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The Complex Project Toolkit (Book Review)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The Complex Project Toolkit is really a book about paradigms in project management and how to encourage teams (and project managers) to stay curious and to embrace uncertainty. This is not a ‘how-to’ book with templates or checklists, but rather a scaled-out strategy view. The book moves at a good pace and doesn’t drown you in theory.

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Visual Project Management [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It’s quite a light book. Earned Value Analysis Dashboards Road Maps Lean Concepts – Kanban Agile Concepts – Scrum Infographics. The book lists the tools and then describes what they are. Visual Project Management by Paul R. Williams, PMP. “Seeing is not only believing…seeing is understanding,” he writes.

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There's more to Organizational Agility than the Scrum Guide

Scrum.org

Let me start by saying that I am not demeaning the Scrum Guide in any way. The Scrum framework has changed the world for the better in ways that are impossible to fully quantify simply because of the scale of its impact. That being said, the Scrum framework "just" guides the interactions of the Scrum team itself.

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How Agile Practices Helped Us Write And Publish A Book

Scrum.org

If you're wondering if this is gonna be an entire ad for the book, don't worry. We had one concept very clear in mind: this is not going to be the next theoretical management book. We call this a bar book. Changing the organizations and applying Scrum (or any other framework) is even harder. It won't be (maybe a little).

Agile 186
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Getting It All Done [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Getting It All Done is a book in the Working Parents series from HBR Press. It turned out to be the kind of book I would have read in one sitting, if I hadn’t known I’d be up around 5.30 am with my own kids… and I’ve got a lot better at getting enough sleep these days, however good a book is. We have a family calendar.

2021 368
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Scrum and Lean Thinking - What's the relation?

Scrum.org

In the 2020 version of the Scrum Guide a new thinking model was added to the principles on which Scrum is founded - Lean Thinking. However, not enough justice is done in explaining WHY Lean Thinking was introduced or added to Scrum guide. And this stands true for the other accountabilities on the Scrum Team as well.

Lean 185
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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

ProjectManager.com

Kanban and scrum are agile project management methodologies that can be used for similar purposes, but each has its unique pros and cons. As a project manager, it’s important to understand the difference between kanban and scrum so you can determine the best approach for your team. What Is Scrum?

SCRUM 448