Tue.Feb 22, 2022

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The Complex Project Toolkit (Book Review)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The Complex Project Toolkit is really a book about paradigms in project management and how to encourage teams (and project managers) to stay curious and to embrace uncertainty. This is not a ‘how-to’ book with templates or checklists, but rather a scaled-out strategy view. It’s packed with examples from history, science, as well as some project anecdotes.

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How to Sabotage A Product Owner — 53 Anti-Patterns from the Trenches

Scrum.org

TL; DR: How to Sabotage A Product Owner — 53 Anti-Patterns from the Trenches to Avoid. One of my favorite exercises from my Professional Scrum Product Owner classes is how to best sabotage a Product Owner as a member of the middle management. The exercise rules are simple: You’re not allowed to use any form of illegal activity. So, outsourcing the task to a bunch of outlaws is out of the question.

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7 Amazing Benefits of PSM Certification in 2022

Agilemania

Scrum Master is a job rising in demand in the last decade. We took a look at the Google Trends data over the past decade, and the results are astonishing. Source: Google Trends. The search term ‘Scrum Master jobs’ grew in popularity by 37% in the last 5 years. Validating this fact is Glassdoor’s 50 Best Jobs of 2021 , where Scrum Master is ranked at 40 and received a job satisfaction rating of 4.0. .

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Moving from Values to Virtues

Scrum.org

Scrum Values were added to Scrum Guide in 2016. Values are what makes Scrum fully uncover it's potential. These values include Courage, Focus, Commitment, Respect, and Openness. When Scrum Team embodies these values, they create an environment where the Team can thrive. Since than values have proved themselves to be a very useful tool in a team coaching.

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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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Principles of eCommerce Project Management

PM Times

What is eCommerce Project Management and Why is it Important? eCommerce project management is the application of knowledge skills, tools, and techniques in a structured manner to reach eCommerce project goals and requirements. Proper project management can improve a business’s efficiency, foster collaboration between teammates, boost a team’s performance, and improve customer satisfaction. eCommerce project […].

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What Is a Business Model Innovation Capability?

The Strategic Project Manager

Every organization – whether for profit, government, or not-for-profit – needs a viable Business Model. This ensures relevance to the customer, and sustainability as an ongoing enterprise. Today, it is often imperative to be capable of innovating Business Models – to change and reconfigure value chains. This post provides a framework – far beyond just a product and service innovation – for Business Model Innovation.

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An Unexpected Career Journey

Scrum.org

A wise leader once told me that it’s nearly impossible to plan out a career path. There are simply too many possibilities, evolving interests, and unknown opportunities that might come along. This insight has proven true for me. I often notice this same thing when speaking with others about their own experiences as well. . Something that I suppose is somewhat unique, has happened to me twice so far in my professional journey.

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The new Scrum Pocket Class “Scrum in the Large” is now available [SPC-XL1]

Gunther Verheyen

In 2021 I developed and launched an online workshop to interactively explore with the people participating The Value in the Scrum Values. Soon I found out that I had more in store than I could interact over with attendants in the half day that I had foreseen. So I limited the material to a first module and cover in it how “Values drive behavior”. The second module “Behavior reflects values” remains to be launched and will obviously build on module 1.

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The Complete Guide To Devops Lifecycle

Agilemania

What is DevOps. The term DevOps is a combination of two words- Development and Operations. It combines a variety of cultural concepts, processes, and tools that improve a company’s capacity to deliver applications and services effectively. . Organizations can provide better services to their clients and compete in the market with ruinous competition because of the swiftness provided by DevOps. .

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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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How to Conduct Pareto Analysis Using Pareto Charts

Wrike

The 80/20 rule, also known as the Pareto Principle, states that 80% of the benefit can be achieved by 20% of the work. The Pareto analysis uses this concept to identify which parts of a project can be done efficiently and which can be avoided. It can be used to decide which problems should be solved first. In this article, we’ll explain how to perform Pareto chart analysis and how it can be used to improve any project.

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5 Time Management Techniques to Boost Your Productivity

Scoro

Despite the surprising amount of lost time during working hours, and the simple methods which can save it (just 10 minutes of planning your day can save 2 hours of wasted time), around four fifths of employees still don’t use any form of time management system. Time is a precious resource in modern business, but there is a plethora of time management techniques out there, so choosing which one to use can be overwhelming.

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