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The Scrum Master Role is Misunderstood

Scrum.org

Try to imagine 1995 through ~2005. They had been a manager of teams for many years. Its helpful to consider WHO were the early adopters? What was their interest in Scrum? What did they bring to the role of Scrum Master? It was common they had a well-established career. They were likely to have founded a company of their own.

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Project Management and Leadership – can you have one without the other?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Project management is a field that is becoming increasingly valued within both large and small organizations – our project management training has never been so much in demand! Companies tend to adopt a project management method such as PRINCE2® to ensure that everyone works to the same framework. So what are the differences?

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IT Governance: Definitions, Frameworks and Planning

ProjectManager.com

At its base level, IT governance is one or multiple processes that enable the IT staff to better manage risk and operate at its most efficient to the benefit of the organization on the whole. If you ask the business world, IT governance is all about managing performance for efficiency. Oversee the performance of IT managers.

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A Quick Guide to User Story Mapping

ProjectManager.com

He literally wrote the book about it, It’s All in How You Slice It , which came out in 2005. The idea of a user story as it applies here comes from software development and product management. ” The role would be project manager, the feature capability would be printing, and the benefit would be reviewing the chart on the wall.

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Managing Up: How to Manage Your Boss

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Let’s talk about managing up. What it means to manage upwards. Project managers aren’t the ones in charge. Managing upwards means managing sponsors and maintaining organizational commitment. Here are the 3 best tips for managing up with your boss that I took away from her presentation.

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The Hidden Power of Emotional Intelligence and Psychological Safety in Project Success

The IIL Blog

In the practice of project management, the focus is often placed on leadership to achieve success; however, leadership – no matter the style – is of little to no effect if the project manager has low EI and fosters psychologically unsafe environments. This suggests that implicit in every emotion is a tendency to act.

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What Comes Next After Scrum?

Scrum.org

Since I first started working with Scrum in 2005, I have wondered what would eventually come along to replace it. The global disruption caused by COVID-19 has further emphasised the need to be able to embrace change whilst managing risk in complex and unpredictable environments.

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