Mon.Jan 07, 2019

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The illusion of agility (what most Agile transformations end up delivering)

Gunther Verheyen

Agility is a unique and continuously evolving state that is typical to a specific organization with its people and its history. A traditional (industrial) approach to becoming more Agile commonly creates no more than an illusion of agility. Agility is a specific state as it reflects the unique lessons and learnings that an organization and its inhabitants went and go through, the way in which specific annoyances and hindrances were and are overcome, the many inspections and adaptations that occu

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How to Improve Your Strategic Planning, Analysis, and Alignment

Project Risk Coach

The best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray. Why? Individuals, teams, and organizations lack the healthy habits of identifying and managing the uncertainty that surrounds their world. Today, let's look at a step-by-step process to improve your strategic planning, analysis, and alignment with a particular focus on risk management. rocket. What I found over the years is the most important thing is for a team to come together over a compelling vision, a comprehensive strategy for achieving th

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How To Make 2019 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Would you like to make 2019 a successful year for your projects? I’m sure you do. But what does it take to get there? I asked people two questions: What should people managing projects be aware of as we go into 2019 to make 2019 their most successful year ever? And. What will you be doing in 2019 to have your most successful year ever? Some amazing, talented people responded: people whom you may know as experts in their field and others, equally as insightful, who will be new to you.

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How to Handle Chronic Complainers

ProjectManager.com

You probably work with someone who complains a lot. Sometimes that can be hard to manage, even with team management tools. Watch Jennifer Bridges, PMP, to understand where chronic complainers are coming from, and learn strategies for keeping everyone happy and productive. Here’s a screenshot of the whiteboard for your reference! In Review – How to Handle Chronic Complainers.

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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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More Physical and Digital tools for Scrum Masters and their teams

Scrum.org

A couple of months ago I blogged about some of the tools and toys that live in the trunk of my car. I take these along everywhere I teach and coach. Since posting, people have suggested additional items that just must be in my toolbox. Time Timer Plus. Time-boxing is an important component of Scrum. It provides focus towards a goal and prevents you from over-analyzing things.

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Agile in 2018

Agile Coach

In 2018, the Agile ecosystem continued to evolve and expand. Those who have been practising agile for years (or more than a decade) seemed to be calling for a simplification of agile, proclaiming that we need to get back to basics. I can’t say I’d disagree, but I thought it would be interesting to see which of my posts were the most popular.

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Want To Be Happier This Year? Follow This 2019 Productive Habits Calendar (With Author Gretchen Rubin)

Trello

New Year’s resolutions get a bad rap. And to be fair, they don’t exactly have the most promising success rate: a whopping 80% of resolutions fail by the first week of February.

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Do You Know How to Track Time? 5 Most Common Time Tracking Problems & How to Solve Them

TimeCamp

How to Know If You’re Tracking Time Properly? Time tracking software is currently one of.