Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

The ‘project manager’ job descriptions have a wide variety of roles and duties, which can make it hard to know what’s right for you. What ‘project manager’ means to one business will be slightly different to how another company uses the term. That’s what a project is.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

Kanban and scrum are agile project management methodologies that can be used for similar purposes, but each has its unique pros and cons. Well, it’s a trick question, because it depends on what that project is, the nature of your organization and which path is best for your team. What Is Kanban? What Is Scrum?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 7, 2023

Yes See the course 5 Career Success Specialization University of California, Irvine Early career professionals wanting rounded business skills 3.9 Yes See the course 5 Career Success Specialization University of California, Irvine Early career professionals wanting rounded business skills 3.9 That’s a lot to work through!

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Whether you’re making the move to Agile project management in your development group or creating an Agile process for your in-house project management methodology, chances are you’re going to have to sell this change to executives in your organization. And, they’re going to be business people too.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

So what do you need to know? In this article, I’ll outline what’s currently announced about the changes and how you can prepare. What is changing with the latest update? What domains will be tested? Do you need agile experience to take the exam? What do I need to do? I didn't know. I didn't know.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

But what does it take to get there? And this article is a summary of what they replied. It’s a lot to read, so here are some spoilers drawn from common themes I heard time and time again in the interviews: Agile : if you don’t know enough about it, you need to start learning. Find her on Twitter.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

What is PRINCE2®? It’s a predictive methodology, although PRINCE2 Agile ® allows for agile frameworks. PRINCE2 Agile ® came along in 2018 to enable PRINCE2® to work with agile concepts like timeboxing and Kanban. Ensure continued business justification A PRINCE2® project needs a business case.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Can you believe the Agile Manifesto has been around 20 years? What astounds me is that it’s in my lifetime: in my working career, actually. The Agile Manifesto has probably had the greatest impact on how projects are done – even how non- agile projects are done. The Agile Manifesto date was 11-13 February 2001.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 30, 2024

ProjectManager’s powerful Gantt chart is better than what Asana and ClickUp offer. What Is Asana? What Is Asana Used For? Agile management: For teams that work in an agile environment, they can track progress on tasks, plan sprints and integrate with third-party apps. That’s fair. Who Uses Asana? Asana is popular.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 19, 2023

Agile methods need Agile teams — teams that think differently and work in ways that support responsive delivery. An agile mindset, and a set of shared values, principles, and often Agile tools, help Agile teams succeed. So why are agile teams different to other types of ‘classic’ project team?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

So what are the emerging trends in project management that are going to shape how you do your job in the future? What you can do. Businesses that resisted the shift to Zoom meetings are now embracing the flexibility that remote teams give them. Change is inevitable – we all know that. And how can you benefit from them?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 7, 2022

Agile principles are the foundations of agile. Agile is a project management methodology that allows development teams to set up a dynamic work management framework. This method is based on 12 guiding principles, known as agile principles. What Are the 12 Agile Principles? Agile Core Values.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Many organizations are looking for ways to digitally enable their businesses – often through new technologies – in order to improve performance or gain a competitive advantage. But many digital transformation projects fail because organizations begin these initiatives without a clear idea of what they want to achieve. Key takeaways.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 6, 2024

The nature of the modern business environment is constantly evolving. Martin, former dean at Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, gives an example of how work is a series of projects in an article in the Harvard Business Review: Think of a freshly hired assistant brand manager for Olay at P&G.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Did you know, one survey found that the most common reason to adopt agile is to be able to deliver products more quickly? Yet the same survey found that 75% of people did not believe their organisation had a culture that supported agile ways of working. So, what can you do about this? Discovering the recipe for team agility.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 30, 2024

This is also what the trends show us from the thousands of people in over 100 countries who are using the free Scrum Master Improvement Self-Assessment. So that is what we are going to unravel and create some clarity around in this article. Are we bringing an Agile Mindset and embodying an empirical approach?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

The success of an adaptive organization hinges significantly on the capabilities of its people, which often raises the question of how to select people for agile teams. Outcome orientation : They focus on delivering valuable business outcomes , as opposed to frameworks and processes. Secondly, they focus on outcomes over process.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 24, 2024

Reflecting on my journey through the realms of agility and organizational dynamics, I've come to realize that agility is often misunderstood. The true essence of agility lies in its ability to transform not just processes but mindsets. One of the primary hurdles is the misconception that agility is the goal itself.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 17, 2024

Often, Agilists rely too heavily on things that don’t demonstrate real business value. But agile transformation isn’t a black art. A Basecamp is an intermediate step along the agile journey that allows you to measure progress and claim an intermediate victory before the next leg of your transformation journey.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 5, 2024

Agility is supposed to be about enabling people to do their best and most creative work. And yet, we often see so-called agile practices and frameworks being used in ways that are more about trying to control outcomes and people. And I will bring in other perspectives to help shift our relationship to productivity.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

The mantra “adapt or perish” has never been truer than in today’s breakneck business environment. But what if there's a more dynamic, resilient way? Integrating a learning perspective shifts our approach, opening doors to more agile, responsive, and sustainable change initiatives. What Is Transformation Strategy?

