Liz Bardetti — March 29, 2018 — March 29, 2018 At CyberGrants, we get to work with the best of the best. Our clients, who include over half of the F100 and many F500, gave over $ 6.5 billion last year. When you get to witness the giving programs of companies like Bank of America, … Continue reading Top 7 Best Practices to Supercharge Giving Programs
Category Archives: Project Management
Agile Failure Patterns in Organizations 2.0
Stefan Wolpers — March 26, 2018 Follow @StefanW — March 26, 2018 TL;DR: Agile Failure Patterns — Why Agile is Simple and Complex at the Same Time Agile failure seems to be increasingly more prominent nowadays despite all the efforts undertaken by numerous organization embarking on their journeys to become agile. The funny thing is: … Continue reading Agile Failure Patterns in Organizations 2.0
3 Project Management Methodologies: How to Determine Which is Best for Your Team
Chris Pentago — March 23, 2018 — March 23, 2018 Project managers need to carefully oversee every stage of every project from beginning to end. They must understand the unique lifecycle of each project and implement the right methodology to handle it. There are plenty of different types of methodologies for project management. What is … Continue reading 3 Project Management Methodologies: How to Determine Which is Best for Your Team
Understanding the Kanban for Scrum Teams Guide
Yuval Yeret — March 21, 2018 Follow @yuvalyeret — March 21, 2018 It’s been so exciting to hear so much positive feedback and interest in the new Scrum.org Kanban for Scrum Teams guide and the accompanying Professional Scrum with Kanban class. Creating the class and guide together with Daniel (Vacanti) & Steve (Porter) and then … Continue reading Understanding the Kanban for Scrum Teams Guide
Being Agile Doesn’t Mean There’s No Plan
Autumn Sullivan — February 19, 2018 — February 19, 2018 Ralph Waldo Emerson said, “Life is not a destination, it’s a journey.” The same is true about being an Agile organization. When we say we’re an agile agency, it’s not a fixed process. It’s a mindset, a way of looking at ourselves, our clients, and … Continue reading Being Agile Doesn’t Mean There’s No Plan
Should You Hire a Project Manager… or Project Coordinator… or PM Director?
Karl Sakas — February 19, 2018 Follow @KarlSakas — February 19, 2018 Ready to hire a Project Manager? You might need a Project Coordinator or Director of PM instead. Ready to hire a Project Manager at your agency? Congrats on your growth! But before you post the PM job, decide the level of expertise you … Continue reading Should You Hire a Project Manager… or Project Coordinator… or PM Director?
Managing Projects Over Managing Time
John Rampton — February 18, 2018 — February 18, 2018 JESHOOTS / Pixabay No matter how hard you may try, you can’t control time — but you can manage it a little better. Time passes whether you like it or not. Instead, when we discuss time management, we’re really talking about how we can make … Continue reading Managing Projects Over Managing Time
10 Tips for Product Owners on the Scrum Framework
Robbin Schuurman — December 8, 2017 — December 8, 2017 geralt / Pixabay The Scrum FrameworkThe Scrum Framework is a lightweight framework that defines three Roles, three Artifacts and five Events, which is used to develop and maintain complex Products in complex environments. Scrum doesn’t prescribe a lot of things you must do, the Scrum … Continue reading 10 Tips for Product Owners on the Scrum Framework
Using Scrum to Manage Tasks
Bonnie Harris — November 16, 2017 Follow @waxmarketing — November 16, 2017 cabashito / Pixabay Getting more done in less time. Those six words would make any manager brim with excitement. That’s also the key takeaway from Joel Traugott, a marketer at HubSpot, about his experience adopting Scrum into the software company’s work routine. He … Continue reading Using Scrum to Manage Tasks
The Scrum Master as the Change Leader
Barry Overeem — November 5, 2017 On September 27th I provided a presentation at the Agile Leadership Day (ALD) in Zurich, Switzerland. The topic of my presentation was “The Scrum Master as the Change Leader“. In the weeks before the presentation I already promoted the topic by which I caused quite a few questions/comments. … Continue reading The Scrum Master as the Change Leader