Leading Agile

AUGUST 7, 2024

Complexity stands in the way of application agility. WHAT CREATES APPLICATION AGILITY? To achieve true application agility, we need a combination of automated tests, automated builds, clear APIs and contracts, robust DevOps pipelines, and responsible use of technical debt. At its core, a complex system creates a fear of change.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Management: This includes such processes as corporate governance , budget and employee oversight. It’s commonly used in industries that want to achieve leaner, more agile business models such as manufacturing, construction or healthcare. Ask yourself the tough questions, for example: What steps are creating roadblocks?

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WorkOtter

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Implementing a strong governance framework involves setting up clear processes for project approval, oversight, and review. Governance should be designed to ensure that all projects align with strategic goals and that they are executed according to standardized best practices. What is Portfolio Governance?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 17, 2025

TL; DR: Bridging Agile and AI with Proper Prompt Engineering Agile teams have always sought ways to work smarter without compromising their principles. Regarding generative AI, there is a better way for agile practitioners than reinventing the wheel team by teamthe Agile Prompt Engineering Framework.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The waterfall method makes use of Gantt charts for planning and scheduling; an example is below. Agile Methodology. What It Is: In a nutshell, Agile project management is an evolving and collaborative way to self-organize across teams. How do you know if agile is for you? Scrum Methodology.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

Hybrid Project Management: The Next Step for Agile. It’s certainly something I’ve used: ongoing iterations for development with significant customer involvement in the deliverables at all stages, but managed within a waterfall governance structure and life cycle. The future of project management needs to be more agile.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 12, 2022

Project governance is an important part of project management processes – even if it’s not the most exciting part of getting work done. Governance is a key part of that, and gate reviews are part of navigating through the project. Governance is a key part of that, and gate reviews are part of navigating through the project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Hybrid Project Management: The Next Step for Agile. It’s certainly something I’ve used: ongoing iterations for development with significant customer involvement in the deliverables at all stages, but managed within a waterfall governance structure and life cycle. The future of project management needs to be more agile.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 18, 2024

However, the tool has some issues, such as a steep learning curve, high implementation costs, limited customization options, complex integrations with other systems, potential issues with reporting and data visualization and a reputation for being less agile for fast-paced project environments.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Lean portfolio management is a process by which strategy is aligned with execution using a lean approach and agile portfolio operations and governance. Lean project management is part of an agile methodology that aims to increase customer value by removing project waste. Plus, they lead by example.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

For example, project management doesn’t have a specific method that we all use for document filing, different to, say, the way marketing or finance do document filing. Not something you’ll use on every project but your business might routinely need to use EVA if, for example, you do government contract work in the US.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 27, 2019

But greater flexibility generally requires a more skillful approach to governance and project management. An important business agility principle is that context counts. For example, in Figure 1 you see the process goal diagram for how a team may secure funding. Low financial risk when there is effective governance in place.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 21, 2021

Instead of rigidly adhering to a waterfall (predictive) or Agile (iterative) method, project teams pick and choose elements from the range of approaches to choose a way of working that suits them. These are all ideas that align with agile ways of working. I cannot truly say I’ve lead projects using agile techniques.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 1, 2024

I previously wrote about the meaning of self-management with examples in a Scrum context. It is my observation that very little guidance on how to actually achieve self-management is provided in the agile space, often leading to the chaotic scenarios or a path back to micro-management as I discussed in the aforementioned article.

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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. While scrum has been scaled to apply to bigger projects and organizations, its roots are in agile software development and has come to work seamlessly in that smaller, nimble environment.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Flexible approaches such as agile and Scrum have been found to be more effective than the traditional waterfall approach on many projects. As an example, different skills may be needed for strategic projects that demand radical rather than incremental changes from how the firm conducts business. This is no longer the case.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2022

The exact project tasks required might depend on the outcome of the design phase, or may change once you’ve carried out customer focus groups, for example. A rolling wave plan starts with knowing the major milestones or governance points. An example of what the chart will look like is shown in the picture below.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 19, 2021

Each of those headings has a list of bullet points underneath that give examples of how I have demonstrated those skills. Below, we’ll look at some examples of common project management skills for your resume. Then you can tailor your application to mention agile approaches, predictive or hybrid ways of working. Soft skills.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

As the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Agile Manifesto has arrived, it makes me look back at how the world has changed over the past 20 years and what it may look like over the next 20. . First and foremost, the use of Agile has grown well beyond software. driving the discussion of agile or at least agility.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

It’s a predictive methodology, although PRINCE2 Agile ® allows for agile frameworks. The History of PRINCE2® PRINCE2® is part of the best practice guidance that came out of the UK Office of Government Commerce. PRINCE2 Agile ® came along in 2018 to enable PRINCE2® to work with agile concepts like timeboxing and Kanban.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

For example: A Digital Project Manager will oversee projects to do with online initiatives, digital marketing, software, apps and so on. They may mainly work with agile approaches and often in a client-facing business such as an agency (although large firms may have in-house Digital PMs too).

