The Lazy Project Manager

MARCH 2, 2021

It was (and I still can’t quite believe this) one year ago that I last stepped off a plane after a visit to Geneva and Zurich to deliver a series of presentations and workshops for CERN and PMI Switzerland. It hasn’t all been bad. New keynote topics developed and ready (just call please). And guess what?

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Planio

APRIL 10, 2023

But it’s unfair to put all of the blame on outside influence. Rather than try to fix the problem, organizations squeeze their teams to the limit, which isn’t good for long-term business growth. Why is it so bad for teams and companies? Why is your team so overloaded? Revisit each team member’s core job tasks.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 16, 2022

We discussed creating a project team culture. Elizabeth: This week in the Project Management Cafe Facebook group we’ve been talking about team culture and various different bits and pieces, and I know this is something that you’re kind of an expert in, because you’ve been chipping in and answering the questions.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2024

Standish Group data reveals a startling 58% of Agile teams struggle with delays, budget issues, and dissatisfied customers. Moreover, recent surveys indicate 88% of these teams use Scrum. ? Because of widespread misconceptions about Agile, leading to poor implementation. But don’t worry! I’m here to help turn the tide ?,

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Stick with me, and we’ll explore what project requirements are, why they’re important, and some tips for developing good ones. First, they provide the project team with a shared understanding of the project’s goals and objectives. Stick with what you can influence: you know broadly what the objectives and goals are.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 5, 2022

As a community, we excel at putting our fingers on the sore spots of what teams and organizations do wrong. Some examples of good Scrum versus bad Scrum we all seem to agree on…. But how useful is it for members of a Scrum team or an organization that actually wants to succeed with Scrum? Why does it matter?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In many large organizations, Scrum teams fall into the ‘feature factory’ trap, focusing more on churning out features than creating real value. It’s too bad that this shift undermines Agile principles and hampers long-term success and innovation.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

In today’s competitive business landscape, having a stellar product development team can make all the difference between failure and success. Building a team of talented individuals who possess the right skills, expertise, and mindset can foster innovation, drive growth, and ultimately propel your business forward.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 17, 2023

The sales team sells unauthorized features to meet its quota. I will describe a conflict situation in a Scrum team. Your suggestions include surveys, talks, interviews, team meetings, games, exercises, or including other parties like stakeholders or line managers, and other useful practices. ChatGPT Prompt for Scrum Masters.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2023

As you reflect, have you experienced a leader who truly knows themselves, stands firm on their morals, and genuinely understands their team? ” It’s about leaders who consistently self-reflect and understand their journeys, whether good or bad. Authenticity goes beyond just being “real.”

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Project Risk Coach

JUNE 20, 2022

Create a Collaborative Project Team Environment 3. Second, be respectful to your team members, vendors, end-users, customers, and other stakeholders. And third, care about the project and your project team, as well as the project's impact on external stakeholders. And if you don't care about the project and team, who will?

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Project Risk Coach

AUGUST 15, 2016

In my project management workshops, I ask this question, “What are the top causes of project failure?” ” Nine times out of ten, I hear an answer — among others — related to poor communication. What happens when poor communication exists? Photo courtesy of Adobe Stock (edited in Canva).

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Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

Recently, the concept of “fluid teams”, “dynamic reteaming” or “ad-hoc teaming” has gained traction in the Agile community. Although the concept has many different definitions, a characteristic they share is that members move in and out of a team during its lifetime. The need for fluid teams.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 14, 2021

You might know that there are 33 official Liberating Structures, and its co-developers are Henri Lipmanowicz & Keith McCandless. Maybe you’re even part of the global community that helps to refine existing & develop new structures! Chances are you’ve heard about it as well. It’s the same with Liberating Structures.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 19, 2021

The following interview questions are neither suited nor intended to turn an inexperienced interviewer into an agile software development expert. The refinement is a continuous process to create actionable Product Backlogs that allow a Scrum Team to have a Sprint Planning at a moment’s notice. Spoiler alert: they aren’t identical.).

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Leading Answers

JANUARY 16, 2021

This article explains what a risk-adjusted backlog is, why they are useful, how to create one and how teams work with them. ' In deciding which feature to develop first, those with the highest economic value are selected. I do not think the teams have been weak at threat avoidance. What is a Risk-Adjusted Backlog?

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Wrike

JANUARY 23, 2024

From head to toe, you are examined and then deemed either fit as a fiddle or in poor health. You can even use the audit as a way to boost your internal controls and risk management processes, as this process typically highlights your company’s potential weaknesses and vulnerabilities.

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nTask

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Although there is a threat that there might be a shortage of risk management experts and professionals in the coming years, the number of risk management tools designed and developed for helping teams and organizations manage risks efficiently are rising in popularity and number. 1-3) for weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.

