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Streamlining Success: Lean Principles in Project Management

MPUG

This article originates from a combination of events. First, our last article touched on waste in the context of lean. Second, I am the father of a recent engineering graduate who is now working as an engineer, and part of the onboarding was a class on lean. This is where Lean principles come into play.

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How to do customer acquisition the right way in 2024

Planio

Your acquisition strategy could use tactics ranging from email marketing and social media to outbound sales or events. Customer acquisition influences everything from how you prioritize features to your go-to-market strategy. Influencer marketing. an industry conference), events are a great way to meet and engage with new leads.

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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

ProjectManager.com

Kanban is from Japan, originating in the factories of the Toyota car company in the 60s as a lean manufacturing tool for workflow and inventory management. That hasn’t stopped practitioners from using scrum in varying industries, from retail logistics to event planning. What Is Kanban? What Is the Difference Between Scrum and Kanban?

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Good Scrum Master; Bad Scrum Master

Scrum.org

When the team come up against an obstacle and drop a Scrum event, bad scrum masters stand passively by. Bad scrum masters allow dull, boring and ineffective events to occur. They are passive during events and allow individual squeaky wheels to make all the noise and dominate a session. Good scrum masters don’t have excuses.

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How To Make 2023 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This may be by adopting a new tool or approach, learning some new skills in listening, influence, or negotiation, or maybe simply allocating more time to it. XP, scrum, lean, etc.) On the personal advice front, I am very much looking forward to adding events to our knowledge sharing activities within the Major Projects Community.

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Escaping the Feature Factory

Scrum.org

Display this vision prominently in your team space and reference it in all Scrum events. Apply Lean Thinking : Map the team’s value stream to identify non-value-adding activities. Share successes widely to build a case for further lean initiatives.

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The Three — Wait: Four — Elements of Empiricism

Scrum.org

Let’s start with what the Scrum Guide says about empiricism: “Scrum is founded on empiricism and lean thinking. Lean thinking reduces waste and focuses on the essentials.”. Scrum combines four formal events for inspection and adaptation within a containing event, the Sprint. Scrum events are designed to provoke change.”.

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