Failing Fast in the Age of Pandemics
PM Times
JULY 8, 2020
Written by: Elizabeth Larson When I first heard the phrase “fail fast, fail often,” I was horrified. It was cited as a mantra by the early adopters of Agile methods.
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How the Fail Fast Approach Brings Innovative Solutions
Runrun.it
FEBRUARY 19, 2020
Even though there are bad forms of failure such as workers or managers who are inattentive or lack competence, there are also positive types of failure such as experimenting and testing out new ideas that may ultimately fail. The concept of fail fast and embracing failure entails testing new ideas and innovating on current strategies.
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Navigating Resistance: The Agile Adoption Journey for Effective Leadership
Scrum.org
APRIL 16, 2024
This scepticism may develop if there's a history of unfulfilled promises or failed initiatives, leading team members to doubt the sincerity or capability of leaders to effectively implement Agile. Team members might doubt whether Agile can deliver its promised benefits, especially if past initiatives have failed.
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Manage Risks While Compressing Project Schedules
Project Risk Coach
NOVEMBER 9, 2020
One risk is that we may fail to identify activities. Another risk is that we may fail to sequence the activities properly. Sometimes we can find ways to start subsequent activities in parallel with other activities (called fast tracking). How do we do this? And this can come back to bite us later. building, software, reports).
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The Impact of Direct Dials on Sales Productivity
Advertiser: ZoomInfo
Often, sales reps who fail to hit the phones hard are left wondering how they missed their quota. To understand the importance of direct dials, you need to understand connect rates. While dialing away at targeted prospects, it’s important for them to remember that not all sales outreach is created equal.
What Is Quality Planning & Why Is It Important?
ProjectManager.com
SEPTEMBER 15, 2021
But if you don’t meet the quality expectations of your stakeholders, it doesn’t matter how fast you delivered—you failed. If you don’t understand and meet stakeholder expectations, they’re not going to be happy—and unhappy stakeholders mean the project has failed. To avoid this, focus on quality planning.
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Scrum Team Failure — Scrum Anti-Patterns Taxonomy (3)
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 29, 2023
Failing to communicate and stakeholder management. Failing to create an environment for open conflict resolution. Such failures may include, for example: Disregarding essential Scrum practices. Inadequately investing in planning and training. Insufficient Product Backlog management.
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Why Scrum Requires a Failure Culture — Making Your Scrum Work #10
Scrum.org
MAY 23, 2021
Therefore, the question is not if we will fail, but when we will fail. A former client of mine, a large utility company, practiced at the time a no-failure approach to promotions: A failed project on your internal record meant you would not take the next step on the career ladder. Moreover, how we will deal with the failure.
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Becoming a Scrum Master - Laurens Bonnema's Insightful Story
Scrum.org
DECEMBER 5, 2023
Learning from Early Hurdles The beginning of Laurens' Scrum journey was marked by a challenging project that ultimately failed. However, it was this very experience that highlighted the true efficiency of Scrum – the ability to fail fast and learn faster.
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When the Scrum Master Fails by Being Overly Protective — Making Your Scrum Work #13
Scrum.org
JUNE 10, 2021
TL; DR: When Scrum Masters Fail — Making Your Scrum Work #13. However, this also implies that Scrum Masters fail when they are overly protective. ?? However, this also implies that Scrum Masters fail when they are overly protective. ?? How Do Scrum Masters Fail by Being Overly Protective? Source : Scrum Guide 2020.
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Lost in Communication and Collaboration — Scrum Anti-Patterns Taxonomy (2)
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 25, 2023
Failing to plan, estimate, or report, causing mismatched objectives and capabilities, leading to conflicts and inefficiencies. Scrum Anti-Patterns Taxonomy — The Big Picture of Why Scrum Fails? Stakeholders assert budgetary control over feature priorities, disrupting collaboration and alignment with Agile values.
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How I passed the Google Project Management Certificate in a Week
Rebel’s Guide to PM
APRIL 5, 2023
Note your correct answers on quizzes You might fail a quiz (I certainly did) but that doesn’t mean you got all the questions wrong. speed Watch the videos on fast speed. Believe me, when people score your assignment as 0/10 and you fail, it really stings! If you submit on the deadline, you only need one reviewer.
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Women in Project Management: Rachel Mata
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JANUARY 21, 2021
This way, I could learn what I needed and implement it simultaneously, try, fail, try again, and succeed, while reading was the key. It is a fast-growing city, buzzy and extremely loud. Let me tell you something, the trick, in my case, is that I studied the topics that I was needing the most while something was going on at my job.
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"Ship It Fast": What It Means, Why It Matters, And How To Improve
Scrum.org
MARCH 26, 2021
One of the pillars of our book the Zombie Scrum Survival Guide , and the Scrum framework itself, is “Ship It Fast”. Shipping fast is important because it allows your team to learn what your stakeholders need and reduce the risks of creating the wrong things. And what is “fast”, actually? What Does “Ship It Fast” Mean? .
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Why you should schedule around people, not tasks
Rebel’s Guide to PM
APRIL 6, 2024
This change happened fast enough that common sense wisdom has not had a chance to catch up. Managing such a project with a Gantt chart is guaranteed to fail. In a positive development, project management is being brought down to the educational level and being taught in schools. Truly, the world is changing, and for the better.
