ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Helps Establish Selection and Prioritization Criteria for Projects Using an impact and effort matrix can significantly enhance the selection and prioritization criteria during the project intake process by providing a clear framework for evaluation. Finally, complex report overhauls and unnecessary process audits are time wasters.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 5, 2023

This time we are focussing on the following Agile principle – “Agile processes promote sustainable development. Agile approaches like Scrum have long promoted the importance of working at a sustainable pace. He is on record describing a sustained 80-hour week as the norm for those seeking to “change the world”.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 24, 2024

This balance will be key to achieving effective and sustainable strategic value realization. Many of the traditional project management processes, tools, and techniques used in operational projects do not apply to strategic or innovation projects. Getting to this balance is a key to future experiencing culture.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 14, 2025

Collaboration enhances the quality of work and accelerates the problem-solving process, making the organisation more agile and responsive to changes. This agility allows the organisation to pivot quickly in response to market trends, competitive pressures, or unexpected challenges, ensuring long-term sustainability.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

It helps determine whether the project is financially sustainable. Operational Feasibility Examines whether the organization has the capabilities, resources and operational structure to execute and sustain the project. It also considers workforce skills and internal process alignment.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 3, 2024

This keeps small businesses from cost overruns, which can eat into their profitability and long-term sustainability. It has tools to streamline processes, such as task assignments, by setting the availability, including PTO, vacation and global holidays, as well as listing the team member’s skill sets when onboarding.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2018

But apart from time, scope, and cost, there are six additional constraints that limit the process of properly accomplishing the project’s goals. But this decision would affect your timeline and your related costs, since the client would review each of your designs , and a project manager needs to oversee this process. Sustainability.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Leaders play a critical role in shaping and sustaining this culture, fostering an environment where team members feel psychologically safe, respected, and valued. Or impediments may be more technical such as not having the right tools or access to the software tools that they need.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Finally, we demonstrate how upgrading to project management software adds efficiency to the process. Service Blueprint Template Download this service blueprint template for Excel to use as a visual tool to help service providers better understand the process related to the service they’re delivering. What Are Professional Services?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

This contributes to changing behaviour about posting documentation and ultimately helps us achieve sustainability goals by using less paper. Ensuring fair staff evaluation processes: having templates and standard assessments for end of year reviews etc to ensure staff are evaluated against criteria fairly.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 4, 2025

Agile leaders have to navigate teams below, sometimes keeping focus without losing sight of broader objectives, which are meant to last in sustainable growth. Key strategies include, namely: Building scalable processes that view the business as growing. Are you ready to start with agility?

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 29, 2024

Manufacturers are no different, except in the areas in which they seek to standardize and streamline their production processes. Next, the order release document will tell the shop floor management boards the resources and manufacturing processes used to create the order. Businesses are always looking for ways to improve efficiency.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 20, 2021

In other words: An Agile transformation is a success when it sustains. This brings me back to the title of this article: What does it take to create a transformation that sustains? These changes hardly ever sustain. The change will yield short-term effects but is not sustaining.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 9, 2024

Just as your body needs time to process a meal, your team needs time to absorb and execute their tasks effectively. By finding a balance, we can avoid the pitfalls of burnout and foster a more sustainable work environment. This approach is not about lowering standards but enhancing adaptability and maintaining long-term efficiency.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

In this video, I explain how Systems Thinking helps us define both external products (what you offer to customers) and internal products (processes, tools, or workflows) in a way that supports adaptability and positions your organization for sustained market success.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The goal is to increase the efficiency of manufacturing processes. One thing that smart manufacturing does is improve processes through better connection and communication across manufacturing systems. This streamlines processes and prevents systems from working in isolation but rather more collaboratively.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

When organizations adopt frameworks without adapting them, they can end up with rigid processes that fail to keep up with internal and external changes. While frameworks can bring initial benefits, sustainable success requires continuous customization and evolution.

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Beyond the Chaos

APRIL 1, 2025

This blog will explore how project support, process implementation, and management oversight can tackle these challenges. This process involves: Data Collection Operations consulting gathers quantitative metrics and qualitative insights from various business functions.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 15, 2022

And here are some others: Sustainability: Does the thing support sustainability goals? Has it been created with sustainability in mind? There are 3 processes in project quality management, and they are the other two (along with quality planning). Conformity: Is the thing fit for purpose? Can we use it?

