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Agile consultant Devin Hedge says many companies aren’t keeping up with the rate of change in the marketplace. That’s where Lean Startup comes in. They need to rethink their business models and start developing catalysts who listen, inspire and unlock the potential of their teams. It’s a leadership skill that is sorely missing. [20:00]
Being a good steward of organizational resources includes making sure that the time spent in meetings is worthwhile to all attendees. Defining your meeting’s purpose and desired outcome will go a long way toward improving its return on the investment.
Author and coach Esther Derby chats with Dave Prior about creating work environments where individuals and organizations can succeed, including dealing with the concerns and contradictions that often arise during change initiatives. It starts with “adult” conversations that acknowledge the emotional as well structural impact of change. [21:20]
Dan Greening explores the challenges of scaling Agile and Scrum concepts beyond the team level to project portfolios with executive involvement. Along the way, he discusses forecasting beyond sprints, commitments vs. lies, dashboard heresy, waterfall compatibility and failing safely, among other thought-provoking ideas. [Part 3: 26 min.]
Dan Greening discusses the experimental mindset of an Agile-run project, how a Scrum Master is like a scientist (making hypotheses, testing and learning from the results), and why fear of failure can doom it. He also touches on the concept of Shu-Ha-Ri, stages of mastery that can apply to learning Scrum. [Part 2: 24 min.]
Dan Greening of EvolveBeyond discusses spreading agile approaches beyond individual teams to the enterprise level where potential benefits and challenges multiply. In the realm of project portfolio management, decision-making roles can include a Chief Product Owner and Enterprise ScrumMaster. [Part 1: 23 min.]
This 19-slide deck is a companion piece to the Agile Distributed Teams research report from ProjectsAtWork. It is designed to help you leverage the report's key findings and recommendations to achieve the benefits of working with distributed agile teams in your organization.
ROI analysis can be an enormously valuable tool for directing project investments, but it requires an open mind, reasonable assumptions and accurate numbers. Even then, the numbers that tell the whole story usually don’t appear on silver platters and rarely lend themselves to cookie-cutter templates. Here are five pragmatic rules for constructing useful, believable ROI analyses.
Does your organization have a clear, consistent process for evaluating new ideas and assessing expected benefits before moving forward with projects? Most important, is the process a true team effort? In this excerpt, the authors present best practices and 8 key questions for validating benefits based on resources, risks and consensus.
There is no secret formula to project success, but the infamous flop of The Coca-Cola Company’s 1985 introduction of the “new Coke” offers a timeless case study in misunderstanding the end-user. It’s a lesson that project managers, product development teams and portfolio directors should all keep in mind as they balance expectations, risks and strategic goals. [4:40]
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