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Return On Investment Vs Lean Agile Metrics for Strategic PMs

The Strategic Project Manager

There are well-established ways to evaluate investments – and potential projects – for an organization. However, the speed of change has made these methods less reliable – and ushered in a more lean-agile approach to metrics. Traditional financial metrics like ROI (and others to be explored below) are still relevant!

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Useless Agile Metrics

Scrum.org

Some of these metrics include: Individual Performance Metrics or Velocity: Measuring individual productivity or comparing team members based on hours worked, lines of code, or tasks completed can harm collaboration and teamwork, and it goes against the agile principle of focusing on the team’s collective success.

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The Illusion of Velocity

Scrum.org

Moreover, get an idea of how to start flipping outdated hierarchies and embrace the natural rhythm of productivity and innovation. ? Exclusively on my Substack Newsletter : Product Owner Anti-Patterns — An Excerpt from the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide (2). ?

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How do you implement SAFe agile in your organization?

Agilemania

But how has it managed to stay in the limelight for over a decade? Source: 15th State of Agile Survey. And, lastly, 40% indicated Inadequate management support and sponsorship. The groundwork for SAFe was formed in 4 knowledge areas – agile software development, lean product development, systems thinking, and DevOps.

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Agile vs Waterfall: Embracing the Hybrid Project Revolution

NimbleWork

The community largely accepted Agile and Waterfall as mutually exclusive project management paradigms. Critics of Waterfall believed that the world for a phase-gated and static project management style no longer exists. So, what is the Waterfall methodology for project management?

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Remote team project management: 5 tips to avoid micromanaging

Resource Guru

Nothing sinks a remote project team faster than micromanagement. This creates a recipe for burnout and ruins morale and productivity. Yes, we get that it seems harder to stay in the loop on a project when your team is working remotely—but micromanaging isn’t an effective or sustainable solution.

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Use the OGSM Strategy Framework to Align Strategy and PM

The Strategic Project Manager

It outlines the framework, provides lots of examples of each of the components, and provides the linkage between the OGSM framework and both the strategy function and the practice of project management. Operational : Improve product quality to reduce defects by 20% within the next six months. What Is the OGSM Strategy Framework?