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Streamlining Success: Lean Principles in Project Management

MPUG

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. The class began by asking the students to draw a pig. The overarching goal?

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Could a Scrum GPT Challenge Scrum Masters?

Scrum.org

Please create a concept for this class, comprising lectures but mainly exercises covering the previously mentioned topics. Exercise: Creating a hypothetical Product Backlog: Participants create a hypothetical Product Backlog. Interactive role-play exercise: Participants practice gathering feedback from stakeholders.

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Overcoming Product Backlog Management Traps

Scrum.org

Poor backlog management leads to a feature factory trap, while a mindful strategy enables the team to drive value steadily. Poor backlog management leads to a feature factory trap, while a mindful strategy enables the team to drive value steadily. Let David help you identify such challenges and help you overcome them, too. One backlog?

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Escaping the Feature Factory

Scrum.org

Exercise Empirical Process Control : In your Retrospectives, identify instances where the feature factory mindset prevailed. 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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Unpacking Talent Assessments: Benefits, Strategies & Tools

Teamweek

How To Create a Talent Assessment Strategy That Scales With Your Company The Right Tool for Effective Talent Assessments. These comprise of various questions, job simulations, exercises, or group working assessments designed to test candidates for specific knowledge, skills, or experience. Definition – What are Talent Assessments?

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How to Write a Business Case

ProjectManager.com

The need for a business case is that it collects the proposal, outline, strategy and marketing plan in one document and offers a full look at how the project will benefit the organization. Compile the data and present your strategies, goals and options. Marketing strategy. Compare and finalize your approaches. Financial plan.

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Sculpting the Product Backlog: A Delicate Balance Between Lean Inventory and Future Readiness

Scrum.org

Just as sculptors chisel away the excess marble to reveal the form within, product managers must carefully mould their backlog, ensuring it's a lean inventory that reflects the unrealized value of the product. While keeping the backlog lean is imperative, it’s also prudent to consider future implications to mitigate surprises.

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