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Unlocking the Power and Mastery of Development Approach and Life Cycle

Project Pulse Journal

Malinawan, PMP Navigating the complexities of modern project management demands a sophisticated comprehension of the Development Approach and Life Cycle Performance Domain. This domain facilitates strategic alignment, optimized delivery cadence, methodology customization, increased flexibility, and improved risk management.

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Agency client retention guide (with 8 strategies and expert tips)

Resource Guru

Increase team knowledge and expertise Retaining clients for extended periods allows your team the opportunity to accumulate valuable, industry-specific knowledge and expertise. Agency processes: An established framework your team uses to complete high-quality work on time.

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Event Series: Practical Kanban with MS Project Agile

MPUG

The team pulls a feature or work item from the backlog based on the available capacity, executes the work, and when complete, delivers the work incrementally. The delivery is based on a cadence. In each delivery, we have analysis, design, development, testing, and so on. The emphasis in Kanban is primarily on the flow of work.

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Creating a Risk-Adjusted Backlog

Leading Answers

This article explains what a risk-adjusted backlog is, why they are useful, how to create one and how teams work with them. ' In deciding which feature to develop first, those with the highest economic value are selected. I do not think the teams have been weak at threat avoidance. What is a Risk-Adjusted Backlog?

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Systems Thinking episode #4: DSRP

Scrum.org

We also see in the evolution of the Scrum guide how the distinctiveness has improved over time, for instance by dropping the term “team” in favor of “Scrum team” and “Development team”. Another example is how the Scrum guide separates activities from events: Events have a clear time-box, cadence, subject and participants.

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Agency utilization rate: 9 steps to increasing billable time

Resource Guru

The result tells you the percentage of time that your team spends on projects that actually bring in money. A high utilization rate means your team is focused and efficient. Billable hours: These are the hours your team spends on client projects. Billable hours directly contribute to revenue.

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Dealing With “Remote Sprawl”: How to Manage Teams, People, and Projects Across Time Zones

Planio

It’s quickly becoming the ‘new normal’ for companies and teams to be split across cities, countries, and even time zones. And while there’s no denying the many benefits of working remotely , mismatched schedules, repetitive communication, and out-of-sync teams don’t make the list. Poor people management: Embrace your team’s nuances.