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Technical Review Sustainability Agile Initiating 166

Leading Agile

APRIL 3, 2024

Not every agile transformation looks the same. To ensure that your transformation is heading in the right direction, you must first understand the value system of your business and the demands of the markets you serve. Not every part of the business needs to be in the upper right-hand quadrant to get the benefits of agile.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 30, 2024

In times of organizational challenges, the temptation to cut costs often leads some to view Agile frameworks as a luxury rather than a necessity. However, dismissing Agile as a luxury is a mistake that comes from underestimating the transformative power of Agile frameworks for solving complex problems.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 9, 2023

I have been working on agile projects for the past 10 years. A couple of years ago, I asked by an executive how he would know if the money they invested on setting up these agile release trains was working? He was essentially asking me to prove the “ROI” for agile and to measure delivery of value.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 10, 2023

TL; DR: How To Spot Successful Scrum Masters In this article, I unravel the secrets of what makes a Scrum Master not just good but amazingly outstanding. Exclusively on my Substack Newsletter : The Importance of Quality for Agility — An Excerpt from the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide (7). ? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 4, 2023

But what moves it forward? What Is Digital Transformation? Digital transformation refers to integrating digital technologies into all business areas, resulting in fundamental changes to operations and delivering value to customers. What Is Evidence-Based Management (EBM)? The answer lies in evidence.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Consequently, it needs to be augmented with tools and practices to apply its theoretical foundation to an organization’s business reality: what problems shall be solved for whom in which market? Let’s look at what practices and tools for collaboration and team building are not helpful when used with Scrum. ?

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Last week I was invited to give a lecture at the Free University of Amsterdam at the faculty for Digital Business Innovation. The lecture triggered many thoughts about the relevance of teaching Agile/Scrum. One might wonder how constructive that has been for learning true Scrum and Agile. Not exactly the best Agile experience.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 1, 2023

As 2023 draws to an end, like most of you, we’ve been busy taking inventory of how it went. In preparation, we’ve been pouring over this year’s data and we were curious to know what 2023’s top performing Field Notes were. Is SAFe Agile? And we tell everyone this is the way to do Agile or Agile at scale.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2024

Agile frameworks have revolutionized the product development landscape, improving collaboration and adaptability and fostering a focus on benefits provided to the customer. As organizations strive to quantify the productivity and effectiveness of their agile teams, the adage "you get what you measure" becomes increasingly pertinent.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 31, 2023

Sitting at lunch during Agile 2023, I felt deja vu. I have attended many Agile conferences. At Agile 2023, I did not feel that. The challenges they discussed could be traced to classic business change management issues rather than anything unique to agility. My first was in Chicago in 2009.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 26, 2023

TL; DR: Useless Agile Metrics Ideally, a metric is a leading indicator for a pattern change, allowing your Scrum team to analyze the cause in time and take countermeasures. However, what if you picked the wrong metrics? Learn more about useless agile metrics, from individual velocity to estimation accuracy to utilization rates. ?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 20, 2024

They also teach and mentor the team in Scrum and other agile practices, ensuring everyone understands why agility is needed in product development and effectively adapting agile ways of working to their context. They are accountable for promoting business agility and Scrum values within the team and the broader organisation.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 22, 2024

Nobody sets out to adopt agile just to adopt agile. Companies invest in agile because they think it will help them solve a business problem. They hope Agile will help the delivery teams work more efficiently, decrease defects, or provide a more collaborative working environment. So, what do they care about?

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Scrum is the most popular Agile framework. According to the latest State of Agile survey from Digital.ai, 90% of teams who are using an Agile framework are using Scrum. Let the team decide what works best for them. Teams should find out what works best for them, not works best for other people.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 31, 2024

I previously wrote about 5 ways productivity culture kills business agility. How frequently do you feel pressure to learn about the new trendy [fill in the blank] agile practice, read the books everyone is talking about, and keep getting more certifications? What is a helpful balance between structure and flow ?

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Leading Agile

APRIL 11, 2024

Agile is really about designing a System of Delivery that can produce the business results that matter to your executives and key stakeholders. The Elements of a System of Delivery First, let’s take a look at what a System of Delivery needs to have to be successful. So, what’s the right approach to creating these conditions?

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