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The Difference Between Right Sizing and Same Sizing of Work Items (and Why You Should Care)

Scrum.org

Understanding the differences in right sizing and same sizing and how they can affect your organization is the topic of today’s article. Right-sizing in Agile refers to the practice of customizing the size of work items in your backlog to match their inherent complexity and effort required to the time interval of your cadence.

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Map Your Route to Mastering Agile Fluency

Scrum.org

And in the 21st century for software development teams, this means realizing the paradigm of Continuous Delivery. And then, based on the company strategy and portfolio management decisions, an estimated number of teams to be funded, created and focused to work in that value area with that leader. In fact, it is never done.

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Do We Need Risk Management in Agile Projects?

MPUG

In this article, we’re addressing a common question in modern project management: Do we need risk management in agile projects? As we will see, agile methods are, to a degree, a response to the kind of risks that software development projects face. Let’s expand that simple answer. Yes, of course, they do. Of course not.

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The Difference Between The Kanban Method and Scrum

Digite

Continuing our theme of helping Agile teams understand the Kanban Method, so they can effectively adopt it for their improvement efforts, I am again honored to publish a guest article by another great friend of ours – Dave White. You will enjoy this excellent article. Many Kanban teams have a Queue replenishment cadences.

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New PM, New Choices

Leading Answers

I wrote this article about the choices of approach we have and ways for new PMs to navigate them.). Likewise, there are defined, repeatable IT projects that can (and have been) successfully managed using meticulous planning, detailed estimation, and formal change control procedures. Consider the process of designing a new car or home.

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Is Macroeconomics and Social Science the Same as Software Development?

Herding Cats

There a popular notions in the agile development world that authors like Hayek and Taleb speak to how software development works. Let's look at the thesis of Hayek in light of software development and the decisions that must be made when spending other people's money in the presence of uncertainty. Of course not.

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Top Agile Ceremonies to Improve the Value of Your Sprints

Wrike

Agile methodology has emerged as a dominant approach to software development as it offers several advantages compared to traditional methods. The Product Owner presents the product backlog, while the team estimates the amount of work that can be completed during the sprint. Let Wrike elevate your project performance today.

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