Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 16, 2017

This article, Bridging the PM Competency Gap [Book Review] , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. These courses are strong on the technical elements of project management. As with many project managers in leadership roles, I have other responsibilities in my day. Do your colleagues – especially the newer ones?

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Technical Review 2015 PMO Energy 306

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. The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that over $2 trillion will need to be invested annually by 2030 to meet global energy needs and sustainable development goals.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Short-term Wins over Long-term Value : The focus on velocity could lead teams to prioritize work that will ‘score points’ now at the expense of activities that contribute to long-term success and value creation, such as refactoring or tackling technical debt.

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Sustainability Technical Review Innovation SCRUM 239

LiquidPlanner

APRIL 3, 2020

When I was approached by our blog team to contribute an article for Women in Tech Week, I knew immediately what my contribution would be. Well, with my double major in Business and Art History, I never thought I’d be building technology products! Let’s go back in time 10 years, what were the early days of LiquidPlanner like?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 9, 2023

From ensuring cultural compatibility to facing technical debt challenges and emerging technologies, discover ten compelling reasons why augmenting Scrum isn’t just okay—it’s necessary for modern teams. Enhancing Scrum to consider these elements allows for a more holistic approach to solving customer problems sustainably.

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SCRUM Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 154

Henny Portman

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The book is organized into four parts: Building on lean-agile foundations – mastering the basics, attending to our value-streams – prioritize improvements by their value-added impact, achieving lean-agile and VSM mastery – for product-oriented business transformations and driving sustainable transformation – strategies to achieve lean-agile mastery.

Lean 52

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Scrum.org

APRIL 17, 2024

Improved Adaptability and Flexibility: The business landscape is continually evolving, with rapid changes in markets, technology, and consumer behavior. Achieving Sustainable Growth: Smart managers focus on short-term gains and sustainable growth. Smart managers love EBM because it provides a framework for adaptability.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Because PRINCE2® is a broad-brush approach, it doesn’t cover technical processes or specific techniques, but it will fit alongside them. I was asked to be one of the reviewers of the PRINCE2 7 manual, so I am very familiar with the content and changes since the last edition. It was renamed PRINCE. Directing gets a process of its own.

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Resource Guru

JUNE 27, 2023

But that game starts with truly understanding the numbers and making sure you can easily access, digest, and share those numbers with key stakeholders such as investors, partners, and other members of the leadership team. Don’t want to have expensive tech debt. Keep your tech stack lean, functional, and user-friendly.

Technical Review 52

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Henny Portman

AUGUST 17, 2023

financial, operational, compliance, and technology) Adaptable auditing (improving the scope of audit work must be driven by what adds the most value to your organization). Promote sustainable work. Making the case to audit leadership. Integrated auditing (e.g., Respond to change over strictly following a plan. Pursue simplicity.

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Technical Review Agile Risk Management Consulting 95

Alan Parker Blog

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Lack of Management Support Challenge: Without strong backing from top management, initiatives to implement ISO 27001 can stall due to insufficient resources, lack of strategic alignment, and low organisational priority. Solution: Monitoring and Review: Establish a regular schedule for internal audits to ensure ongoing compliance.

Technical Review 52

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Inloox

APRIL 16, 2024

How can we benefit from new technological developments? This can be done through training to expand skills, process optimization or the use of new technologies. In this way, a holistic strategy can be developed that enables sustainable success. Think about how you can use current trends or developments to your advantage.

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MPUG

AUGUST 13, 2024

In the dynamic world of engineering project management, cost improvement is not merely a necessity but the lifeblood of sustainable success. This article offers a review of some multifaceted approaches of various cost improvement strategies , from immediate actions to long-term frameworks.

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Artificial Inteligence Manufacturing Technical Review Engineering 111

LiquidPlanner

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This article offers several solutions to this challenge, providing prioritization, process and people tips and how technology can be leveraged. And traditional processes like annual or quarterly performance reviews fall far short of the need for frequent (read daily) coaching and guidance so that your team can perform at its best. .

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Technical Review Software Review 2023 Underperforming Technical Team 148

International Institute for Learning

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Agile is a better approach to economic challenges, too, and by continuing to do Agile in more systematic and sustainable ways , companies can not only weather the latest economic storm, but prepare for and thrive in a world of ongoing, unpredictable and accelerating change. Companies can sustain their agility by taking three key steps.

Sustainability 52

Sustainability Agile Innovation Retail 52

Scrum.org

AUGUST 13, 2023

Learn how these Scrum anti-patterns categories manifest themselves and how they affect value creation for customers and the long-term sustainability of the organization. The category serves as a reminder to balance short-term deliverables with the overall success and sustainability of the product and organization.

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

When other firms possess similar resources or capabilities, a firm cannot achieve a sustained competitive advantage. It helps to identify areas where they have a sustainable competitive advantage. This enhances long-term profitability and sustainability.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Sustainability Manufacturing 98

Henny Portman

MARCH 17, 2021

The first interview and 5-minute video is with Jeff Sutherland talking about the future of agile organizations, the importance of leadership and the use and impact of Scrum and Scrum at Scale (“ It’s all common sense with an uncommon level of discipline ” – Jeff Sutherland). He doesn’t believe in agile leadership exists.

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Technical Review Agile 2015 Leadership 118

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Integrating a learning perspective shifts our approach, opening doors to more agile, responsive, and sustainable change initiatives. Digital transformation involves integrating digital technology into all areas of a business, fundamentally changing how you operate and deliver value to customers. Setting leadership’s role in learning.

