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That said, this doesn't mean that you should leave your employees to their own devices, rather, you need to nee to optimize project management in ...

Managing commercial finance, no matter the stage of project development, starts with the contract. It provides the mechanisms for payments, incentives ...

Keeping things simple is the best bet for a successful IT project. ... Injecting simplicity in your projects is a sound investment, on the same level as other ...

African small business owners opt for project management tools in order to build a more efficient, profitable and competitive business. How Agile Project ...

Assembla is a project management tool for remote teams and freelancers - it enables you to manage teams, codes, integration, reports and security ...

Ein ehemaliger Projektleiter in einer Versicherung berichtet über seine ersten Monate als Product Owner. Das bisher größte Projekt einer Versicherung droht zu scheitern. Um das zu verhindern, wird im laufenden Projekt die Arbeitsweise auf Scrum umgestellt. ...

Nun ist es soweit, alle Schulen und Kindertagesstätten werden geschlossen. Auch bei uns in Agilhausen haben wir einen Krisenstab eingerichtet und werden ab dieser Woche den Schulbetrieb und die Betreuung in den Kindertagesstätten gemäß den Handlungsanweisungen stark einschränken. ...

Vorspann: „Ach wieder dieser Pädagoge vom FAV“, werden manche der regelmäßigen Blogleser/innen sagen. „Und sagt heute nix zu Corona und Schulschließung?“ Als ich diesen Artikel eingestellt habe, war Corona noch weit weg. ...

Die 10er Jahre waren für uns ein Jahrzehnt, das wir vollständig mit agiler Softwareentwicklung verbracht haben. Wir wagen einen Rückblick und versuchen herauszufinden, ob und was sich in diesem Zeitraum getan und verändert hat, ob die Dinge wirklich besser geworden sind und versuchen Strohfeuer zu identifizieren, die aufgetaucht (und wieder in der Versenkung verschwunden) sind. ...

Meine Frau und ich arbeiten beide im Home-Office – sogar bewusst im selben Raum. Das funktioniert ganz hervorragend, wir arbeiten hier sehr produktiv. ...

Wie viel Zeit verbringen Sie wohl pro Jahr in Meetings? 50 Stunden? 100 Stunden? Laut einer Studie¹ verbringen Büroangestellte 198 Stunden pro Jahr in Meetings. Das sind fast 25 Arbeitstage im Durchschnitt. Viel Zeit. ...

4 meeting commitments: Respect time. Strengthen connection. Maximize talent. Do stuff. (Do things that are best done with others.) ...

Bis vor einigen Wochen schien es noch ungewöhnlich zu sein, ausschließlich aus dem Homeoffice heraus zu arbeiten. Der Verwunderung - “Ihr habt gar kein gemeinsames Büro?!?” - folgte oft die Schlussfolgerung “Oh. Du arbeitest also immer alleine!”. ...

After covering the Scrum Master and the Product Owner, this article addresses Development Team anti-patterns, covering all Scrum Events as well as the Product Backlog artifact. Learn more about what to look out for if you want to support your fellow teammates. ...

What is a Product Owner? What are the differences between a Product Owner and Project Manager? Isn’t a Product Owner some kind of an Agile Project Manager? ...

The Sprint Goal is mentioned numerous times in the Scrum Guide, however it can be over looked by many teams or seen as an "oh yeah" moment when teams are finishing Sprint Planning. ...

People have different cultural backgrounds, habits, beliefs, interests, capabilities, knowledge, skills, and temperaments. When put together on a team, they can’t always be governed by a rulebook to become self-organized. The dynamics among them have to be understood to recognize the anti-patterns first. Here are six anti-patterns that must be avoided and remediated to help teams move toward self-organization. ...

One of the concepts that, when you hear it for the first time, needs some explanation is Product Backlog Refinement. Understandable when you worked in a plan-driven approach for a long time, where you first analyze, then design, build, test and finally run a product. This concept of refining makes some sense, but to plot it in that original process then seems hard. ...

Lean Coffee is a powerful meeting facilitation technique that can be used in coffee shops, conferences, open space, Scrum events or simply replace existing corporate meeting formats. ...

