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Top 5 scaling Agile Practice that Improves Business

Agilemania

Scaled Agile Framework, SAFe® is the world’s leading framework for Business Agility. SAFe® is built around seven Core Competencies with Customers as a focal point in the center. The seven core competencies each have three dimensions making it a total of twenty-one dimensions to enable Business Agility. These dimensions contain some of the practices, patterns, and guidelines to Scale Agility across the enterprise.

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Are your project team members “quiet quitting”?

Kiron Bondale

While the phrase “quiet quitting” might have been popularized recently, the behavior has been with us for a long time. For those of us who are Seinfeld fans, you’ll remember the many creative ways in which George Costanza would do either no work or the absolute bare minimum to avoid getting fired. When we are considering operational work, quiet quitting is putting in the least effort to perform the standard responsibilities of one’s role such that required performance mea

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Systems Thinking in Complex Projects

International Institute for Learning

By Max Langosco. Two Things Are Happening. First , project management is being applied to contexts where the outcome is both ever more important and uncertain. Consider, for example, the adoption of project management to deliver strategic corporate objectives or using project management approaches to do pure research. Both examples are of common occurrences.

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Project Manager’s Guide to Process Mapping

nTask

An idea without a plan is nothing but a dream. You may be in a situation where you want to roll out a new strategy for your company or organization but are uncertain where to begin. To make your ideas a reality, you must first organize them and devise a plan. A process map allows […].

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?

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All that time! Who manages it?

Musings on Project Management

You've no doubt read here and elsewhere that the critical path and the most important path are sometimes different, sometimes). How so?The 'critical path' is a technical term arising from precedence scheduling techniques wherein a path is 'critical' if any stretch of that path stretches the very last milestone of the project.The 'most important path' is a matter of business priorities.

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Welcome Efficiency, Productivity and Quality With Project Cycle Management

nTask

Project management is all about planning, executing, and delivering the best possible services to your clients. Any and every project is important when it comes to successful completion where the satisfaction of beneficiaries and stakeholders matters the most. Project cycle management is one such approach where the satisfaction of stakeholders is prioritized.

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Neuroscience for Project Managers with Carole Osterweil | Video

Online PM Courses

Neuroscience offers a body of useful tools for better results at work. I asked Carole Osterweil about Neuroscience for Project Managers. The post Neuroscience for Project Managers with Carole Osterweil | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Product Lifecycle Management (PLM): A Quick Guide

ProjectManager.com

Products have a lifespan just like everything else. After they’re born, they develop, mature and eventually die. That journey is called product lifecycle management. Like any aspect of creating a product, it involves many processes. Product lifecycle management is the sum of the process that makes a product happen. It can be long and complicated with many phases, but let’s first define what product lifecycle management is and look at its history.

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Make Saturday a Working Day in Microsoft Project

MPUG

Background. There was an interesting question recently in the Tech Community Project user forum. A user asked how to change the default working calendar to allow Saturday as a working day. The question was specifically related to Project Online, but both the question and the answer relate to the Microsoft Project desktop application as well. Because the user provided very little details in his question, the responses from a fellow Project MVP and I dealt with two possible situations the user mig

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Breaking Ground on Better Payment Processes: Strategies for Construction Pros

Speaker: Timothy Allsopp

Payment challenges often lead to delayed projects, financial bottlenecks, and strained relationships. With construction projects becoming more complex, outdated processes are no longer sustainable. By refining financial workflow, companies can improve cash flow, reduce error, and foster trust between stakeholders. Discover practical strategies for redesigning payment systems to overcome workflow challenges while creating a smoother, more reliable process for contractors and subcontractors alike.

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Retrospective First Principles

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Retrospective First Principles. What is your take on the Retrospective: A routine exercise at the end of a Sprint, supported by standard operating procedures? Or a critical part of a Scrum team’s journey of continuous improvement? As you may assume, I advocate for the latter. In my experience, Scrum teams start utilizing Retrospectives to their full potential when they embrace a short set of Retrospective first principles, outlining the essence of the Why, the What, and the How.

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How to Improve Demand Planning

LiquidPlanner

There is a consensus among leaders and managers – supply chain problems are enormous, causing steep expense increases, loss of business opportunity, and customer frustrations. The pandemic has exacerbated this problem, and uncertainty and change seem to be the only sure things. At first, we experienced shortages due to the lack of material, like wood for paper towels and toilet paper, which led to hoarding.

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Parametric Estimating In Project Management

ProjectManager.com

Every project, regardless of the industry, uses a methodology to estimate time and cost to better plan projects. In the life sciences, engineering and construction industries, the method often used is called parametric estimating. When dealing with a project that has many variables and stages, such as construction, it can be difficult to get an accurate estimation of how long the project will take and what sort of financial investment is required to deliver success.

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Risk Identification (What is it, techniques and examples)

PM Basics

Here’s the most important thing you need to take from this article. Risk identification is not a rigid process that you follow step-by-step. Instead, good risk identification comes from communication and collaboration with all project stakeholders. Moreover, you need to educate others on how to use your risk management process. Let me explain how it works in the real world with real people.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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Facilitation Exercise for Scrum Team Accountabilities

Scrum.org

Scrum Team Accountabilities and responsibilities can be confusing, misunderstood, and lack shared understanding between its members and the organization. This is especially true for new Scrum Team members, yet I also have experienced this with teams who have been using Scrum for several years. And sometimes these misunderstandings are perpetuated by the organization and its leaders.

