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What does the Scrum Master do all day?

Scrum.org

. It was 8:59 am on Monday. It is another week which I think is going to be amazing. Last week our company just got another round of investment. The company is now strategizing to scale agility throughout the company. . As I was rushing to the office I met Ahmed at the front of the office as he was going to the pantry to get some coffee. Ahmed is our Chief Financial Officer. .

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Just because you have information radiators doesn’t mean senior stakeholders will review them!

Kiron Bondale

Information radiators are a great idea. After all, who wouldn’t want to reduce the effort involved in keeping stakeholders up-to-date about a product or project or increase the consistency in messaging to all stakeholders? But convincing executives to use information radiators as a primary means of staying current is not an easy task. Yes, there might be a few early adopters who are open to trying a different way but most are likely to prefer to receive these updates the way they’ve

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5 Critical Setbacks in Agile Transformation!

Scrum.org

We have been experiencing a radical change in terms of market dynamics and economic models for the last few decades. In fact, we are shifting from a world where giant companies are kings to a world where clients are kings, in other words, from a production-oriented world to a new service-based world. This radical and great change also affects the company structures and ways of doing business.

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The first thing you do to reduce risk.

Musings on Project Management

The first thing you do to reduce risk. is: loosen the coupling between sources of effects. Create buffers; remove dependencies; install redundancy. This is a concept from System Engineering (buffers, dampers, redundancy; but also loose tolerances; fuses; barriers and walls.

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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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Lean Essentials at the University of Maryland, Project Management Symposium

Project Management Essentials

I had the honor of presenting, “Lean Essentials: Improving How We Work” at the University of Maryland Project Management Symposium. In this short video, I share the secrets. The post Lean Essentials at the University of Maryland, Project Management Symposium appeared first on Project Management Essentials.

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You will need all types

Lynne Cazaly

You might like tables and spreadsheets, but other people don’t. We often default to our preferred way of communicating to influence, engage and bring people up to speed. But the problem is, it’s our default… not theirs. While we’re banging on with our information in ways that work for us, they’re sitting there going, ‘What the?

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Stop throwing your status around

Lynne Cazaly

Careful throwing your status around. Leaders in organisations, wherever they go, wherever they walk, sit, stand, eat. come with status attached. It can't be hidden. At a client workshop, the senior leader tip-toed in after about two hours, trying not to disturb the session. But really? They couldn’t be missed. Their status comes in the door first!

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Respect the old please

Lynne Cazaly

'Push the new. Drive the change. Create urgency. Move on.'. These phrases are part of transformation at work - everyone’s on 'a journey' and many a leader wants us to ‘move on’ Those labelled 'laggards', are derailing change efforts, resisting the new. But maybe it’s those who are 'pushing the new' who cause problems by resisting the old, not acknowledging the past.