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13 Reasons to Choose Agile Project Management Methods

LiquidPlanner

Are you thinking about introducing agile processes to your project management methodology? You’ve a few case studies, you’ve perhaps even seen agile working effectively at other companies. Additionally, it may not be enough for you to know that agile methods are a logical addition to your toolset at work. So why choose agile?

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Influencing the eternal optimism of a delivery team

Kiron Bondale

When I teach agile fundamentals classes, I frequently emphasize the importance of inspection and adaptation. Teams which don’t use feedback loops with their products and their processes should not consider themselves to be very agile.

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Unleashing Agile: Empowering Agile Teams for Managers

Leading Agile

As the world of business increases in complexity, it will take more than user stories, estimation, and OKRs to build a trustworthy system that management can delegate into. Muscial Interlude) The Challenges of Empowring Agile Teams I’m Dennis Stevens, Chief Methodologist at a company called LeadingAgile.

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Creating a Risk-Adjusted Backlog

Leading Answers

Agile projects typically prioritize the backlog based on business value or perceived needs. While profit is not their goal, usually an economic impact figure can be estimated for the outcomes they aim to achieve. What is a Risk-Adjusted Backlog? The Economics of Risk Management.   Team Activities and Tools.

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Unlock the Power of the Project Management Plan

Velociteach

The team’s size, maturity, tenure, and proximity influence the ease of coordinating their efforts. Existing organizational assets, such as tools, templates, and standard practices, influence the Plan. There is a range of options, from predictive to agile. Complex efforts where the cost of change is low may prefer agile.

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A Word on Velocity

Leading Agile

Velocity, while seemingly a simple measure of team output, is quite often one of the most misconstrued metrics by organizations new to Agile ways of working – by both managers and the teams themselves. The sum of those estimations gets locked in as the committed points for the iteration and should be in the ballpark of the team’s velocity.

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Harnessing the Power of the Muses: How Ancient Inspiration Fuels Modern Project Management

MPUG

This is true whether our organization uses a stage-gate approach, an agile approach, or some hybrid of the two. Their influence was believed to be essential for the creation of great works and the advancement of civilization. Agile teams deftly or clumsily dance to avoid potential pitfalls and emerging issues. Challenges abound.