Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 11, 2022

However, beyond the bad news we’ve had to deal with since the beginning of this year, these changing circumstances have ushered in a different kind of enthusiasm for making process improvements in how we work together as well. Which Agile process techniques are most popular among marketers? Daily standups. Retrospectives.

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Techno-PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

This process of a business attempting to shift away from its previous way of doing things is 'Lean transformation'. What makes Lean transformation different from any other approach is its focus on the customer. It's unfortunate, but many organisations genuinely mean this when they say they're becoming Lean.

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Wrike

AUGUST 28, 2023

Lean Manufacturing is a methodology that aims to streamline business operations and eliminate waste in order to achieve maximum efficiency and productivity. By identifying and eliminating non-value-added activities, organizations can optimize their processes and improve overall performance.

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Henny Portman

JULY 26, 2020

Levine wrote with People Over Process – Leadership for Agility a very pragmatic and down to earth book about leadership and agile projects. The classic formulation of agile in the Agile Manifesto has no role for leadership. See the Quick Reference Card leadership for agilty. The book is divided into four sections.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 13, 2022

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. How do you develop a personal leadership philosophy? What is a project management philosophy?

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Resource Guru

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The problem is that when there’s no agency processes in place, and your team isn’t organized properly, the latter tends to take up a lot of time, and may make up more of your day than is spent on your client-facing projects. Enter the realm of agency processes — an essential way that you can win back your time.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

Lean operations are a strategic approach that aims to improve efficiency and profitability in businesses. By reducing waste and streamlining processes, companies can optimize their operations and achieve better results. Value Stream: Understanding and improving the end-to-end processes that deliver value.

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Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

Imagine initiating a project so effectively that it stays on track and aligns perfectly with organizational goals. In this article, we provide step-by-step tactics for " Initiating a Project " the right way. In this article, we provide step-by-step tactics for " Initiating a Project " the right way. What is Project Initiation?

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

However, only 5% of businesses have included leadership development. Leadership is a critical success factor for any organization. Providing practical and inspiring leadership can differentiate between an organization thriving or failing. The most important thing is that leadership is about more than just one person.

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Planview

JULY 9, 2019

This blog is part of a series on Lean portfolio management for the enterprise. If you haven’t already, we recommend reading: Part 1: What is Lean Portfolio Management? Part 2: Lean Portfolio Management: Lean Budgets and Investment Funding. Didn’t we just say that a centralized PMO undermined LPM?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 26, 2021

Organization and management team: This section shows exactly how the small business is organized, from day-to-day operations to its leadership team. It’s important to understand the options before beginning the writing process. These are three popular business plans for small businesses: The Lean Plan.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Excessive Planning and Control : The illusion of control among managers results in a tendency to over-plan and control every aspect of the development process. Moreover, invite interested stakeholders from other departments to participate in the initiative. Share successes widely to build a case for further lean initiatives.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 26, 2023

The very individuals tasked with the implementation are often sidelined during the decision-making process. You see, when leadership decides on a direction without involving those who'll be doing the heavy lifting, resistance is inevitable. They should be at the heart of the decision-making process. The root of the issue?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Integrating a learning perspective shifts our approach, opening doors to more agile, responsive, and sustainable change initiatives. Definition: Understanding transformation as a strategic approach to rethinking and reshaping organizational processes, culture, and goals. Setting leadership’s role in learning.

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Wrike

JANUARY 5, 2024

In the business world, organizations must come up with strategic planning processes that enable them to set ambitious goals, align their resources, and drive continuous improvement. In this article, we will delve into the intricacies of Hoshin Planning, exploring its role in strategic success, the implementation process, and more.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

TL; DR: The Illusion of Velocity In this article, I explore the pitfalls of ‘The Illusion of Velocity’ in agile contexts, peeling back the layers of traditional metrics as leadership tools. Moreover, I point to the advantages gained from leadership engaging directly with teams. It’s a direct measure of efficiency in the workflow.

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Kiron Bondale

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Never forget, “Individuals and interactions over processes and tools” “My agile is better than your agile” A single set of agile practices, roles, tools and techniques may be the right answer within one work context but could be less effective in a different one. But let’s not kid ourselves.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 16, 2020

However, beyond the bad news we’ve had to deal with since the beginning of this year, these changing circumstances have ushered in a different kind of enthusiasm for making process improvements in how we work together as well. Which Agile process techniques are most popular among marketers? Daily standups. Retrospectives.

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2020 Underperforming Technical Team Agile 2012 312

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In fact, in some lean or agile organizations, over-reliance on documentation is seen as a clear impediment to innovation and collaboration. The business case traditionally is a document that defines the core business benefit of a project in order to justify the expenditure of the initiative. Before You Start Your Business Case.