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8 Essential Time Management Strategies

LiquidPlanner

Creating effective time management strategies is all about prioritizing the most important tasks and accomplishing them in less time, while maintaining a high quality bar. Sound hard? Don’t worry, we have you covered with 8 tips on how to get there. And, these skills will help you advance in your career, deliver your projects successfully, and create more personal time. .

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How to Create a Performance Measurement Baseline for Your Projects

ProjectManager.com

Projects are planned and then life happens. Ideally, project managers know better than to execute their project plans without a performance measurement baseline. They need to know immediately if their team is on track or falling behind. Without that knowledge, the project is running blindly, and anyone who’s tried this knows the dangers. A performance measurement baseline provides a window into the project that allows project managers to see roadblocks and resolve them before the project hits a

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Risk Management Process Explained (+resources, templates)

PM Basics

I’ve been managing software development projects for more than 11 years. Risk management is arguably the most crucial piece in my project management approach. Therefore, I spent lots of time and effort creating a practical risk management process. Risk management process is a structured approach to identifying, assessing, addressing, and controlling risks.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Retrospektiven-Prinzipien für erfolgreiche Scrum-Teams ????

Scrum.org

TL; DR: 15 Retrospektiven-Prinzipien. Was halten Sie von der Retrospektive: Eine Routineübung am Ende eines Sprints, unterstützt durch Standardarbeitsanweisungen? Oder ein wichtiger Teil der Bemühungen eines Scrum-Teams um kontinuierliche Verbesserung? Wie Sie vielleicht vermuten, plädiere ich für Letzteres. Meiner Erfahrung nach schöpfen Scrum-Teams das Potenzial von Retrospektiven erst dann voll aus, wenn sie eine Reihe von Retrospektiven-Prinzipien verinnerlichen, in denen das Warum, das Was

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies

Agilemania

Project management is a set of principles, tools, and techniques to plan, execute and manage projects. It helps project managers, and all the leaders to manage work while supporting team collaboration. There are a variety of project management methodologies. And all of them have their own advantages and disadvantages. In order to decide which project management methodology works best for you, you’ll have to learn about those methodologies and choose the best that works in your context.

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Professional Development Day 2022 – IGNITE!

International Institute for Learning

Friday, September 23, 2022, 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM EST. PDD 2022 Ignite your future with new skills, add to your professional network, and develop as a leader. Earn up to 10 PDU’s. Together we will ignite your career path toward greatness. PMI has become and continues to be the leading professional association in project management. The goal of the Metrolina chapter is to advance the mission and objectives of the Project Management Institute.

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A Personal Parallel to Strategic Project Management

The Strategic Project Manager

Personal mindset is very much at the core of becoming a strategic thinker and project manager. This post explores personal aspects such as our actions, our ambitions, and our aspirations – and how they map to various aspects of project management and strategy. What Our Actions, Ambitions, and Aspirations Tell Us. Someone famously said one day that “We become what we think about most of the time.” If there is any truth to that, then we had better be thinking about the right thin

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Use Proven Success Factors From The Past, To Improve Your Team In The Present

Scrum.org

This article is also available as a free PDF on our webshop. It’s a nicely styled paper and allows you to easily share it with others. You can download the PDF here. Christiaan Verwijs and I created the Scrum Team Survey to support Scrum and other Agile teams in their continuous improvement loop. The first step in that loop is to create transparency around where you are right now, and then to work together as a team to identify improvements and make adaptations.

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Best of PMTimes – The Faux Thinking: “I Know It All”

PM Times

Often, I feel I am living under a delusion that I know the answers to all the questions when it relates to me. Fair enough, right? Each of us knows ourselves the best. However, a self-assessment check is not only a healthy habit but also aids in taking corrective actions based on the results. […]. The post Best of PMTimes – The Faux Thinking: “I Know It All” appeared first on Project Management Articles, Webinars, Templates and Jobs.

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Project Quality Management: A Getting Started Guide For Agile Teams

nTask

You delivered the product/services, everything was on time, and everyone worked hard, but something is amiss. Maybe the product's quality is lacking, or the project itself wasn't very high-quality. Often we are so focused on delivering the products/services on time that we forget a very essential aspect of the project. Project quality management. Quality precedes […].

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Qualitative Risk Analysis Example: How to Perform Risk Assessment

PM Basics

Qualitative risk analysis boosts the chances for project success dramatically. If I were to choose one thing to improve in my project management – it would be it. Why? I honestly believe that this risk analysis in more than enough for small and medium projects. Qualitative Risk Analysis is the process of prioritizing risks for further analysis or action by assessing and combining their probability of occurrence and impact.

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Navigating Chaos in Project Management

This text offers practical guidance for project managers navigating diverse frameworks. It covers topics like centralized reporting, standardized metrics, communication, training, risk management, and alignment reviews. By implementing these strategies, project managers can improve efficiency and achieve their project goals.