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14 Common Project Risks (+ more)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Risks matter. Stuff happens on projects, and if the worst happens, it’s better to know about it in advance. That’s the point of risk management: thinking about what might go wrong before it does, so you can put a plan together to deal with it if it does. There’s a lot of uncertainty and hedging in that sentence: “if…” “might…”. But that’s the whole premise of dealing with the unknown.

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Is your team “pretending” to be agile?

Scrum.org

According to the 15th annual State of Agile report, there has been a tremendous increase in the adoption of agile frameworks over the last year. Within software teams, agile adoption grew from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021. . Agile beneath the Ice. . In the midst of this agile explosion, many teams are experiencing difficulties. According to the 15th Annual State of Agile report, 46% of survey respondents report struggles with inconsistent practices and 43% report cultural classes.

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Five factors required for teams to self-organize

Kiron Bondale

Self-organization doesn’t mean anything goes. Even in a very small company, there are going to be some restrictions on what a team can do, even if those purely relate to meeting cost constraints requested by those who hold the purse strings. This is one of the reasons why I endorse the Disciplined Agile guideline to “ Create semi-autonomous self-organizing teams ” as it acknowledges that the degree of autonomy is rarely absolute and will vary widely between contexts even within

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[VLOG] A Better Way To Express the Product Backlog items?

Scrum.org

Hey hey hey. How's it going awesome people? I hope you had a great week and keeping excited. I have noticed that several Scrum practitioners around me think that writing the Product Backlog items as user story is mandatory. This is quite interesting, as Scrum Guide never mention user story at all. From my limited observation, this is due to some tools in the market are not consistent with the Scrum Guide and several of these Scrum practitioners learned Scrum from these tools rather than from Scr

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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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Product Review: Time is Limited

Sarah M. Hoban

I first heard about Time is Limited from a TechCrunch article celebrating their latest fundraising round and their mission to become “the Google Analytics for company time.” Time is Limited has a mission to measure organizations’ productivity data, with the goal of identifying inefficiencies that encourage leadership to make improvements. But how this does work exactly?

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How to Appear More Confident in Virtual Meetings

Project Bliss

Learning how to appear more confident in meetings can help you get noticed and project a more polished and professional presence. It’s even harder to look confident and maintain a powerful presence in virtual meetings. But to get the most out of them, it’s important to know how to elevate your presence when you’re meeting remotely. It’s not always easy to look confident and get noticed.

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Complete Primer on the 6 Themes of Project Human Resource Management

Online PM Courses

You can't get a professional project done without people. So you need to manage your team well. That's what Project Human Resource Management is all about. The post Complete Primer on the 6 Themes of Project Human Resource Management appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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