Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Are your product ideas at risk of failure before they even launch? In this Responsive Advisors Lightning Round, Professional Scrum Trainer Robb Pieper , and I discuss the hidden assumptions that could be sinking your innovations, from market demand miscalculations to competitive edge misconceptions. Learn how to balance research and action to avoid common pitfalls and keep your product ideas on track.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

A project timeline acts as a detailed schedule for your project, and a Google Slides timeline template can help you do just that. Let’s say you’re a commercial construction company working to build a new office building. Stakeholders are asking how long the project will take. This is where a timeline comes into play. Timelines are important for managing projects and businesses as they help managers coordinate the efforts of individuals and functional departments across their organiza

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Today we announced a partnership with ScrumMatch to help organizations that are looking to hire Scrum Masters and Product Owners find candidates that have been qualified by experts in Scrum, while at the same time helping those who are already Scrum Masters and Product Owners grow throughout the process. Yes, Scrum.org does an excellent job of training people and teams while certifying those individuals in the knowledge and understanding of Scrum, but it doesn’t stop there.

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Green Project Management

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

I have always viewed Unilever as a foundational North Star organization in terms of example setting in sustainability. Recently, they made headlines for revising some of its ambitious environmental commitments. For some, this move signaled retreat in the face of mounting anti-ESG pressures, leading to a chorus of criticism. But I see it differently.

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Speaker: Paul Heller

Most innovation work proceeds independently from company strategy. As a result, the products that arrive in the market are not well aligned with the company’s goals. This challenge is particularly significant in organizations with transformation-oriented strategies, where innovation must directly support growth, scalability, and strategic pivots. In this session, we will discuss why innovation in large companies is so often not aligned with the company’s strategy and what innovation leaders, pro

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Henny Portman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Every day, we are confronted with alarming news about climate change, making sustainability more crucial than ever. This is precisely why ‘Sustainability in Project Management’ by Gilbert Silvius, Ron Schipper, Julia Planko, Jasper van den Brink, and Adri Köhler remains a valuable read, even more than a decade after its release. The book’s timeless insights into sustainable project management are just as relevant today as they were when it was first published, offering essential guidance f

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Process automation means using technology to automate the repeatable or rule-based jobs your team currently does by hand. From taking care of repetitive tasks like notifying reviewers to building a workflow that brings in multiple tools, you’ll find automation opportunities across every part of your business. Other posts on this topic foreground the complex orchestration solutions designed for enterprise customers or compare robotic process automation (RPA) to business process automation (BPA)

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

From the Scrum Guide: “Each element of the framework serves a specific purpose that is essential to…” Just to be sure we agree… From Cambridge Dictionary: “Essential: a basic thing that you cannot live without“. The purpose of each of the elements of the Scrum framework is essential. What are these elements? Looking at the outline of the Scrum Guide you’ll see: Scrum Theory, containing the empirical pillars Transparency, Inspection, and Adaptation; Scrum Values, containing focus, openness, respe

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