Agilemania

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Companies who use Agile like the fact that it is not inflexible. If firms who use Agile grasp the spirit of it, they can readily adjust it to meet their own needs and assure optimal production. Agile estimation is one of the greatest instances of this. Let us just talk about t-shirt size estimation in Agile in this post.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It often lures us into the trap of deterministic estimates. However, with Agile practices, where adaptability and responsiveness reign supreme, sticking to rigid timelines can be a recipe for disappointment. What Are the Pitfalls of Deterministic Estimates? Agile values collaboration, empowerment, and ownership.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 2, 2024

Jira is project management software designed for agile software development teams. It has tools that allow you to plan sprints, track the completion of tasks, balance your team member’s workload and create product roadmaps. In addition to the kanban board , Jira only offers one more project management tool: the timeline view.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 4, 2024

Yes, Trello is software by Atlassian that offers five project management tools: kanban boards, project timelines, calendars, dashboards and tables. Trello’s tools and features are mainly geared towards marketing, product development and creative teams, but can also be used to manage tasks and workflows in other industries.

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Scrum.org

MAY 8, 2023

So let’s have a look at some typical agile negotiation scenarios. ?? Zur deutschsprachigen Version des Artikels: Agile Verhandlungen – Das Leben ist Verhandlungssache; warum sollte Scrum anders sein? ? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 46,000-plus subscribers.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 14, 2023

This post continues my ongoing series revisiting the principles behind the Agile Manifesto. This time we are focussing on the following Agile principle – “At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjust its behavior accordingly.” Pausing regularly to do this seems like common sense.

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LiquidPlanner

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

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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Teamweek

JULY 2, 2020

Agile project management is more popular than ever. That’s because over 75 percent of organizations realize the value of agile methods for delivering projects. But, given the recent rise in remote work, managers are struggling to find agile project management tools that fit their needs. Agile Planning Tools.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Agile is a way of working that comes from software development. While the roots of incremental development methods of working stem back to the 1950s and into the 1970s, it wasn’t until 2001 that a group of software developers published the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. Task Lists for Backlogs.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 28, 2018

Since then I’ve come across too many project professionals, teams and organizations who stretch Microsoft Excel into a project management tool, and unsuccessfully so. When teams use legacy tools for something like project management, they invite in even more legacy problems. Related: 5 Ways Cloud-Based PM Tools Save Time and Money.

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WorkOtter

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Developing better project management skills is key to ensuring the success of future projects. Resource estimation is an integral part of project management that often gets overlooked. Here’s your guide to resource estimation in project management and other factors, such as resource costs. But where do you start?

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The IIL Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

By Alan Zucker Agile seems like a mystery to many. However, when we step back and inspect agile, we see that it follows common, recognizable patterns from our daily lives. Let’s explore how agile practices can be applied to this common predicament. Development is also time boxed. Imagine it is Thursday evening.

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MPUG

JANUARY 8, 2024

The solution, of course, is estimating. There is a whole science to estimation, and it would be possible to go very deeply into this. But before we start, let’s tackle the Estimation Elephant in the Room…. NoEstimates Agile projects are fast and adaptive. NoEstimates Agile projects are fast and adaptive.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 24, 2020

TL; DR: Agile Metrics. Suitable agile metrics reflect either a team’s progress in becoming agile or your organization’s progress in becoming a learning organization. At the team level, qualitative agile metrics often work better than quantitative metrics. Also, consider contributing to the Agile Metrics Survey 2020.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Lean portfolio management is a process by which strategy is aligned with execution using a lean approach and agile portfolio operations and governance. Lean project management is part of an agile methodology that aims to increase customer value by removing project waste. What Is Lean Portfolio Management? Manage Demand.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In a recent class, a student asked, “What are the common difficulties teams face when starting with Agile?” To answer this question, I refer to the Tuckman Model of group development, shown below. . In this article, I will discuss the tools that are used at each phase of the Tuckman model to coach teams towards peak performance.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 16, 2020

I believe Agile software development is more than ready to use new forecasting techniques to express uncertainy to narrow their decision-making process. These new forecasting techniques are not based on estimations but historical data, thus saving time on the part of developers to focus on what they do best.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2019

To do so requires business agility. What Is Business Agility? Business agility is just as it says, a way for businesses to remain agile when markets fluctuate, as they have a tendency to do. Business agility then is an organizational method to help businesses adapt quickly to market changes.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 28, 2024

Notion is work management software that helps teams from across industries such as product development, engineering or marketing to facilitate team communication, manage tasks and create simple project timelines. Gantt charts are essential project planning and scheduling tools that can manage and track resources and costs.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Whether you are just starting out, developing your project manager resume, or a seasoned professional, mastering the Project Management Buzzwords is non-negotiable. Agile A flexible and dynamic approach to project management that allows for iterative updates during defined time blocks, which allows for incremental value.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

We see technology evolving, new tools, consolidation, innovation and more. Remote work has always been part of the project ecosystem, from off-shoring and near-shoring development and customer services but now even the colleague who lives down the road is likely to be in her home office at least some of the week. Why is it important?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 1, 2024

Instead of aiming for a grand unveiling at the end of an initiative, teams practicing incremental delivery deliver a series of small, functional increments throughout the development cycle. Tools like Kanban boards are excellent for this purpose. 4) Try Scrum. with Kanban What is it?

