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Don’t ignore appetite when it comes to risk response!

Kiron Bondale

I’ll admit to being hyperbolic with the title of this article, but a question posed today in one of the project management LinkedIn discussion groups managed to sidetrack what I was intending to write about this week. The author asked what needs to be considered when planning risk responses. The majority of the answers offered focused on characteristics of the individual risks themselves such as their probability, impact, ability to be responded to and so on.

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Shameless Organizations

Scrum.org

. There are many books and articles written differentiating between machines and people. An organization is a group of people. People are not machines or components, they have values, feelings, perceptions, opinions and motivation. An organization is not a physical entity but a network of people. Without those people the organization doesn’t exist.

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Value system as a business doctrine

Musings on Project Management

Consider, if you will, this value system arranged as a Belief and an Operating Principle, adapted from "Maximizing Project Value" Chapter 1 (one of my books): Quality is free: We value doing the right job (value adding) in the right way (training and skill development) the first time (correct systemic errors). There is no substitute for ethical, honest, and transparent transactions: As.

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People are called a team in Scrum, but are they really a team?

Scrum.org

In this blog series I would like to address topics that relate to professional team coaching as well as Professional Scrum. In the course of becoming a Team Coach, I noticed a lot of interesting topics for Scrum Masters who want to improve their coaching stance. . First of all, I'd like to note that models and terms I am using and discuss are not mine.

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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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Timesavers

MPUG

Saving Time with Tips, Keyboard Shortcuts, and Macros. Project has many data manipulation tools and ways to set up easy access to different commands. Implementing these shortcuts will allow you to work faster and with less mistakes. Also, it will give you the advantage of having better control over your work schedule. Let’s get started! Tips. In your scope statement, make sure you clearly define what elements are not in your project’s scope to help you avoid scope creep, as it causes an increase

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Emerging from Lockdown: Project Management in the Post-COVID World

Online PM Courses

As we emerge from our COVID-19 lockdown, what do you need to be thinking about, as a Project Manager in the Post-COVID world? The post Emerging from Lockdown: Project Management in the Post-COVID World appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.