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The Road to being Agile PM – 2 of 2

Lyssa Adkins has been coaching Agile teams and enjoys delivering software and process projects using Agile methods. In this video she tries to provide an overview of how Project Manager can make a team more productive. This is a Recording of a workshop given at the Scrum Gathering. Enjoy!!!

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[ More ] June 21st, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Workplace Thoughts |

The Road to being Agile PM 1 – 2

Lyssa Adkins has been coaching Agile teams and enjoys delivering software and process projects using Agile methods. In this video she tries to provide an overview of how Project Manager can make a team more productive. This is a Recording of a workshop given at the Scrum Gathering. Enjoy!!!

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[ More ] June 21st, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Workplace Thoughts |

A few pointers for Project Managers

I can speak from what i have observed and these are a few observations that i have made over the course of my career. In this post i try to highlight the key points for every successful project manager. These are basic common sense statements but rarely practiced by project managers. The points listed below are just my personal views and may not necessarily work for all but hey there is no harm to try and judge for yourself if they work or not. Continue Reading

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[ More ] June 21st, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Workplace Thoughts |

Building Trust on Virtual Teams – Part 2

In my last Post you would have read about a few tips of how to manage a Virtual team. To make sure that communication and trust are present it is necessary that all team members are on the same page about what happening in the organization as well on their dedicated projects. Put Web2.0 to Work, make the most of rapid simple web applications to keep your team in the loop. You could use Instant Messaging for communication, research the newest tools for efficiency and collaboration. There are thousands of Web application where you can trial and use this with demo

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[ More ] February 29th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Workplace Thoughts |

Building Trust on Virtual Teams – Part 1

Lately during my trip to India to meet my team, i faced a few opportunities that helped me analyze a few instances of team management and bonding. Now a days in the work place many times we forget the small simple things that keep us going, one such thing is Trust. Trust is key to the effective functioning of any team, whether distributed geographically or not. This post is for small businesses and team leaders who have to manage teams not located physically in the same place. Continue Reading

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[ More ] February 29th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Workplace Thoughts |
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