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About 10 years ago I became part of a Scrum Team. It was my very first experience with Scrum. During these first few months I never heard anyone mention "Sprint Goal". I didn't even know it was something that existed. ...

A couple of months ago I wrote a small blog about the 'DoD EvoCycle'. A simple technique that I use to help the Development Team take ownership of managing their Definition of "Done." Recently, I did a small change to make it simpler and more intuitive. ...

Häufig werde ich mit dieser folgenden Aussage konfrontiert, wenn ich zur Beratung hinzugezogen werde: "Meine Mitarbeiter halten sich nicht an die WIP-Limits, obwohl sie sie selbst definiert haben und wir vereinbart haben, dass wir uns daran halten." Ein Ausdruck tiefer Frustration darüber, dass von den Ideen der Kanban-Methode die zentrale Idee wohl nicht ankommt! Aber so einfach ist das nicht! ...

Nein. Naja. Das müssen wir uns genauer ansehen, weil es nicht ganz einfach ist. Die Fragen auf dieser Seite beantworten es aber! ...

Most of you know the situation when we had planned some work, let’s say a few different tasks. Then we started most of them, work in parallel and when time is up only a small portion of the work is really completed. In teams working towards deadlines or iterations this usually at least feels bad or has consequences, such as more budget needs to be requested or delay of delivery. ...

Ich nehme mir gerne Zeit am Morgen, um mich optimal auf den Tag vorzubereiten. Während diesem Morgenritual versuche ich, alle wichtigen Bereiche zu adressieren. Was genau, wie lange mein Morgenritual dauert, was mir wichtig ist und vieles mehr verrate ich in dieser Folge. ...

Früher habe ich zu Beginn meiner Workshops Regeln auf ein Flip-Chart geschrieben. Eine dieser Regeln war „keine Elektronik“. Darauf verzichte ich schon lange, weil es für mich vollkommen überflüssig ist. Es kommt praktisch nicht vor, dass jemand sein Smartphone benutzt, nicht einmal dann, wenn es sichtbar auf dem Tisch liegt. ...

Recent surveys show that managers tend to consider compliance restrictions and a lack of resources as the main obstacles to innovation. This common wisdom suggests eradicating all constraints: by getting rid of rules and boundaries, creativity, and innovative thinking will thrive. ...

We’ve done round-ups of the best Project Management Blogs and Twitter Channels. So, now’s the time to look at the best Project Management YouTube Channels. ...

During the project planning phase, when drawing up a project’s timeline and setting out key moments along the project’s path, two seemingly interchangeable terms continuously crop up: “milestone” and “deliverable.” ...

This content focuses on principles and practices of managing complex systems, usually software-intensive systems of systems. This is a specialized topic in the general field of project management. But in the end project management is risk management. ...

Portfolio Management – A practical guide is a publication from the APM Portfolio Management specific Interest Group written by Steve Leary, Richard Moor, Marina Morillas Lara, Stephen Parrett, Lynne Ratcliffe and Adam Skinner. ...

I just finished the last chapter of Susanne Madsen’s piece on The Power of Project Leadership (2nd edition). I closed her exceptional book completely inspired and itching to get a copy in the hands of both LiquidPlanner employees and our customers. ...

TDD. By which I mean the thing where you write a tiny test, see that it doesn’t run, write just enough code to make it run, refactor the code to remove duplication and add clarity, repeat until done. ...

Leadership is a property that has no limits. It requires constant self-improvement as it’s closely related to interpersonal interaction. For a good business leader, lifelong education is a must if they want to be surrounded by true followers. ...

This term has always been at best inadequate, and at worst dismissive and belittling, but there has not been a suitable alternative that everyone could use consistently. ...

Earlier this year, I found myself on a team with a total of five testers – a welcome change from the solitary one. With this new count came a new challenge: how could we split tasks and responsibilities in the most sensible, fair and efficient way? ...

Data can be anywhere. Companies store data in the cloud, in data warehouses, in data lakes, on old mainframes, in applications, on drives — even on paper spreadsheets. ...

