Category: Agile Program Mgt, PMO
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Seize Real Advantages: 7 Urgent Reasons to Revisit Agile for the AI Era
Organizations need to revisit their agile practices due to increased complexity and changing business expectations, exacerbated by AI advancements. Key issues include fragmented management, lack of user adoption, DevOps fatigue, excessive roles, inconsistent outcomes, and AI productivity not translating into business impact. Evolving agile approaches is essential for success in today’s landscape.
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Top 7 Leadership Mistakes When Assigning People to Agile Teams
CIOs and CTOs often face challenges in staffing agile teams effectively, making compromises to meet objectives and stakeholder demands. Successful agile team management requires clear leadership roles and alignment with business goals. Key mistakes include misassigning team members, creating operational silos, and failing to adequately train leaders, which can hinder team performance and innovation.
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How and Why to Create an Agile Risk Registry in Jira or Azure DevOps
Agile methodologies like Scrum enhance team focus on short-term priorities, but they lack a formal mechanism for discussing risks in releases. A risk registry can be vital for capturing and managing potential issues around project delivery and operational efficacy. Effective management of these risks can significantly improve agile outcomes across teams.
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How My Breakthrough Course Will Empower Digital Transformation Leaders in the AI Era
Digital transformation is now more crucial than ever in the AI era, shifting from a project mindset to an ongoing strategy for organizations. The introduction of AI enhances the need for continuous evolution in business operations, with leadership programs focusing on integrating AI, facilitating culture change, and tracking meaningful outcomes.
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7 Rewarding Career Paths for the Fearless Agile Program Manager
Agile program managers are facing significant risks amid tech layoffs, with 8.3% impacted in recent cuts. As agile methodologies rise, some roles are declining. Career paths for agile program managers include transitioning to technical leadership, product management, data governance, and more. Continuous skill development and networking are essential for future opportunities.
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How Agile Teams Can Stay Focused While Resolving IT Service Management Tickets
Agile and ITSM responsibilities can coexist with effective time management, optimizations, and SLA adjustments. Leaders should analyze ticket performance, identify optimization opportunities, and guide teams on productivity. Clear communication of new strategies and measuring impact will enhance agile capacities while minimizing disruptions to service-level agreements and team burnout.
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Should product managers and innovative agile teams measure business value?
I present a top-down, strategic approach to estimating business value for digital transformation, product management, and agile teams.
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3 Important Takeaways for Pioneering CIOs on the State of Agile
The 17th State of Agile report suggests where agile is delivering value and where CIOs and Digital Trailblazers must address to drive transformation.
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IT Turnaround: Know these 15 Signs + 15 Tactics to Transform From Floundering to Winning Departments
Digital Trailblazers share the signs IT needs a turnaround and 15 transformation steps.
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Empower Agile Teams: Leadership Strategies That Inspire People, Not Micromanage
Digital trailblazers can inspire struggling agile teams and must avoid falling back to command-and-control tactics. Here’s how to inspire an agile culture.
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How DevOps and Agile Team Leaders Can Organize a Successful Workshop
Am ultimate guide for DevOps and Agile leaders to plan offsites and workshops. Enhance the hybrid-work experience and drive innovation.
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3 Key Priorities CIOs and CHROs to Partner on Improving Employee Experiences
CIO and CHRO must partner on driving culture transformation; agile mindset, performance management, learning objectives, and generative AI.