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Teamzusammensetzung und Rollenverständnis sind ein Erfolgsfaktor für eine ergolgreiche Projektdurchführung. Ein optimaler Mix an Kollegen im Team mit verschiedensten Eigenschaften kann anhand dem Modell von Belbin analysiert und definiert werden. ...

Have you ever fallen asleep during a sprint review? Me either. But I can imagine it happening. How about skipping a sprint review because you knew it would be boring? No, but I’ve been tempted. And I suspect you have been, too. ...

If you seek to build a high-performing team, there are many more improvement activities you should consider adopting. ...

Driven by the need for increased efficiency in operational processes a multitude of modern organizational forms are emerging that seriously question conventional organizational structures. ...

Does your Scrum board honestly make you feel tired, what with its 20+ columns and far too complicated workflow? If the answer is yes, then it's the right time for you to look back and remove that complexity. And thankfully, Kanban can help. ...

A few months ago we looked at how teams can optimize flow across the Sprint boundary, a technique which is founded on their ability to make limited and sustainable commitments. ...

So manche agile Transformation endet letztlich damit, dass im Ballsaal der Titanic statt langsamem Walzer jetzt Rock ’n‘ Roll getanzt wird und die Liegestühle an Deck hübscher dekoriert sind. ...

There is a big difference between talking about change and demanding change, especially if your goal is an Agile transformation. ...

“Agile agile Agile agile agile agile Agile agile.” A mantra? Not really, though it may induce an altered state of consciousness. ...

My experience is that when people use frameworks for larger efforts, they experience some unexpected side effects. ...

He reflects an outlook common amongst the 100+ progressive organizations we have visited. In short, hire good people, then trust them with the freedom to get on with their jobs. It puts people in charge of decisions about their own working lives, and they accept they need to deliver in return. ...

Is it true that if employees are engaged that they will perform better? Or is it true that if employees perform better they will be more engaged? ...

Neue Artikelserie „Umgang mit hoher Komplexität in der Führungsarbeit“. Mein Thema heute: „Die Lösung der Aporie“. Eine Aporie ist ein nicht lösbarer Widerspruch. ...

Kinder sind großartig. Zuweilen auch eine großartige Herausforderung. Ehrlich gesagt sind unsere beiden Töchter das sogar jeden Tag – mehrfach. ...

Je unübersichtlicher die zu lösenden Aufgaben sind, desto eher brauche ich als Team eine Sammlung kompetenter Typen, die jede für sich auch ihre Besonderheiten haben. Wertschätzung und Transparenz heißt, dies zu erkennen und anzusprechen. ...

A project steering committee can provide the extra support, guidance, and leverage to give your project an increased chance of success. ...

Managing risk? Can you imagine there's risk to manage? ...

Jason’s face was totally blank and his eyes were still. He looked completely disinterested in the proceedings. Jason (name changed) is a senior project manager with a small IT services company based in Canada. ...

Now that a software “Done” Milestone is more like a Tombstone ...

I listened to The Ultimate Metric: Identifying the Right Problems to Solve. The guest, Janelle Klein, said: ...

During a recent meetup of The Liberators Network, we got together with 30 enthusiastic Scrum Masters. Together, we explored what made our success possible. We used a string of Liberating Structures to explore three aspects; ...

You’re sitting around the table, listening to one person after another drone on and on about topics that you find irrelevant and frankly boring, while the work you really should be doing has to wait until this interminable meeting is over. ...

In a recent interview we asked Carole Osterweil, author of Project Delivery, Uncertainty and Neuroscience – A Leader’s Guide to Walking in Fog for her top tip for working in a VUCA environment. ...

What we can learn about adhocracy and flexible management from a popular Hollywood film ...

The great thing about imposter syndrome is that feeling completely and utterly out of my depth is actually quite a familiar feeling, and therefore somewhat comforting. As such I’m not really scared off by the prospect of doing something that is “new to me”, “against the rules”, “not my job” or “in an unfamiliar domain”. ...

Some time ago, I had a lengthy exchange about how we work at Lunar Logic, which behaviors are OK and which are not. ...

I see many versions of product roadmaps in my work. Unfortunately very few pass this agility test. Does your product roadmap pass the Product Roadmap Agility checklist? ...

A few years ago I helped design the search feature for Basecamp 3. We’d invented a unique Mad Libs-style interface, and I was rather fond of how it turned out. ...

Good product development practices are supposed to be built upon alignment and shared understanding, Jeff Gothelf, Author of Sense & Respond tells us at #mtpcon Singapore. ...

Agile Transformation (capital A and T) and agile transformation. Same words, vastly different concepts. An “Agile Transformation” is a cookie-cutter product that anyone can buy off the shelf. It comes with manuals, guides, predefined role descriptions, and everything else you need to get your organization looking and sounding like an Agile organization. ...

As an Agile coach, I have helped many teams improve their effectiveness in recent years. What surprises me is that the most difficult teams to improve are the teams that you yourself are part of; ...

Wer im Internet nach dem Begriff „Produkt Dekomposition“ sucht, wird im Moment nicht sehr viele Treffer landen. Jedenfalls nicht im dem Zusammenhang wie er in der Agile Produktentwicklung verwendet wird. ...

Problem ist nicht gleich Problem. Wenn ich eine Pizza backen will, nehme ich mir ein Kochbuch und folge der Anweisung Schritt für Schritt. ...

Neue akademische Handlungsfelder und professionelle Rollen von Akademikern haben in vielen Hochschulen einen Raum hervorgebracht, der weder im Kernbereich von wissenschaftlicher oder künstlerischer Lehre und Forschung noch in der Administration oder in der Hochschulleitung angesiedelt ist. ...

Die Digitalisierung erhöht das Tempo, mit der sich unser Umfeld verändert. SCRUM, Lean Thinking und Co sind in aller Munde. Wir sollten aber nicht ...

Die Auswahl und Einführung einer passenden Projektmanagement-Software für digitalisierungswillige Dienstleister ist ein umfangreiches Vorhaben ...

This has led to the rise of a number of tools to make the job easier. The project management toolkit is always evolving as is the job itself. At the same ...

Project Management Institute (PMI) released its 2019 Pulse of the Profession® In-Depth Report: AI Innovators: Cracking the Code on Project ...

However, often, it is the project rather than the organization itself that will dictate whether to adopt an agile or a waterfall management methodology, ...

The proportion of projects that are managed with AI is expected to jump from 23% ... SEE: How to build a successful project manager career (free PDF) ...