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New Features vs. Technical Debt: A Product Owner's Dilemma

Scrum.org

The Product Owner must balance the demands of users against the need to ensure that the product remains up to date from a technical perspective. This often means that the Product Owner may need to choose between developing new features to satisfy customer requests and fixes for technical debt. What is technical debt?

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Simplifying Procurement in Project Management

Project Pulse Journal

These goals often include optimizing cost efficiency, guaranteeing high quality and reliability of supplies, managing risks related to supply chain disruptions, and adhering to sustainability and ethical sourcing standards. Manage and Review Procurement Performance : Oversee the procurement process and evaluate outcomes.

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PRINCE2: The Project Management Method Explained

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Because PRINCE2® is a broad-brush approach, it doesn’t cover technical processes or specific techniques, but it will fit alongside them. I was asked to be one of the reviewers of the PRINCE2 7 manual, so I am very familiar with the content and changes since the last edition. It was renamed PRINCE. Directing gets a process of its own.

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Technical debt for Product Owners

Scrum.org

Technical debt seems like a topic that resides completely in the domain of a Development Team. you are a non-technical person. you are a non-technical person. What is technical debt? It will get harder and harder to work on valuable new features (green) over time because you have accumulated so much technical debt (red).

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SWOT analysis in project management: definition, instruction & example

Inloox

How can we benefit from new technological developments? This can be done through training to expand skills, process optimization or the use of new technologies. In this way, a holistic strategy can be developed that enables sustainable success. Think about how you can use current trends or developments to your advantage.

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5 Agile Methodologies for Project Managers that are not Scrum Framework

Project Pulse Journal

At its core, Kanban is inherently Agile due to its emphasis on continuous improvement, flexibility, and responsiveness to change - qualities that are less pronounced in the sequential, phase-gated Waterfall model. Feedback Loops – Incorporate regular meetings to review and adapt your workflow based on feedback.

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A Q&A with Employee #8: Scaling a Start-Up Into a Sustainable Business

LiquidPlanner

When I was approached by our blog team to contribute an article for Women in Tech Week, I knew immediately what my contribution would be. I’ve worked very closely with one of our earliest employees and current VP of Product, Jen Morrisey, for the past five years, and I can’t think of a more inspirational and passionate leader.