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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. The release manager at my last job worked closely with the development team to review what code changes would be coming. The day could be quite varied.

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Managing Project Assumptions and Risks

The IIL Blog

By Alan Zucker We make hundreds of assumptions and take small risks daily. Recovering from these risks may be inconvenient but not horribly impactful. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Our risks were identified, but a response strategy was never created.

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How Usable Working Products Are Your Ultimate Weapon Against Risks

Scrum.org

TL;DR; The only way to mitigate risk when employing Agile practices is by continuously delivering a usable working product. Conclusion: Be Agile, Truly So create a usable working product on a regular cadence, close the feedback loops, and leverage as much automation as possible. Yes, you read it right!

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Managing Project Assumptions & Risks

Velociteach

We make hundreds of assumptions and take small risks daily. Recovering from these risks may be inconvenient but not horribly impactful. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Thoughtlessly making assumptions or ignoring risks can lead to critical problems.

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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? Do agile projects have risks associated with them? And do we want to let those risks run wild without any effort to contain them? So, yes, of course, we need risk management in agile projects.

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13 Reasons to Choose Agile Project Management Methods

LiquidPlanner

You manage risk more effectively Another benefit of continuous testing is that you can spot risks earlier. Colleagues are more likely to talk about problems and risks with people they get on well with because they know their opinion will be trusted and they’ll be taken seriously. Is there likely to be a problem with a feature?

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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

They let you know whether you can go overspent or what risk mitigation actions are the right ones for this point in the project. And will make the decision to close the project down early if it can no longer meet its objectives. It’s fine to have a different cadence at different points in the project lifecycle. Risks and issues.