The Lazy Project Manager

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

This one day workshop is being delivered in Geneva on 27th February, a few places left only – see link above. Benefits: At the conclusion of this full-day interactive classroom training, you will be able to: Understand the ‘backbone’ of smart/agile working whilst managing projects. Be effectively ‘Agile’.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Many organizations nowadays have an urgency to adopt Agility. So, it's not a surprise that Agility has become mainstream, 20 years after the Agile Manifesto was released. So, it's not a surprise that Agility has become mainstream, 20 years after the Agile Manifesto was released. Agile immaturity.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 9, 2020

The agile movement really has changed the way we lead our people. Over the past decade I've been an agile leader myself and I've coached a lot of other agile leaders. One very big pitfalls of the agile movement is around the autonomy. The pitfall is to just give a lot of freedom. And how to overcome?

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Agile Energy Risk Management Leadership 240

Scrum.org

APRIL 30, 2024

Your company has embraced agile and teams now enjoy greater focus and clearer collaboration. Although agile has markedly improved organisations, the full benefits are unattainable unless the entire work system is aligned with agile principles. Yet the anticipated business benefits have not materialized.

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Scrum.org

JULY 5, 2021

What Are The Roots Of Agile Suffering AGILE SUFFERING. After more than a decade of helping organizations travel on the path of Agility, it feels more like traveling on the path of Agile Suffering. Agile Coaches like me often suffer as we complain that management doesn't get it, teams don't get it, my clients don't get it.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Unlocking Agile’s Potential by Successfully Navigating Uncertainty in Project Timelines For many of us, unexpected events stress us out. However, with Agile practices, where adaptability and responsiveness reign supreme, sticking to rigid timelines can be a recipe for disappointment. Have you ever heard of the term “Death March”?

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

. This workshop was delivered on 16th September 2021 and focused on introducing the core concepts of the Sprint Review and its empirical nature. Topic(s): Agility. As part of the changes in technology, we will be using Lean-Agile Community from naked Agility for events going forward. Other Workshops.

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Technical Review Lean 2021 Agile 209

Scrum.org

MARCH 4, 2024

TL; DR: How to Deal with the Agile Job Crisis While the current Agile job crisis is apparent, there is also hope for practitioners willing to refine their skills, share knowledge, and network with peers. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 42,000-plus subscribers. ?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 4, 2021

Agile will stay and Kanban will stay, but lots of organisations are choosing hybrid structures. If we look at research from PMI and research done by the Georgia Chapter, waterfall is used in construction but in IT and financial services are using agile and hybrid. Read next: Project Management Trends. Adaptability is another key skill.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 12, 2018

The focus will be taking Agile to the next level in your organization. There is a good mix of presentations, hands-on workshops and coaching. SGAUS19 has a number of themes including Champions of Agile, Organizational Transformation: the Learning Curve, Scrum in Hard Places, Scrum in My Heart, Scrum Tool Kit and Scrum in Weird Places.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

While the guide hints at the need for organizational changes that support Agility, these changes are not described by the Scrum guide. That's because the organization needs to figure out how to best use Agility within their unique environment. It's not enough to just say, "Yes, let's be Agile".

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

Think about how you are going to run remote team meetings and workshops – it is different to holding meetings face-to-face. Change Management Workshop. $79. Take a change management class (like my fab workshop which has loads of templates and support resources included). Are you waterfall or Agile ? What you can do.

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Inloox

OCTOBER 10, 2023

How do agile and classic project management methods differ? In principle, project management methods can be roughly divided into two groups: There are both agile and classic approaches. In principle, project management methods can be roughly divided into two groups: There are both agile and classic approaches.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 19, 2021

Then you can tailor your application to mention agile approaches, predictive or hybrid ways of working. Excellent communication and presentation skills gained from speaking at conferences, delivering online and face-to-face training, and facilitating workshops in a professional setting. Describe your project management skills.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 19, 2021

Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. What makes Agile transformations successful? The paper presents and tests a model that identifies success factors for Agile transformations. So what does scientific research already tell us about Agile transformations?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

For the first half of the book I did find myself waiting for the explanation of how this methodology is different from Agile (a forthcoming explanation was mentioned early on when many of us would logically start questioning the differences). Maybe an idea for a follow-up book? Conclusion.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 6, 2022

Watch my workshop on visual comms for project managers. Whether your team uses Agile methods or a waterfall-based methodology (or blends the two), think about ways that you can share your project schedule with team members. I use this a lot and teach how to do the same in my workshop on visual comms. Visual planning tools.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 24, 2020

TL; DR: Agile Metrics. Suitable agile metrics reflect either a team’s progress in becoming agile or your organization’s progress in becoming a learning organization. At the team level, qualitative agile metrics often work better than quantitative metrics. Also, consider contributing to the Agile Metrics Survey 2020.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

TL; DR: Resistance to Agile Transformations Stakeholders often revert to resistance to agile transformations due to fears about job security, perceived loss of control, comfort with established practices, and misconceptions about Agile. For them, embracing Agile might feel like admitting those sacrifices were in vain.

