Scrum.org

MAY 15, 2023

Your suggestions include surveys, talks, interviews, team meetings, games, exercises, or other parties like stakeholders or line managers, and other useful practices. As example for such a service, I used PromptPerfect for all following exercises: Original prompt : I want you to act as an experienced Scrum Master.

SCRUM 186

SCRUM Agile Engineering Risk Management 186

Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 9, 2021

For example, for the team exercise, the project manager may conduct a risk identification exercise or facilitate a work breakdown structure (WBS) exercise. […] The post How to Conduct a Killer Kickoff Meeting appeared first on Project Risk Coach.

Risk Management 398

Risk Management Initiating Risk Closing 398

International Institute for Learning

JANUARY 4, 2023

Working with psychological safety and trust in companies has been a fluffy topic of trust exercises and experimentation over the past decades. Already, massive amounts of training, courses and exercises exist within the space of mentalization – just not aimed at the corporate leader. Why is mentalization important at the workplace?

Leadership 52

Leadership Certification Influencer Energy 52

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

As I mentioned we've been doing a number of small changes to the game, so here's how we play it: Agile Chair Exercise. Start the exercise. The game drives short cycles, inspection and adaption and lays down a number of restrictions that they (initially) cannot work around (just like the real world does). Number of participants: 10-25.

Agile 109

Agile SCRUM Strategy Defining 109

Scrum.org

APRIL 3, 2023

I want you to create a schedule, name the exercises, and point to sources where I can learn more about the suggested activities. Can you be more specific regarding the exercises for lessons 4 to 7? Please suggest what kind of exercises best advance the respective lesson topic for the students.

SCRUM 140

SCRUM Agile Risk Management Planning 140

LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 16, 2018

Based on the classroom exercises, you’re excited to try new concepts and apply the magic cure-all that will solve all waterfall-based project problems. Adopting Agile is an Exercise in Change Management. Adopting agile is an exercise in change management for a number of reasons: Software isn’t an order by number model.

Agile 74

Agile Change Management SCRUM Consulting 74

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 12, 2019

Switching from a spreadsheet to social media doesn’t count as exercise at work. Why Is Exercise Important? Exercise is important, especially so for those of us working sedentary jobs. But it’s not just for us desk jockeys; all people, regardless of their age, can benefit from exercise. Feeling out of shape?

Risk Management 48

Risk Management Risk Transportation Monitoring 48

Planio

MAY 2, 2018

Goal-setting exercise 1: Effective goal-setting starts at the top and cascades down. Goal-setting exercise 2: Get clear about your culture of goal-setting. Goal setting exercise 3: Use OKRs to choose the right goals for your engineering team. Goal setting exercise 4: Use MMOM metrics to measure your goal progress.

Engineering 137

Engineering Agile SCRUM Strategy 137

Project Risk Coach

MAY 24, 2021

When asked about his exercise, Tom says, “I don’t have time.” Busy, productive individuals make time to exercise. Consider some of these exercises and find something you enjoy: walking, swimming, biking, jogging, or doing upper body workouts. I find exercise and sleep save me time by giving me greater energy.

Risk Management 398

Risk Management Energy Risk Defining 398

Scrum.org

MAY 4, 2023

The Scrum.org PSM II class contains multiple exercises that make visible where improvement is needed in order to use Scrum more effectively. In particular the exercise “Management in Scrum”. Step 4 — Introduce the concept of “impediments” In a sense, the picture emerging from the exercise becomes your roadmap or transition plan.

SCRUM 169

SCRUM Agile Budget Process 169

Project Risk Coach

JUNE 28, 2021

Encourage collaboration early by facilitating team discussions, problem-solving, and brainstorming exercises. Lastly, as you plan your next project meeting, use a facilitation technique such as a problem-solving exercise that will improve your team’s interaction. Be intentional in your communication and collaboration. How About You?

Risk Management 398

Risk Management Executing Influencer Defining 398

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 23, 2023

It’s just another retrospective box-ticking exercise, right? The exercise helps with risk mitigation and identification because you can pick up a lot of what to do from what other projects did (or did badly!). Benefits of a risk audit: Is it worth scheduling one? Who has time for that? The table below summarizes the differences.

