Inloox

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Thus, concept development is an important key skill for project managers and all those who want to become one. Definition of a concept What exactly is a concept? Competencies for concept development In project management, we generally use a very structured approach to work through a plan according to clear specifications.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

Either way, project managers have to prepare for risk, either good or bad—it can interfere with project objectives. More often, you’ll address it during the planning phase when you assign roles and responsibilities to your team members. Risk is usually thought of as a negative impact on the project’s budget, timeline or quality.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Or some other criteria as defined in your project management process internally, that specifies what Red means for you. It’s really important to have a definition of what Red means, that everyone understands, before you have to use it. For example, bring in a contractor to speed up developing an IT system. It happens.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Often after exploring the definition of done in our Scrum.org training, and exploring its importance to promote transparency and is a commitment to the increment every Sprint. A common question we get asked is how do we get started with creating a Definition of Done ? Importance of Definition of Done.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 11, 2021

AI has turned up in the project management trends articles over the past few years and it’s now most definitely here to stay. Project management is a human process,” he says, “It’s unique to the individual and the client, in terms of how good or how mature they are in regards to project delivery.”. Lloyd Skinner.

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Inloox

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In the last parts of our blog series on innovation management with the Stage-Gate® process, we looked at the basics such as the definition, strengths and weaknesses, and the basic principles. Procedure Stage-Gate® process. In this way, all pre-development activities (e.g. Example: Idea-to-Launch model.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Ruth Pearce knows everything there is to know about motivating your project team. I caught up with Ruth to find out more about how to motivate teams and why it’s something you should be actively doing. Why do you think motivation on project teams is so important? She’s even written the book on it. I love this question.

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Project Risk Coach

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

The CEO may not engage the PMO manager in the strategic planning process. PMOs are shifting from being project watchdogs to orchestrating conversations between senior leaders, business unit heads, product owners, and project teams. And it starts with a clear definition of the PMO goals and roles. Ask for Feedback!

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 24, 2020

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. A team may have deliberately built some temporary solutions to speed up experimentation.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2023

There’s only one thing worse than being told bad news, and that is being told about bad news late. Problems facing failing programs Ward identified several problems faced by failing programs: Completing an accurate assessment of program problems is difficult for the program management team because they lack objectivity.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2024

Your thoughts turn to what you should be doing for your professional development in the months ahead… and there’s a lot of choice. I don’t have the time (or the requirement) to take a certification course, but I’m always prepared to develop the project management competencies I need to succeed. Self-awareness We all have limits.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 17, 2024

This then acts as a central repository for stakeholder information, which the project manager and project team use to understand the project stakeholders and their needs, expectations and any risks or opportunities associated with their involvement in the project. Then, they can share the plan with the project team and stakeholders.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 9, 2024

I've seen Scrum Teams that don't have DODs and Scrum Teams that have such poor DODs that they are not actionable. During this article, we’ll look at some basics about the DOD. If the DOD for an increment is part of the standards of the organization, all Scrum Teams must follow it as a minimum.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 16, 2024

The Scrum Team delivers a valuable, useful, and usable Increment(s) every Sprint. In my view: It could be a "layer of cake team", in that it cannot in and of itself delivery value without dependencies on other "layers" of the cake. Scrum Team members strive for net improvements. Self-managing.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

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. The premise being that it’s better to accept challenges and new information as it comes so they can inform the process – for better or for worse. Conclusion.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Then, we will explore how to develop a practical quality management plan. The Cost of Poor Quality First, we may not meet customer's needs and expectations. Fifth, your team's morale may suffer. This is often a result of poor quality requirements. Project managers and teams focus on meeting the customer's needs.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

PRINCE2 is process based, with processes covering starting a project, directing a project, initiating a project, managing stage boundaries (sign off and moving between stages), controlling a stage, managing product delivery (there is an emphasis on product based planning) and closing a project. And what are the weak points?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 16, 2022

We discussed creating a project team culture. Elizabeth: This week in the Project Management Cafe Facebook group we’ve been talking about team culture and various different bits and pieces, and I know this is something that you’re kind of an expert in, because you’ve been chipping in and answering the questions.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Risk mitigation describes a process by which a project reduces its exposure to risk and works towards minimizing the likelihood of any issues arising during the project. It involves a process that we’ll explore in a moment but basically addresses the top risks in order to fully protect the project. Learn more.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

There is always at least one constraint, and the theory of constraints uses what is called a focusing process to identify that constraint, and then restructures to address it. That applies to processes, organizations, individual team members, whatever or whoever is a risk to the successful completion of the project.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Consequently, these project managers and team members fail to take advantage of these upside risks. The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines risk as "the possibility that something bad or unpleasant (such as injury or a loss) will happen." More modern definitions of risk include the possibilities of upside risks.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 4, 2022

The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. We’ll explore the scrum methodology in-depth, but before that, let’s start with a simple scrum definition. Learn More!

