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Time Blocking for Project Managers: The Productivity Hack You Need

Accidental PM

Your time is your most valuable resource—and often your most misused one. Between back-to-back meetings, endless email threads, and stakeholders popping in with “just a quick question,” it can feel like you spend more time reacting than leading. Time-blocking is a simple but powerful productivity technique that can help project managers take control of their time, focus intensely on high-priority tasks, and reduce the mental clutter from context switching.

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Rethinking the Empirical Approach

Scrum.org

When the goal is to explore strategy, test hypotheses, or navigate ambiguity, you need a different mindset—**Frame–Learn–Assess–Improve** (FLAI). Here’s why a small shift in language can reshape the way we lead. Why Language Matters Sometimes, a small change in language can significantly shift how something is perceived. You're not 'slow and steady'—you're 'deliberately paced.

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Scrum at Scale with CIPSA: The Principal Scrum Master (PSM) – What It Is and What It’s Not!

Management Yogi

In the CIPSA Scrum Framework, in addition to the primary role of Chief Product Owner, we also have the Principal Scrum Master (PSM). This role is necessary to have Scrum at Scale with CIPSA. Unlike the Individual Teams’ Scrum Masters, the role and responsibilities of the PSM are different. It’s a very important role to have in order to succeed at Scale.

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The Scrum Guide Expansion Pack: A Critical Reality Check

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Is There a Need for It? The Scrum Guide Expansion Pack represents a fascinating contradiction in the agile world. While attempting to cure Scrum’s reputation crisis, it may actually amplify the very problems it seeks to solve. Let me explain what this means for practitioners dealing with the aftermath of failed Scrum implementations. The Philosophical Shift: From Lightweight to Academic The 2020 Scrum Guide deliberately embraced minimalism.

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Precision in Motion: Why Process Optimization Is the Future of Manufacturing

Speaker: Jason Chester, Director, Product Management

In today’s manufacturing landscape, staying competitive means moving beyond reactive quality checks and toward real-time, data-driven process control. But what does true manufacturing process optimization look like—and why is it more urgent now than ever? Join Jason Chester in this new, thought-provoking session on how modern manufacturers are rethinking quality operations from the ground up.

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Stakeholder Engagement Domain: What does a Project Leader Need to Know?

Online PM Courses

Stakeholder engagement is the most important part of the project management skill set. Here is my guide to the stakeholder engagement domain. The post Stakeholder Engagement Domain: What does a Project Leader Need to Know? appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Das Geheimnis erfolgreicher Stand-ups: 5 Werkzeuge für Scrum Master, um es zu lüften

Scrum.org

Wie viele versteckte Blocker übersiehst du in deinem Stand-up? 9 von 10 Scrum Mastern sorgen im Daily-Stand-up dafür, dass jeder die Kamera anhat, das Scrum Board aktualisiert wird und jedes Teammitglied berichtet, woran es heute arbeitet. Kurzfristig mag das hilfreich fürs Team sein. Aber bereits im nächsten Sprint sind die Probleme wieder da. Susi hat die Kamera wieder aus.

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Das Geheimnis erfolgreicher Daily Scrums: 5 Werkzeuge für Scrum Master, um es zu lüften

Scrum.org

Wie viele versteckte Blocker übersiehst du in deinem Daily Scrum? 9 von 10 Scrum Mastern sorgen im Daily Scrum dafür, dass jeder die Kamera anhat, das Scrum Board aktualisiert wird und jedes Teammitglied berichtet, woran es heute arbeitet. Kurzfristig mag das hilfreich fürs Team sein. Aber bereits im nächsten Sprint sind die Probleme wieder da. Susi hat die Kamera wieder aus.

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