Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Because after a few weeks I realized that the energy levels weren’t what they should be for such a creative, innovative agency. If you are wondering how to start a standup meeting, try this exercise. This was a quick exercise but it triggered us into thinking about ourselves and what we can improve in our approach to work.

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SCRUM Agile Energy 2016 366

ProjectManager.com

MAY 22, 2019

It is usually a spontaneous, free-flowing and nonlinear process, where many ideas are generated and explored over a short time. 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.

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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. Again, you’ll want to have this process also documented in your business case. Now, it’s not just an exercise to appease senior leadership. Before You Start Your Business Case.

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Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle Leadership 2019 493

Scrum.org

MAY 15, 2023

Design a Sprint board considering the following [your process information]. Your suggestions include surveys, talks, interviews, team meetings, games, exercises, or other parties like stakeholders or line managers, and other useful practices. Explain the benefits and drawbacks of different estimation techniques. Design a Sprint board.

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ChatGPT Technical Review SCRUM Artificial Inteligence 209

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 29, 2022

That’s a big slice of pie, which includes everything from polices, regulations and functions to processes, procedures and responsibilities. This is where process comes in. But it’s best to keep these key stakeholders at no more than six in order to run the process more efficiently. Information. Advisory Group.

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Governance Government PMI Defining 397

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 29, 2019

Thinking has led to great innovation but has also brought people into disastrous conflict. This doesn’t mean, though, that you can’t manage the process so that it’s less detrimental to your work. Consciousness is a blessing and a curse. Confront your demons! Are you overthinking because you can?

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Controlling Governance Government Engineering 410

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. Recruiters will need to become servant leaders or facilitators, guiding the peer recruiting process. Recruiters will need to become servant leaders or facilitators in this peer recruiting process.

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SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Agile Engineering 218

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. The team's enthusiasm waned as they found it increasingly challenging to come up with new ideas or identify novel ways to improve their processes.

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Innovation SCRUM Agile Sustainability 214

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. These teams need support and coordination services throughout the process.

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Innovation Underperforming Technical Team Lean Consulting 88

The IIL Blog

JULY 31, 2024

However, project management is dynamic and continues to evolve and innovate. The PMBOK® 5th Edition was new and defined 47 processes with their inputs, tools, and outputs that aspiring PMPs judiciously memorized to pass the PMP® exam. The number of processes increased to 49, and Agile was added to the “body of knowledge.”

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2016 2014 PMI 2024 78

Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2023

It's essential to understand that learning is not a one-size-fits-all process. Guided Learning: Structured yet Flexible Guided learning, as the name suggests, guides learners through the process. Groups can utilize resources like case studies, interactive exercises, or software tools. With this in mind, Agile-ity Inc.

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SCRUM Agile Influencer Initiating 192

Scrum.org

MARCH 25, 2024

Metrics such as cycle time, lead time, throughput, work item aging, and work in process offer invaluable insights into the health and efficiency of the project workflow. This is not merely a theoretical exercise; it's a practical approach that has repeatedly proven its value in my professional experience.

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SCRUM Innovation Agile Process 200

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 1, 2019

It doesn’t always work, of course, but like any muscle, the more we exercise it the stronger it gets. This is because, if you are adhering to the status quo, then you are failing to innovate, and you’re unwilling to try new tools or techniques to improve. Objectively, status quo is not good for business. What Is Status Quo Bias?

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2012 Software Review Energy Innovation 309

Scrum.org

JANUARY 18, 2022

According to the Scrum Guide, Product Owners have a vital role in the value creation process of the Scrum team: Page 5: The Product Owner is accountable for maximizing the value of the product resulting from the work of the Scrum Team. How would you engage with different groups of stakeholders in the process?

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Governance Government SCRUM Influencer 232

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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Innovation 2015 2019 Underperforming Technical Team 100

Scrum.org

JANUARY 4, 2021

The free 71 Product Owner Interview Questions PDF is not merely listing the questions, but also contains background information on: Why the questions are useful in the process, and…. Early in the transition process, it is advisable to educate them with product-related workshops on agile principles. A range of appropriate answers.

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SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Agile 253

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

It’s too bad that this shift undermines Agile principles and hampers long-term success and innovation. Excessive Planning and Control : The illusion of control among managers results in a tendency to over-plan and control every aspect of the development process. Share successes widely to build a case for further lean initiatives.

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Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Sustainability 213

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. . These opportunities are identified and validated via a Due Diligence (DD) process.

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Technical Review Software Review Agile Innovation 214

Scrum.org

JUNE 6, 2023

This innovative session aimed to enhance the team’s adoption of the 5 Scrum values. This process encourages participants to delve deeper into their thoughts and reflect on what they most want to convey. This emotional release fuels innovation and creativity, as individuals feel empowered to propose new ideas without fear of judgment.

