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A Short Story About a Scrum Team

Scrum.org

This is a story about a Scrum Team using Scrum to develop a product, learning early and often how to optimize the value of the product for their users. While the story is about a fictional team, the application of Scrum that is shown here is realistic. Thus, this story aims to help achieve a better understanding of Scrum, especially for readers who have not yet experienced Scrum for themselves. .

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6 KPIs for Services Companies in 2021

EasyProjects

KPIs continue to be an invaluable tool in enabling the tracking of progress in relation to organizational objectives. In the context of professional services, they can also act as a means of predicting profitability, customer satisfaction, employee morale and more. Here are 6 KPIs your Services company should be tracking in 2021: 1. Utilization Rate.

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YDS: What is the Definition of Ready in Scrum?

Scrum.org

On today’s episode of YOUR DAILY SCRUM: What is the Definition of Ready in Scrum? Today's question asks us to take a look at how to know when a Product Backlog Item is "ready". Some teams use a Definition of Ready, however, this is a complementary practice, not an official part of Scrum. Check out the video for Todd and Ryan's take on this practice and whether or not a definition of ready is helpful to a Scrum Team.

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Organizational Basecamps and the Third Layer w/ Mike Cottmeyer

Leading Agile

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Spotify. Soundcloud. RSS. You can have different levels of Agility in an organization—and those are all necessary and great. But it takes more to achieve Business Agility, which is entirely different from team-level Agility, or enterprise-level, and so forth.

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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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Working in the “Gray Zone”

Bridge the Gap Consulting

“Yeah, well, you know gray is my favorite color I felt so symbolic yesterday If I knew Picasso I would buy myself a gray guitar and play” – Mr. Jones by the Counting Crows. I heard this on a “Classic Hits” station (released in 1993) and had to chuckle. I can still remember most of the lines and mouthed along to a lot of the words.

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How to Determine an Appropriate Feedback Approach | Video

Online PM Courses

You know how important good feedback is. But there are different ways to do it. So, how do you select an appropriate feedback approach? The post How to Determine an Appropriate Feedback Approach | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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What is Primavera P6? Uses, Features & Pricing

ProjectManager.com

There are a lot of project management software tools to choose from, and there are a few that truly seem to dominate the space, like Oracle’s Primavera P6. How can you find the project management solution that fits your organization, project and the way your team works? The first thing to do is understand what these tools are and the feature set they offer.

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Top 7 Leadership Articles: Winter Edition

Epicflow Blog

You can hardly become too good in leadership, especially today – when the whole world is vulnerable to changes as a result of the pandemic. Managing remote or hybrid teams can become a complex challenge for even an experienced manager. That’s why we’ve prepared a list of leadership papers that were published this winter in world-renowned sources.

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Why perfect is the enemy of good - using lean change to apply agile in context

Scrum.org

Why perfect is the enemy of good - using lean change to apply agile in context. At Fractal Systems we strive to educate our clients and the project teams that we partner with about the importance of applying Agile in context. Which, to put it simply, means that we always begin by understanding the very specific needs and challenges of the wider organisation and of the smaller teams within it.

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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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ActiveCollab Monthly Updates: February

ActiveCollab

Hello everyone, Welcome to another monthly recap! Last month [[link] we announced two changes, and we're happy to let you know they've both been released! NEW MENTION TYPES Finally, you can mention and notify more people at once! There are several ways to do that. Type @team-name to mention the entire team. Only people who are project members will be mentioned, and you'll also see how many members of that team are already invited to the project.

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Top 9 Software Alternatives to Asana

GanttPRO Project Management

Asana has successfully transformed its simple task management software launched in 2008 into a serious contender in the enterprise work management software market after 10 years. As a task management […]. The post Top 9 Software Alternatives to Asana first appeared on GanttPRO.

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Here’s the Business Strategy Silicon Valley Giants Use to Disrupt Industries. You Can Use It for Your Business.

Leading Agile

Series: How to Beat the Silicon Valley Giants at Their Own Game. In this series, we will show you how you can compete against the Silicon Valley giants and win. They won’t be able to copy you. They won’t be able to catch you. You’ve read the headlines. “Silicon Valley Giant Disrupts Centuries-Old Industry, Gains Massive Market Share in Just a Few Years.”.