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Everything You Need to Know About Release Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It’s an essential role… because without her, we risked putting any old thing live and ending up with software conflicts and no process to roll back changes if we messed up. In this article, I’ll explain what a release manager does and what skills you need to make a success of this role. Scheduling.

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False Dichotomy

Scrum.org

An unusual article featured in the latest edition of the Harvard Business Review titled "Case Study: Should I Pitch a New Project-Management System?" Secondly, it became evident that the hypothetical company in the article was not correctly implementing the Scrum framework anyway.

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2022 NCPMI Annual Conference – Changemakers: PM With Impact

International Institute for Learning

IIL’s Advantage Program will be contributing to NCPMI’s 2022 Annual Conference, Changemakers: PM With Impact. As the landscape for project managers has changed, PMI North Carolina is using the annual conference as a spring-board to enhance our members with skills to change their communities and organizations.

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Debunking 10 Common Objections to Incremental Delivery for Software Teams

Scrum.org

Instead, Developers deliver something of value every Sprint. See our article What is Iterative, Incremental Delivery? In this article, we'll explore - and debunk! - ten common objections to incremental delivery. Explanation: Software development is an evolving process.

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Why is it a project manager’s job to fix companies?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you have sat through any project management conference presentations or talked to someone evangelizing about the role of the PMO then you will have heard this stuff before. If I’m in software development, it’s how quickly I can deliver the next release and what new functionality I can put in it.

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What Does Being a Cross-Functional Team in Scrum Mean?

Scrum.org

Let's explore this topic in an agile software development context. You have developers who write code, testers who ensure quality, designers who create user interfaces, etc. They work together autonomously, leveraging their varied expertise to deliver high-quality software increments.

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Why Predictability Matters in Scrum

Scrum.org

See our recent article What is Iterative, Incremental Delivery? By understanding the power of predictability, Agile teams can navigate the dynamic landscape of software development while consistently delivering high-quality results on time. Scrum Day 2024 in beautiful Madison, Wisconsin, is hosted by Rebel Scrum.

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