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Business Leadership for IT Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Before I’d got far reading Gary Lloyd’s Business Leadership for IT Projects I realized he was offering a critical assessment on the Standish report on project failure – thankfully. I knew then that we were going to get along just fine. Don’t get me wrong – I have no issue with the Standish research and the CHAOS report itself, but it is often used for a quick headline without any analysis of how the numbers were arrived at.

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Can virtual Scrum training help a non-IT team learn about Scrum? or, Can an R&D team benefit from Scrum?

Scrum.org

“Can an R&D team of chemists, physicists, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers and embedded software developers optimize teamwork and value by using Scrum? And can live virtual Scrum training deliver a practical Scrum learning experience to everyone on such a functionally diverse team?”. These were the two questions one of my customers asked. Throughout our conversation I learned more about the team, and we quickly agreed that their work of applied research and technology development inclu

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How to Use Your Calendar to Master Time Management – Best Tips & Tools

TimeCamp

Time management wouldn’t be possible without calendars. They help to plan work, meetings, and important.

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[2 Mins FAQ] Do I Need To Be Certified To Be A Scrum Master?

Scrum.org

What’s up awesome people. I hope you had a great week and ready for the weekend. In this [2 Minutes FAQ] video, I will answer the frequently asked questions: Does one need to be certified to be a Scrum Master? I will most likely get this question whenever I am attending local agile meetups, so I thought I made it as a video and share it with you too. :) For the majority of you, the answer to this question is obvious but if you would like to hear my explanation, spare two minutes of your time to

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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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How to Write a Letter of Recommendation that Works

LiquidPlanner

There may come a time when you are asked to provide a letter of recommendation for a friend, co-worker, student, or other individuals. And with the mass layoffs and furloughs caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, that time could very well be right now — especially given that approximately 50 million Americans have filed for unemployment. Great Recession unemployment numbers aside, letters of recommendation can be requested for a variety of reasons.

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When Being Nice Isn’t Enough w/ Rich Dammkoehler and Joel Norman

Leading Agile

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Spotify. Soundcloud. RSS. Creating a space where people can feel safe working together, developing products, and growing and learning as a team is important. But sometimes, in an effort to be polite, we end up being less open and honest than we probably intend to be.

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What will your future collaborations look like?

Scrum.org

John: “After covid-19, the world will never be the same.”. Peter: “There is no “after covid-19”. Corona is here to stay”. Now that we are starting to see some light at the end of the Covid tunnel, shouldn't we ask ourselves how the corona crisis brings change to our software development efforts? Isn’t this a great opportunity to decide what we want to stop, keep, create, do more or do less of?

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Blog Submission Guidelines

Proofhub

Thank you for your interest in submitting a post to the ProofHub Blog. Audience We are the go-to resource for managers, employees and teams that are looking to bring clarity in their work processes. Tone Our tone is casual and informative. We talk to our audience as real people (because they are). So have fun with your writing, be conversational and make sure there are actionable steps for the reader.

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When there’s just no space

Lynne Cazaly

Is there space in your schedule? ??Yes ??No it’s jammed ??What schedule! When there’s no space, no breathing or regrouping space, we’re inviting overwhelm. ‘You’re welcome here overwhelm’, we say, ‘take up residence in my diary, my world, and let me struggle, wrestle and juggle with you.’ ??When we have ‘back to backs’ all day, we’re letting overwhelm in. ??

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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 Team Collaboration Can Improve Customer Experience

Proofhub

“Appointing a team is frequently the only way to assemble the knowledge and breadth required to pull off many of the complex tasks businesses face today.” - Harvard Business Review Behind every great leader is a supportive team. Even with the most determined leadership, goals can only be met if there is a strong team working together to achieve them.

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Strange times call for new ideas

Lynne Cazaly

When the Institute for the Future called out ‘novel and adaptive thinking’ as one of those skills we’d need right about now. do ya think they knew just how much we’d need it? The use of the word ‘novel’ may have become a little tainted (you know, the novel coronavirus and all). So could we say unique? Or clever? The thing is, these strange times call for new and quite different ideas.