The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This post queries whether a Chief Information Officer (CIO) position might be a good and realistic goal for a project manager. We’ll come back to that later after surveying the landscape. Strategic Roles – Transition to strategic roles such as IT strategy consultant, business analyst, or enterprise architect.

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Our team at Envorso, a boutique consulting company comprised of West Coast software and Rust Belt manufacturing leaders from companies like Microsoft, Ford Motor Company, Meta, and Rivian, has been front and center for this massive transformation. Once the system was built, it took just a matter of days to run through the process.

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Teamweek

MARCH 6, 2024

TL;DR — Key Takeaways Upskilling is the process of acquiring relevant skills or improving existing skills to keep up with the changes in tech or requirements in a job role. Upskilling is the process of acquiring relevant skills or improving existing skills to keep up with the changes in technology, requirements for a role, or industry trends.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 26, 2020

If running the cargo cult agile survey is the ‘inspection,’ then consider adapting your approach to being agile by kicking-off a discussion among the stakeholders of your organization’s endeavor. What Is the Purpose of the Cargo Cult Agile Survey? Stakeholders bypass Product Owners by talking directly to developers or the CTO.

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MPUG

AUGUST 31, 2020

Here is what is so baffling especially now: all non-US contracts I’ve ever signed include a boiler-plate Force majeure clause, but those are clicked through faster than the legalese on a social media app, and this class of risk is rarely reflected in any of the planning exercises that these contracts pertain to. Have you taken it yet?

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nTask

JULY 2, 2019

At the same time, if that company does not have a managerial process regardless of a qualified project manager on board, the software is just what it is… a mere tool. In terms of their experiences with project management programs, we recently surveyed different IT and non IT industries from all over. They said, “Jira sucks.”

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