The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

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. Managing these vast and intricate projects requires not only technical expertise but also sophisticated project management capabilities.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 31, 2024

By Debra Khan Practitioners of content strategy do not have to go it alone when developing a strategy for a content project. Align with the Business Need A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge ( PMBOK ), the bible for project managers, states that “projects are initiated due to internal business needs or external influences”.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Suppose a project manager has an upcoming project for website development and design. The project has a defined timeline of six months, and the resources involved are developers, testers, UI/UX designers, analysts, etc. Deloitte Global Cost Survey reveals, “ Cost reduction is the most significant initiative for any business.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 17, 2023

Think twice if you still believe this technology is a fad or a toy. The sales team sells unauthorized features to meet its quota. I will describe a conflict situation in a Scrum team. My first request is: Tension has been mounting among the members of your Scrum team for quite some time. ChatGPT Prompt for Scrum Masters.

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Planio

OCTOBER 14, 2024

One survey found that nearly 40% of people frequently experience bias that leads to unfair treatment based on factors such as their age, gender, or race. As team leaders or project managers, we need to do better. As our brains evolve, we develop unconscious biases as a way to process information faster.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 15, 2017

Here’s a lesson I’m thankful I learned early in my career: successful engineering projects rely more on non-technical skills than technical skills. It’s not that the technical skills aren’t important – they are. cited that $122 million was wasted for every $1 billion invested due to poor project performance.

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Scrum.org

MAY 10, 2022

It is not a sign that a team or a particular department lacks courage or abilities. Also, it is not necessarily a sign that a particular framework or method is bad. They decided on a change and handed it to a change team. The slightly better way was developing a plan, selling it to the employees.

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The bad news is that this complicates the decision on which to choose. Clear Deadlines and Roles Each team member’s deadlines are listed clearly next to their tasks and they can see how those deadlines impact others’ deadlines [3]. It also makes it easier for the team to understand their tasks [4].

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UPQODE

MARCH 21, 2025

A marketing audit is a deep dive into your overall marketing strategy to assess whats working, whats underperforming, and where improvements can be made. Unlike a performance review, which primarily looks at short-term metrics and individual campaign results, a marketing audit provides a big-picture analysis of your entire marketing strategy.

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Proofhub

AUGUST 17, 2021

7 Best Practices To Lead And Coach Remote Project Management Teams Source: [link] Does your remote project management business have a strategic plan for communicating, training, and delegating? And what about your team members?—?are are they doing great work individually and as a team?

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Bad management can send employees racing for the door. Paying your employee more is never going to backfire, but Matthew Ross, co-owner and COO of the sleep and mattress review website My Slumber Yard , which employees 12, adds to that mix. ProjectManager.com lets teams collaborate online and in real time. Work Remotely.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Can we or should we change Scrum, or is it a sacrilege to tweak the ‘immutable’ framework to accommodate our teams’ and organizations’ needs? Not so fast; don’t just dismiss augmenting Scrum as leaving the path, contributing to the numerous Scrumbut mutations, giving Scrum a bad name.

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Workamajig

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

68% - more than 2/3rd - of organizations in PMI's annual survey said that they used outsourced or contract project managers in 2018. ( As per Wellingtone's survey, only 22% of organizations use a PM software. 50% of respondents in a survey said that their biggest challenge is that PMO processes are seen as overhead.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 14, 2020

TL; DR: A Remote Retrospective with a Distributed Team. This fifth article now dives into organizing a remote Retrospective with a distributed team: practices, tools, and lessons learned. By the end of the Sprint Retrospective, the Scrum Team should have identified improvements that it will implement in the next Sprint.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Project failure – and preventing it – has been the subject of countless academic studies, surveys and books over the years. Poor project management practices might stand out as a reason for businesses with low project management maturity, but is it best addressed by sending team leaders on a PRINCE2 course? Poor risk management.

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Project Risk Coach

APRIL 9, 2018

Learn technical skills to accelerate your projects through requirements development How big of a deal are project requirements? The Project Management Institute says, “47% of unsuccessful projects fail to meet goals due to poor requirements management.” How do we develop requirements? Interviews.

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nTask

JUNE 3, 2021

Teamwork requires a collective effort, every member of the team contributes with his hard work and time. But as it is often said, “Too much of anything is bad”, collaboration overload thwarts individual working. Team members are often unaware of what is collaboration overload and push their work on others unknowingly.

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ProProfs Project Management

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The reason behind such a poor project success rate could be anything like a lack of resources, unidentified risks, tight budget, unrealistic delivery dates, and so on. . When you keep your strengths and weaknesses in mind, you not only come up with a reliable project plan but also excel during the project execution phase.

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Proofhub

JANUARY 30, 2023

Employee surveys One of the most important things an employer can do is to understand, foster, and encourage their employees. The most effective way to do this is to conduct purposeful employee surveys. The information garnered from an employee survey can prove invaluable to the diligent and forward-thinking company.

