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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. While scrum has been scaled to apply to bigger projects and organizations, its roots are in agile software development and has come to work seamlessly in that smaller, nimble environment.

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5 Steps to Finding the Path to Business Agility

International Institute for Learning

We can use many patterns that have been identified and verified as good practices across many industries, including construction, government, telecommunications, travel, finance software development, and so on. We must walk the path to lean agility. However, knowing the path is not enough.

Agile 59
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How To Become a Successful SAFe Agile Coach?

Agilemania

Knowledge of agile software development. The SAFe Agile Coach is supposed to enable the agile teams in their SAFe adoption, and they also learn a variety of Lean techniques/tools to improve the flow of value in their agile teams. Experience as a Scrum master or with the agile methodology. Interpersonal skills and patience.

Agile 98
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The Functions of a Project Management Office

Project Pulse Journal

A Project Management Office (PMO) is a centralized department within an organization that standardizes the governance of projects. Controlling PMO Industry Application - A controlling PMO is common in regulated industries like pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and finance. What is a Project Management Office?

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How To Become a Successful SAFe Agile Coach?

Agilemania

Knowledge of agile software development. The SAFe Agile Coach is supposed to enable the agile teams in their SAFe adoption, and they also learn a variety of Lean techniques/tools to improve the flow of value in their agile teams. Experience as a Scrum master or with the agile methodology. Interpersonal skills and patience.

Agile 84
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What does a project manager do?

Planio

During this phase, there’s a lot of box-ticking and governance to ensure everyone understands their ongoing requirements. Learn from their mistakes and lean on them for insights. He confirms the benefits outweigh the investment and puts the business case to the Finance Director for approval.

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The new project manager’s survival guide: 20 expert tips to follow

Planio

Lay your cards out by creating a solid governance structure. Lean into risk management straight away. Unlike a software developer, graphic designer, or accountant, your job isn't to do the doing , your job is to ensure the doing gets done. Lay your cards out by creating a solid governance structure.