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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower - Project Management

Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. Who controls access to the third-party accounts, if any? The innovator/developer relationship needs to be a conversation. Graphic design?

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How to write an executive summary stakeholders will love

Planio

Recommendation: The project remains well-controlled and will continue to report any issues as they arise to the monthly project Steering Committee, chaired by Mark Wilson (Chief Technology Officer). Utilize the services of DataSupport, an expert CRM migration consultant, who would provide resources to support.

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Are These DevOps Obstacles Getting in the Way of Your Agile Transformation?

Leading Agile

I’m Matt VanVleet, the Chief Technology Officer for Leading Agile. I used to have my own consulting company and have been involved in Agile practices since XP and before the Agile Manifesto. As a consultant, I’ve encountered many impediments or barriers to Agile transformation.

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Getting the Outcomes You Want From Technical Spikes

Leading Agile

She had just taken over this part of the organization, and I was the technical consultant tasked making her dreams come true: working-tested product in the demo. It should result in a source control commit. “Are these volleyball games or demos?” the senior director leaned over to me and asked during the 7 team demo of the day.

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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower - Project Management

To head these off, we start by reviewing your team’s overall methodologies, and then drill down to details like source control workflow, ticket management, and code review processes. You need a team who’s well-versed in technology and capable of translating that know-how into pragmatic options. We can’t emphasize that last part enough!

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Cargo Cult Agile — A Checklist to Open the Discussion

Scrum.org

Consequently, many consultants responded to the increasing demand for agile practitioners, particularly from corporate organizations, by rebranding themselves. Stakeholders bypass Product Owners by talking directly to developers or the CTO. Or you are sugar-coating command-and-control structures to look “agile.”

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How to identify stakeholders? (+Identification Cheatsheet)

PM Basics

You can now think about ways to negate the potential threat they bring, perhaps by contracting the lunch preparation work to them instead. Project owners are basically stakeholders who have direct control over your project. You also worry that they may protest against the school principal to cancel your project. Project Owners.