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Everything You Need to Know About Release Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

They work with development teams to track progress and identify potential risks, as well as liaise with other departments such as QA, ops teams, service management, and support. The release manager at my last job worked closely with the development team to review what code changes would be coming.

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Are These DevOps Obstacles Getting in the Way of Your Agile Transformation?

Leading Agile

I used to have my own consulting company and have been involved in Agile practices since XP and before the Agile Manifesto. I used to run a company that developed unit testing software. As a consultant, I’ve encountered many impediments or barriers to Agile transformation. How many of you here are consultants?

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Improving SAFe Through Professional Scrum

Scrum.org

In real life, these Product Owners are typically accountable to the value delivered by these multiple teams and rely upon a lot of assistance from the Development Teams in order to deal with the challenge of scale. . As someone teaching SAFe Program Consultants, I try to discuss it in my classes. Well, let's unpack this.

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Improving SAFe thru Professional Scrum

Scrum.org

In real life, these Product Owners are typically accountable to the value delivered by these multiple teams and rely upon a lot of assistance from the Development Teams in order to deal with the challenge of scale. . As someone teaching SAFe Program Consultants, I try to discuss it in my classes. Well, let's unpack this.

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Disciplined Agile & SAFe

International Institute for Learning

Essential SAFe is the core configuration and is designed for managing a program of 5-12 agile teams. To coordinate the teams, SAFe applies cadence and synchronization. Cadence means all teams are aligned to a standard, two-week delivery cycle. It is a virtual team of 75-125 people aligned to support a value stream.

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New PM, New Choices

Leading Answers

On the other, media is full of light-touch, self-organizing team advice. Consultants will say,  “Oh, it depends…”  and start a lengthy (aka expensive) conversation. The development team wants interesting work using new technology and skills to further their craft.

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How to make a project schedule you’ll stick to in 9 steps (with free template)

Planio

You’ll need to collaborate with product managers, team leads, stakeholders, and the development team to make sure everyone agrees on the timeline. Consult those goals (as well as any risks you’ve identified) to get a feel for the project’s outline. Engage your team to see what you’ve missed.