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Would Brooks’ Law apply to cost?

Kiron Bondale

When Fred Brooks Jr. wrote The Mythical Man Month, he provided project managers with the valuable caution which later was named Brooks’ Law: “ Adding manpower to a late software project makes it later “ While there are always exceptions, this statement is generally true. It is also applicable to most types of projects, not just software development ones.

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The Powerful Connections between the Agile Manifesto and Scrum

Scrum.org

In the 1990’s, Scrum was one of a number of light methodologies that informed the creation of the manifesto for agile software development. The agile manifesto, as we usually refer to it. The agile manifesto hasn’t changed since its creation in 2001. Scrum however, has been updated many times. Is the connection between the agile manifesto and scrum still there?

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Planning and Executing Projects Considering The Rule of Three and Four

The Strategic Project Manager

Stable industries require a well-defined, largely predictive approach to managing projects. Less stable environments, by contrast, require a more adaptive approach – to both strategy and project management. This post explores an old rule in strategy for stable industries, the Rule of Three and Four. It looks at the impact it has, when it applies today, and alternative, more adaptive approaches to PM and strategy in situations where the rule does not apply.

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[VLOG] Scrum 2020 Explained in 7 minutes.

Scrum.org

What is happening awesome people? I hope you had a great weekend and ready for the week. Throughout 2021 I am seeing more companies are using Scrum. In this year I also noticed many teams are practicing what Barry Overeem and Christian Verwijs as the Zombie Scrum. These teams are just moving in motions. What's interesting is they did self-study and picked up Scrum from unreliable resources.

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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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Certified Hybrid-Agile Master with MS Project Online Course

Management Yogi

I’m pleased to announce the availability of the Certified Hybrid-Agile Master Online Course for Agile practitioners and Management professionals:CERTIFIED HYBRID-AGILE MASTER WITH MS PROJECT It’s a complete video course on Hybrid-Agile Management with both theory and practical.

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Team Ground Rules: Creating the Right Framework for Team Success

Online PM Courses

At the start of a project, it pays to invest in setting your team up to succeed. Sometimes, you'll want to create a set of team ground rules. The post Team Ground Rules: Creating the Right Framework for Team Success appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Piensa de afuera hacia adentro y no de adentro hacia afuera

Scrum.org

De afuera hacia adentro significa abordar tu agilidad negocio desde el punto de vista de sus clientes. No des del tuyo. Demasiadas empresas afirman centrarse en sus clientes, pero en realidad no lo hacen. . ¿Alguna vez has llamado al servicio de atención al cliente con un problema, solo para que le digan «Ese es el trabajo de X, no el mío»? o que te digan “Esto no se puede hacer”.

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Arrêtez les KPI, passez aux KVM !

Scrum.org

TL-TR. La réussite de l’entreprise est directement liée la satisfaction des utilisateurs aujourd’hui mais aussi dans la durée. Pour assurer cette réussite, l’implémentation de différents « Key Value Measures » pour piloter ensemble les quatre « Key Value Areas » proposés par « Evidence-Based Management » offre un pilotage avec une vision globale de la situation, approche nettement plus pertinente qu’une optimisation locale portée par les KPI habituels.

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