Fri.May 10, 2019

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Use Scrum to Say Goodbye to Risk in Hardware Development

Scrum.org

Companies who build hardware often ask if it’s possible to benefit from Scrum. In order to answer this question, I need to first introduce you to my friend Risk. Risk is a terrible friend. Risk likes to keep information about the future from me and show up when I least expect. Risk has a very long career history in product development. I’m guessing you know Risk too.

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How Employee Experience & Training Affects Customer Experience

Proofhub

Customer experience has become a goal that SMBs share on a global scale. In fact, it has become so important that almost 70% of executives believe that organizations will switch focus from products to customer experience. In their efforts to do so, companies will have to improve employee experience and training as well. Why? Because there is an undeniable link between employee experience and training with customer experience.

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Scrum Master's challenges as a coach while also a member of Scrum Development Team

Scrum.org

Thanks in advance for reading. I believe you will find this post helpful if you're a Scrum Master and also a Development Team member. This is not first post around the challenges when same person is who is taking Scrum Master role is also a member of Scrum Development Team. At the bottom of this post, I have added links to the interesting conversations I found.

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Rich Sheridan on Leading with Joy

International Institute for Learning

Rich Sheridan is the CEO of Menlo Innovations and the author of Joy, Inc. and Chief Joy Officer. As opening keynote speaker at IIL’s Leadership & Innovation 2019 Online Conference , he inspired us all with his uncommon approach to leadership and productivity in the modern workplace. We received so many great questions during the 15-minute Q&A that we didn’t have time to get to them all.

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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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Why You Need Empathy Maps

Leading Agile

When we develop products, we’re responsible for maximizing the value we deliver to the customer. In order to do this, we have to understand who we’re actually building the products for. We need to know who the customer is, what problem(s) we’re trying to solve for them, and any additional information we can gather that will give us more insight into their needs and how we can address them.

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Do Start-Ups Need Project Management?

MindGenius

Do Start-Ups Need Project Management? Ashley Marron – 10 May 2019. Start-ups are definitely an exciting somewhat trailblazing type of organisation to be involved in or with. But they are definitely not for everyone and not those with a nervous disposition. It may just be me, but I like working with and running start-ups and get particularly invigorated being involved in the first steps of a product launch or a new business venture.

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AI for Project Management

Epicflow Blog

Although modern technology has helped increase productivity and improve lives, there’s no denying that AI can take over many roles humans currently perform. It’s not a question of if this will happen; it’s a matter of when. AI is slowly taking over all types of industries, with healthcare, finance, marketing, and the automotive industry each integrating some form of machine learning.

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Stephen Denning on Business Agility

International Institute for Learning

Stephen Denning is a former director of the World Bank, renowned speaker and author (his most recent book, The Age of Agile , has 4.5 stars on Amazon). As a keynote speaker at IIL’s Leadership & Innovation 2019 Online Conference , he gave a fascinating take on how to adopt an Agile Mindset through what he calls the “Three Laws of Business Agility.” We received so many great questions during the 15-minute Q&A that we didn’t have time to get to them all.

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GanttPRO Announced as a Top Project Management Tool of 2019 by Thedigitalprojectmanager.com

GanttPRO Project Management

GanttPRO was identified as a key player among Gantt chart tools in the project management software category.

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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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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management.

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Joanna Durand on Why Passionate Leadership Matters

International Institute for Learning

Joanna Durand is Global Head of the Enterprise Project Delivery Excellence Office at TD Bank. As a keynote speaker at IIL’s Leadership & Innovation 2019 Online Conference , she gave us an understanding of what passionate leadership looks like in practice and shared indispensable tips on how we can become passionate leaders ourselves. We received so many great questions during the 15-minute Q&A that we didn’t have time to get to them all.

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GanttPRO Announced as a Top Project Management Tool of 2019 by Thedigitalprojectmanager.com

GanttPRO Project Management

GanttPRO was identified as a key player among Gantt chart tools in the project management software category.

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Episode 120: Building a Remote or Distributed Project Team

PM for the Masses

Cesar Abeid and Karen Arnold of Automattic talk about the benefits of building a distributed/remote team and how to get started. Cesar Abeid and Karen Arnold of Automattic talk about the benefits of building a distributed/remote team and how to get started.

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Acclaim Projects Helps Deliver Innovation Projects on Time and on Budget

This large intercity transportation company for people and freight employs 100+ IT employees and contractors across North America and Europe and spends $10MM annually for approximately 50 inflight projects. The company needed the right financial tools to budget for innovation initiatives and real-time information on spending and forecasting. This transportation company turned to Acclaim Projects by Sopheon to help deliver projects on time and within budget.

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Lisa Bodell on Simplification and Innovation

International Institute for Learning

Lisa Bodell is the CEO of futurethink and the bestselling author of Why Simple Wins. As closing keynote speaker at IIL’s Leadership & Innovation 2019 Online Conference , she delivered a powerful message on how complexity is holding most of us back, and what we can do to get back to the work that really matters. We received so many great questions during the 15-minute Q&A that we didn’t have time to get to them all.

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Efosa Ojomo on Market-Creating Innovation

International Institute for Learning

Efosa Ojomo is Senior Research Fellow and Lead of Global Prosperity Research at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation. As a keynote speaker at IIL’s Leadership & Innovation 2019 Online Conference , he shared impactful theories and models that left us thinking about innovation in an entirely different way. We received so many great questions during the 15-minute Q&A that we didn’t have time to get to them all.