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

In my last post about Professional software teams creating working software David Corbin made a good point. Since that is different for each Product and may change over time you need to focus on Quality and reflecting that quality in a Definition of Done (DoD). What is a Definition of Done (DoD). Done Increments.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

But she was worried that other people were interpreting the estimate as definite fact. Being able to act as a credible, trusted leader is dependent on you and your team making ethical choices about how you manage and lead the work. We commit to active listening as we believe communication is a two-way process.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

It’s a set of tools to help you develop the knowledge and skills to solve the tricky issues (and probably even the easy ones). How can you turn the problem into a visualization like a diagram so the team has a shared understanding of the challenge? It’s attractive, and the team has definitely made the course a great user experience.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 2, 2020

If something bad is going to happen on a project, it’s likely related to time, cost or scope. Project controls are a set of tools, processes and people skills that are used together to help project managers have the right information, at the right time, to make the right decision. Project Development. What Are Project Controls?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 30, 2020

Career-limiting because: No one wants to work with the project manager who emails the operational team a closure document and is never seen again. As I talk about in my course on how to write awesome project status reports , surprises are bad. If you don’t talk about problems then you risk hitting your manager with bad news.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 26, 2021

Therefore, the project team is expected to complete more tasks, deliverables and milestones with the same resources and in the same time as the original scope. This document includes your work breakdown structure, scope statement and the process by which the scope will be approved by stakeholders as a baseline for your project.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 7, 2020

Scrum is a great framework for helping teams work more productively together. In fact, the name comes from rugby and like it, scrum is a team sport. Teams learn through experience, reflective meetings and specific roles that add structure and manage work. This gives teams the power to continually optimize its processes.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 31, 2020

Start learning how your new Scrum Team is currently delivering the product and get up to speed: from Product Backlog forensics to metrics to team challenges and technical debt. Join us for a free live-virtual meetup on Thursday, September 10, 2020: Hands-on Agile #26: Liberating Structures in Microsoft Teams?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2024

Career-limiting because: No one wants to work with the project manager who emails the operational team a closure document and is never seen again. Not talking about problems Surprises are bad. If you don't talk about problems then you risk hitting your manager with bad news. Project sponsors don't like bad news either.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 3, 2018

We’re tasked with developing new products, taking them to market, making our systems more efficient and well, so much more. Quality is a very good thing in an end-product, but it can slow you down in development. The Exercise : This one is easy; come up with as many ideas as possible — good and bad. Work in a New Location.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 16, 2024

Then we’ll explore scenario planning in business and project management before explaining the steps that must be taken to use this process. Scenario planning is a strategy used to consider possible future events for an organization or project to develop an effective and relevant long-term plan to respond positively to that change.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 13, 2024

People may not see the point when they hear about the Definition of Done in Scrum. They may say, "We are so sick of talking about the Definition of Done," or “Why does this matter?” First and foremost, what is a Definition of Done? The Definition of Done is a document that clarifies these questions.

Software Review 169

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

However, contingency plans in business aren’t, by definition, always negative. Identify and Prioritize Resources: Research your company and list its crucial resources, such as teams, tools, facilities, etc., Of course, human resources are another risk, as teams get sick, leave projects or are terminated. What Are the Key Risks?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Within a project, you create teams and workstreams. Workstreams are, as you would expect, buckets of tasks that relate to a particular activity or team. First, you have to invite your team members to join if they aren’t already set up in the system. Plus, things only get better from here! Adding Tasks and Making a Project Map.

Software Review 52

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Scrum.org

JULY 5, 2022

During the first year of the pandemic, Scrum adoption more than doubled for software development teams. According to the 15th Annual State of Agile Report, the use of agile approaches for software development grew from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021. It is, in essence, the plan for what the Scrum Team will do next.

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