IPMA Reference Guide ICB4 in an Agile World


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The Agile Leader is more of a phenomenon than a role. As a responsible decision-maker, how do you know that you are working with a good Agile Leader? How does someone demonstrate good leadership? Learn about the agile competences in our IPMA reference Guide ICB4® in an Agile World Table of Contents 3 A changing world needs a new kind of leadership 5 Working both lean and agile 5 The need for Agile leaders 6 How one demonstrates good leadership 6 Perspective 7 Perspective 1: Strategy 7 Perspective 2: Governance, Structures and Processes 9 Perspective 3: Compliance, Standards and Regulations 12 Perspective 4: Power and Interest 14 Perspective 5: Culture and Values 15 People 17 People 1: Self-reflection and self-management 17 People 2: Personal Integrity and Reliability 19 People 3: Personal Communication 20 People 4: Relations and Engagement 22 People 5: Leadership 24 People 6: Teamwork 26 People 7: Conflict and Crisis 28 People 8: Resourcefulness 29 People 9: Negotiation 31 People 10: Results Orientation 33 Practice 35 Practice 1: Design 35 Practice 2: Business Goals, Requirements and Value 37 Practice 3: Scope 39 Practice 4: Time 40 Practice 5: Organisation and Information 42 Practice 6: Quality 44 Practice 7: Finance 46 Practice 8: Resources 47 Practice 9: Procurement 49 Practice 10: Plan, Adapt and Control 51 Practice 11: Risk and Opportunity 53 Practice 12: Stakeholders 54 Practice 13: Change and transformation 56 Practice 14. Select and balance 58 Annex A: Competence table 61 Annex B: Key Competence Indicator table 63




Individual Competence Baseline Reference Guide ICB4 for PMO


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IPMA ICB Reference Guide for PMO. This standard is dedicated to the structures that support projects, programmes and portfolios to run them effectively and efficiently. These structures are called PMO – Project Management Offices. A PMO is defined as an organisational unit responsible for the administrative and specialists’ support of the responsible management in their management of a (set of) project(s), programme(s) or portfolio(s). PMO plays a very important role in designing, performing, monitoring and reporting activities. Specialists are working in PMO together with the Head of PMO who is leading the unit towards its goals and objectives. The new standard defines the competences for the individuals working in PMO. All the competences are aligned with the IPMA ICB that is used by all the project, programme or portfolio managers in their everyday activities.




Sustainability and Agile Project Management


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Sustainable project management is a new school of management thought and a growing trend yet there is a scarcity of research on the linkage between individual PM methodologies and sustainability in projects. This book fills a gap through the theoretical and empirical research on the implications of sustainability in project management and, in particular, agile project management. The book explores three main themes. Firstly, it identifies and assesses the validity of the application of the concepts of sustainable development in the family of agile methodological frameworks. Secondly, the research results are presented as an introduction to further in-depth research on the future relationships between sustainable development and agile project management. Thirdly, the book identifies the competencies that are needed to successful implement projects in the context of sustainable development. Sustainability and Agile Project Management will be of direct appeal to academics and scholars in the management sciences, including project management, corporate governance and human resource management.




Research Evaluation Baseline


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The IPMA Research Evaluation Baseline® helps the various users in the field of Project, Portfolio and Program Management to guide the possibilities and results in research and is a systematic and transparent basis for the IPMA Research Awards, Best Paper Prizes and the IPMA Research conferences. The main purpose of the IPMA Research Evaluation Model (REM) is to guide diff erent user groups to evaluate the capability and achievements of their research conducted in the domain of PPP management. The IPMA REB® can be used by these organizations and/or individuals for developing their internal research evaluation system, such as research funding agencies, research performing organizations, research customers, researchers (scientists), research evaluators, research managers, students/supervisors, and so on. Foreword Executive summary Contents List of figures List of tables Abbreviations and acronyms Terms and definitions 1. Introduction 2. Purposes and intended users of IPMA Research Evaluation Baseline (IPMA REB) 2.1. Purpose of IPMA REB 2.2. Main user groups of IPMA REB 3. Introduction to the IPMA Research Evaluation Model (IPMA REM) 3.1. Principles behind the model design 3.2. Structure of the model 3.3. Interactions between the model areas 4. IPMA REM and the research evaluation criteria A. Criteria for the area Research Problem B. Criteria for the area Research Processes C. Criteria for the area Research Results D. Criteria for the area Research People 5. Research evaluation 5.1. Approaches to the research evaluation 5.2. Evaluation during different research phases 5.3. Research evaluator: role and competences 5.4. Research evaluation process 5.5. Scoring in the research evaluation Annex A Introduction to IPMA Global Research Awards A.1. IPMA Global Research Awards Categories A.2. The benefits of applying for the IPMA Global Research Awards A.3. The IPMA Global Research Awards Application and Evaluation Process A4. The IPMA Research Achievement Awards Nomination and Decision Process References




