Connecting the Project and Agile Communities: A Debate on Enterprise Agility
byAs part of the 'Lenka Live' series, agile thought leaders share their perspectives on enterprise and industry agility, exploring how organizations can adapt and thrive.
As part of the 'Lenka Live' series, agile thought leaders share their perspectives on enterprise and industry agility, exploring how organizations can adapt and thrive.
Two proven methodologies—DSM and WSJF— individually tackle dependencies and prioritization. But when integrated, they empower project managers to adopt systems thinking—resolving bottlenecks, prioritizing value, and delivering results faster and smarter.
Incorporating AI into the product management process presents many opportunities—but also brings forth significant concerns and obstacles. Here are the top seven challenges that product leaders must navigate.
The objective of this presentation is to outline the characteristics and complexities of projects, particularly focusing on the management of planning in complex projects. A project is defined as a temporary endeavor aimed at creating a unique product, service, or result with clear boundaries in terms of time, money, quality, and functionality.
Discover how to apply Agile practices to ERP implementations in this insightful webinar. As organizations increasingly adopt Agile beyond software development, many face challenges in scaling these frameworks to enterprise-wide initiatives. This session explores a real-world case study of implementing an ERP solution using Agile principles—viewing it not as an IT project, but as a strategic business initiative to enhance enterprise agility. Learn how to approach the Initiation phase of ERP implementation in an adaptive, value-driven way that supports responsiveness to change. This is the first in a webinar series designed to guide organizations through Agile ERP adoption, moving beyond traditional methods that limit flexibility. Gain practical insights from a seasoned expert with 40 years of experience in product development, software engineering, and project management. The session concludes with a live Q&A for deeper discussion.
While this explosion of digital transformation initiatives bodes well for mankind as a whole, it opens up key questions on the approaches an organization should undertake in this journey. In this Webinar, learn the PICK approach toward digital transformation.
As part of the 'Lenka Live' series, agile thought leaders share their perspectives on enterprise and industry agility, exploring how organizations can adapt and thrive.
Podcasts and blog posts to help you manage the challenge of transitioning from traditional project management to Agile. Dave Prior celebrates success, embraces the learning that comes from failure, and digs deep on topics you need to be up to speed on.
Agile Alliance’s annual conference focuses on advancing Agile values and principles, fostering innovation, and creating a vibrant space where people and ideas can flourish. Agile2025 will bring diverse and dynamic Agile communities together to share experiences and make new connections. Passionate Agilists from around the world will learn about the latest practices, ideas, and strategies in Agile software development and Business Agility from the world’s leading experts, change agents, and innovators.
Enterprise agility is essential for resilience, speed and sustained success. Learn the strategies that high-agility organizations implement to consistently outperform their peers.
You may be the most brilliant project manager out there, but it doesn't count for much if it comes at the expense of everything else. You are more likely to establish a sustainable, long-term PM career when you can balance your life with your work. This workbook allows you to leverage agile principles to do that. Use in conjunction with the Agile Your Life webinar.
This simple tracker for software projects logs project status, review summaries, and important events. The sheet maintains resource utilization cost and completion percentages, ensuring that projects are within budget. The simplicity of the presentation helps the template be easily presented to higher management.
In recent years, project managers have been expected to become more aware of the business context of their projects. But does that move them closer to product managers? Can you easily switch between roles?
Question: I have a degree in project management and my PMP certification. Now that agile seems to be the new technique for the future, will I need to give up all I have learned and start over? It seems unrealistic that a traditional approach to projects that has lasted so long would suddenly be abandoned. Why is there this new rush to use agile for finishing projects successfully? I’d hate to be obsolete overnight.
Anyone who leads projects also needs to clarify their product strategy—why this project is essential to the organization. Here are three clarifying questions that can help—and how to use them to refine your project approach.
Product managers haven’t replaced modern project managers. They’ve reframed how work is organized and how value is delivered. And that’s where the opportunity lies.
"Agile" and "user experience" don’t always get along. With a little dedication though, they can create an incredible relationship. Project teams that support both philosophies and commit to the collaboration create products that get delivered faster—and are appreciated.
There's a lot to like with antifragility. It acknowledges the reality of stress and disruptions rather than wishing such adverse events would not occur. Applying antifragility to project management, however, is a newer frontier.
Agile was an idea that the world of projects needed. It was a creative reinvention of what was important, and a reframing of the principles that mattered. It placed people over process and results over rules. Today, the process and rules are winning again.
The concept of organizational or enterprise agility is an important one for companies to succeed today. But there is a problem that many organizations are failing to address. And it’s a problem of their own making.
The iterative nature of rolling wave planning is especially critical during the execution phase of offshore drilling projects, where conditions can shift unexpectedly. This approach enables project teams to make informed decisions based on the most current data, adapting strategies in real time as additional insights are gained.
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