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Senior PM sharing his experience on how to do continuous improvement
Free Templates to Implement KPIs for Continuous Improvements in your projects including Build, Rollout, Support and MOC (Maintenance in Operational Conditions)
Understand Risk Management with Use Cases + free Template
The basics of risks management, providing down-to-earth examples. We also offer a free template you can use to list all risks related to your project.
Time & Material vs Fixed-Price Contract: Understand Everything
Fixed-price vs. T&M , Differences and Implications for Client & Service Provider. Obligation of result vs. means. Know the best practices for contractualization
Checklist to get your project off to a good start
Article presenting various checklists for different project start-up activities: appropriation, creation, organization, follow-up and review
The project kick-off and the 12 mistakes to avoid
The project kick-off builds trust and alignment. Essential planning, attendees and agenda. Face-to-face or remote plus 12 mistakes to avoid.
How to Handle a Security Incident
Learn the basics of security:
What is a Security Incident?
How to react?
Examples of Security Incidents
How to Conduct an Effective Satisfaction Survey
The satisfaction survey: exploration of needs, methods and key moments. Details are crucial for accurate and useful results.
Tips for Successfully Implementing a RACI Matrix
The RACI Matrix clarifies responsibilities: Who does what, how, and who is involved. Discover all variants like RASCI, RACI-VS, and RACI+F
The essential steps to measure the remaining work of the project
The Remaining Work (RW) is the set of tasks remaining in a project. Discover: Responsibility, Valuation, Valuation, Remaining Work (RW) and Agility
The essential steps for an effective project check-up
Check-Up: Essential steps on how to conduct this activity : include planning, conducting, and tracking actions. Tips ensure a successful assessment process.
A Practical Guide to Nonconformance Management in a Project
Non-conformance management: Detection, treatment and follow-up. Integrate knowledge management, risk management, and continuous improvement.
How to succeed in an effective project escalation
Escalation in project management: mastery, management of the unexpected, hierarchical/functional processes, mirror effect, anticipation, actions and restrictions.
How to report incidents effectively
Incident report: definition, objectives, responsibilities, recipients, writing, content.
The essentials for effective incident management.
Managing a Project Crisis: Responding with Efficiency!
Essential tips for overcoming project crises: stay calm, transparent, focus on the causes, learn from experience.
Delivery and Financial closure of the project: don’t miss a thing!
Discover the keys to a successful project closure : essential actions, financial concepts, and practical tips for delivery. All in one article !
How to Manage Effective Meetings in 7 Steps!
The keys to a successful meeting: Plan, prepare, assign roles, set goals, facilitate effectively, and make decisions.
Project Governance: Instances, Tools, and Processes
Governance includes the organization, roles, decision-making bodies (project/steering committees), tools and processes for effective project management
Stakeholder Management
Stakeholders are key. Identify them, communicate effectively and ensure traceability of exchanges + A few tips
Project Budget Management
A project budget consists of four acts: estimating costs, developing the budget, monitoring, and closing. Understand margins and terms like SC, ADC, and ADR.
Project Time Management
Optimize your project time management for more success! Planning, scheduling, supervision, control, with key laws. 🚀
Project Scope Management
The scope of a project includes its scope, requirements, and change management to ensure quality and achievement of objectives.
Project Quality Management
Understand quality, QMS and KPIs, the 7 principles of quality management, the steps involved in developing KPIs and management tools.
Project Risk Management
Risk management involves identifying, assessing, addressing, and monitoring risks throughout the project.
Fixed Price & Agility
We explain the distinctions between the flat-rate model and the agile approach, the challenges inherent in implementing an agile project with a fixed-price contract.
Introduction to Agility
Bill & Bob: A captivating story to explore the contribution of agility in a fun way, where each project manager takes their unique approach to the project
Test-Driven Specifications: BDD, TDD, ATDD
This article provides an introduction to specification methods through testing, including BDD, TDD, and ATDD.
Agile Testing: A Practice Like No Other
This article compares classical and agile testing, explores continuous testing with Brian Marick’s quadrant, and details the responsibilities of each actor.
DevOps Transformation for Enhanced Agility
This article will explore the steps to kick-start a DevOps transformation, with a focus on versioning, automation, and monitoring.
Self-Organizing Agile Team: The Keys to Success
The importance of integrating a self-managed team into an agile project and the means to achieve this goal, especially with a junior team.
Agile KPIs: Measuring Efficiency in Action
Agile KPIs for the monitoring of: Business Value, Velocity, Reliability, Cost, Project Burndown, Sprint Burndown, Responsiveness, TurnOver and Kiffometer.
Agility at Scale: Deciphering Trending Frameworks
This article explains the why of agility at scale, how agile frameworks work, we will give examples of companies, such as Spotify.
Organizing an Agile Project Remotely : 10 Pitfalls to Avoid
This article presents recommendations by activity and project event for a successful organization of an agile remote project.
Facilitating a Sprint Retrospective to Strengthen Your Team
This article will offer you tips on how to conduct a sprint retrospective, a step-by-step guide, tips, and recommended online tools
Conducting a Sprint Review: Making the Customer Happy
This Sprint Review article explores optimal timing, key players, steps to make this event a sucess, and colncludes with practical tricks and recommendations
How to Facilitate a Daily Scrum: All the Tricks!
This article will cover the objectives, participants, schedule, best practices of the Daily Scrum, a RACI matrix, recommendations and tips.
Planning Poker: Estimating User Stories in 5 Steps
In this article, we’ll cover objectives, participants, estimation techniques, Story Points vs. Man Days, methodology and tips.
Facilitating a Sprint Planning: Guide and Tips
Curious about Agile sprint planning? This article explains everything: timing, participants, process, tips. Ready ? Let’s get started!
How to Build the Release Plan
This article answers questions about the importance of the release plan, the difference from the Roadmap, when, who, and how to execute it effectively.
Facilitating an Agile Project Framing
Learn how to master agile framing, from vision definition to estimating guidelines, for quality business meetings with your client.
How to Refine the Product Backlog
Understand the refinement of the product backlog: level of granularity, the steps to carry out this review, focus on the product vision, Release Plan and blockages
How to Build the Product Backlog: Mistakes to Avoid
In this article, discover the secrets of the product backlog: development from sprint zero, formalization, refinement, estimation and errors to avoid.
How to Apply Contract Effectively to Agile Project
A must-have guide for professionals: learn how to contract an agile project with confidence thanks to this dedicated companion, from start to finish.
Practical Guide To The Agile Manifesto With Real Examples
How big companies like Spotify, Google, Microsoft, Airbnb, Lego, Twitter, Facebook and other implement the values and principles of agility
