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Poor resource management and a lack of appropriate software are on the list of the biggest project management challenges, as stated by the Wellingtone report on the state of project management. So, it’s high time to change the situation, isn’t it? Learn how the adoption of the right resource management software can change the game – level up your resource management and contribute to achieving your business goals.
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Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring
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Vergiss, was du über Produkt-Ziele gehört hast. Ignoriere die Ratschläge, dass Ziele SMART, FAST oder ein OKR sein müssen. Denn Fakt ist: Diese Methoden bewahren dich nicht vor den typischen Fehlern, die in der Praxis passieren. Im Laufe der letzten Jahre habe ich mit vielen Scrum Teams gearbeitet. Und obwohl sie alle diese Methoden angewendet haben, haben sie die gleichen Fehler gemacht.
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Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali
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Die Verbesserung, die ich am Scrum Guide vornehmen würde: Ich würde das Wort „Meeting“ aus dem Scrum Guide verbannen und es durch „Workshop“ ersetzen. Zum Beispiel in diesem Abschnitt: „Wenn ein Event nicht wie vorgeschrieben durchgeführt wird, verpasst man die Gelegenheit, zu überprüfen und anzupassen. Events werden in Scrum verwendet, um Regelmäßigkeit zu schaffen und die Notwendigkeit von Meetings, die in Scrum nicht definiert sind, zu minimieren.“ – Scrum Guide, 2020 Die meiste Zeit spricht
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