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The Agile Hangover

Scrum.org

Other parts of the organization looked from afar and were only involved when their department interfaced with the technology part of the organization. Many of the people in those departments looked bemused when they were told to start using terms like Sprint, Product Owner, Sprint Review, and Retrospective. That is a good thing, right?

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7 Examples of productivity to help you get ahead

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Use your technology Technology can be a great tool for increasing productivity in the office, as long as you know how to use it! Automating processes is one way to save time and energy, and works for many different job roles. Work collaboratively Book meetings that are working sessions, not review sessions.

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The Perfect Storm for The Project Economy

Leading Answers

These three trends are: 1) Accelerating rates of technology adoption. 2) The switch to alternative energy sources to maintain GDP and meet emissions targets. Now people have seen what it would be like if there is less pollution; the transition to clean energy may accelerate also. 3) Infrastructure projects for population growth.

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How to Calculate Realistic Time Estimates for a Project

Teamweek

Inaccurate time estimation is the cause of 25% of failed projects. Learning how to estimate time for a project is tricky, but critical to its success. In this guide we’ll go over: What is time estimating in project management? Why is estimating time for tasks important? What is time estimating in project management?

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Top 11 Cities for Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Construction of a Huawei research and development center Aircraft R&D facilities The continued development and expansion of Tesla’s Shanghai Gigafactory LEGOLAND® Park & Resort in Jinshan District at the cost of US$550m, due to open in 2024. This project will deliver 31 stations with a view to increasing capacity by almost 100%.

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Main Risks of Aerospace Engineering Projects: How to Implement Wise Risk Management into Your Organization

Epicflow Blog

missing important milestones, unavailability of a critical employee), Estimating (e.g., unrealistic or inaccurate estimates), Communicating (miscommunication between the project participants). [1]. Risk analysis involves estimating the probability of risk occurrence and the impact of the defined risks. Managing the supply chain.

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Raising Climate Awareness in Scrum Teams - a Scrum Master’s Journey

Scrum.org

I dove into sustainable IT and started with a ‘Planet Earth Retrospective’ for my Scrum Team, where we reviewed the Principles of Green Engineering. During that session, the team estimated that optimizing our landscape and decommissioning legacy components could reduce our footprint by a significant percentage!

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