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Everything You Need to Know About Release Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The release manager at my last job worked closely with the development team to review what code changes would be coming. Once everything looks good from a technical standpoint, the release manager could start working on preparing communications about the upcoming software change. And then the cycle begins again!

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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It’s fine to have a different cadence at different points in the project lifecycle. You might want to have a conference call line open so that people who aren’t present can join the meeting on the phone. Action review and next steps. When to hold the meetings. Key decisions. Highlight anything that has changed since last time.

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Adopting Agile Practices Isn’t Agile Transformation

Leading Agile

When people make such statements, they usually mean that they have trained product owners and a proficient Scrum master, and their team consistently follows the cadence of sprint planning, daily stand-ups, interviews, and retrospectives. We want the team to like the way that they work. Agile is not going to do a whole lot for you.

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Kanban to manage Complex/ Quick Moving Situations

Digite

That is, does the question below, which I answered on a technical forum recently, describe a situation you might be facing or may have faced in the past? I have spoken about our own experience in a number of conferences worldwide and found it resonating with a lot of people – so we are not alone in this. Is this you?

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The 10 steps to an Agile transformation (with free checklist)

Planio

According to research published in Harvard Business Review , nearly 90% of companies struggle to complete Agile transformations — even after successful pilot projects. Technology: Agile organizations need to trust their data and have the infrastructure ready to build and test new ideas rapidly. This is ok.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

These materials have been presented at conferences, published in a journal or newsletter, a book or a chapter in a book, or applied during a client engagement across a wide range of firms and domains. Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Technical Performance Measures (#TPM).

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How Charles Byrd Gets It Done: Project Management & Networking Tips

Project Management Hacks

Out of college with a BBA in information technology I started on a help desk providing 2nd and 3rd level support for Cadence, a Silicon Valley software company. I then started managing tech projects while concurrently working on and earning my Master of Science in Information Technology. Gmail & Google Apps.