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How to Fix 5 Project Management Skills Gaps

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I bet your project sponsor expects you to dive into the detail and understand why a line of code isn’t working, and strategically advise on business benefits as a result of your project… and everything in between. It also involves making sure that people know what their priorities should be.

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Exploring the controversy around SAFe's approach to Product Ownership

Scrum.org

Exploring SAFe’s Approach to Product Ownership What is SAFe’s perspective on the Product Owner role? SAFe takes the perspective of learning from experience in the trenches and what patterns organizations are using and applying lean/agile principles as needed to help organizations evolve. How does it differ from the Scrum Guide?

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The Agile Manifesto from a Lean Perspective

Scrum.org

What was really going through the minds of the builders? To what extent, for example, is the Manifesto a reflex of “lean thinking”? There’s a clear synergy between lean and agile practice, and attempts to tease them apart can often seem contrived and artificial. So where were you between February the 11th and 13th, 2001?

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How to Spot Trends Early and Pivot Your Marketing Strategy

Workamajig

As a marketer, you’re essentially in the business of trends. If you’re too late, you risk drowning out in the noise, or worse, coming across as unhip and out of touch. If you’re too late, you risk drowning out in the noise, or worse, coming across as unhip and out of touch. Pursuing trends can be tricky. Drill Down.

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Why Do We Glorify The 80 Hour Workweek, and What Can We Do About It?

Teamweek

Maybe, maybe that kind of schedule makes sense if you’re a new entrepreneur trying to get your business off the ground—notice the two maybes; even in that case I don’t think 80 hours a week is the right call. In a culture where our first question when meeting someone new is “What do you do?”, Illustration: Jo Zixuan Zhou.

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Top Solutions to Project Failure – Epicflow Research Part 2

Epicflow Blog

We’ve surveyed members of LinkedIn PM communities to find out what leads to project failure. Create a Solid Project Plan and Clear Business Case. Creating a clear business case and a critical path that designs your plans can help you plan well. then more often that not you’ll be fighting a losing battle!”

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.