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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g., Product Owner, Scrum Master, Development team members) who work collaboratively to deliver value in an Agile project. Backlog A list of tasks, features, or requirements to be addressed by an agile project manager or team and is often associated with Agile methodologies.

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Everything You Need to Know About Release Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this article, I’ll explain what a release manager does and what skills you need to make a success of this role. They work with development teams to track progress and identify potential risks, as well as liaise with other departments such as QA, ops teams, service management, and support. The day could be quite varied.

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7 Ways to Sell Agile to Project Stakeholders

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In certain cases, it’s possible to cling to legacy or home-rolled project management practices even when development teams have moved into some form of Agile development. Frequently asked executive questions about the project team performance. I’m ecstatic about how our development teams are delivering to our customers.

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Making the Difference: Problem Solving vs Decision Making

Rebel’s Guide to PM

You could also interview experts, review lessons learned or innovative solutions from previous projects, research what the rest of your industry is doing or consult customers on what they’d like to see. Choose the creative approach that gets you a range of options to review. They consult, brainstorm and debate.

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Jeff Gothelf: Outcome-Based Product Planning — Hands-on Agile 43

Scrum.org

Shall I notify you about articles like this one? What [shall we] do when a product requires many development teams? Your emphasis on teams that include all of the many stakeholders implies that everyone needs to have a basic understanding of every aspect of the product and delivery. By the way, it’s free.

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Remote Agile (Part 8): Daily Scrum with Distributed Teams

Scrum.org

We had a look at common remote agile anti-patterns; we analyzed remote Retrospectives, Sprint Plannings as well as remote Sprint Reviews based on Liberating Structures. This eighth article now looks into supporting a distributed Development Team organizing a remote Daily Scrum. The Purpose of the Daily Scrum.

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Gantt Charts vs PERT Charts: Why Project Managers are Crazy about Them?

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In this article, we will talk about what a PERT chart is and why the project managers of the organizational paradigm use it so often. PERT stands for the Project Evaluation and Review Technique. Well, that’s how the famous American engineer and management consultant, Harold Kerzner puts it in his book. Let’s begin. PERT chart.