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All form and no (agile) substance?

Kiron Bondale

“ Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose ” Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr’s warning reminds us that it is very easy to ignore the Manifesto for Agile Software Development’s value statements. We might have done away with heavy project governance, premature or excessive planning, and documentation for documentation’s sake, but if we don’t remind ourselves why our team performs specific agile ceremonies, we are no better than our brethren toiling under the b

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What Does it Mean to Focus on Value?

Herding Cats

A common chant in the agile community is we focus on value. What does this mean? What are the units of measure of Value? How do we know we are actually producing the RIGHT Value? How much will it cost to produce this Value? When is this Value needed to actually be valuable? Here's an approach used in ourSoftwaree Intensive System of Systems (SISoS) domain. .

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Staying educated (enculturation)

Musings on Project Management

The robots are coming! And, "enculturation" is my new word. I'm proud to use it. It means "to get with the program" and absorb the culture! The robots are enculturating! (and, that's a for-real word also) We see that robot headline repeatedly. What's the antidote? The usual answer: Education.

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INFOGRAPHIC: How To Work Hard Without Burning Out

Celoxis

INFOGRAPHIC: How To Work Hard Without Burning Out.

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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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10 Must-Read Productivity Articles! 7/5/2017

TimeCamp

Another week comes with the most favorite from our roundups. Make yourself comfortable and read these 10 Most Inspiring Productivity Articles from past seven days, chosen by our team! Our blog is a place where we provide all the productivity and time management knowledge. We try to do that by writing and posting worth reading […].

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Quality Management: PMP Study Guide (PMBOK 6th Edition)

ExamsPM

Project quality management involves all the activities involved to determine quality policies, objectives, and procedures in an organization. Project Quality Management uses policies and procedures to implement the organization’s quality management system, and it supports continuous process improvement activities. Quality and Grade are two different concepts: Quality = The degree to which a set of inherent characteristics fulfill requirements.