by Stefan Wolpers | Jul 17, 2023 | Agile and Scrum, Agile Metrics, Metrics, scrum team, Self-organization, team building
Health Checks for Agile Teams Agile teams thrive on continuous improvement and adaptability. Self-assessment isn’t just a health check measuring tool but a compass guiding teams toward their potential. It enables teams to understand their strengths, identify areas of...
by Kiron Bondale | Jun 9, 2023 | project management, Psychological Safety, Risk Management, team building
During a presentation I delivered today to members of the PMI Nova Scotia chapter on cultivating psychological safety, one of the attendees asked how would she be able to assess whether the team she was going to join was safe prior to joining. This is a great question...
by Kiron Bondale | Mar 27, 2023 | governance, improving project management, project decision making, project management, team building
I’ve just finished reading The Revenge of Analog and The Future is Analog by David Sax. In both of these books, he provides compelling arguments supported by a number of case studies taken from different domains to show that while some might envision the future as...
by Kiron Bondale | Jan 16, 2023 | Facilitating Organization Change, improving project management, project management, team building
I’m in the middle of Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton’s book Leading with Gratitude. I really enjoyed one of their previous books, The Carrot Principle, which provided great case studies on the importance of recognition in the work place as well as multiple...
by Kiron Bondale | Dec 27, 2022 | improving project management, project management, Project scheduling, team building
Whether you have taken a foundational project management course which covered practices for predictive approaches or you were studying to take the PMP exam, you are likely familiar with schedule network diagrams. However, like many tools and practices in the PMBOK...
by Kiron Bondale | Sep 4, 2022 | Facilitating Organization Change, management failure, project management, Risk Management, team building
While the phrase “quiet quitting” might have been popularized recently, the behavior has been with us for a long time. For those of us who are Seinfeld fans, you’ll remember the many creative ways in which George Costanza would do either no work or the absolute bare...