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Embracing Positive Risk: A Path to Innovation

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We often think of risk as a negative force, something to be avoided or mitigated. If you ask most middle managers what their main job is, a majority will reflect that they manage the flow of work to their people and manage the risks of the work. This could involve personal gratitude, public recognition, or bonuses.

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7 Ways Project Manager Roles Are Changing

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These new skills are reflected in the new Project Management Institute (PMI) guidelines for certification and professional development units (PDUs) needed to maintain certification, a new triad of skills they’re calling the “Talent Triangle.” So, you’re asked to wear more hats, but you’ve only one head. What do you do?

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Balancing Operational Excellence with Innovation

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How many people struggle with juggling Business as usual (BAU) operations as well as delivering products to customers and well as investing in innovation? Some teams even use their BAU workload as a reason that they can’t go agile? They were essentially “Run” teams building and tweaking stuff. The “Build” part was “Agile”.

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Why Skipping a Sprint Retrospective Is a Bad Idea?

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An effective Sprint Retrospective ensures the team remains cohesive and aligned, leading to sustainable development and innovation. Still, the decision to skip a single Sprint Retrospective can adversely affect the team and the product's development process. With this reflection, teams can iterate on their process.

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Product Development with the Stage-Gate® Process (Part 2): Strengths, Weaknesses, Pitfalls

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The Stage-Gate® process is a process model for the targeted development of innovations - for example, in the form of products and services. In the second part, we now dive deeper into the strengths and weaknesses of the Stage-Gate® process as well as potential pitfalls and responsibilities. Weaknesses of the Stage-Gate® process.

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4 Free & Open-Source Microsoft Project Alternatives: Ranked

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No wonder project teams look for open-source Microsoft Project alternatives. Because Microsoft Project can be such a pain to use, project managers and their teams seek alternatives. The more technical teams, working in IT and other departments, are familiar with open source and the Linux operating system.

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Scrum Master - Are you still relevant?

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It's no longer innovative, exciting, worthy of keynote talks or passionate meetups. Agile is no longer innovative as it was when the Manifesto was established. Agile is no longer innovative as it was when the Manifesto was established. Teams are not evolving beyond the laid out frameworks or methods.

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