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Proofhub

JULY 12, 2022

Exit interviews, employee surveys, and feedback sessions can provide insight into what employees like or dislike about working with the organization. Having the information as to why people tend to leave, HR can develop plans to address employee turnover. HR needs to develop long-term plans that account for change and agility.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

What is the optimal size of a team? Should teams be stable over at least several years, or is it a good idea they change at will? How should leadership interact with autonomous teams? Is scaling always a bad idea? Of all the impediments that a team faces, which is the one to focus on first? So where do you find it?

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Planio

MARCH 7, 2018

The humble meeting gets a bad rap. Step 4: Keep the meeting focused (and stop being a bad influence). In a survey of 182 senior managers from a range of industries, 65% said meetings keep them from completing their own work. Bad meetings aren’t just lost time. But somehow they have. Are you ready? Another meeting!

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2023

According to the latest State of Agile survey from Digital.ai, 90% of teams who are using an Agile framework are using Scrum. For example, Scrum includes five events: the Sprint, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and the Sprint Retrospective. Let the team decide what works best for them.

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Scrum.org

JULY 10, 2018

Often I hear people say that Scrum does not take care of risk: there is no risk log, risk is not on the agenda of the Sprint Review or Retrospective as a standard agenda-item. The Development Teams need to be accountable for the quality of the product and how it's made. Technical risk - can it be made/build?

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Traxidy

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

It’s not just about having talented project managers; it’s about creating the right environment and implementing the right tools, and processes to support them and the teams they lead. An adaptable framework … ensures that resources are utilized effectively without overburdening the project manager or the team.

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Planio

JUNE 8, 2022

As products become more complex, technical project managers have quickly become the holy grail for growing businesses. Technical project managers (TPM) bridge the gap between understanding what’s technically possible in a project and managing the resources, timelines, and expectations to get it done. First, learn the basics.

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nTask

DECEMBER 21, 2020

These types include technological change and organizational change. Technical Change. Technical changes refer to those changes that are specific to your project. These technical changes are changes to the functionality, specification, or requirements of your project. The planning phase. The Execution phase. Project Close.

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Workamajig

JUNE 14, 2018

I’ll review what PMI says, the latest literature, and cover tips, tactics, and strategies from practicing PMs to make some sense of the PM cycle. Before we dig deeper, let’s quickly review the project life cycle. Planning : This is where you use your PM knowledge to develop a detailed plan for the project's execution.

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LiquidPlanner

MARCH 9, 2020

OKRs are a goal-setting framework developed by Intel co-founder Andy Grove and implemented at major companies like Google. Ideally, a business constructs a pyramid of OKRs that connects individual goals to team goals and broader company objectives, giving business leaders a more tangible path to success. How it affects your business.

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Planio

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

People don’t leave bad jobs - they leave bad managers. So, it only makes sense that to keep your team together and happy (and avoid project failure ), you need to level up your leadership game. Servant leadership is a leadership philosophy that focuses on empowering and supporting team members. Be a team protector.

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Proofhub

JULY 19, 2022

There’s one “but” that changes everything: the development potential and opportunities for improvement in PM are endless. 21% of projects fail due to ineffective communication. 12% of resources get wasted due to incorrect project management. You do strive for the best results, don’t you? Do you see what we’re driving at here?

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Planio

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

These issues can dampen or even ruin all the fantastic aspects of being a remote team. We spoke to managers at some of the world’s most successful remote companies, including Buffer, Zapier, Remote Year, Close.io, and Dribbble to understand the tools and techniques they use to keep their remote teams happy, productive, and on track.

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Online PM Courses

JULY 15, 2018

There’s one Project technique that has the capacity to transform your skillset and raise your Project Management to the next level: the Lessons Learned review. And that will feature strongly as my first, primary, and principle reason for holding an LL review. So the metaphor of a chain of causes and effects is a poor one.

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The Lazy Project Manager

JANUARY 27, 2016

And it may be that your consideration is towards the project management community and your focus is drawn towards the people (projects are all about people after all) and so you direct your efforts as a PMO leader towards training and team building, etc., Our survey results suggest that merely implementing a PMO in itself is not enough.

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Inloox

AUGUST 5, 2018

PMI’s most recent Pulse of the Profession is about how to succeed in a disruptive world, with challenges being, among others, new technologies (like autonomous vehicles), artificial and data intelligence and big data. Sustainable development, climate change, and renewable energy. New technology. Customer expectations of speed.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Moreover, I point to the advantages gained from leadership engaging directly with teams. The core of “Agile” is that the best products and solutions to customer problems emerge from self-organizing, cross-functional teams. Empowerment : In traditional settings, managers control who directs work and makes decisions.

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Teamweek

JANUARY 23, 2025

How would that impact your team’s strategy? Succession planning is how teams avoid this blurry interim. Build a great succession planning process by identifying key roles, candidates for succession, creating talent development plans, and monitoring program success over time. Organizations have picked up on this.

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