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5 Agile Methodologies for Project Managers that are not Scrum Framework

Project Pulse Journal

At its core, Kanban is inherently Agile due to its emphasis on continuous improvement, flexibility, and responsiveness to change - qualities that are less pronounced in the sequential, phase-gated Waterfall model. Feedback Loops – Incorporate regular meetings to review and adapt your workflow based on feedback.

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Can you be agile if you release only once a year?

Scrum.org

( Japanese version・日本語版 ) When picturing an effective and truly agile product development team, one often imagines a software development team, pushing some software to production every day, maybe multiple times a day, ala Amazon. But not all industries, business models or technologies allow for this to happen.

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

Scrum.org

Van Waardenburg & Van Vliet (2013) offer a case study in a large organization and conclude that “The Project Manager focuses on the ’how’ of a project, the Product Owner focuses on the ’what’”. Intermediary : Acting as an interface between management and the team and the process of disseminating domain knowledge.

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The art of unshipping: How to deprioritize features, phase out projects and sunset products

Planio

Evernote: A case study on how complexity kills products. When you veer away from your product vision out of fear of upsetting users, your product is bound to become outdated, overly complicated, and bloated with technical debt. Developers and product teams are almost always focused on more. Technical debt.

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Newbies’ Guide to Scrum Project Management 101

nTask

Anyhow, this case study illustrates different real life examples of Scrum Project Management. This framework contradicts the traditional Waterfall approach, which is based on extensive analysis, planning of requirements and documentation before starting the development phase. The Scrum team is divided as follows: Product Owner.

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Agile Scrum Master

Techno-PM

They are responsible for ensuring that all team members adhere to the agreed-upon processes and procedures and remove any impediments that might be slowing down progress. Agile scrum masters are the leaders of software development teams that use an agile methodology. The Scrum Master role is a new position in the tech industry.

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Extreme Programming in Agile – A Practical Guide for Project Managers and nTaskers

nTask

Extreme Programming (XP), an Agile software development framework, is specifically designed for improving the quality of the software, the work process for the development team and increased customer satisfaction. By this, there is a continuous work review and problems receive a faster response. What is XP made of?