Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 21, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Adaptive project management is a vital strategy in a world where project landscapes are shifting. This methodology is distinguished by its flexibility, allowing project teams to modify strategies and operations in response to evolving requirements, stakeholder feedback, and external changes.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Prince2 Lean Software Review 52

Planview

JANUARY 2, 2020

Even in organizations where teams were already practicing Agile, it was common for senior leadership to favor the more traditional portfolio management due to their comfort with detailed project plans and heavier governance. Agile teams are largely self-governing. Senior leaders provide space to innovate, but not how.

2019 103

2019 Agile Lean Governance 103

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Change Management The approach to plan and implement strategies that guide individuals and organizations through a change (e.g., This is generally initiated by the customer/client or stakeholders. Lean A project management philosophy that aims to maximize value while minimizing waste. effectively and efficiently. of a project.

Development Team Review 148

Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

Planio

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Along with other inputs, such as customer research , a business case helps organizations assess the actual need for their projects, creating a firm foundation for effective product strategy and decision-making. Economic return: Can the initiative deliver a return on investment? Jump to a section: What is a business case?

Initiating 78

Initiating Finance Lean Risk Management 78

Scrum.org

APRIL 8, 2021

Governments, businesses and NGOs have aspirational goals. A company vision might span several business strategies which concludes that higher- and lower-level goals might represent a 1-many relationship. Figure 2 One-to-Many Relationship from Strategy to Tactics. Any initiative without a clear goal is futile.

2007 218

2007 2011 Risk Management 2020 218

Agilemania

OCTOBER 27, 2022

Business Owners are key stakeholders and are primarily responsible for governance, fitness for use, and ROI for solutions the art is developing. Contribute to the release-on-demand strategy to help teams release value at the right time. Business Owners could also be the Epic Owners to guide major enterprise initiatives.

Technical Review 98

Technical Review Lean Governance Government 98

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JANUARY 30, 2020

Agile is moving beyond technology and is now widely used in financial services, government, and professional services companies. They grant you initial permission to explore the wide and wonderful world of agile. This blog post is written by Strategy Execution Instructor Alan Zucker. Once inside, there are many paths to travel.

Certification 109

Certification SCRUM Lean PMO 109

Planview

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

How quickly does your organization adapt and respond to changes, and at what speed does your team deliver on top-down strategies? Also, is your organization considering all work methods to achieve the strategy that actually delivers what your customers want? Connecting Strategy to Delivery.

PMO 60

PMO Lean Governance Government 60

Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Product life cycle is linked to creativity, invention, and insight – a method, a discipline, and a formal process followed by a company from the initial conception of an idea till the market launch of the physical product. Making high-impact investment decisions that aligns strategy and execution.

Governance 98

Governance Government Innovation Lean 98

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2017

Today I’m interviewing Karen Chovan, MASc, PEng, PMP, who has dedicated her career to helping others deliver clean, lean and green approaches to project and programme management. She’s inspired a ton of businesses to shake up how they manage their projects. I just wonder what will come next.

Sustainability 168

Sustainability Lean Construction Engineering 168

Henny Portman

MARCH 15, 2019

DAD is characterized by the following aspects: Hybrid: combines Scrum, Agile Modelling, XP, Unified Process, Kanban, Lean, Outside-In Development (OID) and other methods. DAD starts from team initiation all the way to delivering the solution to its end users. Full delivery cycle. Scrum offers only a development cycle.

Technical Review 53

Technical Review Agile Lean Cadence 53

Planview

MARCH 6, 2020

Success requires becoming a more “Adaptive PMO,” evolving how you plan, govern, and empower delivery teams to do their best work. It shows the evolution from a traditional portfolio management approach to a modern or lean portfolio management state. Provide ‘just enough’ governance.

PMO 78

PMO Agile Planning Governance 78

Henny Portman

APRIL 3, 2020

To scale corporate startups successfully and develop an entrepreneurial culture the following building blocks need to be implemented: Growth Strategy : Growth strategy and Portfolio management (optimize the core, review the core, future growth innovation initiatives and the graveyard), C-level alignment.

