Six time management tips for project managers it-toolkitsIT-Toolkits.org
To be a successful project manager, you must be able to manage your time well. The best project managers ensure they are productive for most of their time and avoid time-wasters at all costs. Here are some tips that can help you manage your time more efficiently.
Sudokuban is a Kanban in practice example activity that takes about 20-25 minutes to run. This is the slidepack that goes with the game to briefly introduce Kanban before the game and then give some more in depth information afterwards.
The benefit of a Sudoku based game is that it mimics the software development process more closely - ie requires in depth, concentrated effort, where pairing could hamper the concentration.
The sudoku game pack comprises of 12 sudoku puzzles, setup partly in progress in flow with low WIP limits. Quality issues are embedded into the pack to ensure that failure occurs immediately and WIP constraints get met to force the change in behaviour.
Expedites are added part way in (two closely together) to form behaviour around handling them.
Team will generally learn:
1) How to use WIP limits
2) How to swarm to remove blockers
3) How to handle expedites
4) To re-prioritise according to value
5) The value of someone still looking out for the team's flow
Conducted at Sydney's AgileTour 2013.
Run at Agile Games 2015 in Boston, this is a joint pack to run in an hour and a half two games - Sudokuban (a game about learning how to do Kanban) and the Agile Values game (which utilizes the Marshmallow Challenge).
More information on Sudokuban can be found at: http://www.unbounddna.com/resources/agile-games/sudokuban-a-kanban-in-action-puzzle-game/
What does a Scrum Master do all day when he/she is not facilitating the Scrum meetings? If you are a newbie Scrum Master, if you have just be promoted Scrum Master, this is for you
Six time management tips for project managers it-toolkitsIT-Toolkits.org
To be a successful project manager, you must be able to manage your time well. The best project managers ensure they are productive for most of their time and avoid time-wasters at all costs. Here are some tips that can help you manage your time more efficiently.
Sudokuban is a Kanban in practice example activity that takes about 20-25 minutes to run. This is the slidepack that goes with the game to briefly introduce Kanban before the game and then give some more in depth information afterwards.
The benefit of a Sudoku based game is that it mimics the software development process more closely - ie requires in depth, concentrated effort, where pairing could hamper the concentration.
The sudoku game pack comprises of 12 sudoku puzzles, setup partly in progress in flow with low WIP limits. Quality issues are embedded into the pack to ensure that failure occurs immediately and WIP constraints get met to force the change in behaviour.
Expedites are added part way in (two closely together) to form behaviour around handling them.
Team will generally learn:
1) How to use WIP limits
2) How to swarm to remove blockers
3) How to handle expedites
4) To re-prioritise according to value
5) The value of someone still looking out for the team's flow
Conducted at Sydney's AgileTour 2013.
Run at Agile Games 2015 in Boston, this is a joint pack to run in an hour and a half two games - Sudokuban (a game about learning how to do Kanban) and the Agile Values game (which utilizes the Marshmallow Challenge).
More information on Sudokuban can be found at: http://www.unbounddna.com/resources/agile-games/sudokuban-a-kanban-in-action-puzzle-game/
What does a Scrum Master do all day when he/she is not facilitating the Scrum meetings? If you are a newbie Scrum Master, if you have just be promoted Scrum Master, this is for you
Have you ever said to yourself, “We pay for modern software tools, hardware, implementation, and training, but I can’t help feeling we aren’t getting all the productivity we should have?” In this session we’ll ponder why some companies succeed with new software while others flounder and explore the key role the CAD/BIM manager can play in achieving the success that leads to high productivity. We’ll cover defining your CAD tools, finding technology accelerators, test piloting, training ladder methodologies, project management based tool analysis, and the profound impact of mission management when implementing software. If you are responsible for CAD/BIM management, training or project execution using CAD tools you won’t want to miss this session.
Agile and Scrum in AtlantBH – 5 Tips Towards Better AgilityBosnia Agile
The presentation will go through some practical examples of using Scrum in AtlantBH. We'll talk more about our daily practices, rather than Scrum theory. In essence, we'ill present five steps directly from our own experience to make your Scrum better. Join me to get a better insight into how we do things in AtlantBH.
