Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Dependencies will stop Agility dead in its tracks. In the presence of dependencies, you’re never going to achieve the level of Agility you desire—unless you do something about them. Another way to say this is that you either must break the dependencies, or you must manage them. And that limits our ability to be Agile.

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Agile Technical Review SCRUM Cadence 125

MPUG

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Now imagine that a senior executive starts off his day and decides first to have a quick look at the project dashboard expecting to see metrics such as the current status of projects, earned value indices in terms of money and performances, and top risks. Welcome to the concept of the Project Management Office or PMO.

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Agile PMO Technical Review Cadence 94

Digite

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Recently, there was an interesting problem posed on a project management discussion board. The questioner asked – “I have recently joined a company and to one of the projects that I’m engaged we have this Scrum team that has a mixed backlog (USs and Bugs). This is a very common situation!

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Software Review Cadence 117

MPUG

DECEMBER 28, 2020

My perspective is based on my analysis, my own interpretations, and the interactions I’ve had with Agile practitioners who follow my publications, books, and/or courses. Product Goal. The Product Goal has been defined clearly. As per the guide, the Product Goal is the future state of the product.

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Cadence SCRUM 2020 Agile 116

Digite

MARCH 12, 2018

We have a brownfield project which was recently struck by disaster (many people leaving for unrelated reasons, too many new customers, much too large backlog for much to few people, etc.). Management support is still fine. Thank bob the product owner (decades of knowledge) is still here. So it is a very dynamic situation.

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Development Team Review Software Review Cadence Technical Review 154

Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Project management terminology can be complicated. It doesn’t matter whether you’re working towards your PMP certification or simply managing projects casually in your organization, knowing core project management terms always helps. All Project Management Terms.

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Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle Estimate Risk Management 78

Agilemania

MAY 17, 2021

What is SAFe agile. Scaled Agile is an agile framework for developing or delivering large products or solutions produced by multiple teams working in parallel at an enterprise level. SAFe is designed to give teams flexibility and help manage some of the challenges larger organizations have when practicing agile.

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Agile Lean SCRUM Development Team Review 98