by Stefan Wolpers | Jan 22, 2021 | News
TL; DR: Agile at Tesla, Roadmap Bankruptcy—Food for Agile Thought #276 Welcome to the 276th edition of the Food for Agile Thought newsletter, shared with 30,023 peers. This week, we delve into Agile at Tesla; we learn how Retrospectives work in the most unlikely...
by Elizabeth Harrin | Jan 22, 2021 | Working Women
Today I’m interviewing Rachel Mata, Lead Project Manager at Edu-tech company Instructor Brandon. She currently lives in Bogotá, Columbia and I was excited to learn more about her career and life in South America. Rachel, how did you get into project management? It...
by Elizabeth Harrin | Jan 21, 2021 | General
I’m running a webinar on the skills you need to manage multiple projects on 4 February. Register here. “There’s another project I’m just waiting to hear about,” said my sponsor. I silently groaned. I was already managing a couple of projects and while I probably could...
by Dmitriy Nizhebetskiy | Jan 20, 2021 | Project Manager Career
In the previous email, I shared the truth about being a project manager. Lots of other readers were able to relate to it. What about you? In short: Your manager expects you to know everything about project management right from the beginning. You need to manage...
by Steve Parker | Jan 19, 2021 | Blog, Entrepreneurship, Featured
One out of every four American adults has a disability that interferes with their daily lives and activities, according to the CDC. But as common as physical, mental, and intellectual disabilities are, the U.S. has a long way to go before its workplaces, classrooms,...
by Steve Parker | Jan 19, 2021 | Agile, Agile Business Development, Featured, IT Trends
In many ways, technological advancement influences the course of the entire business sector. New and emerging technologies, as well as the tech solutions that are tried and tested, shape the future of companies operating in every industry in the world. From modern...
by Frank Miller | Jan 18, 2021 | Apps, best apps, chat app, collaboration, Collaboration Tools, Communication, Featured, Lists, Productivity Apps
As the coronavirus rages on, and more and more people are hunkered down in quarantine, the demand for social media applications and other collaboration applications is surging. These applications are a lifesaver if you are all alone in your home and have to stay away...
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by Elizabeth Harrin | Jan 18, 2021 | Books, This article contains affiliate links.
I’ve just finished reading The Grit Factor: Courage, Resilience and Leadership in the Most Male-Dominated Organization in the World by Shannon Huffman Polson. It’s the story of what makes someone succeed, and the importance grit plays in career success. Huffman Polson...
by Stefan Wolpers | Jan 17, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Transition, Hiring Agile practitioners, Scrum anti-patterns, Scrum Master
TL; DR: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns from Job Ads Job ads for Scrum Master positions reveal great insight into an organization’s progress on becoming agile. I analyzed more than 50 job ads for Scrum Master positions to gain these. Learn more about what makes job ads...
by Kiron Bondale | Jan 17, 2021 | improving project management, project management, Stakeholder analysis
(Image credits: Warner Bros. & Chuck Jones) When I was a small child, one of the things I looked forward to every weekend was the chance to watch Saturday morning cartoons on TV. Unlike today where where a vast variety of kids programming is available around the...
