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Everything You Need to Know About Release Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The role of a release manager is crucial in ensuring that software projects are completed on time and within budget. We had a fortnightly release (and therefore a giant scrabble to try to get your changes in before the cut-off and presented to the CAB in time), but your company might have monthly releases or use a different cadence.

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Your Strategy Planning Meeting Agenda (with Template)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There’s no fixed cadence for strategy conversations. Present the budget figures related to the area and the confidence levels around meeting those. One thing that should definitely be on the action list is how you are going to communicate the decisions made today to everyone else in the team. When do strategic meetings happen?

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Why Your Annual Operating Plan Is A Lie and What To Do About It

Leading Agile

You prepare an annual operating plan outlining your budget and allocations every year. It’s difficult to prioritize these requests because there is no consistent definition of value, and nobody believes the business cases anyway. Annual budgets are a given–the company must plan its finances on an annual horizon.

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Managing Project Assumptions & Risks

Velociteach

Definitions Assumptions are things we know we do not know. Budgets, timelines, and agreements are familiar sources. Enterprise frameworks or standards may also inform the practices. Until we validate them, they are risks. So, we want to document them in an assumptions log and proactively review and address them.

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Managing Project Assumptions and Risks

The IIL Blog

Definitions Assumptions are things we know we do not know. Budgets, timelines, and agreements are familiar sources. Enterprise frameworks or standards may also inform the practices. Until we validate them, they are risks. So, we want to document them in an assumptions log and proactively review and address them.

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Release planning and predictable delivery

Scrum.org

Without a regular cadence of delivery of working software any belief that you will get a usable increment is misguided at best. Making a movie is just like building software, you need a budget, you need a plan, and you are trying to reach a ship date. Professional Developers create working software. Accept the lack of predictability.

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Project242: Build Strength in Multiple Areas, Not Just a Few

Bridge the Gap Consulting

These workouts include heavy tension and faster cadence at lower resistance. I learned a lot from him that helped with project budgeting discussions later. On my projects, this knowledge has definitely come in handy! It felt good to be finished with the morning workout. Sweat will be drippin’!! Join my email list.

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