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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower - Project Management

At TechEmpower, we frequently talk to startup founders, CEOs, product leaders, and other innovators about their next big tech initiative. It’s part of our job to ask questions about their plans, challenge their assumptions, and suggest paths to success. After all, that’s what tech innovation is all about.

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How to write an executive summary stakeholders will love

Planio

Re-review and pull out the key elements 4. Current status: In the last four weeks, the project has progressed to plan, completing all the required technical analysis and formally completing the Design Phase (Gate 2). Accept the three-month lead time to hire a permanent resource and the loss of approximately $42,000 of project benefit.

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Creating the Conditions for High-Performance Development Teams

Leading Agile

Solid technical practices and your full-stack developer’s software craftsmanship are also limited by the conditions inside your organization. And so what we were talking about was the idea, on theme for the last couple of these recordings of, what are the necessary preconditions to be able to do software craftsmanship well?

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What does the Scrum Master do all day?

Scrum.org

Juergen is our CTO). Daniel: You and your German time. As time hits 3:30 pm, Ahmed opens the door and enters the room. You made it on time. A lot of times people who asked this question cannot see any tangible work done by the Scrum Master. We apply the same thinking towards creative work like software development.

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Is JIRA a Counterproductive Project Management Software In Today’s Market?

nTask

I also knew a guy who thought that Jira “sucked” because some of the reviews were very negative. I am not talking about the past negative perception about JIRA – those times are long gone. From time to time, I also partake in software development and QA campaigns. Can you believe that?

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How to Control Project Scope and Avoid Scope Creep

PM Basics

I’ve been managing software development projects for more than 11 years. Then, a CTO of the company comes and requests that we have to add a technical feature to this release. Imagine that a newly hired editor for this blog comes to you one day. You need to start to control project scope right away.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. A Critical Review Of Risk Management Support Tools,” Irem Dikmen, M. México, 1 al 3 de Febrero de 2006. De Meyer, C.