ProjectManager.com

JUNE 28, 2018

There has been some backlash against Six Sigma over the recent years, some of which is warranted and will be discussed, but overall the process proves a valuable tool in reducing defects in product manufacturing, especially when paired with Agile thinking, lean manufacturing and capable project management tools. Leadership is critical.

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Lean Manufacturing Transportation Sustainability 417

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 7, 2019

It’s not solely about the decisions of executives though, it’s also about great project leaders learning to run fast and lean while developing high performing teams that can deliver value to their organization. Behaviors and competencies for lean and fast teams can differ in many ways. Competencies. Commitment. Accountability.

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Underperforming Technical Team Artificial Inteligence Lean Technical Review 377

Henny Portman

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The book “ The Lean-Agile Way – Unleash Business Results in the Digital Era with Value Stream Management ” by Cecil ‘Gary’ Rupp, Richard Knaster, Steve Pereira, and Al Shalloway provides a comprehensive roadmap to optimize processes, improve products, and enhance service delivery.

Lean 52

Lean Technical Review Agile Sustainability 52

NimbleWork

OCTOBER 21, 2024

What distinguishes these influencers in the landscape of project management thought leadership? Elizabeth is also a prolific author, having published seven books on project and change management. In addition to coaching and training, Susanne is a sought-after speaker, sharing her insights into project leadership and stress management.

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Influencer 2025 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 111

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The idea was codified by Masaaki Imai, an organizational theorist and management consultant, over 30 years ago with the publication of this book, Kaizen: the Key to Japan’s Competitive Success. ” In this context, it’s about leadership and knowing what is happening at every level of the organization. That’s where you want to be.

Manufacturing 385

Manufacturing Lean Healthcare Software Review 385

Scrum.org

JULY 8, 2019

TL; DR: Agile Leadership. I recently started aggregating my notes, links, and references related to agile leadership to understand better what it — in the context of an agile transition — may look like. Let’s examine some favorite ideas and concepts around agile leadership. Servant Leadership. “A Intent-based Leadership.

Leadership 194

Leadership Agile Sustainability Software Review 194

Leading Answers

MAY 30, 2021

It has been 10 years since the PMI-ACP exam was created, and I published my PMI-ACP Exam Prep book. In addition to an agnostic understanding of Lean, Kanban, Scrum and other agile approaches, we also agreed people should know about the basics of servant leadership, conflict management, team decision making, and coaching.

PMI 148

PMI Agile Lean Leadership 148

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

Leadership – ethical, authentic leadership is what helps get work done and set you apart from your peers. He is the author of Reinventing Communication by Routledge, a book on how to design, lead and manage high performing projects. Successful project managers are those that embrace the mantle of leadership. Helena Lui.

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2018 Artificial Inteligence Consulting Underperforming Technical Team 331

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 30, 2020

I could write my book without his case study. However, you should also make it clear that this is not your project anymore and they are responsible, otherwise they’ll lean on you for a long time. You’re managing a piece of work, so step up and do it otherwise you are not showing demonstrable leadership.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Technical Review Leadership 376

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2019

You can see a list of all their books in one place here. Leadership – ethical, authentic leadership is what helps get work done and set you apart from your peers. He is the author of Reinventing Communication by Routledge, a book on how to design, lead and manage high performing projects. XP, scrum, lean, etc.)

2019 301

2019 Technical Review PMO Consulting 301

ProjectManager.com

MAY 8, 2018

There’s a lot to understand — like planning, scheduling, budgeting and leadership for starters — and it can often feel overwhelming. The key to successful leadership today is influence not authority.” – Kenneth Blanchard. Leadership and management author, Kenneth Blanchard understands that leadership isn’t a one-way street.

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Influencer Leadership Innovation Lean 363

Planview

AUGUST 22, 2024

Throughout her career, she has developed expertise in project portfolio management , process improvement , change leadership , and stakeholder management. As a project management leader passionate about process improvement, how have you applied Lean or Agile methodologies to enhance efficiency and reduce waste?