Creativity Can Be Yours (Comprehensive) PowerPoint Presentation 170 slides w...Andrew Schwartz
PowerPoint Presentation Content Slides Include:
• Learning objectives of this presentation
• Definition/s of creativity
• Etymology of creativity (4 points)
• The 9 Greek Muses
• Creativity and business (14 points)
• Creativity myths (7 points)
• Creativity and organizational success (22 slides)
• Fostering organizational creativity (20 slides)
• Creativity in business (17 points)
• How the creative mind works (11 slides)
• The process of creativity (4 slides)
• Creative process diagram (4 steps)
• Defining creative people (9 slides)
• Increasing your personal creativity (19 slides)
• Increasing your personal creativity: get inspired (5 points)
• Group creativity (12 slides)
• Managing creativity (11 slides)
• Creativity and the future (10 slides)
• Actions steps (16 points)
Management study involves understanding how an organization manages and cost-effectively uses its resources to attain its target goals. Universities that offer management courses to students expect them to submit well-planned and systematic management assignments. However, writing a management assignment is relatively more complex than discussing a random management subject in a lecture room. So, to help you understand management assignments and do them yourself without any issue, we have listed a few quick tips below.
It is the team who does all the work. Team is self-organising. Team decides and plans. So what is the role of scrum master? Is it a full time role? How is it different from a project manager? Can a project lead or manager be a scrum master? It is probably the least understood and the most abused role in scrum. Let's explore these points in details further on April 10, 3:00 PM.
3 Roles in Scrum
Role of scrum master
Challenges of a scrum master
Skills, Knowledge & mindset required
Full time or part time?
Future career path of scrum master
Benefits:
Uncover the true role of a scrum master which is that of a facilitator, protector, negotiator and a coach.
Understand the true meaning of coaching.
Learn how scrum master can coach the team.
Understand the skills, knowledge and mindset required as a scrum master.
Perform better as a scrum master by getting introduced to some magical techniques and fad words like gamestorming, innovation games and visual thinking to facilitate collaborative decision making.
Learn points which you can use to make people understand the vital role a scrum master plays.
Appreciate the difference between project manager and a scrum master.
Learn who can be a good scrum master.
Attend the webinar and separate yourself from the crazy herd of people blindly accepting or discarding the role of scrum master!!
Scrum is simple. It has 11 elements. 5 Events, 3 Roles and 3 Artifacts. But even though Scrum is simple, it is hard. Hard to do right. Daily scrum’s only on Tuesdays? A Sprint Demo? The team asking for approval from their Product Owner at Sprint Review… These are only a few of the ways scrum can get corrupted. Let’s scan out collective Scrum hard dive and run chkdks /f on it to get rid of some of the bad sectors, rebuild some of the indexes and resolve the lost files.
How To Multiply Your Time
There is no such a thing like time management. Time management can be achieved through developing tools & technology, prioritizing tasks. Multiply time by doing significance calculations based on factors Eliminate, Automate, Delegate.
The Impact of Culture on Distributed Agile - DiscussAgile - May 07 2016gmaran23
The Impact of Culture on Distributed Agile .. and what can we do?
DiscussAgile Bangalore May 07 2016
Marudhamaran Gunasekaran Agile Coach / Security Specialist
Introduction to Agile & scrum, but a bit from an HR perspective.
This presentation was given at "JobInfo" as some background material for a better understanding of recruitment in an agile world.
Have you ever said to yourself, “We pay for modern software tools, hardware, implementation, and training, but I can’t help feeling we aren’t getting all the productivity we should have?” In this session we’ll ponder why some companies succeed with new software while others flounder and explore the key role the CAD/BIM manager can play in achieving the success that leads to high productivity. We’ll cover defining your CAD tools, finding technology accelerators, test piloting, training ladder methodologies, project management based tool analysis, and the profound impact of mission management when implementing software. If you are responsible for CAD/BIM management, training or project execution using CAD tools you won’t want to miss this session.
