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What does it take to launch agile software? Q&A with Jordan Husney, CEO and Founder of Parabol

Rebel’s Guide to PM

For much of the early 2000’s, large companies would shudder at the thought of operating a team in an agile way. Why is there so much software choice? The value derived from holding a retrospective is proportional to the talent of the facilitator, and the intimacy of the team. This growth has seen a huge rise in agile tools.

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5 Steps to Create Technical Documentation That’s (Actually) Helpful

Planio

For as long as we’ve had tools we need help using (and language to talk to each other), we’ve had technical documentation. The first example of technical writing in English dates back to the Middle Ages when Chaucer wrote a guide to the astrolabe—a device used for measuring the distance of stars). Get peer reviews and make revisions.

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How to create a project implementation plan

Planio

Data from the Harvard Business Review shows that a meager 35% of projects worldwide are deemed successful by the people who build and use them. An implementation plan guides your entire team through the who , what , when , and how of your project — providing clarity, alignment, and accountability for everyone involved.

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Death March Projects Explored

Alan Parker Blog

Despite their ominous nature, Death March projects are alarmingly common in many organisations, often arising from a mix of over-ambition and poor planning. The concept was popularised by Edward Yourdon in his book “Death March: The Complete Software Developer’s Guide to Surviving ‘Mission Impossible’ Projects.”

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Metaphorically Speaking

Leading Agile

Metaphors are used extensively in technical fields. What new metaphors have been adopted to describe emerging technologies and capabilities? How much weight should we give metaphors to help us understand technologies and capabilities (new or old)? “Velocity” in software development doesn’t mean velocity.

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Project Management Tools and Techniques That Really Work

nTask

These strategies and tools are properly necessary so that we can get the job done without spending more and more of our revenue and manpower, because if we spend that much energy on work activities without a proper direction in mind then you are in for serious trouble down the road. Agile Project Management.

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Face It: Silos Exist. Here’s How to Make the Most of Them

LiquidPlanner

There’s an assumption that silos are a bad thing. For instance, in product development, the mechanical engineers don’t need to sit in on schematic reviews with the electrical engineers or code reviews with the software developers. Imagine you’re running a sales team. The capabilities of each product.