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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. Thank you for Thank you for coming to my meeting, for giving up your resources to help with testing, for passing me that great contact, for being such a great project team member.

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What you need to know about project communication management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I like to talk about project managers being the glue that holds the team together, and we do that through discussion, conversation, facilitated meetings and chat. You will also need to consider the frequency and detail preferred by the most influential stakeholders so that you can meet their expectations from the beginning.

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Your Strategy Planning Meeting Agenda (with Template)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Have you been asked to pull together a strategy planning meeting agenda? In this article, I’ll explain what a strategic planning meeting can cover and share a sample agenda you can customize for your strategy sessions. The conversations need a structure to help keep the pace and ensure the meeting runs smoothly.

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Scrum Events Reduce Meetings

Scrum.org

One of the first things that I usually hear after describing the Scrum framework and its five events to someone new to Scrum is, “that’s a lot of meetings!” . . I explain that if they listed all of the meetings they have in one month, it would probably seem like a lot too. How the Sprint reduces the need for other meetings.

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9 Best Practices for Your Daily Scrum Meeting

Project Bliss

When my team first started holding a daily scrum meeting, it honestly felt awkward. I was accustomed to meetings with in-depth communication. We didn’t run the meetings as well as we could have. And now our meetings run beautifully. The Purpose of the Daily Scrum Meeting. Keep the Daily Scrum Meeting Short.

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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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How to Become a Better Project Communicator

Project Risk Coach

Project managers spend a large part of each day communicating—facilitating meetings, emailing stakeholders, responding to texts, writing reports, and having one-on-one conversations. Notice the cadence, pauses, and the repetitions in the speech. So, why not ask someone to observe you when you speak, teach, or facilitate a meeting.

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