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How To Spot Successful Scrum Masters
Scrum.org
DECEMBER 10, 2023
Attributes of Unsuccessful Scrum Masters Finally, we need to address traits of failing Scrum Masters, for example: Poor Facilitation : Ineffective facilitation of meetings and Scrum events can lead to disorganization and wasted time. They may fail to understand team dynamics or be unaware of the challenges faced by team members.
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The Peril of Adhering to Legacy Systems, Processes, and Practices
Scrum.org
AUGUST 13, 2023
It includes tasks and behaviors that undermine the philosophy of self-management, empowerment, and flexibility inherent to Scrum, failing to adapt, a reversion to non-Agile practices, or even an outright rejection of Agile principles. Outsiders decide when and what to release or fail to release.
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The Best Team Ever — David Burkus on the Surprising Science of High-performing Teams
Scrum.org
MAY 31, 2022
And why are we still so surprised about which team members excel, and which ones fail? His insights on leadership and teamwork have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review, USAToday, Fast Company, the Financial Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, CNN, the BBC, NPR, and CBS This Morning.
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What Capacity Check? — Making Your Scrum Work #23
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 22, 2021
The Problem : Before the Sprint Planning, the Developers failed to identify their capacity for the upcoming Sprint, resulting in less-informed creation of the Sprint Goal. I invite you to join the “Hands-on Agile” Slack team and enjoy the benefits of a fast-growing, vibrant community of agile practitioners from around the world.
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Professionalism in Scrum. What does it mean to be a Professional
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 14, 2020
Every day organisations are starting and failing with business agility, praise and blame Scrum. Accept that our plans fail. Some of them will work, and some of them will fail, but it doesn't matter what will be the result - you will learn, become more experienced and try other experiments. Doing Scrum is not enough!
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Unlocking Agile Success: Aligning Your Organizational Design with Strategic Focus
Scrum.org
MARCH 19, 2023
This means that they need to prioritize experimentation, embrace risk-taking, and be willing to fail fast and pivot even faster. In terms of adaptability, product-centric organizations must be able to pivot quickly to respond to changes in customer demand and emerging technologies.
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3 Wide-Spread Scrum Master Failures in 5:31 Minutes
Scrum.org
APRIL 12, 2021
Learn more about three widespread examples of how Scrum Masters fail their team in three short video clips, totaling 5 minutes and 31 seconds. ?? There are plenty of possibilities to fail as a Scrum Master. Given that Scrum is a framework with a precise and concise yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone.
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5 Ways You May Unintentionally Create Schedule Risks
Project Risk Coach
MAY 7, 2018
The Problems with Crashing, Fast Tracking, and other Schedule Compression Techniques Do you feel uncertain about your project schedule? Fast tracking. Consequently, this technique may increase your risk and requires good communication and coordination; otherwise, it may be anything but fast. It can be great. What happened?
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Prisoners of Retrospectives — Making Your Scrum Work #24
Scrum.org
JULY 11, 2022
The team does not address critical issues, or they address the problems but then fail to follow up on previous change decisions.) . The team wins together; the team fails together. No psychological safety: The Retrospective is an endless cycle of blame and finger-pointing.
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When Is It Time to Stop Using Scrum?
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 31, 2022
I am also not referring to situations where your team fails to solve the perceived problem of your customers for technical reasons or because there is no problem to solve in the first place. (As Therefore, both areas are unsuited for using Scrum from the start.
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The Agile Culture gap
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 22, 2021
Fast changing markets increase the risk to miss opportunities, which uncovers that organizations are often too slow. Leaders fail to create the right culture for Agile to thrive. Many organizations nowadays have an urgency to adopt Agility. However, they miss the most important factor to make a change towards Agile successful: Culture.
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Top 10 Must-Read Books on Collaboration on Projects
Rebel’s Guide to PM
JUNE 22, 2022
It centers on the fact that even with the best project management skills in the world, projects still fail without good people management skills. Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers is the book I wish I had written. ISBN: 9781292009377. Business Networking follows the story of Brian and his journey into business networking.
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Setting up IT infrastructure for a Small Business
Binfire
OCTOBER 9, 2023
In a fast-changing business landscape, you need to set up a robust IT environment for your small business. Your team of workers needs fast-speed computers that will connect to the server. No matter how fast the workload grows, it should not affect performance/speed. A small business environment comprises different IT components.
The Psychology of Forecasting Uncertainty
LiquidPlanner
MAY 9, 2022
Have you heard the project management saying that failing to plan is planning to fail ? Kahneman, Thinking, Fast and Slow, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011. . Planning for Failure can Produce Success. Thinking about that a little more deeply, do you think we might be better off if we plan for failure ?
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Sustainable Agility at the Enterprise Level — Jorgen Hesselberg at the Agile Camp Berlin 2021
Scrum.org
JULY 15, 2021
In this highly engaging speaker session on sustainable agility from the Agile Camp Berlin 2021, Jorgen Hesselberg delves into the root cause of failing agile transformation efforts: Rejection by the organization as the transformation does not address the organization’s needs.
