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Forensic Product Backlog Analysis — A New Team Exercise

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Forensic Product Backlog Analysis Exercise The Forensic Product Backlog Analysis: A 60-minute team exercise to fix your Backlog. A Team Exercise: Forensic Product Backlog Analysis Your Product Backlog is a mission-critical team artifact. There is no fluff, just results. Start with a solid Product Backlog.

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Get Inspired: 13 Creativity Exercises for Non-Creatives

ProjectManager.com

But when you look online for creativity exercises to help breakthrough those blocks, artists dominate the conversation. With this in mind, I’ve come up with a list of imaginative exercises modified for us office-types. The Exercise : This one is easy; come up with as many ideas as possible — good and bad. Take advantage of this.

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RAID Log Practitioner Course Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I’ve used RAID logs in my project management practice for over 20 years, and I learned things on this course – the stack rank constraint priorities exercise was a real eye-opener and something I can definitely use with my stakeholders. We used the RAIDLOG software for practical exercises Recommendation: Should you buy this course?

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Facilitation Exercise for Scrum Team Accountabilities

Scrum.org

In this blog post, I'll share with you an exercise to help make transparent expectations of each Scrum Team member, by driving conversations about what team members already understand and where there are potential misunderstandings that need to be changed. Plan on up to 2 hours for this exercise.

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7 Creativity hacks to try with your team

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Instead, start with some team exercises to warm up people's brains and help them realize that they are in a safe space where it's OK to make suggestions. To hack your brainstorming sessions: Use warm-up exercises: Start with a quick game like word association to get everyone's brains in gear and create a judgment-free zone.

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Real-life tips for managing Red projects and getting back to Green

Rebel’s Guide to PM

That might mean they have things to do as well, for example, they might need to lead a replanning exercise. Let them know that there are governance hoops to jump through and that you’ll be escalating the problem, with a view to securing support to keep the project moving forward.

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Reflective practice on projects: 7 models to try

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Recording your thoughts can turn the exercise into more of a deliberate reflection instead of something that is hurried, and can be useful as part of your professional development log and continuous learning. Do you use any of these in your professional practice as a project manager?

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