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 13, 2023

TL; DR: Adherence to Legacy Systems, Processes, and Practices Administrative overreach and micromanagement in Scrum mainly arise from clinging to legacy systems and traditional (management) practices, leading to rigidity and misapplication of Agile principles. Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available !

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 19, 2024

AI and Big Data Robotic Process Automation is here to stay, along with AI, natural language processing, big data and all the other data-driven processes. The impact of AI on my job Project management software now includes workflows, RPA and automations that make it easier to integrate systems and processes. Thankfully.

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Inloox

JANUARY 5, 2022

Sustainability & social responsibility. Many still equate project management with rigid processes and technical knowledge, but the discipline has long since evolved. These organizations respond quickly to change and can quickly adapt their processes and ways of working depending on the situation. Agile is here to stay.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2023

You need to sustain progress while planning recovery. Sustained control is necessary to prove that something has been turned around. The five-step project recovery plan Here’s the five-step ESI process for getting out of trouble. Data about how far off the original estimates were is needed to make accurate forecasts.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 3, 2022

As Scrum Master and Coach I often have to remind people that our goal is not to run but build a pace we can be confortable with for a long period of time, a sustainable pace. As long as we want to develop our product we should be able to sustain our pace indefinitely. Why building a sustainable pace. Definition of Sprint.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 28, 2018

It can mean different things within various organizations or circumstances, but there is a way to broadly outline this business process improvement methodology and define its beginnings, its, rise, its use and its implementation. As noted, it’s a methodology used to improve the quality of an output in a process. Leadership is critical.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 17, 2024

Each kata focuses on a particular area (such as governance, practices, roles, events, or artifacts) and is designed to shift mindsets, structures, or processes in a way that provides incremental, scalable benefits over time. EXAMPLES OF ELEVATING KATAS Elevating Katas are not one-off workshops or temporary campaigns.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Through this work we have come to value: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools Working software over comprehensive documentation Customer collaboration over contract negotiation Responding to change over following a plan That is, while there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 8, 2024

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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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. Medium-term strategies often involve more substantial changes, such as process reengineering or adopting new technologies. Your commitment ensures sustained cost improvement.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 25, 2022

How sustainable is your pace as a developer? What is a sustainable pace? The notion of “sustainable pace” is closely tied to Extreme Programming practices. But that recommendation was updated to “sustainable pace” by Ron Jeffries later. Pace should be sustainable over a long time. .

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

While some models focus on the emotional journey individuals go through, others provide structured processes for leading change successfully. The change is what is done to people (a new leader, a merger, a process change etc). Sustain acceleration: this is just doing more of the same so you get more wins.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Another duty is making sure the job site follows health and safety legislation and sustainability policies. Prepare Reports They’re also responsible for preparing site reports and logging progress to ensure the project is moving forward as planned. They’re on the job site daily regardless of the weather.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 16, 2021

Root cause analysis is a way to document the process and apply it in future projects. Process Improvement. Other things that the method can identify are deficiencies in the process that can be fixed, again adding future efficiencies, but also noting gaps in team training. Again, there are likely more than one.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

A Scrum Master's accountability, therefore, goes well beyond just managing processes. Emphasising Customer Focus : Besides focusing on the team and processes, the Scrum Master ensures that the end goal of delivering value to the customer is always at the forefront. The Scrum Master works with the team to focus on delivering value.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

The 7 tolerances in PRINCE2® The two most frequently used tolerances are budget and time, although PRINCE2® offers you a choice of seven tolerances: time, cost, scope, risk, quality, sustainability and benefits. Sustainability tolerance Sustainability tolerances are new for 2023 in PRINCE2 7. The tolerance could be 15-20%.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 19, 2024

BAU activities means many things to many people, KTLO, Maintenance, Enablers, sustainment and DevOps. With the project finished everything was now about support, sustain and maintain. In a product based model where "you built it, you fix it" is the mantra, what do we need to do differently with BAU (business as usual) activities?

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The waterfall methodology is a process where project activities are broken down into linear phases. This process tends to have the highest customer satisfaction rates, routinely delivers high quality products, reduces risks, increases project control and generates a better return on investment, faster. Let’s take a look.

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