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MPUG

MARCH 18, 2021

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Jeff Bongiovani’s session, SIPOC Workshop Facilitation – Part 1, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Welcome to part one of MPUGs training course, SIPOC Workshop Facilitation. There may be exclusions, such as those steps included in product demonstrations.

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Proofhub

AUGUST 30, 2021

Enterprise Project Management (EPM) in general refers to a type of project management at a company-wide or cross-team scale. However, if the project objectives deviate too far from what was initially planned, then the entire team needs to seriously rethink whether the changes are legitimate and justified. 20, 200 or 2000 employees?—?ProofHub

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

This article, How to Create a Project Team Culture with Colin Ellis , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. We discussed creating a project team culture. How did you get into the whole area of working with teams on culture? I recently did a Live Q&A with Colin Ellis in my Facebook group.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 15, 2024

These strategies enhance team dynamics and facilitate time and budget management as the project progresses, whether for leading small teams or managing large-scale projects. Among these resources are models, methods, and artifacts that each play a unique role in aiding project managers and their teams to achieve project goals.

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Velociteach

JULY 31, 2023

Patrick Veroneau introduces an acronym called GREAT to understand the resistance we may be facing from our team. BILL YATES: We had such a great time as a team preparing these, you know, helping put these meals together, packaging them. It was so fun for the team to be together. It was a team-building event with a purpose.

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Planio

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Resources don’t just refer to the people on your project team, though. But what might influence your decision to allocate resources? Let’s look at some key factors that influence how you’ll choose where to allocate resources within your project: Project goals & objectives. High quality resources come with high costs.

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Scrum.org

JULY 11, 2021

In short: it’s very difficult to measure because even if a team or organization is successful, are they successful because of your contribution, or despite it? The success (or failures) of an Agile Coach or Scrum Master is not that straightforward to measure, and any causality with the success of a team you coach is difficult to prove.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

While everyone will appreciate the effort, participating in a 2-day workshop does not mean that they mastered navigating the waters of dual-track Scrum, for example. However, it is a sign of mistrust, though, if the management uses the budget permanently as a means of controlling the teams, making them “pitch” every two months or so.

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Susanne Madsen

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Are your projects delivered late, are they over budget, is quality poor, or do they not add sufficient value to the organisation and end customer? Sponsor workshop to improve senior management’s understanding of what it means to be a sponsor and how they can best contribute to successful project delivery.

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Admation

MARCH 11, 2024

Here's a look at some these indicators: Detecting the need for a new project management solution can be evident through several signs: Transparency Deficit : If your creative team and stakeholders are out of the loop about project statuses and remote access is non-existent, your current tool is inadequate.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

It has become increasingly important for individuals to take control of their career development. The Role of Career Mapping in Professional Development Career mapping plays a crucial role in professional development by providing individuals with a framework to make informed decisions about their career trajectories.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

More often than not in kind of either the IT product development space or IT services space. We like to consider ourselves kind of a full stack consultancy in the sense that you know, obviously, you have to deal with the work surface levels and what the teams are doing but you know, how do you orchestrate teams across dependency boundaries?

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Agile Coach

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

I’ve spent the last number of years in the Agile and OD/Change spaces, have had almost 200 people through my non-certified workshop on change and I’ve noticed something. That’s not a bad thing, that’s simply how Agile has incrementally picked away at organizational problems. And it got me thinking.

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Scrum.org

JULY 22, 2019

They may not be explicitly expressed by those experiencing it, but they do influence the dynamics of a group. And when you don’t see them, or don’t talk about them, it limits your ability as a team to grow and learn from it. There, they thoroughly impressed me with their experience in navigating conflicts in teams.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Product Development (#ProdDev). Agile Software Development (#ASD). The following material comes from conferences, workshop, materials developed for clients. Chartering the Team , Chartering empowers team members, both individuals and collectively. Enterprise IT and Embedded Systems (#EIT).

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Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp. Performance Evaluation of non?Markovian

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

And the same process is applied to the Scrum development processes on those projects. . Numerical anchors and their strong effects on software development effort estimates,” Erik Løhrea, and Magne Jørgensen, Simula Research Laboratory, Oslo. The Future of Systems-and Software Development. Springer International Publishing, 2016.

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Paymo App

JANUARY 19, 2018

Project managers always work in a team. They are most often sociable and great team players. Being flexible is key to team communication since you’ll be the builder and controller of the team. To be a great PM, you have to be a team leader, co-worker, and supervisor at the same time. No project is the same.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 22, 2018

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. Does that make sense to anyone who has worked in software development? Save Millions of Dollars?

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