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Project Management Job Titles: Understanding the Types of Roles in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Project Quality Manager Project Scheduler (often found in the construction industry or engineering) Project Risk Manager If you love agile project management, then look for a Scrum Master role — even though this is not the same as project management it might be a good fit for you. These are not delivery roles.

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5 Tips for Scrum Masters: Collaborating with Project Management for success in a transforming landscape

Scrum.org

As you deliver your speech, you realize that Scrum and Project Management, despite their apparent differences, face a myriad of common challenges. In this article, we will explore some tactics which I found valuable when I was in need to align Scrum with Project Management practices.

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What’s The Future of Project Management in 2023 and beyond?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The role of the project manager has long been shifting away from someone who can tick off tasks as complete on a Gantt chart and towards a strategic leadership position for effecting change in an organization. Project managers still provide an irreplaceably human combination of leadership, integration of specialists, and ethical behaviour.

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5 kinds of Agile bandits: Say/Do Metrics Bandits

Scrum.org

I once worked with an organisation where the PMO presented metrics that were manipulated to align with expected outcomes. This organisation, driven by the fear of leadership's reaction to the real numbers, chose to paint a rosier picture than the reality.

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Does your PMO hinder or help your agile transformation?

Kiron Bondale

So what can a PMO do to actively support an agile transformation? Encouraging staff who possess the right expertise, behaviors and attitude to train and take on Agile Lead/Scrum Master or Product Owner roles with coaching support. Evangelizing agile from the ivory tower instead of actively engaging with and supporting teams.

PMO 159
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What’s The Future of Project Management? (2020)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The role of the project manager has long been shifting away from someone who can tick off tasks as complete on a Gantt chart and towards a strategic leadership position for effecting change in an organization. Project managers still provide an irreplaceably human combination of leadership, integration of specialists, and ethical behaviour.

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?? Overruling the Product Owner? — Making Your Scrum Work #21

Scrum.org

There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Since Scrum is an intentionally incomplete framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. Update : Join the poll and its lively discussion on budgeting in Scrum. ?? The Scrum Guide on the Product Owner.

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