Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 18, 2020

Creativity is the cornerstone of innovation. 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. Thinking creatively is what takes your work from average to outstanding. Creativity fixes problems. It looks out for risks.

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2014 Energy Innovation Risk Management 408

Scrum.org

MAY 15, 2023

Your suggestions include surveys, talks, interviews, team meetings, games, exercises, or other parties like stakeholders or line managers, and other useful practices. As example for such a service, I used PromptPerfect for all following exercises: Original prompt : I want you to act as an experienced Scrum Master.

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ChatGPT Technical Review SCRUM Artificial Inteligence 209

Leading Answers

JUNE 19, 2019

If success goes to those who can innovate the fastest, how do we nurture innovation? To innovate faster than our competitors, we need to maximize our learning potential. Developing new products or services is a maze-solving exercise. Obviously, it is not as simple as “happy people are the perfect innovators.”

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Scrum.org

JULY 13, 2020

And more importantly, where developers can learn, innovate and experiment to become better at his craft? For example, our Definition of Done exercise can work for this. They are there to solve the complex puzzle of how to deliver a valuable increment within the span of a single Sprint. ”. Or play Lego4Scrum ; Closing words.

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Innovation SCRUM Initiating 2019 212

Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Undertake a team-building exercise. Wise leaders know how and when to inject team building exercises. Facilitate a problem-solving exercise , develop a work breakdown structure, or identify ways to improve project communication. Feeling stagnant? Invite another subject matter expert to provide a different perspective?

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Underperforming Technical Team Energy Innovation Monitoring 218

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In fact, in some lean or agile organizations, over-reliance on documentation is seen as a clear impediment to innovation and collaboration. Now, it’s not just an exercise to appease senior leadership. Before You Start Your Business Case. Projects fail without having a solid business case to rest on.

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Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle Leadership Initiating 492

Scrum.org

JUNE 19, 2023

Unfortunately, some Scrum Masters fall into the trap of using the same Retrospective agenda repeatedly, stifling the team's creativity and hindering their ability to generate innovative solutions. This exercise pushes teams to envision extreme scenarios and consider the potential negative outcomes.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 29, 2019

Thinking has led to great innovation but has also brought people into disastrous conflict. This beneficial exercise reveals that the brain often overthinks without any reason other than that it was designed to run through these mental hoops. Consciousness is a blessing and a curse.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 24, 2023

They are: Build a common vision with shared goals Nurture collaboration within the team Create an environment that promotes performance Cultivate learning, creativity and innovation Ensure results These are great principles. Project recovery exercises involve leadership, but they are also very much concerned with management tasks.

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Leadership Innovation Executing Defining 287

Scrum.org

JANUARY 8, 2024

As a scrum practitioner, I've observed teams going through the motions, treating these meetings as a tick-box exercise rather than a dynamic platform for discussion and improvement. Innovative Immersion Training at NKDAgility At NKDAgility, we understand the challenges you face in transforming your Agile practices.

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Agile 2024 SCRUM Innovation 195

Scrum.org

MARCH 8, 2021

Instead, they will reorganize themselves around autonomous teams to deal with the complexity and pace of innovation of the 21st century. Join us on April 20, 2021 , for a live virtual workshop on driving product innovation with the Zones of Value framework. The trial day is an expensive exercise and should not be wasted.

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SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Agile Engineering 218

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 31, 2023

That happens naturally when there is a lot of brainstorming and sharing innovative ideas. Look into team building exercises that create alignment or that allow experienced employees to share what they know with newer colleagues to share the workload. Your team members have a lot of shared knowledge between them: use it.

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Risk Management Leadership Risk Innovation 313

Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2024

Please create a concept for this class, comprising lectures but mainly exercises covering the previously mentioned topics. Exercise: Creating a hypothetical Product Backlog: Participants create a hypothetical Product Backlog. Interactive role-play exercise: Participants practice gathering feedback from stakeholders.

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ChatGPT SCRUM Artificial Inteligence Agile 198

Scrum.org

MARCH 25, 2024

This is not merely a theoretical exercise; it's a practical approach that has repeatedly proven its value in my professional experience. We blend expert training and coaching, leveraging our vast experience and the innovative NKDAgility Insights tool to enlighten your path. Learn more about how we can assist

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 23, 2021

Each section comes with a practical exercise and tips on how you will know when you’ve managed to fix a particular aspect of meeting culture at your workplace, which makes it super easy to implement these ideas. Their agenda template is innovative and a vast improvement on what I have seen in my corporate experience.

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Innovation Planning 303

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 20, 2020

One of the largest series of conferences for project managers in North America, the Project Summit has industry innovators who help professionals be more productive, and learn best practices, skills and strategies to succeed. Multiple Dates & Locations. The Project Summit. Attendees can earn up to 26 PDUs. GOTO Chicago.

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2020 PMO PMI Underperforming Technical Team 292

ProjectManager.com

MAY 22, 2019

While there might be types of people who are more likely to think divergently, promoting divergent thinking is possible through various creative exercises. It’s inherently creative and often innovative. Adopt an innovation culture. ProjectManager.com is a cloud-based project management software that has innovative features.

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Innovation Leadership Risk Management Executing 235

Inloox

FEBRUARY 9, 2023

Research and development, innovation management and new product introduction On the way to becoming an innovative company and what role project management can play in this process What is remarkable about innovations is their multiple ambivalence. 1]] Why are some organizations or companies more innovative than others?