Innovation 76

Innovation Lean Governance Government 76

Resource Guru

JUNE 7, 2023

Examples of project management methodologies (some of which we’ll take a closer look at later in this article) include Waterfall, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), Lean, PRINCE2 (PRojects IN Controlled Environments), and PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge). An example of the Lean project management methodology workflow.

Lean 52

Lean SCRUM Agile Project Life Cycle 52

The Strategic Project Manager

DECEMBER 30, 2021

This article explores some things that are happening in this growth area, why it exists, and implications for strategy and project management. At the same time, there are lots of professionals who have built careers in large businesses, government, small and medium enterprises, and non-profits.

Software Review 97

Software Review Technical Review Infrastructure PMI 97

ProProfs Project Management

JANUARY 9, 2020

Strategies to manage your resources efficiently. Requirements need not be defined during project initiation. Lean Six Sigma. One of the new, upcoming project management methodologies is lean six sigma. . The implementation of the lean six sigma framework relies on team collaboration. Flexible and iterative.

Prince2 122

Prince2 Lean SCRUM Governance 122

Planview

MARCH 9, 2021

Digital transformation strategies. Government agencies and larger institutions will be impacted the most; due to their size and bureaucracy, they're typically forced to do annual planning and are least likely to be able to shift how they plan and respond to changes. How teams and customers are going to communicate in the future.

Planning 78

Planning Lean Leadership Infrastructure 78

Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

Product discovery using the Design Thinking, Lean Startup, or Lean UX frameworks help, but in any case, a good Scrum Master will want the Scrum Team to be a part of this process (whether by participating in user interviews or running experiments). What is your strategy for and experience in handling these situations?

SCRUM 232

SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Agile 232

Leading Agile

AUGUST 9, 2023

It is always the systems first structure, governance and metrics, then practices, then culture. We don’t put the RAID governance strategies in place, we don’t put the right metrics, strategies in place. We are orthogonal to the practices and cultures that you’re trying to get to.

Agile 62

Agile Governance Government Infrastructure 62

Leading Agile

JUNE 2, 2020

Hasn’t everyone read the Lean Startup? When the Product Owner arrived with a high-value feature for marketing initiative with a date, the team was proud to pivot and work on that feature. The marketing initiative would not be scrubbed. The mobile team left in anger. All of those extra hours heroically working into the night.

Planning 83

Planning Influencer Governance Government 83

nTask

APRIL 28, 2021

A study by BCG/MIT finds that 90% of executives deem sustainability to be important, yet only 60% of companies incorporate sustainability as part of their business strategy, and even less (25%) integrate sustainability into the core of their business model. JIT is pull-system meaning investments are governed by process demand.

Sustainability 120

Sustainability Process Underperforming Technical Team Lean 120

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Agile A methodology for project and product management, typically used to deliver software projects in an iterative way with short bursts of work called “sprints” Though initially designed as a process for IT and engineering projects, it has since been successfully applied to other industries like marketing.

Software Review 393

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Lean Event Chain 393

Leading Agile

MAY 3, 2023

And so if you show up and like you say, “Hey, I want to adopt Agile,” but you know, you’re not familiar with the strategies or Agile governance strategies or such, right? ” There are a bunch of different things, right? There’s just a lot of stuff to unwind. I think SAFE is fine.

Agile 62

Agile Technical Review Governance Government 62

Leading Agile

MAY 12, 2020

Professions such as Medicine, Law, Beauty, Teaching, Transportation, Security, Accounting, Engineering, and Project Management all have one thing in common; certifications and internal governance. Pretty soon, business and IT leaders join forces to orchestrate dependencies and implement Lean pull systems.

Transportation 71

Transportation Cadence Engineering Agile 71

Leading Agile

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Today, Mike Cottmeyer sits down with Andrew to discuss how LeadingAgile is talking about OKRs and KPIs, the impact governance and teaming strategies have on your ability to run them effectively, why your project mentality might be getting in the way, and how you can get started using them in your business. Okay, cool. That was awesome.