Learning and Collaboration Technologies


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This two-volume set of LCT 2023, constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Learning and Collaboration Technologies, LCT 2023, held as Part of the 24th International Conference, HCI International 2023, which took place in July 2023 in Copenhagen, Denmark.The total of 1578 papers and 396 posters included in the HCII 2023 proceedings volumes was carefully reviewed and selected from 7472 submissions. The papers of LCT 2022 Part I are organized in topical sections named: Designing Learning Experiences; Understanding the Learning Experience; Technology-supported Teaching; Supporting Creativity in Learning.




Learning and Collaboration Technologies. Novel Technological Environments


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Chapter “Developing a VR Tool to Support Repeat Pattern Design Learning ” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.




Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Systems (MODS'2020)


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This book contains works on mathematical and simulation modeling of processes in various domains: ecology and geographic information systems, IT, industry, and project management. The development of complex multicomponent systems requires an increase in accuracy, efficiency, and adequacy while reducing the cost of their creation. The studies presented in the book are useful to specialists who are involved in the development of real events models: analog, management and decision-making models, production models, and software products. Scientists can get acquainted with the latest research in various decisions proposed by leading scholars and identify promising directions for solving complex scientific and practical problems. The chapters of this book contain the contributions presented on the 15th International Scientific-Practical Conference, MODS, June 29–July 01, 2020, Chernihiv, Ukraine.







Team Topologies


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Effective software teams are essential for any organization to deliver value continuously and sustainably. But how do you build the best team organization for your specific goals, culture, and needs? Team Topologies is a practical, step-by-step, adaptive model for organizational design and team interaction based on four fundamental team types and three team interaction patterns. It is a model that treats teams as the fundamental means of delivery, where team structures and communication pathways are able to evolve with technological and organizational maturity. In Team Topologies, IT consultants Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais share secrets of successful team patterns and interactions to help readers choose and evolve the right team patterns for their organization, making sure to keep the software healthy and optimize value streams. Team Topologies is a major step forward in organizational design for software, presenting a well-defined way for teams to interact and interrelate that helps make the resulting software architecture clearer and more sustainable, turning inter-team problems into valuable signals for the self-steering organization.




The Professional Product Owner


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The Professional Product Owner’s Guide to Maximizing Value with Scrum “This book presents a method of communicating our desires, cogently, coherently, and with a minimum of fuss and bother.” —Ken Schwaber, Chairman & Founder, Scrum.org The role of the Product Owner is more crucial than ever. But it’s about much more than mechanics: it’s about taking accountability and refocusing on value as the primary objective of all you do. In The Professional Product Owner, two leading experts in successful Scrum product ownership show exactly how to do this. You’ll learn how to identify where value can be found, measure it, and maximize it throughout your entire product lifecycle. Drawing on their combined 40+ years of experience in using agile and Scrum in product management, Don McGreal and Ralph Jocham guide you through all facets of envisioning, emerging, and maturing a product using the Scrum framework. McGreal and Jocham discuss strategy, showing how to connect Vision, Value, and Validation in ROI-focused agile product management. They lay out Scrum best-practices for managing complexity and continuously delivering value, and they define the concrete practices and tools you can use to manage Product Backlogs and release plans, all with the goal of making you a more successful Product Owner. Throughout, the authors share revealing personal experiences that illuminate obstacles to success and show how they can be overcome. Define success from the “outside in,” using external customer-driven measurements to guide development and maximize value Bring empowerment and entrepreneurship to the Product Owner’s role, and align everyone behind a shared business model Use Evidence-Based Management (EBMgt) to invest in the right places, make smarter decisions, and reduce risk Effectively apply Scrum’s Product Owner role, artifacts, and events Populate and manage Product Backlogs, and use just-in-time specifications Plan and manage releases, improve transparency, and reduce technical debt Scale your product, not your Scrum Use Scrum to inject autonomy, mastery, and purpose into your product team’s work Whatever your role in product management or agile development, this guide will help you deliver products that offer more value, more rapidly, and more often. Register your book for convenient access to downloads, updates, and/or corrections as they become available. See inside book for details.