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The No-Mandate PMO
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The creation of a project management office at Miller Brewing wasn’t mandated. Without strong executive support, the PMO instead gained traction by demonstrating incremental improvements. The evolutionary approach took longer, but also permeated the work culture. As the PMO earned greater support, its role grew into strategic and portfolio planning. [7:05]
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Agile
TEAM BALANCE
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Mike Cohn
(February 3, 2010)
Self-organizing teams are a key Agile principle. Indeed, employing the collective wisdom of a team is a great way to organize around any project work, and encourages ownership. But self-organizing teams shouldn’t be randomly assembled. In part three of our series on structuring and managing Scrum-based teams, here are some factors to consider when selecting or influencing who is on the team.
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Team Talk
HOW TO WIN TEAMS AND INFLUENCE PROJECTS
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Janis Rizzuto
(January 28, 2010)
Project leaders face unique challenges with team members who work remotely, report to other managers and balance responsibilities to other projects. In that environment, strengthening communication, boosting motivation and reducing conflict is essential. Here are tips to improve your team dynamic from a Dale Carnegie Training executive.
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Interviews
PM CONVERSATIONS
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Kathleen Ryan O'Connor
(February 3, 2010)
Challenge but don't penalize. Be positive, not naïve. Oh, and act like a snowplow. That's some advice to project managers from A.C. Fred Baker, who has been managing and mentoring in the project world for 35-plus years. Here, he reflects on his career and shares a couple pet peeves.
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Reviews/Roundups
TO BLEED OR NOT TO BLEED
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Wayne Turk
(January 28, 2010)
Making a decision to take on a project employing bleeding-edge technology is a big gamble with potentially big rewards. The list of failures is long; the successes can be spectacular. Here are some questions to ask when considering if the latest and greatest technology may be right on your project.
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Agile
FEATURE TEAMS
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Mike Cohn
(January 27, 2010)
On multi-team development projects, there are significant advantages in having each team organize around the end-to-end delivery of features as opposed to working on separate components. Fewer handoffs reduce waste and integration-related risks. And feature teams have a clearer understanding of the impact of design decisions. However, in some circumstances, component teams offer benefits.
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