Underperforming Technical Team 69

Underperforming Technical Team Sustainability Governance Government 69

Project Accelerator News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

A colleague at the time joked that we needed a “Source-Out-To-Help-Out” government scheme to remind project decision makers of all their options! From strategy to service delivery, this cost-effective model for project delivery is underpinned by Stoneseed’s PMO, methodology and toolset. Your “why” is sacrosanct. And commit!”

PMO 40

PMO Lean Governance Government 40

Resource Guru

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Solution: Develop a robust marketing strategy, network, leverage referrals, and showcase your agency’s expertise through thought leadership. Solution: Develop a scaling growth strategy, invest in scalable infrastructure, and hire strategically. Solution: Stay informed, adapt strategies, and embrace innovation and change.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Budget 52

International Institute for Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Throw in the rich taxonomy of terms such as Waterfall, Lean, Agile, Scrum, XP, Sprints, phases, increments, and releases, and it’s easy to get lost in the terminology. A phase usually ends before the next one starts, and the sequence is traditionally 5 Phases: Initiation, Planning, Implementation, Controlling, and Closing.

Agile 83

Agile Technical Review Construction 2001 83

International Institute for Learning

MARCH 20, 2019

They will not hesitate to make strategic decisions whenever the time is right and not just in “strategy summits” where a chosen few executives make plans for the rest of the organization for a year or more. They do not start several initiatives all at once, keeping the amount of work in the system at a reasonable level.

Agile 63

Agile Underperforming Technical Team Prince2 Lean 63

Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

So leading Agile brings this idea of business capability, architecture, teaming strategies, flow-based governance, ultimately starting with business capabilities, but ultimately organizing around value streams, incremental and iterative transformation. We’ll figure it out once we get it moved.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Infrastructure Agile Governance 62

Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

So leading Agile brings this idea of business capability, architecture, teaming strategies, flow-based governance, ultimately starting with business capabilities, but ultimately organizing around value streams, incremental and iterative transformation. We’ll figure it out once we get it moved.

Technical Review 62

Technical Review Infrastructure Agile Governance 62

LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

An effective portfolio management strategy requires an in-depth analysis to understand where a company is, where they want to be and planning how they are going to get there. Such tools provide a solution to establish a prioritization process for projects that helps organizations govern their existing and future efforts.

Software Review 88

Software Review 2022 Software Planning 88

nTask

MAY 3, 2019

The majority of Scrum series certifications are associated with The Scrum Alliance, a globally recognized institute that was initially founded to promote Agile mindset in the software industry. CompTIA Project+ mostly has to deal with aggregating feedback from respondents, government representatives and research institutes.

Certification 159

Certification 2019 PMI Technical Review 159

Wrike

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

This shared understanding promotes effective communication, alignment of objectives, and collaboration, leading to enhanced teamwork and more successful process optimization initiatives. Imagine a large organization with multiple departments involved in a complex procurement process.

Artificial Inteligence 36

Artificial Inteligence Process Manufacturing Risk Management 36

Leading Agile

AUGUST 19, 2020

And so, from how we do governance and how we do project planning and how we do organizational structure, all those kinds of things, right, so there’s this big hop. Because those are the things that fundamentally get in the way how we govern, right, how we deal with cross cutting concerns. ” Like, “Okay, right cool.”

Agile 100

Agile SCRUM Governance Government 100

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

He recognized that something like a business model canvas would offer great potential in an entrepreneurial, Lean Startup context. Initially it might only be able to focus on one metric at a time. Whether you pitch a Business Model Canvas or a Lean Canvas, the outcome is usually the same in a large enterprise.

Governance 136

Governance Government Lean Sustainability 136

Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

It is promoted by Scaled Agile , who offer its own set of qualifications: SAFe for Teams For Lean-Agile team members in a SAFe Agile Release Train (ART). It will equip you with strategies and techniques for successfully implementing Lean and Agile projects. Lean Kanban University. Axelos PRINCE2.

Certification 115

Certification Agile Prince2 PMI 115