Exciting times this month for Agile users who can’t travel too far off locations. Tomorrow (September 12th 2018) we have the PMI agility conference, an online event going all day. On the 20th of September, we have a webinar called… Read More ›
Leadership
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PMI Organizational Agility Conference
It’s almost time. Anyone else excited to attend the Organizational Agility Conference 2018? 1 week from today on September 12th, PMI will host an online event dedicated to creating Agile organizations. For those that want to learn the benefits of… Read More ›
Herzberg, Big Five Personality Traits, And Happiness Impact on Productivity
Originally Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Administration Concentration in Information Resource Management on April 28, 2015 Read Full Document Here The following is an excerpt from the scientific literature review section of my… Read More ›
“I Don’t Want Problems, I Want Solutions” – Things Managers Say that Destroy a Culture of Teamwork
You want your team to work as a unified team, but for some reason, your efforts at building a team-driven culture seem to be failing. You put up all the posters, talk about the value of teamwork in meetings, created… Read More ›
Who is the Project Manager in Scrum?
That often depends on who you ask. Some will say it is the Scrum Master. Some will insist it is the Product Owner. Some people will insist there isn’t one – technically, by name only, there isn’t one. But I… Read More ›
4 Learning Points of Implementing 4DX
*The following is written by guest blogger Salarco Since 2012, I’ve been working for an international organization that promotes leadership through different kinds of cross-cultural exchanges for young people between 18 and 30 years old. Our goal is to… Read More ›
9 Tips for Writing Effective User Stories
One of the reasons user stories are used over a traditional requirements list is that they can become part of a persona for the users of the end product of the project. It helps the project manager, developers, and other… Read More ›
Are Agile Teams Leaderless?
I have heard the claim that Agile teams are leaderless on several occasions. The claim sounds reasonable on the surface, with all the talk about self-organizing teams and no defined roles… But it is wrong for several reasons. Self-organizing does… Read More ›
Open Offices Suck
Background noises, a dozen conversations, and coworkers gnashing on their lunch. The ring of someone’s phone every couple of minutes, an impromptu meeting being carried out that has nothing to do with me, and someone is talking louder and louder… Read More ›
Hypocritical Situation of Low-Tech Solutions in Agile
My guest blog post on making the best choices for your processes and tools. Originally published on tapscape.com In Agile, there is often an insistence on using low-tech and high-touch tools to collaborate and report on task statuses. While these… Read More ›
What is your project management familiar?
Originally posted on Easy in theory, difficult in practice:
Familiar – Noun, a supernatural spirit or demon, often in the form of an animal, supposed to serve and aid a witch or other individual. Project managers frequently wish that they had…
Osmotic Communication is a Symptom of a Flawed Process
A communication plan, you should have one in place anyway. Whether your team is all in one building, room, or distributed; a plan to deal with how everyone communicates is critical to the success of your activities. We need rules… Read More ›
