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7 Hidden dangers of project management (Or why even well-planned projects sometimes fail)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Despite your efforts to clearly define the scope, time and resources necessary to successfully complete the projects, things simply don’t always go according to plan. The Standish Group’s CHAOS Report and other surveys report that project failure is more common than we would like. So why do some projects crash to their doom?

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12 Ways to Manage Project Quality Without Drama

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The basics: defining quality Knowing how you are going to manage quality feeds into your quality plan (obviously). The APM BOK defines project quality as: “The fitness for purpose of the degree of conformance of the outputs of a process, or the process itself to requirements.” But, projects rarely have dedicated budgets for training.

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Unlock the Power of ChatGPT for your Scrum Team

Scrum.org

Think twice if you still believe this technology is a fad or a toy. The following ChatGPT prompts comprise several elements: I define in what capacity ChatGPT shall interact with the prompts; for example, as a Scrum Master. So, this time, I chose to present ChatGPT with three everyday scenarios based on more comprehensive prompts.

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Exploring the differences: Projects vs operations examples

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Lots of companies work through ‘transformation’ projects which are designed to create large-scale organizational change such as mergers and acquisitions or culture change, or meeting the expectations of technology use through implementing digital strategies. In other words, making sure you can serve your customers.

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Programmer- or Product Developer? Why The Difference Matters!

Scrum.org

And to be clear, writing code to resolve technical debt can still be valuable, because it improves the quality of the product, and quality is what allows us to release incremental, at a constant pace, our product increments. You don’t take initiative to organize review sessions with stakeholders. You take part in product discovery.

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Technical Recruitment: A Guide to Hiring Tech Talent in 2024

Teamweek

In 2024, technical hiring is about more than just finding someone who can code. The tech industry is constantly evolving, and as a result, so are the skills required to excel in it. Stop sifting through piles of resumes or relying on experience over skills to source top talent for your tech recruiting efforts.

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Contextless Scrum: a principles or rules driven framework?

Scrum.org

In those situations, achieving a precise analysis and defining an effective solution of the problem is difficult. The Stacey model summarizes in the groups the complexity drivers of a problem: requirements to achieve, technology to use and people involved in the product development or use. . Scrum and the team/organization context.