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Everything You Need to Know About Release Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

My software projects needed releasing, so we had to follow the formal process and engage with the release manager to make sure that the bug fixes and new features got pushed to the production environment in a controlled way. You have to be technically-minded, with good technical skills. And then the cycle begins again!

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The Myth of Complete Foresight

Scrum.org

Agile frameworks are used in complex environments where requirements and technology are ever-changing. Front-loading all planning and requirements gathering creates a comforting illusion of control. It involves numerous variables—technical challenges, evolving user needs, and market shifts—that cannot be fully anticipated.

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Service Management and The Post Office Scandal

The IIL Blog

Why Governance is Important By Sophie Hussey Picture yourself on a stage in a massive room at a conference at the ExCeL in London, about to take part in a panel discussion about The Post Office scandal and the links to service management. Governance and process often come across as cold.” This could be nothing further from the truth.

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The 12 Agile Principles: Definitions & How to Use Them

ProjectManager.com

If you did the due diligence beforehand, then you can trust them to do the work. But if it’s the latter, you want to try and keep the schedules to the same hours, so you can at least video conference. Continuous Attention to Technical Excellence and Good Design Enhances Agility. It erodes morale and sends talent packing.

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Getting the Outcomes You Want From Technical Spikes

Leading Agile

She had just taken over this part of the organization, and I was the technical consultant tasked making her dreams come true: working-tested product in the demo. The sole outcome of a technical spike is to learn if we can accomplish building working-tested product using the proposed methodology within a time-box.

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Industry, Product, and Technical Knowledge: What Makes a Project Manager an Expert?

Epicflow Blog

And in this publication, we discuss the role of industry, product, and technical knowledge in the work of a project manager. . For example, the pharmaceutical industry is now facing a lot of challenges due to pandemic, the shipbuilding sector is trying to cope with the resource gap and needs a reasonable approach to resource allocation.

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The Evolution of Project Management

The IIL Blog

and Cynthia Snyder Dionisio, MBA, PMP We have all attended project management workshops, conferences, and symposiums. When the Department of Defense (DoD) decided to expand the need for more technical projects following World War II, pressure was placed upon the aerospace and defense community to develop expertise in project management.

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