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Technical Review Sustainability Agile Initiating 173

Scrum.org

JUNE 29, 2019

A number of people inside and outside Scrum.org collaborated with me in 2018 and early 2019, to talk about 21st-century executive leadership. 21st-century executive leadership, what to stop doing . Discussions were mostly bilateral, most were online, some were face to face. And we have so many models, so what should we stop doing? .

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Requirements also help you cover off other success criteria like quality expectations, sustainability requirements, and more. Adapt and flex as you go, reviewing priorities and working on what you can while the other stuff unfolds. New leadership likes to make a mark on things. When the project’s technology changes.

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Alan Parker Blog

OCTOBER 5, 2024

The standard covers various aspects, including leadership commitment, risk assessment, asset management, and incident management. 2) Lack of Leadership Commitment The Impact of Insufficient Leadership Involvement One of an organisation's most significant pitfalls when implementing ISO 27001 is the lack of leadership commitment.

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Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Risk Management 52

The Strategic Project Manager

MARCH 11, 2024

Features: XYZ Electronics includes innovative features in their smartphones, such as advanced camera technology and long-lasting battery life. Brand Reputation: While XYZ Electronics is relatively new in the market, it has been gaining positive reviews and is building a strong brand reputation. Value: High. Value: High. Value: High.

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Technical Review Innovation Sustainability Retail 105

The IIL Blog

JULY 3, 2024

While many companies have achieved and maintained high levels of project management success, other companies have limited the continuous investment needed in project management practices to make the success sustainable (Chandler & Thomas, 2015; Thomas & Mullaly, 2008). This created additional problems.

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The Strategic Project Manager

JULY 15, 2024

The concept is particularly useful in the context of technology companies but can be applied more broadly. The framework has bee applied most notably to high tech firms becasue it it there that digital influences, and thus rapid change, are most pronounced.

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Technical Review Retail Sustainability Influencer 52

Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2023

Then last year, as I was looking for ways to become more sustainable, the idea started to grow that at the bank I work for, in my own Scrum Teams, we could also take the sustainability perspective. Taking the sustainability perspective was a new approach for the team, but everyone agreed on its importance.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 3, 2023

This approach not only fosters the team's self-reliance but also ensures that the Scrum Master can fulfill their primary role as a servant leader, guiding the team towards sustainable and successful project deliveries. No two Scrum Teams are exactly the same. In this process, the Scrum Master should also be open to learning from the team.

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Planview

AUGUST 22, 2024

Throughout her career, she has developed expertise in project portfolio management , process improvement , change leadership , and stakeholder management. With over 15 years of knitting experience, she also dyes yarn sustainably and is a novice weaver. But portfolio management wasn’t always her field. Where do you see opportunity?

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NimbleWork

JUNE 10, 2024

Project management has undergone a significant transformation over the past few decades, driven by technological advancements, evolving methodologies, and shifting workplace dynamics. Technological Advancements One of the most significant changes in project management is the advent of technology.

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Artificial Inteligence Technical Review Agile Sustainability 52

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

In Scrum, this engagement may take place in refinement meetings or at the Sprint Review. Whereas traditional teams rely upon infrequent progress or status reports to provide visibility, Scrum teams rely upon frequent inspection of Done, usable work at the Sprint Review. . . Agile processes promote sustainable development.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 3, 2020

There could be many reasons why - perhaps your organization has adopted an Agile framework, but you're not yet structured to support sustainable teams. Scrum Master or Tech Manager. No-one knows better than the development team the art of the possible when it comes to using technology to solve problems.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review 240

Scrum.org

MARCH 16, 2024

Giving up one's capacity for innovation to third parties (subcontractors) whose interests are divergent has consequences: interdependence, technical debt, lack of innovation, suboptimal delivery frequency, quality issues, and loss of sovereignty over key skills. Sovereignty over the value chain is a competitive advantage.

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The IIL Blog

JUNE 5, 2024

Furthermore, implementing quality checks such as regular reviews and performance metrics ensures that the campaign is effective and meets brand standards, ultimately achieving the desired impact. He earned his PMP certification on April 30, 2023, marking a significant milestone in his career.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 10, 2023

Mike Cohn describes a high-performing team as one that “sustainably exceeds expectations in achieving clear goals. You have worked to build a team of motivated individuals who care passionately about technical excellence. Read on for three Power-Ups to drive change, achieve results, and promote sustainable Agile practices.

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Scrum.org

MAY 8, 2023

These conversations guarantee the team can deliver customer value within the given constraints while contributing to the organization’s sustainability. Technical decisions : Developers negotiate architectural choices, design patterns, and code practices to implement the best technical solutions.

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The IIL Blog

JANUARY 31, 2024

THE 7 PLLANET TENETS The tenets spell “pllanet” with two l’s: Purpose Language Less Ask Net Zero Equity Time We’ll review each tenet by sharing how Molly, the IT professional introduced at the beginning of this article, applied each step to her IT team’s transformation. For example, “sustainable” can mean “ongoing, consistent.”

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Technical Review Software Review Sustainability Initiating 78

Inloox

JULY 1, 2021

Large corporations in particular, which are in urgent need of more agility due to entrenched structures, usually have the hardest time implementing an agile transformation. Lean Agile Leadership: Managers are the very core of lean agile development and business agility. But it’s not that easy.

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