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

It’s an agile activity which looks like it ought to be a no-brainer for teams…something they’d want to buy into, and of clear value to all. Everyone else seems to have more important matters to attend to than another piece of agile “fluff”. The canvas as an agile artefact. Lessons from a start-up. Why, though?

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 24, 2023

For example, our customizable kanban boards can visualize the workflow of your service requests, each column of the board being a step in the process to deliver that service. ITSM Framework Examples As we mentioned, enterprises use many ITSM frameworks, ITIL most commonly, together with a service desk to manage service delivery.

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Scrum.org

MAY 14, 2020

Agile has been around for a while now, but many firms still see agility as a software development solution. It’s no secret that agile software teams see all sorts of performance gains. . But the truth is that Agile frameworks work wherever we need to optimise learning and adaptability. Agile frameworks help us do that.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

He says that there will be people in your team who have worked on similar projects, for example, a target operating model or regulatory project, and their documents will fit the needs of your project. Iterating the Budget in an Agile Environment. Sol has a range of project budget templates drawn from past projects.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 16, 2022

For example, it could be: Improving project success rates. Supporting the implementation of agile approaches across the organization. Example PMO mission statements. Ministry of Works, Government of Bahrain. Finally, here’s an example from the University of Mary Washington Information Technology department.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Underneath, I list skills grouped together by: Interpersonal skills Leadership Each of those headings has a list of bullet points underneath that give examples of how I have demonstrated those skills. Below, we’ll look at some examples of common project management skills for your resume. Mine is called ‘Skills Profile’.

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Leading Answers

DECEMBER 21, 2017

My first opportunity to create and run a large agile team did not start well. Having had good successes with small to medium sized agile teams I was keen to unleash the benefits on a bigger scale. I was working for IBM at the time and was able to persuade my account manager to pitch the approach on one of our government projects.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 19, 2024

For example, using your project management software , budgeting and forecasting (although you would involve Finance for that) and scheduling. Governance management Program governance happens at 3 levels: Project level The project manager/project sponsor keeps the individual projects on track and reports progress to you.

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

To figure out how to deal with this and find the answers, we need some sort of governance model. Governance speaks to how we coordinate and manage the flow of work, decompose requirements, and make prioritization decisions and economic tradeoffs—all in the face of uncertainty. . Dependencies are a perfect example of this.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 18, 2020

In this article, I want to clarify the need for agility in modern businesses and what agility in organisational design actually is. For example, in the financial sector, many disruptors enter the market. Six Agile ingredients. We see that the future of many established businesses has become uncertain. Flexibility.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Why does Agile focus on values and principles rather than a prescribed set of steps? Agile exists to address the idea that no predetermined set of steps will lead to a predefined outcome. A great example of that are scrum values. No formula is going to guarantee a desired outcome.

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Inloox

JANUARY 5, 2022

Agile is here to stay. Even beyond Agile, there is a shift in thinking in the industry. Agile is here to stay Agile has always been something like the somewhat rebellious, younger, and cooler sibling in project management. But Agile has long since established itself as a full-fledged project management method.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 4, 2020

TL; DR: Lipstick Agile — Happiness in the Trenches? Have you noticed how many people in the agile field are unhappy with their work situation? A situation where an organization already struggles doing agile, not to mention ‘becoming agile?’ This is what I call lipstick Agile. three or four?”

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MPUG

JUNE 11, 2020

The introduction of detail planning techniques, other than traditional “waterfall” and the rapid adoption of Agile, in recent years indicates we are approaching another significant market re-definition. The governance processes which most IT organizations have developed and followed have to adopt to these conditions.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 2, 2022

The resulting portfolio will shift resources away from the downscaled unit, include smaller internal governance projects with an enormous strategic priority and possibly divest funds and resources towards projects with higher ROI. The less governable aspect, however, is who judges, and not what is being judged or how to judge it.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 18, 2022

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