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A modern (and easy) guide to the 5 agile ceremonies

Planio

Agile ceremonies — also known as Scrum ceremonies or just ‘events’ — are specific events that provide a structured framework for iterative software development processes. Agile is an umbrella term for different iterative and feedback-driven software development processes. Update user stories to properly estimate tasks.

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

Planio

Estimate task time and effort. But to correctly estimate start and end times , you first need to know what needs to be done at a high level, what resources you’ll require, and a basic outline of their order. At a minimum, you should know what type of person you’re basing your estimate on. Estimation. Decision-making.

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Is Macroeconomics and Social Science the Same as Software Development?

Herding Cats

There a popular notions in the agile development world that authors like Hayek and Taleb speak to how software development works. Let's look at the thesis of Hayek in light of software development and the decisions that must be made when spending other people's money in the presence of uncertainty. Of course not.

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Questioning Agile Dogma

Leading Agile

There was a common practice known as the “death march,” in which projects began with a fixed timeline but (often) with few if any of the resources the delivery teams would need (such as servers, test environments, software licenses, access rights to key systems, etc.) Survival is the best the teams can hope for.

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Webinar Recap: Agile Series Part 2 – Agile Features & Capabilities in MS Project / Project PPM

MPUG

You’re going to see this coming out at a very fast cadence. A lot of times I like to have fun, certainly in doing estimating. But there are people who are building tools, but they remember the competency of what’s being organized, structured and delivered is on a very different cadence. Add a bucket.

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What’s Worse Than Not Automating Your Software Delivery Pipeline?

Leading Agile

They asked a software developer what it would take, and he estimated something like 20,000 pounds over several months. Try installing a typical business application on a pristine development environment. Watch the console as the tool downloads dependencies. The company wanted to automate their dispatching process.