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When Incentives Sabotage Product Strategy — The Strategic Rejection Challenge

Scrum.org

TL;DR: When Incentives Sabotage Product Strategy Learn why many Product Owners and Managers worry about the wrong thing: saying no instead of saying yes to everything. This article reveals three systematic rejection techniques that strengthen stakeholder relationships while protecting product strategy to avoid organizational incentives sabotaging product strategy.

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How to Recover a Failing Project Without Losing Your Mind

Accidental PM

You had a plan. Deadlines were set, the kickoff was energizing, and the team was ready to deliver. But somewhere along the way, things started unraveling. Tasks stalled. Communication frayed. Stakeholders grew impatient. Now, the project is teetering on the edge, and all eyes are on you. Projects fail or falter for all kinds of reasons: unclear scope, shifting priorities, resource constraints, unexpected roadblocks.

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Project Risk Management: Do You Know the 5 Hidden Estimating Flaws?

Online PM Courses

The principles of project risk management will be familiar to project managers. But it's hard to assign likelihoods to the risks we identify. The post Project Risk Management: Do You Know the 5 Hidden Estimating Flaws? appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Die Psychologie guter Entscheidungen: Diese 3 Fehler lassen sich in jeder Sprint-Retrospektive einfach vermeiden

Scrum.org

Heute geht es um die Sprint-Retrospektive. Willst du dieses Meeting verbessern, musst du es besser facilitieren. Allerdings gebe ich dir keine Liste mit 25 Techniken zur besseren Moderation – die brauchst du noch nicht. Was du zunächst brauchst, ist ein Verständnis für Psychologie. Du musst wissen, welche Fehler sich bei der Entscheidungsfindung in Teams einschleichen.

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A New Look At Running Grants & Programs: Why Use A System When You Have Excel?

Speaker: Gareth Webb & Phil Selley, Founding Partners at Intouch Business

For many nonprofit organizations and NGOs, managing grants and monitoring projects with spreadsheets and manual processes feels familiar—but is it holding your organization back? As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.