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Half Agile Isn’t Real Transformation

Leading Agile

Tech Infrastructure != This is a slightly broader definition of “front-end” that we normally hear from, say, web app developers. I’m including all IT resources “in front of” the API layer in the organization’s technical infrastructure. Value Stream. Half-Agile Transformations.

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Slack, Flow, and Continuous Improvement

Leading Agile

Many software developers will tell you it takes between 10 and 20 minutes to get back into the zone, depending on the task. After all, it isn’t realistic to think you can perform software development effectively by spending 5% of your time on it. Five percent of a 480-minute workday amounts to 24 minutes.

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How to Become an IT Project Manager Without Experience

PM Basics

For sure, the easiest way to become a software project manager is by getting a promotion inside an IT company. So, if you are just starting your career, I strongly recommend getting a job on an IT project in any other capacity like QA, Developer, DevOps, Business Analyst, or a Scrum Master. And hundred of people will work on it.

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How to Become a Software Project Manager (Full Guide)

PM Basics

You don’t work in one of the main niches: Software Development. Agile Frameworks are popular in the software development industry. Additionally, need to learn a bit about Scrum and Kanban. There are a lot of resources on the internet about Scrum and Kanban. Technical Skills of a Software Project Manager. “I

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Software Cost Accounting

Herding Cats

But in the software development world, the domains of IT, there are two other colors of money. There are two types of software that are developed for a business: 1) internal-use software, and 2) software developed to be sold, leased or marketed (“software to be sold”). CAPEX and OPEX.

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Questioning Agile Dogma

Leading Agile

In contrast, Edward Yourdon’s book, Death March: The Complete Software Developer’s Guide to Surviving ‘Mission Impossible’ Projects , describes the harm the death march pattern causes and advises software development teams on how to survive it. Zombie Scrum describes the impact on delivery teams.

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Webinar Recap: Agile Series Part 1 – Understanding & Incorporating Agile Project Management

MPUG

But you’ve probably seen this in your career where you have people jumping around going, “Oh, hey, here’s the next silver bullet,” or, “We are going to turn into a scrum or an agile shop.” And so this is where agile kind of fits in and isn’t just necessarily only for software development.

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