Die Coronakrise hat uns fest im Griff und Unternehmen schicken ihre Mitarbeiter ins Home-Office, um von dort aus zu arbeiten. In meinem aktuellen Projekt arbeiten wir derzeit nun auch komplett verteilt. Wie kann Remote Scrum funktionieren und was braucht es, um agiles Arbeiten in verteilten Teams erfolgreich zu gestalten? ...

Remote Work ist in Deutschland noch nicht so stark verbreitet. Obwohl viele Unternehmen bereits abteilungsübergreifend bzw. mit externen Dienstleistern remote arbeiten, scheuen sie sich davor, ihren eigenen Mitarbeitern Remote Working zu ermöglichen. ...

Die Retrospektive steht an, aber dein Team ist im Home-Office? Das ist kein Grund die virtuelle Flinte ins virtuelle Korn zu werfen. Produktive Retrospektive können online auch ohne teure Tools durchgeführt werden. ...

Müssen Fische auf Bäume klettern können? Selbstverständlich nicht! Warum werden also Mitarbeiter regelmäßig angehalten, an ihren Schwächen zu arbeiten? ...

Nachdem ich im letzten Artikel zu Wardley Maps dargestellt habe, welche Folgen Inertia für Deine Organisation haben kann, möchte ich heute einen (möglichen) Lösungsweg aus der Situation aufzeigen: Die Rede ist von Creative Destruction oder Schöpferischer Zerstörung. ...

There is an old adage which says, “Well begun is half done.” It means that once you start something well, the rest will become easier, and it’s especially true when learning Microsoft Project (MSP). ...

Project managers keep things running at almost any type of organization, whether it’s a small nonprofit, a growing startup, or a giant corporation. If you’ve just landed an interview for a project management role, congratulations! ...

“Dear Elizabeth: Can you help me with starting right on an international project? I will be responsible for the delivery of 3 projects in Australia and New Zealand. I have a formal project management certification, but managing projects with international teams is new to me. Any tips?” ...

All project success starts with knowing what done looks like in unitys of measure meaningful to the decision makers. These units start with effectiveness and performance. ...

If you're like many of the teams I meet, you've sort of got a handle on things. You can release. Your product mostly works. ...

Every conversation I have with CTOs, Engineering Managers, and Tech Leaders eventually gets to the “what should we measure?” discussion. ...

And which managers stand to benefit most? Find out on this episode of The Insightful Leader. ...

Servant leader. That sounds pretty much like a contradiction in terms, but it is a profoundly important idea. Indeed, I’d argue that servant leadership the single most valuable approach to leadership. And it’s an approach that no leader can afford to ignore. ...

Productivity is a big issue. When a workplace is inefficient, it leads to missed deadlines, eats time, and affects employee morale. In extreme cases, it can even make your company a less safe place to work. ...

They sneak up on us with a whisper but resonate loudly for decades. It can be hard to explain how they form and even harder to undo them once they have taken hold. We don’t plan for them and we don’t mean for them to happen. But they do. ...

In this article, we shall investigate why the learning and development of multi-functional specialists in Scrum is the core of organizational Agility and value optimization. Many Development Teams are not collaborating as real teams, but as a collection of narrow specialists focused on "their" tasks (QA, Backend, iOS, Android). That leads to an ever-increasing number of explicit and implicit backlogs, "dependencies," extensive Work-In-Progress (WIP), queues, and unsatisfactory lead times. How does it affect organizational Agility and what to do about it? ...

Nearly every client I work with asks me this question at some point. The Scrum Guide offers very limited guidance, suggesting 3-9 people per team (exclusive of ScrumMaster and Product Owner), without giving reasons or context for those numbers. ...

For many readers it might seem surprising to you to see me publish on working from home when I’m such a vocal fan of the magic of co-located teams. But in this situation of COVID-19, with the need to delay the spread as much as possible, it is far more important to keep you, your families, and your communities safe. ...

Products are developed, provided, and enhanced by people, and effectively leading them is crucial to achieve product success. But leading stakeholders and development teams is hard: It requires product managers and product owners to overcome six leadership challenges that range from lacking transactional power to guiding self-organising teams. ...

After covering the Scrum Master and the Product Owner, this article addresses Development Team anti-patterns, covering all Scrum Events as well as ...

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