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3 Steps Foolproof PMP® Study Plan

15/07/2022

Before I give you my three steps foolproof PMP® Certification Study Plan, let's first explore what the PMP exam includes? The PMP Exam Content outline mentions the syllabus of the PMP exam and focuses on skills to lead projects for all three key approaches- Predictive (waterfall) Agile The mix of Predictive & Agile (Hybrid) To cover these approaches; you need the following skills and learnings – People skills Fundamentals of Agile and Scrum Project Management concepts Hybrid project management approaches…

Certification Guide for SAFe® LPM (Lean Portfolio Management)

02/02/2022

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SAFe, SAFe LPM

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Introduction Before we start discussing SAFe, Lean, and Lean Portfolio Management, let's first understand why large-scale companies are going the Agile way and why there is a demand for professionals at various levels to understand and implement Lean and Agile Methodologies. Digital disruption is affecting every company across the globe. Nokia Mobile, cassette tapes, Compact Discs, Pen Drives have all become a thing of the past. In the old days, if a company became a world leader in their niche,…

Seven Essential SAFe® Elements

24/11/2021

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SAFe

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What is SAFe® Before understanding the Seven Essential SAFe Elements, it is crucial to know about "What is SAFe?" Where do you start if you want to build operational excellence, collaboration, responsiveness, and customer satisfaction into your organizational DNA? SAFe provides a proven playbook for transformation. The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) is the most credible framework in the present scenario due to its trustable, easy to customize, and sustainable framework for leading enterprises. The Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) is a…

The 7 P’s Framework for Planning The Meeting

14/10/2021

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Agile Team Facilitation

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What do you feel when you attend an agenda-less meeting? In my opinion, every meeting deserves a plan, and if attended by more than two people, it deserves serious planning. The 7 P’s Framework gives you a structure to sketch your plan for the meeting. 1: Purpose What outcome would you like to achieve from this meeting? If you are the meeting leader, you should be able to articulate the meeting's purpose, urgency and impact. If you organize it for…

Disciplined Agile (DA) Is a Toolkit not a Framework

05/02/2021

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Disciplined Agile

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This article is all about the toolkit approach of PMI’s Disciplines Agile What is Disciplined Agile? As per the PMI (Project Management Institute) "Disciplined Agile — a tool kit that harnesses hundreds of Agile practices to guide you to the best way of working for your team or organization." Most agile processes present themselves as a framework and stay away from the so-called methodology, and here we have a method/approach called Disciplined Agile (DA) that says we are not a…