Project Risk Coach

DECEMBER 31, 2019

I often hear people say, “Our company has too many meetings. The meetings last too long and they are woefully mismanaged.” And yet, meetings can be an indispensable tool for accomplishing work. Let’s look at 10 ways to improve project meetings and achieve greater results. 10 Project Meeting Boosters.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 9, 2025

TL;DR: The Alignment-to-Value Pipeline Effective product development requires both strategic alignment and healthy Product Backlog management. By implementing proper alignment tools, separating discovery from delivery, and maintaining appropriate backlog size (3-6 sprints), teams can build products that truly matter.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Ruth Pearce knows everything there is to know about motivating your project team. I caught up with Ruth to find out more about how to motivate teams and why it’s something you should be actively doing. Why do you think motivation on project teams is so important? She’s even written the book on it. So how do we do it?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

This article, 7 Awesome Meeting Habits That Will Make You Money , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. Let’s face it, most of us deal with unproductive meetings every day. You know the type of meetings I’m talking about: When the executives talk more about golf than how to improve profitability.

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Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Discover 10 ways to get more done in your meetings How often do you hear someone say, “We’re having too many meetings, lasting too long, and they are woefully mismanaged.” And yet, meetings can be the indispensable tool for getting work done. Let’s look at 10 ways to revitalize your project meetings and get more done.

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Underperforming Technical Team Energy Innovation Monitoring 218

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Last week I was invited to give a lecture at the Free University of Amsterdam at the faculty for Digital Business Innovation. The first paper was a 2012 study on the tensions with remote (off-shoring) teams (Ramesh et al Ambidexterity in Agile Development ISR2012). Even in institutions where they teach (software) development.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 5, 2025

However, a Scrum Team may not always have a Valuable Product Owner. The Product Owner Proxy or Proxy Product Owner: In my past article about practices leading to anti-patterns I mentioned the Proxy Product Owner being a widely used practice, especially in scenarios where you have distributed teams or onshore-offshore models.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 19, 2019

SWOT: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats. In fact, in some lean or agile organizations, over-reliance on documentation is seen as a clear impediment to innovation and collaboration. The following is a basic outline to follow when starting to develop your business case. Business description/mission statement.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 20, 2020

It’s not a bad practice, but why save it for once a year? 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.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 30, 2022

They do everything from monitoring the budget to creating community programs to supervising other managers and developing better business practices. ProjectManager is online software with features that allow program directors to oversee programs and manage their resources to stimulate growth and meet the organization’s goals.

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Sometimes, disruptions can affect product quality ; for example, sourcing materials from alternative suppliers that fail to meet quality standards may lead to producing poor-quality goods. The ability to meet the growing demand for products requires additional resources. The Increasing Demand for Products.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

A product vision is more than just a statement; it's the guiding star that illuminates the path for your product, team, and stakeholders. It serves as a rallying cry that keeps the team focused, motivated, and driven by a shared purpose. It helps your team understand what they are working towards and why it matters.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

And in no particular order we start with: Mark Phillips Mark Phillips High performing teams are motivated by an exceptional vision. The vision becomes a touchstone for difficult discussions with stakeholders, a path to unity for all project participants and a guide post for decision making with your team throughout the project.

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Inloox

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

In the last parts of our blog series on innovation management with the Stage-Gate® process, we looked at the basics such as the definition, strengths and weaknesses, and the basic principles. At the end of each stage, all work results are compiled by the project team, jointly analyzed, and prepared for the subsequent review.

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TechEmpower - Project Management

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

When speaking with founders and CEOs, we often hear concerns like this: My project manager is losing confidence in the development team. I think that poor communication and differing team cultures might be part of the problem, but how can I know for sure? These are the worries that keep team leads up at night.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 22, 2019

For years, I’ve fulfilled the role of Scrum Master for many different organizations and Scrum Teams. These teams were mostly focused on software development. These organizations were able to attract the smartest developers and create products customers loved. Examples of a Developer Culture.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 12, 2022

Develop your skills, learn about new project management research and become more employable. One of the biggest trends is the hybrid boom and how to manage teams who are distributed, in different departments and with different skill sets. Technical Project Management Conference. Where: AMA Conference Center, Atlanta, Ga.,

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Scrum.org

JULY 5, 2022

During the first year of the pandemic, Scrum adoption more than doubled for software development teams. According to the 15th Annual State of Agile Report, the use of agile approaches for software development grew from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021. It is, in essence, the plan for what the Scrum Team will do next.

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Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Discover 10 ways to get more done in your meetings How often do you hear someone say, “We’re having too many meetings, lasting too long, and they are woefully mismanaged.” And yet, meetings can be the indispensable tool for getting work done. Let’s look at 10 ways to revitalize your project meetings and get more done.