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Kiron Bondale

JUNE 20, 2021

This model works well for those situations where a sender doesn’t particularly care if a recipient has received, understood, processed and acted upon the communication such as a mass broadcast. If we analyze these activities through the lens of lean, none of these are value-add. So let me ask you a simple question.

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NimbleWork

MARCH 7, 2024

As the Agile project management framework reaches adoption maturity at lean, progressive and disruptive startup firms, many teams at established organizations are struggling to fully embrace the Agile project management framework at scale. Execute actionable guidelines based on a proven framework to realize these goals.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Business Analysis A process in which an individual identifies business needs, defines solutions and facilitates change to meet organizational goals. Change Control A formal process of documenting, reviewing, approving, and managing a change to a project’s scope, schedule, budget, or quality parameters.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

Anything that has a start and a finish, resulting in a product, is a project and its life cycle requires the oversight and leadership of a project manager. A project manager either takes a leadership role with an existing project team or creates one. Leadership skills. Excellent decision-making and leadership skills.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 7, 2019

They’re refocusing their efforts to align portfolios to finish strong for the fiscal year and are launching new initiatives to support strategic plans for the calendar year. High performing teams don’t just happen overnight, but competent project managers with great leadership skills can help motivate, coach and inspire teams.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Providing the content was a simple process and only took a few minutes. I was surprised that ChatGPT did not require some processing time, as it claimed it would be immediately available. Group them into categories such as culture, process, or organizational structure.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 13, 2022

When you look deeper, you see them struggling to cope with growing technical complexity, coordination costs across teams, and leadership bottlenecks. This affects product innovation as well as GTM innovation and other key business processes. . The trigger to “upgrade the operating system” is sometimes pro-active internal leadership.

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Moira Alexander

APRIL 24, 2017

Six Sigma: Define and Measure - an introduction to the Six Sigma methodology and DMAIC cycle for process improvement with a focus on the define and measure phases. Project Management Life Cycle - a course on how to apply project management tools, processes, and techniques for the successful execution of a project from initiation to closing.

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Planio

MARCH 9, 2021

Add too many new team members too quickly and you’ll burn through resources, get stuck in a never-ending cycle of onboarding, burn out your project managers , and risk injecting a ton of complication into your process. A lean product team strikes the perfect balance. A clear hiring process. A change management process.

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The IIL Blog

JANUARY 24, 2024

Regardless of the delivery approach used, the effectiveness of enabling project outcomes is highly dependent on power skills such as communication, collaborative leadership, problem-solving, strategic thinking, emotional intelligence, and more. Explore IIL’s Professional Certifications!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 17, 2021

Professor Tirado is a native New Yorker, and when he started out in this field he was one of 5 people in the world who married together managing initiatives through projects and industrial psychology. He said he had worked on many transformation initiatives where someone wasn’t happy about it. What is industrial psychology?

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Let’s start with what the Scrum Guide says about empiricism: “Scrum is founded on empiricism and lean thinking. Lean thinking reduces waste and focuses on the essentials.”. The emergent process and work must be visible to those performing the work as well as those receiving the work. Empiricism. Inspection. Adaptation. “If

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Scrum.org

APRIL 13, 2023

When you look deeper, you see them struggling to cope with growing technical complexity, coordination costs across teams, and leadership bottlenecks. This affects product innovation as well as GTM innovation and other key business processes. You might also call these OKRs, Distributed Leadership, Nimble, DevOps, Lean Startup, or Scrum.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

Rosanna Von Sacken, IAF Regional Director in Canada, defines facilitation as a set of four actions that the facilitator needs to complete to call it facilitation: Plan, prepare and design a facilitated session, applying the appropriate methods and processes, and developing the session materials. What is Facilitation?

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ProProfs Project Management

MAY 4, 2021

Once businesses have implemented their systems, the idea of having a process improvement plan goes right out of the window. Reasons for this under-utilization is multi-layered: Businesses do not have the time to review processes. Or worse still, most businesses do not even know how to review processes or implement changes.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 18, 2020

This is an ongoing process of continuous improvements, running inspection and adaptation. Secondly, in some organizations, the process of Agile Transformation takes many years, yet still, the results are unsatisfactory. People related to this process might ask themselves: "Why is that? Agile is not designed for us.").

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The IIL Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

Frankly, even if that does happen in some projects, in larger initiatives, the teams may want to have a project manager to handle logistics, coordination, and other ad-hoc tasks, which can be quite overwhelming yet are important for the team. Others with agile and servant leadership qualities might take on the role of scrum master.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 13, 2021

46% of the organizations reported they are inconsistencies in practices and processes. 41% proclaimed absence of leadership to be the main problem. Scaled Agile Framework is a knowledge base of proven, integrated principles, competencies for attaining business agility using Lean, Agile, Systems Thinking, and DevOps.

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