PMO 103

PMO Technical Review Lean PMI 103

Kiron Bondale

JUNE 20, 2021

If we analyze these activities through the lens of lean, none of these are value-add. It’s available on Amazon.com and on Amazon.ca as well as a number of other online book stores). If after getting to step 3 there was still no response, you might have either repeated steps 2 and 3, escalated or given up.

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Lean Leadership Initiating Agile 348

Leading Answers

JUNE 9, 2019

This is where product development books can help. As I was working with clients experiencing the transition from projects to products I was lucky to engage with several authors of product-first, #NoProjects books and chat about the challenge areas and potential solutions. Where did all the project managers go? October 2018.

Technical Review 113

Technical Review Software Review Lean 2018 113

Scrum.org

JUNE 11, 2021

Your goal therefore should be to be reading at least 1-2 books per month that help you get better at being a Product Owner. Here is a solid list of books to get you started in the right direction. Agile Leadership Toolkit: Learning to Thrive with Self-Managing Teams. Lean Analytics: Use Data to Build a Better Startup Faster.

Lean 234

Lean SCRUM Certification Development Team Review 234

Digite

JANUARY 7, 2018

Irrespective of where you are in your Kanban journey, here is a comprehensive list of the top Kanban books that will help you with knowledge, insights and experience related to Kanban and ensures an empowered journey towards achieving your business goals. We highly recommend the following 10 books to all Kanban practitioners and students.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 15, 2022

[Do you have any] tips on getting senior leadership to buy in with becoming more outcome-based? He is the co-author of the award-winning book Lean UX and the Harvard Business Review Press book Sense & Respond. His most recent book, Forever Employable , was published in June 2020. Meet Jeff Gothelf.

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Agile Planning Software Review 2022 213

Planio

JULY 22, 2020

A good project management book. the truth is that project management books are a more in-depth way to get inside the minds of the best managers out there. We combed through best-seller lists, spoke with veteran PMs, and read a ton to put together this list of the best project management books for upgrading your career in 2020.

2020 148

2020 Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 148

Kiron Bondale

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Many so called agile practices emerged from lean, DSDM, Scrum, XP and other precursors to the Manifesto. If you liked this article, why not read my book Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice which contains 100 other lessons on project leadership?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Furthermore, what do the wider organization and leadership need to do (or change) in order to leverage and unleash the power of autonomy? In addition to coaching, Jimmy holds courses, writes books and blogs on all things agile and lean such as agile leadership, large scale agile, team dynamics, visualization and facilitation.

2021 203

2021 Agile 2022 Lean 203

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Lean Analytics. Leadership Coaching. As an Agile leadership Coach, it is your responsibility to bring your outside, objective perspective to help leaders see what they could never know for themselves. . He loves reading books, travelling and public speaking. Product Discovery. Impact Mapping. Feature Fake. Product Goals.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 16, 2018

Know when to “lean in” or “lean back.” Sometimes you have to lean in and lean back at the same time, depending on the situation. Number two, some wanna know when do I know when to lean in or lean back? A woman entrepreneur who’s very successful wrote a book about learning to go golf.”

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Lean Influencer 282

WorkOtter

JULY 11, 2024

PMOs must also aggregate this information across all projects to inform decisions and keep leadership in the loop. Demonstrate leadership. PMs need to lean into a leadership role, rather than simply managing their projects and delivering status updates. With precision, they get projects to the finish line.

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PMO Healthcare Retail Leadership 78

Scrum.org

JANUARY 6, 2022

Her book, Technological Revolutions and Financial Capital describes the last 200 or so years in terms of 5 technology revolutions. . I realized this after reading Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden’s book titled Lean UX. Digital is a technology age and we are in the middle of it. . Organizations will be flatter.

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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation 2001 2011 252

Scrum.org

APRIL 1, 2022

I would translate fittest in the case as organizations that are able to achieve a maximum outcome with minimal output: the corporate equivalent of a very fit, lean athlete. Clark talks about four stages of psychological safety in his similar-named book The Four Stages of Psychological Safety : Stage 1: Inclusion safety. Dr. Timothy R.