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Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2023

Groups can utilize resources like case studies, interactive exercises, or software tools. 3. Flipped Learning: Turning Traditional Upside Down Flipped learning is an innovative method that turns traditional education on its head. This enables a more thorough understanding, greater engagement, and self-paced learning.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 1, 2022

I expected a book about leadership theory but what I got was a hugely practical guide to actually doing leadership with plenty of stories, examples and exercises. The second edition is out now, and it’s even better. See on Amazon. Then Susanne introduces the 7 keys of project leadership.

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Leadership 2015 Energy Innovation 273

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 29, 2022

Carry out scenario analyses and pre-mortem exercises, to ensure your decision-makers can assess the potential impacts of their decisions. Create a requirement for every governance decision to be tested against whether the decision-makers believe it to be in the best interests of their organization.

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Governance Government PMI Defining 384

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Innovators showcase their ideas or products and gather meaningful feedback in short cycles. This blog post will describe how we’ve experimented with a twist in this exercise during a recent Scrum.org PSM II class. In the first part of the exercise the participants generate a list of all must-do and must-not-do activities.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

We also know that keeping ourselves physically fit requires sustained dedicated effort toward healthy activities like proper nutrition, exercise, and active lifestyles. They change by exercising deliberate action and creating new habits. Pairing this with shared ownership of top-down/bottom-up innovation feeding strategy?—?it

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Infrastructure Sustainability Budget Innovation 38

Scrum.org

JANUARY 18, 2022

Establishing these team-internal functional silos — Developers develop and do not talk to customers — often lowers innovation and productivity. Interacting comes in many different forms, from exercising control to pursuing goals (probably also personal agendas) to being kept in the loop. Invite users to Sprint Reviews.

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The IIL Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Five exercises to get you started with mentalization. There are many tools and exercises that enable the development of mentalization. Below, I will walk you through five exercises you can use in your own workplace. Exercise 1: Coaching or supervision. Exercise 2: Collegial sparring. Exercise 3: Check-ins.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 6, 2023

This innovative session aimed to enhance the team’s adoption of the 5 Scrum values. This collaborative process fostered a sense of collective ownership and encouraged the team to work together towards finding innovative solutions.

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SCRUM Innovation 2023 Agile 207

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This exercise illuminated James's habitual approach to complex work and the gaps in his understanding of effective team leadership. STORY CONTINUES In the bustling world of tech innovation, James, a seasoned VP at Innovatech, faced a pivotal challenge: guiding his Scrum teams to heightened productivity and collaboration.

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Leadership Technical Review 2023 SCRUM 183

Scrum.org

JANUARY 28, 2024

Exercising more command & control to counter complexity does not work, as any experienced leader will note. Curtis Carlson: “ In a world where so many people now have access to education and cheap tools of innovation. Innovation that happens from the bottom up tends to be chaotic but smart.

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Agile Technical Review Sustainability Software Engineering 202

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 25, 2019

Working is like exercise, if you keep working the same muscles nonstop, you’ll be too exhausted to get strong and healthy. You want a place where people can relax and be open to innovation and new ways of thinking. Plan Thoroughly. Once you have a site picked, don’t skimp on the agenda. Hermitage Farm, Goshin, Ky.

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Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Undertake a team-building exercise. Wise leaders know how and when to inject team building exercises. Facilitate a problem-solving exercise, develop a work breakdown structure, or identify ways to improve project communication. Feeling stagnant? Invite another subject matter expert to provide a different perspective?

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Underperforming Technical Team Energy Innovation Monitoring 150

Scrum.org

JUNE 26, 2021

Fostering innovation within the Scrum team. Ensuring that Scrum team members are able to work effectively in a team environment. Eliminating challenges and roadblocks which are escalated to the resource manager. Ensuring that team members have the right resources and training.

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SCRUM Leadership 2020 Agile 212

Scrum.org

JANUARY 31, 2022

You will also learn about the 5 Dimensions of innovation, the core framework that drives any product innovation. The workshop was an interactive learning experience full of practical, real-world techniques and hands-on exercises. NoSlides.). Connect with Valerio Zanini & Zeina Zeitouni. LinkedIn profile of Valerio Zanini.

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2021 Innovation SCRUM Agile 165

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

It’s too bad that this shift undermines Agile principles and hampers long-term success and innovation. This approach stifles agility and innovation, leading to a feature factory mindset that focuses on executing predefined plans rather than adapting to change. Share successes widely to build a case for further lean initiatives.

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Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Sustainability 213

International Institute for Learning

MAY 10, 2019

As closing keynote speaker at IIL’s Leadership & Innovation 2019 Online Conference , she delivered a powerful message on how complexity is holding most of us back, and what we can do to get back to the work that really matters. Simplification IS an efficiency exercise, which management LOVES. Log in or register here. Absolutely.

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Innovation Underperforming Technical Team 2019 2014 72

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Losing the Ability to Innovate You often see companies that grow successfully to the point where it seems their ability to innovate stalls. This affects product innovation as well as GTM innovation and other key business processes. . Business/Organizational Agility - The New Business Operating System.

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Technical Review Software Review Agile Innovation 214

The IIL Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

In 2024, seek out ways to exercise more leadership. By incorporating these strategies into your professional journey, you position yourself not only to thrive in the dynamic landscape of 2024 but also to lead and innovate in the field of project management. Registration for IIL’s Leadership & Innovation Online Conference is open!

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2024 Certification Leadership Prince2 167

Scrum.org

JANUARY 4, 2021

Yes, it would significantly impede the Product Owner’s work, as transparency is required to innovate most effectively within an organization. Nowadays, innovation is a team sport. The brilliant individual—creating great innovations single-handedly—is a myth. Will that impede your work as a Product Owner?

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