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Scrum.org

MAY 10, 2022

Fourth blog, in a blog series about the upcoming book: Creating Agile Organizations - A Systemic Approach, by Cesario Ramos & Ilia Pavlichenko. For example, in one company the employees collaboratively defined the optimizing goals, learning goals, and metrics for an Agile adoption. Guideline: Voluntary Participation.

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Technical Review Agile Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 218

Scrum.org

MARCH 6, 2024

In Kürze: Die Agile Jobkrise – Wie Sie eine herausfordernde Situation meistern Während die derzeitige Agile Jobkrise offensichtlich ist, gibt es auch Hoffnung für Praktiker, die bereit sind, ihre Fähigkeiten zu verfeinern, Wissen zu teilen und sich mit Gleichgesinnten zu vernetzen. meine LinkedIn-Gruppe an, die Agile Clinic.)

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Then you can tailor your application to mention agile approaches, predictive or hybrid ways of working. Excellent communication and presentation skills gained from speaking at conferences, delivering online and face-to-face training, and facilitating workshops in a professional setting.

Leadership 365

Leadership PMI Risk Management Governance 365

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2022

What is the business case for Agile teams? We think we do well to base our beliefs about Agile more on evidence. This post is our attempt to bring an evidence-based perspective to the business case of Agile teams. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams.

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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. What if these useless agile metrics lead you in the wrong direction while providing you with the illusion that you know where your team is heading?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 17, 2022

As project managers, it’s important that we know how to best support our development teams (and vice versa), especially in Agile environments. A lot of the points below relate to teams in Agile environments , but can apply to any type of project team. At White October we continuously reflect on our process to refine the way we work.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

TL; DR: Agile Management Anti-Patterns. Learn more about agile management anti-patterns the aspiring servant leader should avoid during the organization’s transition: From applying the Stage-Gate® approach through the back door to the ‘where is my report’ attitude to other beloved signs of applied Taylorism.

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Software Review Agile Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review 242

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 10, 2024

I’ll share tips learned from my 10+ years of chairing meetings, from the time I burst into tears of frustration to the workshops where we’ve all left the room on a high. Join my new workshop. What about if I work in an Agile team? Your calendar doesn’t have to be filled with meetings, but you will need some.

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2024 Energy PMI Governance 277

Scrum.org

MARCH 9, 2020

In this article, we shall investigate why the learning and development of multi-functional specialists in Scrum is the core of organizational Agility and value optimization. How does it affect organizational Agility and what to do about it? They were nimble and agile in those days. Agility requires multilearning.". .

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Scrum.org

JUNE 27, 2021

What I learned by attending 104 hours as part of the 5 coaching workshops offered by CTI's - Co-Active Professional Coach Training. You could also use the canvas as you help Agile Teams forge a shared identity. The inspiration for these questions came from what I learned from three key sources. My 1x1 coach - David Darst.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2020

Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches have been quick to point out one of the principles from the Manifesto for Agile Software Development that states, "The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation". The "self-organizing teams" part really stands out.

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Agile SCRUM Technical Review Software Review 231

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2019

As project managers, it’s important that we know how to best support our development teams (and vice versa), especially in Agile environments. A lot of the points below relate to teams in Agile environments , but can apply to any type of project team. At White October we continuously reflect on our process to refine the way we work.

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Technical Review Development Team Review Agile Risk Management 399

Scrum.org

APRIL 24, 2023

In questo articolo, Cynefin, Scrum e Agile, condivido parte della trascrizione di una conferenza di Dave Snowden del 2017. Mi ha permesso di capire che cos’è un sistema complesso e perché Scrum e Agile sono, al momento, gli approcci più efficaci per risolvere problemi complessi. Agile tende a favorire un unico approccio [ndr.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Before we talk about the comparison and contrast between Scrum Master and Agile Leader, people often compare and contrast Scrum Master and Agile Coach, and they often ask me, what’s the difference? They should be well versed on product management, design, other agile and lean agile approaches.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

It’s a method-agnostic approach, so it works whether you are working in an agile , predictive, or hybrid environment, and it doesn’t matter if you follow PMI methodologies or not. It’s full of very practical exercises that you can use in any kind of workshop, whether small groups, large groups, or virtual.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In Kürze: Widerstand gegen agile Transformationen Aufgrund von Ängsten um die Sicherheit des Arbeitsplatzes, des vermeintlichen Kontrollverlusts, der Bequemlichkeit mit etablierten Praktiken und falscher Vorstellungen über Agilität kommt es häufig zu Widerständen gegen agile Transformationen.

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Agile SCRUM Energy 195

Scrum.org

MARCH 19, 2023

Agile organizational characteristics are crucial, but they alone won’t determine all of your design decisions. Agility lies in discovering and addressing changing customer needs faster and more effectively than competitors can. That’s where my workshop comes in! You can get the workshop here.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2024

The job market is currently challenging for many agile practitioners, particularly Scrum Masters. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 49,000-plus subscribers. Exciting news for Agile enthusiasts! a game-changer in the world of Agile. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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