by Frank Miller | Jun 16, 2021 | Apps, best apps, Featured, Free Apps, Lists, Productivity Apps, Time Management
Windows time tracker has become a necessity with the transformation in the business world. remote work is becoming the new ‘normal’ for employees all over the world. In view of the latest transition to remote work, companies need effective tools that can help them...
by Elizabeth Harrin | Jun 16, 2021 | Career, Skills
We’re almost at the end of the quarter and you’re thinking what a great year it’s been so far at work. Your thoughts turn to what you should be doing for your professional development in the months ahead… and there’s a lot of choice. I don’t have the time (or the...
by Kiron Bondale | Jun 13, 2021 | Agile, organizational change management, personal development
(Thanks to Don for giving me some fodder for this week’s article) I’ve written previously about my three tests for assessing agility: are we delivering value to our stakeholders early and regularly, are we progressively improving quality, and are we helping our...
by Stefan Wolpers | Jun 11, 2021 | News
TL; DR: Rebels Spark Ideas, CSPO Pathology—Food for Agile Thought #296 Welcome to the 296th edition of the Food for Agile Thought newsletter, shared with 31,704 peers. This week, we acknowledge that rebels spark ideas, and we consider whether OKRs can restore purpose...
by Stefan Wolpers | Jun 9, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Transition, Leadership, Making Your Scrum Work, Scrum Master, Scrum Master anti-patterns
TL; DR: When Scrum Masters Fail — Making Your Scrum Work #13 There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. Scrum thrives when the Scrum teams are...
by Elizabeth Harrin | Jun 9, 2021 | Skills
Alexis Dondic has over 15 years of experience in the auto industry and more recently she has worked in a strategic communications role on projects. She also works as a trader and a coach. She splits her time between Germany (where she is from originally) and Mexico,...
by Stefan Wolpers | Jun 7, 2021 | Agile and Scrum, Agile failure, agile transformation, Agile Transition, Failure culture, Leadership, Making Your Scrum Work, Scrum anti-patterns, Video
TL; DR: Essential Agile Failure Patterns — When Noise Interferes with Signal There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. When Scrum becomes an...
by Kiron Bondale | Jun 6, 2021 | Facilitating Organization Change, management failure, project management, Psychological Safety, team building
One of Steve Jobs’ most famous quotes comes from the kickoff to the 1997 Apple Think Different campaign: “Here’s to the crazy ones, the misfits, the rebels, the troublemakers, the round pegs in the square holes … the ones who see things differently — they’re not fond...
by Elizabeth Harrin | Jun 5, 2021 | How To
Managing lots of projects at the same time is tough. Here’s how 6 project managers stay on top of multiple projects – and keep their sanity. It was fun to talk to them to find out more about their tactics – the tip from Christine about diary management is definitely...
by Elizabeth Harrin | Jun 4, 2021 | Templates
You’ve got responsibility for a project. And yet; somehow the organization doesn’t have the project documentation you need to get it started, keep it on track and close it down successfully. So you turn to the internet to find the paperwork you need. Let me make it...