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The Illusion of Velocity
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 5, 2023
Beyond the Illusion of Velocity: Agile Metrics for Insight and Adaptation Traditional management metrics, while offering the illusion of control, often fail to provide the insight necessary for dealing with complex, knowledge-based tasks. Harvard Business Review.
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Agility and Scrum According to OpenAI’s ChatGPT — Be Surprised!
Scrum.org
DECEMBER 4, 2022
So far, that is OpenAI’s ChatGPT most prolific answer, ticking many boxes at the heart of successful transformation, from Kaizen spirit to flexible processes to fast decision-making, and, lastly, the importance of collaboration and communication. . Question 5 : “What are agile practices and methodologies?”.
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The Crucial Role Of Product Ownership In Challenging Times
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 11, 2023
Examples of Failed Product Ownership: Losing Touch with the Market Before delving into the shining examples of invincible companies, it's instructive to examine the other side of the coin: instances where poor product ownership led to an erosion of market share or even the demise of a once-thriving business.
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The Scrum Trap: How Unfit Practices Will Harm Return on Investment
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 26, 2023
Scrum’s fast-feedback-loop approach to risk mitigation, for example, during the Daily Scrum or Sprint Review, avoids loss aversion or falling victim to the sunk cost fallacy. Empowering steering committees to override Product Owner decisions : This undermines the Product Owner’s role in maximizing the value of the work of their teammates.
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Scrum Master – Hire a Professional or Promote from Within?
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Organizations want more and they want it fast. Failing to Hire a Professional Scrum Master Will Cost. The 15th State of Agile report from digital.ai states that the second most popular reason for adopting Agile was to accelerate software delivery. The third reason given was to increase team productivity. The results are clear.
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5 Ways You May Unintentionally Create Schedule Risks
Project Risk Coach
DECEMBER 19, 2016
The Problems with Crashing, Fast Tracking, and other Schedule Compression Techniques How do project managers unintentionally create schedule risks? Fast tracking. Consequently, this technique may increase your risk and requires good communication and coordination; otherwise, it may be anything but fast. Making sequence mistakes.
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How to Initiate a Project Steering Committee
Project Risk Coach
NOVEMBER 26, 2018
PMO Director or Project Services Manager) fails to involve stakeholders in evaluating project management. The Steering Committee determines the required changes, how much change is needed, and how fast changes need to occur. Evolve at a healthy pace, not too fast and not too slow. Be patient. Listen carefully.
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Linking Strategy to Everyday Work — John Cutler at the Agile Camp Berlin 2021
Scrum.org
JULY 22, 2021
Some notable posts include The Evolving Product Manager Role , Persona(s) Non Grata , 12 Signs You’re Working in a Feature Factory , and Stop Setting Up Product Roadmaps To Fail. . Meet John Cutler. Related Content. All speaker sessions of the Agile Camp Berlin 2021. Sustainable Agility at the Enterprise Level—Agile Camp Berlin 2021.
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Time Estimation for Project Managers: Tips & Techniques
ProjectManager.com
SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
A 2018 study by the Project Management Institute (PMI), in its Pulse of the Profession report, stated that poor time estimating is the root cause for 25 percent of failed projects. Time Estimation Matters. With those odds, whoever can figure out how to stop the clock is going to be a super project manager.
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Lessons from a PST on preparing for the PSPO III exam - spoiler alert, I failed the first time
Scrum.org
MARCH 29, 2023
My PSM PST Journey For my Professional Scrum Master PST qualification, my process was pretty fast as I was through the process within 6 months. The difference between passing and failing was only a few % points but i was really reluctant to retake the test. It was a very positive and encouraging experience.
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The paradox of Sprinting at a Sustainable Pace
Scrum.org
JUNE 3, 2022
To run as fast as you can over a short distance , either in a race or because you are in a great hurry to get somewhere. What could go wrong "running" as fast as we can? Once you start compromising continuous improvement, quality and fail reaching your sprint goal, go back. Definition of Sprint. Cambridge Dictionary.
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The Three — Wait: Four — Elements of Empiricism
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 19, 2022
September 27, 2022 : Join 200-plus peers at the 45th Hands-on Agile Meetup: FAST: An Innovative Way to Scale with James Shore. Consequently, instead of mitigating risks, we may achieve the opposite only to be discovered when the Increment is available, failing to deliver the impact we sought in the beginning. Empiricism.
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Applying The Grit Triad to an Agile World
The IIL Blog
MAY 24, 2023
In an Agile environment, practitioners learn to design, fail fast, iterate, and deploy. Allowing space to fail in the process of iteration is part of best outcomes, and the aspect of audacity considered in this final leg of the Grit Triad. Shifting responsibility or blame destroys a team.
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Three Wide-Spread Stakeholder Failures in 6:05 Minutes—Making Your Scrum Work #8
Scrum.org
MAY 17, 2021
Explore with me three widespread examples of how stakeholders fail their Scrum teams in three short video clips, totaling 6 minutes and 5 seconds. ?? As a result, everyone played safe, which resulted in short-term orientation as not-failing became more important than innovation. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?
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