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SCRUM Innovation 2023 Agile 207

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 Closing Innovation Construction 158

Scrum.org

JULY 7, 2020

Adding more people to a team or project to accelerate delivery also contradicts another agile law, Hackman’s law: “ The larger a group, the more process problems members encounter in carrying out their collective work […] worse, the vulnerability of a group to such difficulties increases sharply as size increases.”. Hackman’s Law.

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Technical Review Agile Software Review Software Engineering 188

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

The free 71 Product Owner Interview Questions PDF is not merely listing the questions, but also contains background information on: Why the questions are useful in the process, and…. Finding this answer is a process and not a destination. The role of the Product Owner itself is making the hiring process difficult to handle.

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SCRUM Lean Technical Review Agile 244

Scrum.org

JANUARY 25, 2021

The reasons for this are apparent, with software eating the world and the pace of innovation accelerating as the market-entry barriers of the technology sector are continuously lowered. Venture capital is also widely available, and startups are gaining an innovative advantage over established organizations. Job advertisement.

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SCRUM Technical Review Lean Engineering 237

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 9, 2023

However, in our rapidly evolving business landscape, sticking rigidly to traditional Scrum by the book could be a straightjacket stifling innovation, user focus, and adaptability. Innovation : Scrum is designed for incremental improvement but isn’t necessarily geared for groundbreaking innovation.

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SCRUM Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 192

Planview

AUGUST 22, 2024

Unlock the strategies to overcome key PMO hurdles—mastering resource management, driving change, and streamlining processes—with expert insight from Athena Smith, Senior Director, Portfolio Management. Pursuing her passion for mission-based work, Athena has spent her career in museums, higher education, and the ASPCA.

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PMO Technical Review Lean PMI 103

The IIL Blog

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

The professor engaged the class in a two-part exercise, immediately upon entry. Clark, titled, “The Four Stages of Psychological Safety: Defining the Path to Inclusion and Innovation” (Clark, 2020). Psychologically Safety is the basis of high-performing teams and an innovative culture. Jacinta Jiménez, 2022).

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

September 27, 2022 : Join 200-plus peers at the 45th Hands-on Agile Meetup: FAST: An Innovative Way to Scale with James Shore. The emergent process and work must be visible to those performing the work as well as those receiving the work. Empiricism. Let us delve into the practice of applying empiricism’s three pillars: Transparency.

2020 221

2020 2022 SCRUM Cadence 221

Scrum.org

JANUARY 17, 2023

Your suggestions include surveys, talks, interviews, team meetings, games, exercises, or including other parties like stakeholders or line managers, and other useful practices. Commitment: By committing to the Scrum process, the team will be able to work together to address the issues and find solutions.

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ChatGPT Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Technical Review 208

Scrum.org

JANUARY 28, 2024

Hackman’s Law Adding more people to a team or project to accelerate delivery also contradicts another agile law, Hackman’s law: “ The larger a group, the more process problems members encounter in carrying out their collective work […] worse, the vulnerability of a group to such difficulties increases sharply as size increases.”

Agile 202

Agile Technical Review Software Engineering Sustainability 202

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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Leadership 2014 Consulting Certification 78

Scrum.org

JUNE 17, 2020

Like cycle time, customer satisfaction, team happiness, innovation rate, return on investment, and total defects. For example, with the “ Management in Scrum ” exercise. It also shows what the current limitations & impediments are to fully benefit from the empirical process of Scrum. Use outcome-based metrics.

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SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Finance Closing 232

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

So aiming at the right target is not a trivial task in Product Development, especially if you are in a more innovative space where it is not even clear that there is a market need for your product, but also when you are working on internal IT projects where this kind of uncertainty seems irrelevant. The Risk Burndown Exercise.

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Underperforming Technical Team Risk SCRUM 2013 166

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Two years ago Christiaan Verwijs and I started the process of creating this new training for Scrum Masters?—?obviously It arises in unpredictable environments from relationships among a number of people and resources within a context in which learners organise and determine to some extent both the process and the learning destinations.

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SCRUM 2016 Consulting Defining 158

Scrum.org

MAY 19, 2023

Software development in an agile setting calls for specialized technical abilities, effective process management, and collaborative skills that help teams produce high-quality solutions in short iterations. Inspect and adapt software development process and value delivery more effectively.

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SCRUM Agile Software Development Software Developers 195

Scrum.org

APRIL 17, 2023

So in March 2023, I embarked on a non-representative research exercise to learn how organizations misuse Jira from a team perspective as I wanted to understand Jira anti-patterns. This misunderstanding can result in excessive control to compensate for the perceived lack of process.

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ChatGPT Technical Review 2023 SCRUM 228

Scrum.org

JUNE 4, 2023

Instead of making tough decisions and removing roles, processes, or practices, it’s easier to add something new hoping it will magically ? Try this exercise within your organization, and plot all the activities, roles, projects, processes, and relationships on the Ecocycle. improve the situation.

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Governance Government Consulting Agile 212

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. Of course, simplicity is a subtractive process. Log in or register here. Should it always be so simple?

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