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Can Scrum Leadership Thrive Without Authority?

Scrum.org

I'd like to share some reflections on the essence of Scrum leadership. The conventional view of leadership often revolves around authority and power. This concept can initially seem counterintuitive, but it's crucial for creating a genuinely effective Scrum environment. It asks us to rethink how we lead and influence others.

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What Is Kanban? Meaning, Definitions & Best Practices

ProjectManager.com

In fact, kanban has grown so much in popularity, there are now countless project management tools to help people plan and prioritize tasks on kanban boards, which are visual panels with virtual cards that can be moved around by the user to arrange orders of tasks or to-do items. Kanban is all the rage in project management. What Is Kanban?

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Servant Leadership in PMO Management: A Path to Success

The IIL Blog

However, the traditional hierarchical management approach is evolving, giving rise to the concept of servant leadership within PMOs. Servant leadership is a leadership philosophy where the leader’s primary focus is on serving and empowering team members within the PMO. Attracting and Developing Talent The Talent Challenge.

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Product Manager vs Project Manager – What’s the Difference?

ProjectManager.com

While both are leadership roles and the titles are similar, there’s a difference between a product manager and a project manager as Jennifer Bridges, PMP, explains. Whereas product managers might rely on agile product development, lean manufacturing processes or lean software development methodologies. Certifications.

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How to Develop Your Personal Project Management Philosophy

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Take a step back and develop your own personal philosophy for work. In this article, you’ll learn how to develop a leadership philosophy for your projects and what skills are useful to underpin your chosen ways of working. Developing your own philosophy doesn’t have to be a complicated process. Agile projects?

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Agile Beyond IT: Lean Thinking

The IIL Blog

By Alan Zucker Agile is a mindset described by a set of values and principles. It developed the just-in-time delivery model, which freed up working capital. The base is Leadership, Systems Thinking, and Process Integrity. Lean is industry-agnostic and offers insight into agility. Toyota was a Lean pioneer.

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Project Manager Job Description (with free copy+paste examples!)

ProjectManager.com

We regularly feature project management resources to help train PMs to land jobs in the industry or develop better skills in their current role. Project managers plan, budget, monitor and report on the project with project management tools , sometimes pitching the idea of the project or being assigned to it once it’s already been approved.