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Innovation Leadership 227

The Lazy Project Manager

DECEMBER 6, 2017

This book is not the book to advise you on what portfolio reporting or dashboard solution to choose and it is not about how you should go about implementing such a solution (I did suggest one specific dashboard view you might ask for from any supplier and/or solution though so make sure you lock that one down).

2014 186

2014 Leadership Software Review Finance 186

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 17, 2021

This often ends in restructure because execs want to make the organisation lean and change the way people think. Project failure happens because of poor planning or poor leadership. Book recommendations. Typically, the challenge is infrastructure and tech. The main aspect of it is the appetite of the organisation.

Technical Review 382

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Initiating Artificial Inteligence 382

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

While there may be valuable concepts to consider within SAFe, my observation of companies trying to adopt it focuses mostly on certification and compliance rather than deepening the understanding of agile principles and values, specifically on the leadership level. Lean UX is neither Lean nor UX; don’t be fooled by the name.

Lean 213

Lean Software Review 2022 Technical Review 213

Leading Answers

MAY 28, 2021

I am excited to announce my new book “ Beyond Agile: Achieving success with situational knowledge and skills “ is launching. This post explains the name and motivation for the book. Instead, they used a clever mix of agile, leadership, emotional intelligence and industry-specific knowledge to get the work that needed doing today done.

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Agile PMI Consulting Leadership 130

Leading Answers

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Now that my Beyond Agile book has been published, I would like to thank people who helped shape its content and ideas. David Anderson has done much to popularize and explain lean and the Theory of Constraints thinking. David and I worked together in the early 2000s on the Agile Project Leadership Network (APLN) board.

Lean 78

Lean Agile 2007 Sustainability 78

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 15, 2022

Sarah Robb-O’Hagan wrote a book entitled Extreme You. And, as Dr John Medina told me in an interview about his latest Brain Rules book, trying new things is one of the best strategies to keep your brain sharp over the years. Lean in a little more to the opportunities before you. Check Yourself Out. Dial It Up.

Lean 273

Lean Executing Consulting Closing 273

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 28, 2022

I would translate fittest in the case as organizations that are able to achieve a maximum outcome with minimal output: the corporate equivalent of a very fit, lean athlete. Clark talks about four stages of psychological safety in his similar-named book The Four Stages of Psychological Safety : Stage 1: Inclusion safety. Dr. Timothy R.

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Innovation Leadership 202

The Lazy Project Manager

AUGUST 1, 2017

It is not just about the provision of a ‘lean’ framework for these sponsors and project managers to work to – and by ‘lean’ I mean that every part should add value and not create unnecessary waste. Tailwind Project Solutions was formed in 2014 to provide a bespoke approach to project leadership development.

PMO 186

PMO 2014 Lean Leadership 186

Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 29, 2021

Third, there needs to be encouragement and commitment from leadership to help the team self-organize. Checks and balances are required but these should be done in the spirit of lean governance rather than of micromanagement. It’s available on Amazon.com and on Amazon.ca as well as a number of other online book stores).

Government 207

Government Governance Lean Leadership 207

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

Sarah Robb-O’Hagan wrote a book entitled Extreme You. And, as Dr John Medina told me in an interview about his latest Brain Rules book, trying new things is one of the best strategies to keep your brain sharp over the years. Lean in a little more to the opportunities before you. Check Yourself Out. Dial It Up.

Lean 263

Lean Executing Consulting Closing 263

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

TL; DR: The Illusion of Velocity In this article, I explore the pitfalls of ‘The Illusion of Velocity’ in agile contexts, peeling back the layers of traditional metrics as leadership tools. Moreover, I point to the advantages gained from leadership engaging directly with teams.

Leadership 195

Leadership Underperforming Technical Team 2007 Agile 195

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

While there may be valuable concepts to consider within SAFe, my observation of companies trying to adopt it focuses mostly on certification and compliance rather than deepening the understanding of agile principles and values, specifically on the leadership level. Lean UX is neither Lean nor UX; don’t be fooled by the name.

Lean 183

Lean Software Review 2022 Technical Review 183