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How to Facilitate Change Through Agile Servant-leadership
The philosophy of servant-leadership gives project managers a superpower to influence teams without direct authority, which allows them to drive change across the organization more effectively.

Alvaro Villena
Alvaro is an experienced technical project manager and consultant. He has rolled out many SaaS implementation projects and delivered complex cloud and AI-driven projects at numerous companies worldwide.
Making Change Stick: How to Get Change Management Right
Change management is critical to project success. Studies report that about three-quarters of change efforts flop if they are not managed well. This guide to change management for project managers will help you get it right.

Alan David Walker
Alan is a project manager and consultant who specializes in digital transformation for the insurance sector. He has advised CEOs and other C-suite executives at large international insurers and consultancies on change management, strategy, and implementation. Previous positions include vice president at Hitachi Consulting and partner roles at Unisys and EY.
An Introduction to Workarea Commerce Platform
The global eCommerce market has grown from $2.8 trillion to $3.5 trillion over the last year, and the projected growth remains at a staggering 18% per year. Workarea is positioning itself as a highly flexible and customizable offering for enterprise clients to satisfy the growing demand.

Maxim Sterjanov
Maxim is a professional Agile project manager, IT consultant, and team leader with 14 years of experience and a solid technical background.
A Complete List of Project Management Conferences 2020
The only project management conference list you will ever need. This list contains all the information you might need when picking a conference including insights about the conference, locations, and ticket prices.

Vytas Butkus
Vytas is a professional project and product manager leading products and projects in education, 3D graphics, eCommerce, and adtech.
Mission Driven Development
Growing organizations often find that Scrum is no longer enough but switching to SAFe is too complicated. Mission Driven Development utilizes the 6-week cycle and offers a lightweight approach to scaling Agile.

Alvaro Villena
A seasoned project manager, Alvaro focuses on the human and cultural dimensions of product development teams to improve their performance.
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Agile Documentation: Balancing Speed and Knowledge Retention
The various documents, artifacts, and the processes that generate documentation are some of the main symbols of the Waterfall model. Borrowing from Lean, Agile considers a lot of documentation as “waste” that needs to be eradicated in order to streamline the development lifecycle.

Vinod Sukumaran
Vinod is a seasoned technical project manager who focuses on developing web, mobile, and digital products for global customers.
A Road to Better Agile Testing
The yearly World Quality Report created by Capgemini shows that 42% of survey respondents list a “lack of professional test expertise” as a challenge in applying testing to Agile development. While the advent of Agile has brought the increased speed of iterations for software development, in some cases this has come at the cost of quality.

Vytas Butkus
Vytas is a professional project and product manager leading products and projects in education, 3D graphics, eCommerce, and adtech.
What Is PMO? A Guide to Project Management Office
Ever wondered how to successfully improve the delivery of projects in your organization? Using PMO best practices, business can drive consistent delivery of projects in today’s competitive environment.

Simone Theeboom
Simone is a seasoned agile product manager boasting 15 years of experience delivering digital journeys that delight online customers.
5 Questions a Scrum Master Should Ask Before Joining a Startup
The scrum master role has been gaining popularity with the widespread adoption of Agile. Startups adopt Scrum at an ever earlier stage and look for professionals to help them out. There are some simple questions a scrum master candidate can ask to find the right startup company for their skill set.

Vytas Butkus
Vytas is a professional project and product manager leading products and projects in education, 3D graphics, eCommerce, and adtech.
The Comprehensive List of Agile Conferences
The only Agile conference list you will ever need. This list contains 116 Agile conferences all around the world. It is arranged by month and includes insights about notable conferences, locations, and ticket prices.

Vytas Butkus
Vytas is a professional project and product manager leading products and projects in education, 3D graphics, eCommerce, and adtech.
5 False Hopes of Scrum and How to Fix Them
Scrum is easy to introduce but hard to master. Left to its own devices, Scrum creates false hopes and undercuts many of the expected benefits. Scrum teams need to continually improve their process and work culture to reap the rewards of an Agile transition.

Matt Johnson
Matt was a cofounder of Mediaxstream and also an executive at a global telecom.
KPIs for Success: An Overview of Project Manager Performance Metrics
Develop a high-performing team by empowering the project manager. A software project manager is the cornerstone in a product life cycle. Explore the six key KPIs that will inspire incredible results.

Laurie Harvey
Laurie turns ideas into results. She creates multi-million-dollar businesses in secure network and cloud service delivery.
The Project Management Blueprint, Part 2: A Comprehensive Comparison of Waterfall, DAD, SAFe, LeSS, and Scrum@Scale
Agile has become the mainstream approach to software delivery recently due to the popularity of Scrum and Kanban. However, many problems arise when project managers try to scale traditional agile frameworks to larger groups of people. A lot of companies revert to waterfall framework while others use hybrid methodologies like DAD, SAFe, LeSS, or Scrum@Scale.

Darren Hagman
Darren is a veteran developer, scrum master, and project manager with deep experience in both waterfall and agile methodologies.
What Is an Agile Coach and How Can You Become One?
The role of Agile coach has been gaining popularity in recent years. In this article, we will talk about the different types of Agile coaches and their responsibilities. We will discuss how to effectively work with them as a project manager and give suggestions to PMs who want to become Agile coaches themselves.

Vytas Butkus
Vytas is a professional project and product manager leading products and projects in education, 3D graphics, eCommerce, and adtech.
Agile, Scrum, and Kanban: What the Heck Do These Words Really Mean?
We increasingly hear “agile,” “scrum,” and “kanban” used improperly in today’s software development environment. This article will clarify how and when to use them for successful project outcomes.
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The Ultimate Introduction to Agile Project Management
Simply calling something agile isn’t particularly helpful. The word, even in a software context, means different things to different people or organizations. There are many facets, definitions, implementations, and interpretations.
This introduction to Agile project management discusses the behaviors, frameworks, techniques, and concepts supporting Agile approaches to software development.
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