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9 Project Communications You Should Send This Year

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The current status is Use regular project status reports to create a cadence, manage expectations and standardize how information is communicated. (OK, not that many.) You can cut through a lot of conflict and office politics with a well-placed, sincere apology.

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What you need to know about project communication management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Here are the top communication skills for project managers: Active listening: really hearing what people are saying in the room Consistency: follow through when you say you will and create a cadence for the team Clarity: use short sentences and jargon -free language in your communications Accessibility: make sure comms are delivered in a format that (..)

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The Rhythmic Dance of Agile with Cadence

MPUG

Now, you might be thinking what exactly a dance has to do with cadence in Agile? Let’s start first with the definition of cadence. Cadence – Definition and Basics. One can define cadence in Agile as follows: Cadence is a regular, predictable pattern of development work in Agile. Working with Single Cadence.

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Everything You Need to Know About Release Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We had a fortnightly release (and therefore a giant scrabble to try to get your changes in before the cut-off and presented to the CAB in time), but your company might have monthly releases or use a different cadence. Key roles and responsibilities of the job. The role involves planning the release scope (the contents of what’s going in).

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How to Become a Better Project Communicator

Project Risk Coach

Notice the cadence, pauses, and the repetitions in the speech. Take note of his quotes such as, “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” And who hasn’t heard Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech? Lastly, YouTube provides a library of great speakers and speeches.

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To Fix Your OKRs – Go Back to First (Familiar) Principles

Scrum.org

Figuring out the right Cadence . It’s all about finding the “goldilocks” cadence that provides frequent enough transparency and the opportunity to inspect and adapt at the right level. There can be a different cadence for everyone involved in achieving an OKR as compared to the cadence involving all stakeholders interested in that OKR.

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The Importance of Connecting Agile to Business Value

Leading Agile

Transformation is an investment, and the results of that investment need to be communicated on a regular cadence. Demonstrating success quickly builds trust with executives who will become more willing to continue to invest gradually expanding the scope of the transformation.

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