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Underperforming Technical Team Energy Innovation Monitoring 150

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Over the years I've heard my share of these kinds of statements from various levels of executives: "When my guys run a product development release I really want to know what I will get at the end so I can make business plans accordingly". "In Types of Uncertainty in Product Development. Let's make it clear up front.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 17, 2021

One thing you can do is to ask the project sponsor to make an introduction to you to the team. Second, after you are introduced, it’s important to meet with every single person on the team. You can then start to create a profile to help motivate them and meet that specific need. Then it’s all on you.

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

In this complex and dynamic landscape, strong project management is paramount, essential for driving innovation, ensuring efficiency, and meeting sustainability goals. Enhance Quality : A well-managed project is more likely to meet or exceed quality standards. of investment wasted for every $1 billion spent.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2019

Part 1 intends to focus on the Scrum Team, Part 2 will be released shortly after our Webinar on April 29th and will focus on the “Epic” challenges agile leaders are facing. For example, it is recommended that members of the development teams do not spend more than 10% of their capacity on Product Backlog refinement.

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Proofhub

JANUARY 13, 2020

8 Proven Leadership Ways to Build High-Performing Teams A high performing team is a blend of goal-oriented professionals , experts in their respective fields, responsible for planning, executing and yielding outstanding results. Have you ever led a high-performing team that is high in energy and enthusiasm?

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2024

By Luigi Morsa and Richard Maltzman Introduction Lets start with a basic definition: Project management tools simplify everything from project planning to collaboration, helping meeting deadlines and deliver a more refined finished project [1]. The bad news is that this complicates the decision on which to choose. Thats the good news.

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Project Bliss

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Learn how to think better by using productive thinking approaches with Tim Hurson’s book Think Better – An Innovator’s Guide to Productive Thinking. In the book Think Better: An Innovator’s Guide to Productive Thinking , Tim Hurson teaches a step-by-step process for dealing with big challenges. .

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 8, 2023

They should have a centralized repository to capture documents related to the projects to ensure all projects are working together to meet the goals and objectives of the organization. It’s easy to see which projects are open and the team members who are assigned to tasks in those projects.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 21, 2022

Regular, informal conversations with the project team make it much easier to raise concerns or highlight problems that might eventually derail a project if not discussed openly. Motivating the team. And motivated teams will always have the advantage when it comes to delivering a successful outcome, particularly in complex projects.

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Planio

MAY 6, 2024

Despite a busy workload and multiple responsibilities, the best managers find a way to blend their hard and soft skills to deliver on their goals while providing support, direction, and guidance to their team. Get to know your team's strengths and weaknesses 2. Make time to support team members and give feedback 5.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 8, 2019

It's really about becoming a learning organization.one that's innovative enough to survive. If a technical team estimates each piece of work before doing it, and gives it a notional size in points, then team members will roughly know how much they're taking on when planning to meet a goal. Why fake this equivalence?

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Planio

MARCH 31, 2025

Develop new ideas and solutions (Divergent) 4. Deduce , decide , and deliver (Convergent) 5 ways to become a more divergent thinker Final thoughts: Creativity and innovation are risky business What is convergent vs. divergent thinking? Discover the underlying problems and causes (Divergent) 2. How are they different?

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Proofhub

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Idea Management Team collaboration requires active participation and engagement from your employees. Team collaboration will only be effective if it’s a voluntary action and desire from the individuals involved. It’s a very motivating and inspiring experience for the whole team. Sign Up for Free Trial Today!

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Estimation is a complementary practice Scrum Teams use in Product D evelopment. Story points are usually assigned by the team members using a scale such as the Fibonacci sequence (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, etc.) Some other teams may use animal sizes (Rat, Cat, Dog, Horse, Elephant etc.) or T-shirt sizes (XS, S, M, L, XL, etc.).

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 6, 2022

Of course, models are always poor approximations for the reality of the world, but I am drawn to this model because it provides supporting evidence to what I see in terms of how organizations are wrestling with new ways of working that are accompanying the Digital Age. Neuman also discusses the role of innovation in the Deployment Phase.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 8, 2022

It means that teams should choose the complementary Scrum practices and Sprint duration suitable to their environment, not modify the Scrum framework itself. When teams modify any part, they won’t get the full benefits of Scrum. 1 Develop in one Sprint; test in the next. Why it’s a bad idea. That is not the case. .

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Scrum.org

MARCH 7, 2023

Since I became a Professional Scrum Trainer in November, I have been asked a lot about the current state, and the future perspectives, for Scrum and agile development in Japan, where I’ve worked for the last six years. Yet, Scrum and the principles of agile development are not as common in Japan as they are in other parts of the world.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 6, 2022

A scribe is like a really poor waiter in a restaurant. A scribe just takes your order regardless, of whether it’s a good or a bad idea, they don’t add any value. . . They’ll meet the customers and the end users a lot to inform their decision-making. Here’s something we’ve been innovating on and we’re really excited about it.

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