by Steve Parker | Apr 20, 2021 | Blog, Featured, Productivity, Productivity Hacks
More and more in our fast-paced world, we are actually working against our brains rather than with them. I’ve been studying what neuroscientists have to say about how to be most effective and I’ve discovered five really simple brain hacks you can use to start working...
by Elizabeth Harrin | Apr 19, 2021 | Skills
This is a guest post by Matt Diggity. Wouldn’t it be great if project team members were engaged with their work, leapt at the opportunity to hit their milestones and proactively progressed their tasks without you having to chase them? If leading your team feels like...
by Kiron Bondale | Apr 18, 2021 | Agile, project management
Whether your team follows a specific framework or has taken a mix-and-match approach with its practices, a tenet of agile is the use of short feedback loops to support inspection and adaptation. Whether your team sets a regular cadence for external product reviews or...
by Elizabeth Harrin | Apr 15, 2021 | Skills, Templates
Process mapping creates value as it helps people understand the business context of the work they are doing. One tool to do this is the SIPOC diagram. Get a free PowerPoint SIPOC diagram template. Join the Project Management Resource Library to get the template, and...
by Elizabeth Harrin | Apr 12, 2021 | How To, This article contains affiliate links.
The projects that you read about in the media are often high profile, with budgets in the multimillions or even billions. They all seem to be led by highly experienced project managers who have the confidence and skills to deal with the complex sociopolitical...
by Kiron Bondale | Apr 11, 2021 | Agile, Facilitating Organization Change, management failure, project management, Psychological Safety, Risk Management, team building
HBR published an article this week on how leaders can help their teams to recover quicker from disruptions. Given the events of the past year, this topic is apropos and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future. In the article, the author introduces the...
by Stefan Wolpers | Apr 11, 2021 | Agile Camp Berlin 2021, News
TL; DR: The virtual Agile Camp Berlin 2021 Has A Job Opening I am looking for someone (m/f/x) to support me in running the Agile Camp Berlin 2021; use the form below to apply for the job. The virtual Agile Camp Berlin 2021 The virtual Agile Camp Berlin 2021 (ACB21)...
by Stefan Wolpers | Apr 9, 2021 | News
TL; DR: The Systems Change Problem, Agile Death Spirals—Food for Agile Thought #287 Welcome to the 287th edition of the Food for Agile Thought newsletter, shared with 30,878 peers. This week, we address the systems change problem and that an ‘agile transformation’ is...
by Elizabeth Harrin | Apr 8, 2021 | Career, Skills
What’s it like being a project manager in healthcare? I worked in the healthcare sector in the UK for 12 years. I spoke to Nada Abandah, a project manager in the PMO for the Dubai Health Authority, about what it’s like to work in healthcare during a discussion for the...
by Frank Miller | Apr 7, 2021 | best apps, Copywriting Tips, Featured, Lists, Writing 101
If you are a working professional who has a close relationship with writing text pieces for the sake of copywriting or anything that needs stellar write-ups, then you may have heard about Grammarly. This application helps millions of people all over the world to check...