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How agile is your team (and what you can do about it!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is a guest article by David Daly. I regularly see that software teams are expected to deliver new features faster, become more productive, and create amazing, intuitive and easy to use applications that are bug-free. He has also written numerous thought leadership papers and blog posts. This matches my experience.

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Organizational Competencies: What They Are and How to Develop Them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We did a fair amount of off-the-shelf software deployments, and we frequently made the point that we were a healthcare company, not a software development firm. We did have a team of developers who built some in-house apps, and web front ends to databases, but we were not, at heart, a company that built software.

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Is the IBM IT Project Manager Certificate worth it?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I have pre-registered to take the course, so I’ll update this article later with my experiences. And many of the professional bodies offer certificates and credentials that require pre-requisites – difficult to get if you are just starting out in technical project management.

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Making Things Happen [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Normally I take lots of notes when I’m reading books for review. Berkun’s Microsoft background means a lot of the book is aimed towards software development projects, but that’s no bad thing – if you don’t work on software projects just ignore then 10% that is specific to that, like how to plan a code review.

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Project management degrees: Do you need one and what you can do with it

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This article is for you! Personally, I think employers value work experience over a degree, so a degree in project management, while it will show that you have the technical and soft skills, will not ensure you a job. That’s due to: an increase in the number of jobs requiring project management-oriented skills (i.e.

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5 Agile Metrics to Improve Performance and Quality

Project Bliss

This is a guest article from Gilad David Maayan. Related: A PM’s Guide to Agile Software Development. Epic and release burndown metrics track your development progress across multiple sprints. If you do identify scope creep, it could be due to the product owner not understanding the goals of the product.

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Responsibilities and Best Practices of SaaS Product Manager

Proofhub

In today’s tech-driven world, Software as a Service (SaaS) is revolutionizing businesses across the globe. Product Development Oversight A crucial part of the role involves overseeing the product development process. Cross-functional Collaboration Successful product development is a team effort.