Agile and Scrum in AtlantBH – 5 Tips Towards Better AgilityBosnia Agile
The presentation will go through some practical examples of using Scrum in AtlantBH. We'll talk more about our daily practices, rather than Scrum theory. In essence, we'ill present five steps directly from our own experience to make your Scrum better. Join me to get a better insight into how we do things in AtlantBH.
Creativity Can Be Yours (Comprehensive) PowerPoint Presentation 170 slides w...Andrew Schwartz
PowerPoint Presentation Content Slides Include:
• Learning objectives of this presentation
• Definition/s of creativity
• Etymology of creativity (4 points)
• The 9 Greek Muses
• Creativity and business (14 points)
• Creativity myths (7 points)
• Creativity and organizational success (22 slides)
• Fostering organizational creativity (20 slides)
• Creativity in business (17 points)
• How the creative mind works (11 slides)
• The process of creativity (4 slides)
• Creative process diagram (4 steps)
• Defining creative people (9 slides)
• Increasing your personal creativity (19 slides)
• Increasing your personal creativity: get inspired (5 points)
• Group creativity (12 slides)
• Managing creativity (11 slides)
• Creativity and the future (10 slides)
• Actions steps (16 points)
Management study involves understanding how an organization manages and cost-effectively uses its resources to attain its target goals. Universities that offer management courses to students expect them to submit well-planned and systematic management assignments. However, writing a management assignment is relatively more complex than discussing a random management subject in a lecture room. So, to help you understand management assignments and do them yourself without any issue, we have listed a few quick tips below.
It is the team who does all the work. Team is self-organising. Team decides and plans. So what is the role of scrum master? Is it a full time role? How is it different from a project manager? Can a project lead or manager be a scrum master? It is probably the least understood and the most abused role in scrum. Let's explore these points in details further on April 10, 3:00 PM.
3 Roles in Scrum
Role of scrum master
Challenges of a scrum master
Skills, Knowledge & mindset required
Full time or part time?
Future career path of scrum master
Benefits:
Uncover the true role of a scrum master which is that of a facilitator, protector, negotiator and a coach.
Understand the true meaning of coaching.
Learn how scrum master can coach the team.
Understand the skills, knowledge and mindset required as a scrum master.
Perform better as a scrum master by getting introduced to some magical techniques and fad words like gamestorming, innovation games and visual thinking to facilitate collaborative decision making.
Learn points which you can use to make people understand the vital role a scrum master plays.
Appreciate the difference between project manager and a scrum master.
Learn who can be a good scrum master.
Attend the webinar and separate yourself from the crazy herd of people blindly accepting or discarding the role of scrum master!!
Scrum is simple. It has 11 elements. 5 Events, 3 Roles and 3 Artifacts. But even though Scrum is simple, it is hard. Hard to do right. Daily scrum’s only on Tuesdays? A Sprint Demo? The team asking for approval from their Product Owner at Sprint Review… These are only a few of the ways scrum can get corrupted. Let’s scan out collective Scrum hard dive and run chkdks /f on it to get rid of some of the bad sectors, rebuild some of the indexes and resolve the lost files.
How To Multiply Your Time
There is no such a thing like time management. Time management can be achieved through developing tools & technology, prioritizing tasks. Multiply time by doing significance calculations based on factors Eliminate, Automate, Delegate.
The Impact of Culture on Distributed Agile - DiscussAgile - May 07 2016gmaran23
The Impact of Culture on Distributed Agile .. and what can we do?
DiscussAgile Bangalore May 07 2016
Marudhamaran Gunasekaran Agile Coach / Security Specialist
Introduction to Agile & scrum, but a bit from an HR perspective.
This presentation was given at "JobInfo" as some background material for a better understanding of recruitment in an agile world.
Explores underlying principles that make Agile development work, and seeks to uncover where those principles might be in conflict with key assumptions that drive management practices.
The goal is to learn what we in the movement can do to drive positive change in our own organizations as well as in the wider world of software development. After all, there may be challenges with an Agile approach, but falling back to blind adherence to a plan-driven approach is not the answer.
Touches on how to scale Agile above the team level.
