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Helping functional managers through an agile transformation

Kiron Bondale

A lot has been written about the challenges caused by functional managers when their company undergoes an agile transformation. But with this emphasis on what they shouldn’t be doing, not as much gets published about the specific activities we should be doing to help them through the change. Here are four questions to ask when considering this key role.

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Agile Certification: Your Guide to the Large Array of Agile Qualifications

Online PM Courses

You want to embrace Agile as part (or maybe all) of your Project Management practice. And you know that a good qualification will help you get the jobs you want, to put it to use. But there is such a wide range of choice. Which Agile Certification program should you follow? First, let me say that I am not going to tell you which one is best. What I hope to do is give you the information to start researching which is best for you.

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How Do You Create a Strategic Plan? An Overview of the Strategic Planning Process

Teamweek

Ask any project manager if they have a strategic plan for their latest job and they’ll typically reply in the affirmative. Most of them are wrong. What they usually have are over-extended business plans that should have been retired once the project was up and running. Business planning and strategic planning are not the same thing. The former is designed to get a project off the ground while the latter ensures its efficient completion.

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Is There an Underlying Theory of Software Project Management?

Herding Cats

Here's a paper that has been under constant development for several years now and is headed to a Journal and part of an upcoming book chapter. The motivation for the paper started when there were claims made the somehow agile software projects were different than other types of projects. In practice there are differences. In principle, there are not. .

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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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3 Tips to Create Work-Life Balance for Your Team | TeamGantt

TeamGantt

Find out why work-life balance is so important, and learn 3 simple tips to help you strike a healthy work-life balance for your team.

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