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Government Lessons in People Over Process

Leading Answers

My first opportunity to create and run a large agile team did not start well. Having had good successes with small to medium sized agile teams I was keen to unleash the benefits on a bigger scale. I was working for IBM at the time and was able to persuade my account manager to pitch the approach on one of our government projects. A clean-sheet development opportunity with a smart team and engaged business group – what could go wrong?

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7 Reasons PMP Online Training Is The Best Way to Get 35 Contact Hours

PM by PM

35 Contact Hours Through Self-Learning Online PMP Training In this post I have talked about the benefits of a PMP Online training (also called self-learning virtual training) over other forms of training courses and reason why it is the best way to attain 35 contact hours. Try to Google “PMP Training”. What do you see? […]. The post 7 Reasons PMP Online Training Is The Best Way to Get 35 Contact Hours appeared first on PM-by-PM.

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Government Lessons in People Over Process

Leading Answers

My first opportunity to create and run a large agile team did not start well. Having had good successes with small to medium sized agile teams I was keen to unleash the benefits on a bigger scale. I was working for IBM at the time and was able to persuade my account manager to pitch the approach on one of our government projects. A clean-sheet development opportunity with a smart team and engaged business group – what could go wrong?

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Quote of the Day

Herding Cats

The concept of risk and risk assessments has a long history. More than 2,400 years ago the Athenians offered their capacity of assessing risks before making decisions. From the Pericle's Funeral Oration in Thurcydidas' ‘History of the Peloponnesian War’ (started in 431 BC), we can read: We Athenians in our persons, take our decisions on policy and submit them to proper discussion.

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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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Government Lessons in People Over Process

Leading Answers

My first opportunity to create and run a large agile team did not start well. Having had good successes with small to medium sized agile teams I was keen to unleash the benefits on a bigger scale. I was working.

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Podcast: Elena Zagorenko – Showing empathy as a project manager

Fix my Project Chaos

Showing empathy as a project manager, with Elena Zagorenko Have you ever had a conversation with a colleague or boss and later realised they weren’t listening to a word you said? Chances are they weren’t practicing active listening. Maybe you’re guilty of this yourself? For a long time, people have taken a backseat in project […]. The post Podcast: Elena Zagorenko – Showing empathy as a project manager appeared first on Elise Stevens.

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Social video may be exploding, but social video metrics are lagging

Leankor

This just in: Video is exploding on social media channels? Have you heard? Yep–video is big business in the social media world these days. Just ask anyone. That news has been plastered all over the web the last couple months in all sorts of trend posts. We all know video is going to increase in importance and relevance across social channels in the year ahead.

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Manufacturing in the Cloud—Why Now?

LiquidPlanner

Editor’s note: This is the second part of our series “Manufacturers and the Switch to Cloud-Based Software.” You can read the first part here. As shown, manufacturers are moving to the cloud… finally. But that leaves the question of why they’re moving to the cloud, or rather, why now? “It’s a bit like kicking a mule from behind,” says Jon Peddie Analyst Kathleen Maher (in a December 2017 interview).