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Complex Refinement with User Story Canvas

Scrum.org

The practice of describing requirements with user stories is widely accepted in agile community. It is also commonly used as a template for expressing the Product Backlog items. User stories describe different needs and wants of a persona who expects to get an improved experience from products and services comparing to the current situation. User stories motivate developers to solving user problems, not just performing technical tasks.

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AMA: Agile Is Working With My Clients (With Ben Novack)

The Digital Project Manager

This content is exclusive to DPM Pro Members! DPM Pro Members get: Instant access to. The post AMA: Agile Is Working With My Clients (With Ben Novack) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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What You Need to Know About Scrumban

Wrike

Scrumban is an interesting concept that is halfway between Scrum and Kanban — two different Agile methodologies for managing projects. It was initially created to help project teams transition from Scrum and Kanban. But, many teams discovered that Scrumban enables them to capture the best of both worlds. Below, we’ll discuss what Scrumban is, which elements it takes from Scrum and Kanban, and how it might benefit your projects. .

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Leading Projects Beyond The Iron Triangle (With Susanne Madsen)

The Digital Project Manager

The post Leading Projects Beyond The Iron Triangle (With Susanne Madsen) appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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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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About ignorance

Musings on Project Management

Ordinarily, we don't put much value on ignorance -- or being ignorant. It's said that in the pre-modern world, say before the enlightenment in Europe in the middle of the first millennium, that all you needed to know was pretty much what could be learned from history. If it wasn't known, then you didn't need to know it, in the same way your forebears didn't know it either.

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Speed up Your Projects: Faster Project Delivery | Video

Online PM Courses

Do you want to speed up your projects and get faster project delivery? Of course you do.In this video, I'll show you how. The post Speed up Your Projects: Faster Project Delivery | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Working from Home: The Pros and Cons [Comic]

Teamweek

Not all workers can work from home. At the end of the day, being able to work from home is a privilege. For those who can, working from home does come with certain unique advantages. More and more (former) office workers are beginning to appreciate the perks of working from home, as company policies change in response to both the coronavirus pandemic and broader shifts in workforce trends.

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Configuring Microsoft Teams for Live Virtual Training

Scrum.org

Like most tools, if you want to run successful training in Microsoft Teams you need to do some homework and some configuration before your class. You can just jump in and wing it, but that will not provide a good experience for your students. Currently, I have run more than 6 Live Virtual Training in Microsoft Teams and in a few hours, my 7th will start.

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The 5 Rules Of Networking When You Work Remotely

Trello

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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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Discover 10 Easy Resource Allocation Tips for Project Managers

Proofhub

Top 10 Proven Resource Allocation Tips For Project Managers Poor resource allocation is one of the main reasons behind failed projects. Follow these ten proven tips to avoid over or underutilization of your employees to ensure your projects are delivered successfully on time, every time. In today’s extremely competitive (and uncertain) global market setting, project managers are required to optimally utilize the resources available in hand.

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Mimicking Nature in Projects and Organizations: Biomimicry

PM for the Masses

Can nature help us lead projects and design better organizations? Learn the principles of the new science of Biomimicry today with my guest Lex Amore. Can nature help us lead projects and design better organizations? Learn the principles of the new science of Biomimicry today with my guest Lex Amore.

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The Big Picture with Story Map in Agile Development

MPUG

“I keep six honest serving-men, They taught me all I knew, Their names are What and Why and When, And How and Where and Who. I send them over land and sea, I send them east and west, But after they have worked for me, I give them all a rest.”. – From the poem, “The Elephant’s Child,” by Rudyard Kipling. Long ago, in my childhood days, I was introduced to the fascinating world of poetry by my father, who brought a variety of poems and stories from writers and authors around the world to me.

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Agile Intro for Waterfall Teams by Brad Egeland

MindGenius

Are you a longtime Waterfall business analyst or project team member an environment moving to an Agile methodology for managing projects and performing software development activities on those projects? Then this article may be a decent intro for you. Think of it as sort of a Waterfall ==> Agile 101 involving and discussing just a few of the key high-level differences between these two differing project delivery and software development methodologies.

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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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Diversity in the Workplace Isn’t Enough: Inclusion Matters

Project Bliss

Diversity in the workplace has multiple benefits for organizations. But diversity itself isn’t enough. Organizations need to demonstrate they value all employees. Diversity in the Workplace. Workplace diversity refers to intentionally hiring people of different races, ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, and other demographics to create a varied and diverse workforce.

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