prognosesicherheit und Wert messen können

Scrum.org

Hochperformante Teams, die vorhersagbar liefern, tragen maßgeblich zum Erfolg von Unternehmen bei. Solche Teams versprechen sich Unternehmen, die Scrum einführen. Leider überprüfen Organisationen dieses Versprechen häufig nur auf der Grundlage von Velocity. Der 15. State of Agility Report untermauert meinen Eindruck; dort sehen 45 % aller Befragten Velocity als ein Maß für Agilität.

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12 Incredible Reasons You Should Get a SAFe® Agile Certification

Agilemania

Organizations small and large are always burdened with measures to change with turbulent times. For an organization to function effectively in a fast moving market, the existing structure must be analyzed and the flaws corrected. 46% of the organizations reported inconsistencies in practices and processes as their main challenge with agile transformation.

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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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[BLOG/VLOG] 7 Meanings of Kanban - what is Kanban all about?

Scrum.org

. Supposedly, Confucius said once: "Let’s start fixing the nation with fixing the concepts first". Whether he really said it or not, nobody can be sure. But what is important, I would like to specify the meaning of Kanban. Very often people understand it in their own way and when two people talk to each other about it, they mean two different things. . 1.

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10 Ways a Good CRM Software Can Help Your Business Grow

nTask

If you are looking for ways to enhance customer engagement and improve the growth of your business then CRM tools are your way to go. CRM software can play an integral role in helping you manage your relationship with your customers and increasing customer loyalty. With quality data analytics features of the tools, you can devise strategies to enhance your sales process and retain customers.

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What are Tasks in Function Point?

Function Point

In your Function Point agency software, tasks are your calls to action. They’re a great way to give team members things to work on, or a selected group of team members a collaborative item to work on together. Tasks can be organized within a Schedule, be stand-alone to-do items on a Job, or act as a personal to-do list. Job-related tasks are time-trackable and can be associated up to your service buckets to be billed out accordingly.

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Top 8 Must-have Agency Tools for Increased Productivity

nTask

Multiple agencies are handling a variety of different tasks on a day-to-day basis. There are digital agencies that handle digital marketing, content creation, etc., advertising agencies that focus on marketing, PR agencies that help manage your public image, and many others. All of these agencies have tons of things to deal with at all times. There are dedicated team members that handle every aspect of the business.

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20 Best Project Management Software & Tools You Must Consider In 2021

Celoxis

The workplace, working style, and project management have all changed dramatically ever since the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. The global lockdown and restrictions have compelled businesses to go virtual and use remote working technology. This has resulted in developing a wide range of telecommuting software, including project management software, time tracking software, collaboration tools, and many others.

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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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Secrets Of A High-Performing Enterprise Delivery Team (with Dharma Mehta from Roku)

The Digital Project Manager

The post Secrets Of A High-Performing Enterprise Delivery Team (with Dharma Mehta from Roku) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Características de la cultura en un equipo Scrum

Scrum.org

Hace unos días tuvimos un intento de sabotaje en un evento virtual que realizamos en Zoom. Se filtraron aparentemente varias personas que impidieron el normal desarrollo de nuestro evento ya que tomaron el control del contenido a proyectar y de la voz. Estas cosas suelen suceder y es parte del aprendizaje sobre todo si el evento abierto, gratuito y en vivo.

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Critical Skills Needed for Project Success

PM Times

Part 1 – Elicitation This article is the first in a series I’ll be writing about critical skills that all project managers (PMs) and business analysts (BAs) need for success. We need these skills regardless of the type of project we’re on, the industry we’re in, the technology we use, or the methodology we follow. […]. The post Critical Skills Needed for Project Success appeared first on Project Management Articles, Webinars, Templates and Jobs.

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A Modern Leader's Guide To Organizational Transparency

Trello

We’re living in a more transparent world than ever before. Thanks to smartphones, social media, and the internet, constant real-time communication is now the norm. For better or worse, we pretty much always know what's going on with our friends, family, and colleagues.

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Acclaim Projects Helps Deliver Innovation Projects on Time and on Budget

This large intercity transportation company for people and freight employs 100+ IT employees and contractors across North America and Europe and spends $10MM annually for approximately 50 inflight projects. The company needed the right financial tools to budget for innovation initiatives and real-time information on spending and forecasting. This transportation company turned to Acclaim Projects by Sopheon to help deliver projects on time and within budget.

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How to Run Better User Interviews (Remotely and In-Person): A Step-By-Step Guide for Product Teams (With Free Template)

Planio

There’s an old saying that goes “If you try to be all things to all people, you won't be anything to anyone.” That’s why whenever you start a new project, prioritize features , or do product exploration, the biggest question you need to answer is who is actually going to use this thing? Without a clear picture of your ideal user, you’re stuck shooting in the dark and hoping you hit the mark.

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Your Guide to Design Project Management

nTask

Project Management is a process with many moving parts. The way project management is approached differs depending on the industry you are associated with and the project you are working on. This is true for design projects and by association design project management. Design project management involves balancing the organization and structure that project management requires while also offering the freedom is needed for creative liberty and ideas to soar.

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What is Iterative, Incremental Delivery? The Hunt for the Perfect Example.

Scrum.org

Iterative, incremental delivery is critical to a successful Agile team. Without it, Agile is really just window dressing. . What is iterative, incremental delivery? Iterative means that a team delivers work frequently rather than all at once. Incremental means that they deliver it in small packets of end-to-end functionality. . Here are five examples that attempt to illustrate the concept of iterative, incremental delivery in a single image.

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The Ultimate Guide on How to Sequence Activities in Projects in 2021

nTask

We see sequences in various things all around us every day. There are sequences in our morning routines, buildings all around us, activities that we perform in a day, and many other aspects of our lives, both personal and professional. And if these sequences are not obvious, our mind tries to create sequence activities on a subconscious level like creating those weekly trips to the store or cleaning the attic or the entire house.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes? This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. It's a good starting point for understanding how and why many PMs get themsleves into trouble, and provides guidance on the types of issues that PMs need to understand.

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What is interactive, incremental delivery? The hunt for the perfect example.

Scrum.org

Iterative, incremental delivery is critical to a successful Agile team. Without it, Agile is really just window dressing. . What is iterative, incremental delivery? Iterative means that a team delivers work frequently rather than all at once. Incremental means that they deliver it in small packets of end-to-end functionality. . Here are five examples that attempt to illustrate the concept of iterative, incremental delivery in a single image.

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Scrum Discovery Cheat Sheet - From a Superficial to Scientific Understanding of Scrum

Scrum.org

10+ years of helping thousands of practitioners with implementation of Professional Scrum has taught me one thing - most practitioners have a very superficial understanding of Scrum. To most, Scrum is nothing more than "Daily Standup" and "Sprint Demo". 8+ years of learning from the Scrum.org Professional Scrum Trainer Community has taught me many techniques to expand and elevate this flawed, superficial understanding of Scrum among my students and clients.

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