Contrary to common beliefs about learning from failure, you learn more from success, according to new research. ...

I ran across an article recently on Medium titled “Forget STEM, We Need MESH”. It’s a thought provoking read. The author spends a fair amount of time kinda bashing the renewed emphasis on STEM education (science, technology, engineering, and math). ...

Saying no, however, is just one part of a successful product strategy. As your business scales, you’ll need to carefully align your product strategy with your broader company strategy to ensure cohesive and sustainable growth. ...

I posted this yesterday to the extremeprogramming mailing list, newly risen on groups.io. Edits to the quote here are in [square brackets]. ...

A lot has been said about Taylor’s book that eventually led to the movement of Taylorism. The most commonly held indictment is that it was mechanistic thinking, taken in an era of solely mechanical manufacturing and no longer applies to the modern world. ...

Wir widmen uns in einer neuen kleinen Serie unterschiedlichen Reifegradmodellen von Teams, auch wenn wir uns gar nicht so sicher sind, ob der Begriff nun unbedingt so perfekt passt. Den Anfang machen die 5 Dysfunctions of a Team, oder auch: die 5 Dyfunktionen eines Teams, basierend auf dem gleichnamigen Buch von Patrick Lencioni. ...

Wie könnte die strategische Steuerung in einer Kommunalverwaltung aussehen, die die Brücke zwischen dem kommunalpolitischen Steuerungsgremium Gemeinderat auf der einen Seite und der vollziehenden Verwaltung auf der anderen Seite schlägt? ...

Stehen sich agiles und traditionelles Projektmanagement als Gegner gegenüber? Versuchen die neueren Methoden die herkömmlichen zu verdrängen, bis sie ganz verschwunden sind? Gegen diese Art der Darstellung gibt es auch den Standpunkt, dass die traditionellen PM-Methoden wie z.B. PRINCE2 nach wie vor ihre Berechtigung haben und Scrum sie nur ergänzt. Dafür einige Argumente. ...

Because one-size does not fit all, it is challenging for businesses to choose between Scrum and Kanban, two popular Agile methodologies.

How To Use RPA And AI For Project Management ... As a project manager who has led project management offices for Fortune 500 ... the first proponent of the Agile Manifesto, “Individuals and interactions over processes and tools.”.

Und wenn hier das Top-Management nicht mit an Bord ist, wird es nicht ... Alle Bereiche, die durch ein Projekt direkt oder indirekt betroffen sind, ...

The Manager is concerned with the wellbeing of the Scrum Team. The Manager loves to see happy, engaged and motivated people. (S)he loves it ...

The Nexus Canvas assists Scrum team to create project artifacts (e.g. backlog, stakeholder list, impediments), document events (e.g. sprint planning ...

IT project management can be used to ensure successful project delivery. However, portfolio management is necessary to identify and kill projects that ...

Besprechen Sie diese bereits vor dem Review mit dem Product Owner, kundenseitigen Ansprechpartnern und den Endanwendern. So sparen Sie Zeit ...

So before diving into the Product Owner taking an Influencer stance, let's first inspect what an Influencer is. Since Wikipedia doesn't offer us an answer ...

Say “agile” to any technology leader, and software development typically comes to mind. As someone who has hired, trained, mobilized, and ...

It is undeniable that agile tools continue to develop. It remains to be the best choice of a variety of business enterprises for project management.

Axa Deutschland durchlebt eine Transformationsphase, besonders hinsichtlich der Unternehmenskultur. Davon, dass mit agilen Strukturen schnellere ...

Im folgenden Beitrag erfahren Sie mehr über die Scrum-Methode - vom Konzept über das Vorgehen bis zu den Akteuren in einem Scrum Team.

Scrum werde im Projekt Stammdaten aktiv gelebt. Die Rolle des Product Owners als Bindeglied zwischen der bestehenden Fachorganisation und ...

Häufig wird der Begriff „User Story“ in direktem Kontext mit „Scrum“ verwendet – das Konzept lässt sich aber auch außerhalb reiner Scrum-Projekte ...