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Great scrum masters are both leaders and facilitators. Becoming a top scrum master requires balancing both agile theory knowledge and people skills.

The project management discipline is extensive. It includes elaborate technical tools such as Gantt charts, Earned Value Analysis, critical path ...

In diesem Artikel möchte ich das Plädoyer von Marianne Gronmeyer für die Nicht-Ächtung der Fremdbestimmung vorstellen. Sie sieht in der Fremdbestimmung eine wichtige Funktion in unserer Gesellschaft. ...

This is one of my favorite quotes for a couple reasons. One being that it is historically the first published work on projects and the second being the perspective that if an undertaking is too vast, it probably won’t result in anything. ...

You will find a detailed discourse of project schedule compression in this article. I will discuss about fast tracking and crashing as the two main methods to shorten the project duration. ...

After the turn of 20th century, Albert Einstein famously published his Theory of General Relativity, where the general notion of time became space-time! Before that, great minds from Newton on agreed that “time” was simply a measurement between two points on a clock. ...

Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (or FMEA) is a powerful methodology that comes from the domain of manufacturing and the toolset of Six Sigma. ...

Mention Project Management software and most people’s thoughts will automatically go to Microsoft Project or newer web based tools such as Trello. What these tools lack though is the ability to assist in the planning process at the beginning of a project. ...

As a teenager who had an eclectic taste in music, one of my hobbies was attempting to create the perfect mix tape to fit the theme of different activities I would do such as studying, working out or just relaxing. ...

Scrum, backlog management, refinement, you probably already know all about these methods, but what makes someone a really good Product Manager? ...

This interview focuses on effective meeting management. It covers one of the project management basics that is most difficult to handle - managing stakeholders using different combinations of direct, dotted line, and influential management. ...

At the beginning of every New Year, Strategy Execution aims to release its Top 10 Trends list to help guide you and your teams through the constantly changing business landscape. ...

Like most disruptions, it began with a problem hiding in plain sight. We were all paying too much for eyeglasses. Then, in 2008, four graduate students, one wearing a pair of frames held together with a paperclip, decided to bring eyewear to the internet. ...

Every night before bed, I queue up a list of podcasts lengthy enough to last me the night. And sometimes, their contents bleed through into my dreams. ...

Die ideale Woche ist ein gutes Hilfsmittel, um sich zu entscheiden, wie wir unsere Prioritäten setzen möchten. Die ideale Woche ist keine Tages- oder Wochenplanung, sondern ein Leuchtturm, der uns dabei hilft, weniger reaktiv zu sein und dafür proaktiver zu leben und zu arbeiten. ...

Das Internet ist voll mit Tipps für effizientere Besprechungen. Das Wissen, wie das geht, ist also vorhanden und jederzeit abrufbar. ...

Deine Tastatur knirscht wegen der vielen Kekskrümel, deinen Locher findest du nach langer Suche unter dem Schreibtisch, und irgendwie scheinen IMMER deine Kugelschreiber auf magische Weise zu verschwinden? Willkommen im Club der meisten Schreibtischtäter! ...

In a recent SoundNotes Q&A with Mike Cottmeyer, our Fearless Leader fielded questions on a range of topics related to organizational transformation and agility. One key point he made was that any process or method, such as Scrum, LeSS, SAFe, etc., ...

Organizations adopt an agile approach for many reasons. Some hope for greater productivity and a reduced time-to-market. Others for more successful products. Still others adopt agile to increase collaboration between developers and business people, to improve quality, or to increase team member job satisfaction. ...

Agile Organisationen sind schlank, flexibel und anpassungsfähig. Das geschieht aber weniger durch die „Agilisierung“ bestehender Strukturen und Abläufe, sondern durch konsequentes Hinterfragen eben dieser. ...

Arbeitet ein (Software-)Team erfolgreich agil, so wird dies schnell als Möglichkeit gesehen, das auf weitere Teams oder das gesamte Unternehmen auszurollen. Im klassischen Projektmanagement gibt es hier die Funktion des Project Management Office (PMO). ...

During the last year and a half, I was working as a Scrum Master with a team that was working on a product with a history of about ten years. When I started working with the team, they finalized a platform migration and were still struggling with a lot of remaining work. ...

Think about the most tired you've ever been at work. It probably wasn't when you stayed late or came home from a road trip -- chances are it was when you had someone looking over your shoulder, watching your each and every move. ...

There’s lots of great material out there on how to build agile teams. That material focuses on support and improvement at a team level which is of course one crucial component. ...

In this article, I will discuss the dangerous dynamic that can arise when a Product Owner, Scrum Master, or the management of an organization focuses a Development Team on velocity. ...

In this post, I am going to present eight things you can do this week to start nudging your organization towards being more impact focused. ...

When I meet people at social gatherings and I’m asked what I do for a living, my response is: “I’m a storyteller.” ...

Everywhere you go people are talking about shipping MVPs. MVP this. MVP that. Let’s not gold plate this everyone. Let’s just ship an MVP! ...

Zum heutigen World Retrospective Day packen wir Anekdoten aus unseren Retrospektiven-Erfahrungen aus: Was war die katastrophalste Retrospektive? ...

Im letzten Jahr habe ich drei Thesen zum Jahresauftakt 2018 veröffentlicht. Darin waren die Voraussagen ...

Während der Product Owner die Eigenschaften des Produkts definiert und am Ende auch für den wirtschaftlichen Erfolg verantwortlich ist, kümmert ...

Die proventis GmbH hat die neueste Version ihrer Multi-Projektmanagement-Software Blue Ant veröffentlicht. Neben verschiedenen Neuerungen in ...

Gordon Cullum, CTO at Mastek looks at what it takes to drive a successful and ... Yet, as software projects increase in size and complexity, users often ...

Are you blocking time off to complete necessary tasks, making sure you give yourself the hours you need to work on your projects and goals? Do you ...

Most entrepreneurs use at least one project-management tool whether they're tracking client projects or organizing internal tasks. However, the tools ...

Small Scale Scrum principles address the preferred approach towards communication, the processes introduced to ensure the highest quality of ...

Looking to make the switch to agile? Check out our switcher's guide to agile project management. | Learn agile's darkest secret and how companies ...

The Agile Talent Wave: The Contingent Workforce Is Taking Over ... The Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) reported it usually takes ... while raising children, through agencies like The Mom Project or Second Shift.

Wir verwenden im Folgenden den Scrum-Begriff „Product Owner“. Er drückt genau das aus, was wir wichtig finden: Jemand fühlt sich als „Eigner“ für ...

Manchmal verliere ich den Überblick. Es gibt einfach zu viel Verschiedenes zu tun. Für mich, für die Teams, in die ich eingebunden bin. Hilfreich ist ...