This presentation was provided by Jonathan Clark of Jonathan Clark & Partners, during Session One of the NISO event "Agile Product and Project Management for Information Products and Services," held on May 14, 2020.
An Engineer’s Essential Tool in Agile: Design ThinkingSoniaMayPatlan
Many engineers are not connected to customers, resulting in solutions that lack high impact and benefit. But by combining design thinking with Agile, we create innovations that delight our customers. Find out, how a design thinking model called Design for Delight is applied within Agile frameworks to deliver thoughtful and inclusive solutions that can change the world.
Master Class For Ukrainian PM Community with @Nataliia Naumenko
Program:
1. Approaches, methodologies and tools: boundaries and limitations
2. Waterfall, Scrum, Kanban, Lean: about different things that are common
3. Product Life Cycle and the project (is it fundamentally?!)
4. Roles: Project Manager, Scrum Master, Architect, Customer, Product Owner, Business Analyst (and yes, already everyone is everywhere )
5. When does it work?
6. Who won?
Consultant:
Natalia Naumenko, Project Management Consultant, Project Manager, Project Team Coach
Product Owner in Agile/Scrum is the single person responsible for maximizing the return on investment (ROI) of the development effort
Responsible for product vision
Constantly re-prioritizes the Product Backlog, adjusting any long-term expectations such as release plans
Final arbiter of requirements questions
Decides whether to release
Decides whether to continue the development
Considers stakeholder interests
May contribute as a team member
Has a leadership role
Must be available to the Team at any time
Agile is a software development methodology in which the development is carried out iteratively and the requirements evolve through continuous inspection and adaptation. Some of the most commonly used agile software development methods/frameworks are: Adaptive Software Development (ASD), Extreme Programming (XP), Scrum and Kanban.
Building RAG with self-deployed Milvus vector database and Snowpark Container...Zilliz
This talk will give hands-on advice on building RAG applications with an open-source Milvus database deployed as a docker container. We will also introduce the integration of Milvus with Snowpark Container Services.
Full-RAG: A modern architecture for hyper-personalizationZilliz
Mike Del Balso, CEO & Co-Founder at Tecton, presents "Full RAG," a novel approach to AI recommendation systems, aiming to push beyond the limitations of traditional models through a deep integration of contextual insights and real-time data, leveraging the Retrieval-Augmented Generation architecture. This talk will outline Full RAG's potential to significantly enhance personalization, address engineering challenges such as data management and model training, and introduce data enrichment with reranking as a key solution. Attendees will gain crucial insights into the importance of hyperpersonalization in AI, the capabilities of Full RAG for advanced personalization, and strategies for managing complex data integrations for deploying cutting-edge AI solutions.
Dr. Sean Tan, Head of Data Science, Changi Airport Group
Discover how Changi Airport Group (CAG) leverages graph technologies and generative AI to revolutionize their search capabilities. This session delves into the unique search needs of CAG’s diverse passengers and customers, showcasing how graph data structures enhance the accuracy and relevance of AI-generated search results, mitigating the risk of “hallucinations” and improving the overall customer journey.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
20 Comprehensive Checklist of Designing and Developing a WebsitePixlogix Infotech
Dive into the world of Website Designing and Developing with Pixlogix! Looking to create a stunning online presence? Look no further! Our comprehensive checklist covers everything you need to know to craft a website that stands out. From user-friendly design to seamless functionality, we've got you covered. Don't miss out on this invaluable resource! Check out our checklist now at Pixlogix and start your journey towards a captivating online presence today.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Sudheer Mechineni, Head of Application Frameworks, Standard Chartered Bank
Discover how Standard Chartered Bank harnessed the power of Neo4j to transform complex data access challenges into a dynamic, scalable graph database solution. This keynote will cover their journey from initial adoption to deploying a fully automated, enterprise-grade causal cluster, highlighting key strategies for modelling organisational changes and ensuring robust disaster recovery. Learn how these innovations have not only enhanced Standard Chartered Bank’s data infrastructure but also positioned them as pioneers in the banking sector’s adoption of graph technology.