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Velociteach

JUNE 7, 2023

Agile seems like a mystery to many. However, when we step back and inspect agile, we see that it follows common, recognizable patterns from our daily lives. Let’s explore how agile practices can be applied to this common predicament. Agile ceremonies (meetings) are time-boxed, which creates focus and a sense of urgency.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Are you aiming to achieve your PMI Agile Certified Professional ( PMI-ACP )®? Below, I list the best agile books for your certification studies. These are guides that support your learning but also help you go deeper into the world of agile. If you’re looking for those, check out my list of the best agile study guides.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

We regularly feature project management resources to help train PMs to land jobs in the industry or develop better skills in their current role. Project managers plan, budget, monitor and report on the project with project management tools , sometimes pitching the idea of the project or being assigned to it once it’s already been approved.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Product management is a way to organize the development, position and pricing of your product. As you might imagine, having project management software helps plan, manage and track this work, but if you’re not using such tools, there are product management templates that can help you steer the course. It’s divided into two parts.

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NimbleWork

MARCH 27, 2024

When an agile team is not performing and meeting its goals, it can have an impact on productivity and morale. One area that could be looked at for improving the performance of an agile team is it’s velocity and seeing if there is room for improvement. Velocity in Agile represents the amount of work a team can complete in a sprint.

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nTask

APRIL 5, 2021

One such way of improving performance in Agile planning. Agile panning is used by a whopping 71% of organizations to manage their projects. It has been proven that agile projects have a faster delivery rate when compared with other methodologies of project planning and management. What Is Agile Planning? Release plan.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

TL; DR: 20 Questions from New Scrum Master to the Development Team. From Scrum Master to Development Team members, this set of questions addresses the foundations of a Scrum Team capability to build valuable products: technical excellence and what it takes to achieve this proficiency level. Who is creating your Definition of ‘Done?’ .

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Scrum.org

APRIL 17, 2023

TL; DR: Jira Anti-Patterns If you ask people to come up with popular attributes for “Agile” or “agility,” Scrum and Jira will likely be among the top ten featured. Moreover, in any discussion about the topic, someone will mention that using Scrum running on top of Jira does not make an organization agile.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

We took each of these elements into consideration when developing our list of the 18 most influential people in project management. Mike Cohn is a well-recognized author and expert on agile and Scrum project management topics, and the owner of a large and engaged Twitter account with over 42,000 followers. Bernardo Tirado.

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Scrum.org

JULY 6, 2021

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 32,000-plus other subscribers. ?? Join more than 3,000 peers and become a member of the vibrant Hands-on Agile Meetup community. How are you estimating the likely effort of a Product Backlog item? Are you estimating in man-hours or story points?

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Planio

JULY 4, 2022

Agile ceremonies are the fuel that keeps your development team moving forward. But what if you’re not entirely comfortable managing and running Agile ceremonies? Agile ceremonies get abandoned when teams stop seeing the value in them. What are Agile ceremonies? A ‘quick-start’ guide to the 5 Agile ceremonies.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Despite decades-long efforts of the whole agile community—books, blogs, conferences, webinars, videos, meetups; you name it—we are still confronted in many supposedly agile organizations with output-metric driven reporting systems. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 33,000-plus subscribers. ??

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2021

And yes, agile project management artifacts get a mention. For example, an estimate is the obvious output of the estimating process, so estimates aren’t mentioned again as a separate project artifact. These documents are developed at the start of project and don’t normally change. You can grab the set I use here.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

TL; DR: The Illusion of Velocity In this article, I explore the pitfalls of ‘The Illusion of Velocity’ in agile contexts, peeling back the layers of traditional metrics as leadership tools. The core of “Agile” is that the best products and solutions to customer problems emerge from self-organizing, cross-functional teams.

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nTask

JANUARY 5, 2022

One of the best things about the Agile Methodology and the core reason for its popularity in today’s market is its ability to deliver and reiterate. What is agile velocity? What is Agile Velocity? So, without further ado, let’s dive right in and find out what it’s all about.

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