Tue.Feb 28, 2023

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The Seven Archetypes of Organizational Topologies

Scrum.org

Archetypes Org Topologies is a mapping of recognizable organizational archetypes in product development. We are using the following two axes for creating the two-dimensional map: Grow team-level autonomy – by deepening cross-functionality to become fluent in delivering value fast. Grow customer-centric alignment – by broadening understanding of the problem space.

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10 Free Product Management Templates for Excel, Word and More

ProjectManager.com

Product management is a way to organize the development, position and pricing of your product. It helps you manage every step of the process that sees your product go from concept to market. As you might imagine, having project management software helps plan, manage and track this work, but if you’re not using such tools, there are product management templates that can help you steer the course.

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An introduction to Organizational Topologies

Scrum.org

What is Org Topologies? Agile transformation is a highly contextual journey. We believe one essential meta objective of every business is to stay resilient for as long as possible in the face of competition and market landscape changes. This means applying an org design that maximizes adaptivity to keep discovering constantly changing market demands, but at the same time, keep delivering the value that is known to be needed.

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Resource Estimation in Project Management: Ultimate Guide

WorkOtter

As a small business, the success of your projects is detrimental to your success. Unfortunately, over 50% of projects fail. Developing better project management skills is key to ensuring the success of future projects. But where do you start? Resource estimation is an integral part of project management that often gets overlooked. Here’s your guide to resource estimation in project management and other factors, such as resource costs.

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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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Collaborative Relationships Between Project and Functional Managers

PM Times

Project Management texts usually assume we’re starting at the beginning of a project, with control over scope, schedule, and resources. Frequently, project scope, resources, and schedule are already determined through strategic planning, Project Portfolio Management (PPM), or the project charter process. In other cases, we take on projects that are in progress.

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Project manager mistakes you need to stop making

Project Accelerator News

There are some common project manager mistakes you might make that are obvious. Unfortunately, though, there are others that you may not realise that you are making. The obvious ones, like promising too much and not being able to deliver it, are an obvious trap that it is all too easy to fall into. It’s the ones that are less obvious that you need to really look out for because if you don’t you are risking the success of your project.

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Do’s and Don’ts of Organizing Your Online Life

Productivity Land

The new year often starts with unrealistic challenges, but there’s one thing you can do right now that will make the rest of the year easier. Organizing your online life will significantly improve your productivity, wellness, and overall safety. After all, an average US adult spends more than 6 hours online daily , and it’s only natural to take care of your virtual environment.

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Using Surveys to Improve Scrum Team Success

Scrum.org

Outcome-based metrics are an essential measure of Scrum Team performance. But they can be lagging indicators. In other words, it can take a while for changes a team makes to show up in performance outcomes. A faster way to take the pulse of a Scrum Team is to (wait for it) ask them. Ask them how it’s going using sentiment surveys at the Sprint Retrospective or through an anonymous survey.

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What Are The Key Skills to Becoming a Data Scientist? 

Productivity Land

Whether you already work in tech or you are looking at starting a new career in technology, there are plenty of opportunities out there, as long as you know where to look and how to make yourself an attractive prospect to employers. Data scientist jobs are among the most in-demand, as data scientists play a vital role in making sense of the vast volumes of raw data that an organization receives so that it can be used for tactical benefit.

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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 build a better brainstorming sesh: Try brainwriting

Trello

Brainstorming is best! Except when it isn't. Use brainwriting to help your team bring their best ideas to the table.

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New feature – booking approval workflow for in-demand people

Resource Guru

Sometimes team scheduling can seem like a free-for-all. All too often, in-demand teammates are snapped up quickly, leaving them unable to work on high-priority projects. The bigger and busier your business gets, the harder it is to keep track of who’s booking who. What you need is more control – and our new Approval Workflow will give it to you! Extra control for high-priority bookings Our Approval Workflow allows you to assign approvers for anyone on your team.