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Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 6. In this session, we will cover Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI webinar offers an in-depth exploration of leveraging cutting-edge technologies for test automation within the UiPath platform. Attendees will delve into the integration of generative AI, a test automation solution, with Open AI advanced natural language processing capabilities.
Throughout the session, participants will discover how this synergy empowers testers to automate repetitive tasks, enhance testing accuracy, and expedite the software testing life cycle. Topics covered include the seamless integration process, practical use cases, and the benefits of harnessing AI-driven automation for UiPath testing initiatives. By attending this webinar, testers, and automation professionals can gain valuable insights into harnessing the power of AI to optimize their test automation workflows within the UiPath ecosystem, ultimately driving efficiency and quality in software development processes.
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into integrating generative AI.
2. Understanding how this integration enhances test automation within the UiPath platform
3. Practical demonstrations
4. Exploration of real-world use cases illustrating the benefits of AI-driven test automation for UiPath
Topics covered:
What is generative AI
Test Automation with generative AI and Open AI.
UiPath integration with generative AI
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
GridMate - End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid...ThomasParaiso2
End to end testing is a critical piece to ensure quality and avoid regressions. In this session, we share our journey building an E2E testing pipeline for GridMate components (LWC and Aura) using Cypress, JSForce, FakerJS…
Threats to mobile devices are more prevalent and increasing in scope and complexity. Users of mobile devices desire to take full advantage of the features
available on those devices, but many of the features provide convenience and capability but sacrifice security. This best practices guide outlines steps the users can take to better protect personal devices and information.
zkStudyClub - Reef: Fast Succinct Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Regex ProofsAlex Pruden
This paper presents Reef, a system for generating publicly verifiable succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs that a committed document matches or does not match a regular expression. We describe applications such as proving the strength of passwords, the provenance of email despite redactions, the validity of oblivious DNS queries, and the existence of mutations in DNA. Reef supports the Perl Compatible Regular Expression syntax, including wildcards, alternation, ranges, capture groups, Kleene star, negations, and lookarounds. Reef introduces a new type of automata, Skipping Alternating Finite Automata (SAFA), that skips irrelevant parts of a document when producing proofs without undermining soundness, and instantiates SAFA with a lookup argument. Our experimental evaluation confirms that Reef can generate proofs for documents with 32M characters; the proofs are small and cheap to verify (under a second).
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
Unlocking Productivity: Leveraging the Potential of Copilot in Microsoft 365, a presentation by Christoforos Vlachos, Senior Solutions Manager – Modern Workplace, Uni Systems
By Design, not by Accident - Agile Venture Bolzano 2024
AgileCamp Silicon Valley 2015: The Funny Thing About Not Being Agile
1. The funny thing about
not being Agile
Steve Sanoff
Senior Principal Agile Coach, Western Digital
Founder, Expert Agile Training (expertagiletraining.com)
@goagilecamp @goexpertagile
6. PRD
Wireframes
VisualDesign
EngDesign
Agile:
Collaborate, discuss early,
document decisions, improve
documentation incrementally
PRD Wireframes Visual Design Eng Design
Waterfall:
Aim for perfection with
formal handover of
documentation between
phases
Time
Value
Example:
80% of the value of the
documentation in 40% of the
time (often less than 40%)
Time Saved
Documentation
14. Exercise
Pair up – one person will be a manager, the other “the worker”
The objective is to take 60 steps in 2 minutes (make sure you count them)
Round 1 – Manager “command and control style”
As a manager, your job is to direct the worker
Valid commands: Go, Stop, Left, Right, Faster, Slower
As the worker, you must only do what you are told to do
Round 2 – Manager “servant leader style”
As a manager, your job is to move obstacles out of the way of your worker
Valid commands: Not applicable!
As the worker, you must decide how best to achieve your goal of 60 steps in 2 minutes
27. References
Influencer: The New Science of Leading Change, Second Edition
by Joseph Grenny, Kerry Patterson, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
You Already Know How to Be Great: A Simple Way to Remove Interference and
Unlock Your Greatest Potential
by Alan Fine and Rebecca R. Merrill
Slack: Getting Past Burnout, Busywork, and the Myth of Total Efficiency
by Tom DeMarco