Risk 333

Risk PMO Risk Management PMI 333

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

It’s full of very practical exercises that you can use in any kind of workshop, whether small groups, large groups, or virtual. It comes with a Miro board so you can complete the exercises, plot out your diagrams and get some real experience using the tools. To get the most out of the course, you need to do all the exercises.

PMI 370

PMI Risk Management Change Management 2021 370

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

You can use the checklists and exercises to assess yourself and improve your skills. Madsen outlines six steps for you to work through as part of a self-coaching exercise: Create your vision Benchmark current skills Get feedback Create an action plan Review guiding practices Review progress. 6 Steps for self-coaching.

Leadership 363

Leadership Planning 363

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 28, 2022

There are review exercises alongside memorization exercises (because memorizing info, although dull, is part of what’s going to get you through the exam – there’s no pretending in this book). The book itself is nice. The layout is user-friendly, the diagrams are helpful and clear.

PMI 266

PMI Process 266

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 6, 2021

One of my favorite exercises from my Professional Scrum Master classes is how to best sabotage a Scrum Master as a member of the middle management. The exercise rules are simple: You’re not allowed to use any form of illegal activity. The Exercise: Consider How to Best Sabotage A Scrum Master.

SCRUM 214

SCRUM Agile 2021 Estimate 214

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

This exercise included market research and also a job tasks analysis, as well as identifying trends. Given that the exercise for piloting the new exam is well underway, I would assume that the exam will change in early 2023. The current CAPM exam was very much a memorization exercise from what was in the PMBOK® Guide – Sixth edition.

PMI 262

PMI 2023 Agile Certification 262

Project Risk Coach

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Undertake a team-building exercise. Wise leaders know how and when to inject team-building exercises. Facilitate a problem-solving exercise, develop a work breakdown structure , or identify ways to improve project communication. Feeling stagnant? Invite another subject matter expert to provide a different perspective?

Energy 259

Energy Agile Monitoring Planning 259

Project Risk Coach

MARCH 22, 2021

Turn Conflict into a Problem-Solving Exercise You can help stakeholders resolve the conflict by reframing the conflict as a problem-solving exercise. Problem-solving often results in a better understanding of everyone's opinions, analysis of the solutions, and long-term buy-in and support.

Risk Management 398

Risk Management Leadership Influencer Risk 398

Kiron Bondale

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Building a network diagram is a fun team building exercise. Walking a stakeholder through a detailed Gantt chart, especially when there are multiple parallel network paths can be an exercise in frustration for both you and your audience! If you skip creating network diagrams, you could miss out on these benefits.

Leadership 194

Leadership 194

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

You could also use it as an onboarding exercise for new team members who are working on a project team for the first time. There are some elements, like the drag and drop exercises, that might be fiddly on a small screen. Download the free templates and do the exercises. Pros: It’s free! Free course. Kickoff from PMI.

PMI 271

PMI Agile Influencer Planning 271

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 31, 2023

Look into team building exercises that create alignment or that allow experienced employees to share what they know with newer colleagues to share the workload. For this last point, tools like Butter have fun exercises built in to meeting agendas to make your retros and project status meetings more fun with less effort.

Risk Management 227

Risk Management Risk Leadership Agile 227

Musings on Project Management

JULY 27, 2022

Have you ever had a project where a test unit, pre-production unit, or training exercise involved a mobile platform? I have.And, there have got to be many more out there.Now this is not an endorsement or a commercial, but the recent news is that as of mid-2022, satellite-based internet is available at modest cost for mobile platforms.

2022 170

2022 170

Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 24, 2020

They facilitate risk identification exercises that result in a boatload of risks. Some project managers wait until things are out of control before they exercise risk management. What must we do? Lead by example. Failure to focus on the risks that matter. Some project managers start their programs and projects with gusto.

Risk Management 460

Risk Management Risk PMI PMO 460

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

One of my favorite exercises from my Professional Scrum Product Owner classes is how to best sabotage a Product Owner as a member of the middle management. The exercise rules are simple: You’re not allowed to use any form of illegal activity. The Exercise: Consider How to Best Sabotage A Product Owner.

