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Building Commitment During an ERP Rollout

by Luc Galoppin & Daryl Conner

In this e-book, Luc Galoppin and Daryl Conner bring together their insights on commitment and social architecture. You will learn how the eight stages of commitment apply to an ERP rollout and why it is critical to carefully plan the "moments of truth". This e-book is specifically useful for executives who face an ERP rollout. It helps us to see where we need to be vigorous in terms of organizational change management.

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Scrum in the Waterfall

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Just because you are working in a waterfall organization doesn't mean you can't be Agile. Join Dave Prior as he walks you through a case study on implementing Scrum in a waterfall environment. He offers some key practices and data points that will enable you to be successful in both keeping the team productive and providing the information needed to build trust and confidence with the Project Sponsors and Senior Executives you need to support your Agile implementation.

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What Do Your PMs Think of Your PMO?

by Andy Jordan

What is your PMO’s reputation among the PMs it serves? There could be a lot of distrust. Through experience, one manager discovered some potential problem areas that you may want to look at in your own organization.

Spotlight On: Career Development

Bridging the Gap Between Understanding and Experience

by Kenneth Darter, PMP

How does a project manager bridge the gap between understanding and experience? For PMs who are starting out in the field or who haven't mastered everything under the sun, it can always be beneficial to gain practical experience in different areas so that they have a better understanding of how things should be done.

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Topic Teasers Vol. 9: Story Points or Hours?

by Barbee Davis, MA, PHR, PMP, PMI-ACP

Question: My team prefers to work in Story Points, but it sometimes becomes hard to deal with the realities of how to estimate a first iteration and how to deal with the availability of the team members. How do experienced agile teams handle these realities?

A. If you want to be agile, you must estimate in Story Points. Nothing else will really work for a team once they begin to do the work of the project.
B. Neither is the correct approach. Estimate your Product Backlog in Ideal Hours, and then they will transfer over easily to the iteration work of the team.
C. If you create software, use Story Points. If you use agile for any other type of project, estimate in work hours, which you can input into MS Project.
D. Use Story Points for the Product Backlog, but actual hours for the Iteration Backlog.

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