SCRUM 193

SCRUM Agile Budget Process 193

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Then you can do the same exercise with the others. Once you have done this exercise for all the strategic themes, you’ll potentially have a lot of possible projects. The strategic theme is operational efficiency (a common strategic pillar that I’ve seen all over the place – who doesn’t want to be efficient in their operations?).

Strategy 372

Strategy PMO Defining 2017 372

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 12, 2020

If you are wondering how to start a standup meeting, try this exercise. This is a good exercise to kick start the week, so opt to do this one on a Monday, or when you are back at work after a long weekend or other break. If you do this exercise I recommend having a different team member to read the postcard.

SCRUM 318

SCRUM Agile Energy 2016 318

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 10, 2023

This is very helpful during a retrospective or lessons learned exercise, because it saves time if you hit similar problems again. You can also keep the relevant details for future reference, so you can look back and review what you did to address the problem.

Risk Management 327

Risk Management Budget Risk Project Cost 327

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 7, 2019

TL; DR: Faking Agile Metrics — An Eye-Opening Exercise. Learn more about how to coach these kinds of line managers and help them overcome their preference for the industrial past with a simple exercise on how to cook the agile books. Cooking the Agile Books — A Simple Exercise. Cooking the Agile Books for Line Managers.

Agile 167

Agile SCRUM Estimate Closing 167

Scrum.org

APRIL 10, 2023

I had a new exercise planned for them, and so I was looking forward to the Retro. Instead of kicking off the exercise that I had meticulously planned, I started with a simple question. Roaring applause. Team 2 went up. Clap clap clap*. I was on Team 3. The team also had an excellent sprint. They got a bunch of stuff done!

SCRUM 173

SCRUM Agile Planning 173

Project Risk Coach

MAY 3, 2021

She facilitated the round robin exercise asking each participant for their top three. She continued the second and subsequent rounds until all of the ideas had been captured. Next, Betty instructed the participants, "Look at all of the expenses and write down the top three expenses." Why do the disagreements exist?"

Estimate 370

Estimate Budget Risk Management Software 370

Project Bliss

JANUARY 15, 2018

?. Book Review for Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain. Ratey goes in-depth with research and the science behind how exercise makes you smarter. . You might be wondering why I’m reviewing a book about exercise for a project management and leadership blog. Exercise helps us learn.

2017 192

2017 Leadership Controlling 192

Project Risk Coach

APRIL 10, 2017

During the workshop, the exercises could be used to actually develop some of your project requirements. Encourage collaboration early by facilitating team discussions, problem-solving, and brainstorming exercises. For example, assume you are preassigned a team that lacks the skills to develop requirements. Improve the Interactions.

Influencer 338

Influencer Executing Defining Planning 338

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

If this is the first time the community comes together, having a simple ice-breaker exercise at the beginning is great. It can be even just a simple round table to introduce everyone, or a fun exercise, such as ‘Draw your day’. A fun little exercise that is also a part of my ‘Introduction to Scrum’ workshop.

SCRUM 188

SCRUM Agile Engineering Lean 188

ProjectManager.com

JULY 24, 2019

Try using creativity exercises to get into the mood. There are exercises you can do to gain problem-solving skills and help with your ability to better respond to problems and solve them quickly. Brainstorming is a type of collaboration, which is a great way to think creatively because it adds more voices to the mix.

Monitoring 353

Monitoring Defining Process Planning 353

Leading Answers

AUGUST 11, 2020

The program works as follows: Read a chapter of my PMI-ACP Exam Prep book each week and work through the exercises. Exclusive study plan and exercise schedule. Additional LinkedIn group exercises and engagements. Join me for a 1-hour weekly Zoom call where we review the chapter and answer any questions. New for this series.

PMI 148

PMI Agile Planning Process 148

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

The Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master II class contains an exercise called “Management in Scrum”. This article describes how this exercise can be used for job interviews for Scrum Masters. Doing this exercise with 1 Scrum Master will take you about 1,5 hours. With a group of Scrum Masters, it can easily take 2 hours.

SCRUM 169

SCRUM Process Agile Budget 169