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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

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The answer is to engage a trusted outside source for a Technical Review – a deep-dive assessment that provides a C-suite perspective. At TechEmpower, we’ve conducted more than 50 technical reviews for companies of all sizes, industries, and technical stacks. A technical review can answer that crucial question.

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Fluid.work Software Review [2021]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Cost: There is a free pilot plan where you can load 5 of your users, 3 of your projects, and have 4 weeks to play to see how it would work. Everything related to the project is available in one place: benefits, costs, any linked Kanban or Sprint boards, sub-projects, documents, meetings (more on them later… it’s worth the wait).

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Sprint Planning 101: How to Plan Great Sprints

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For this post, we’re going to take a deep dive into one of the events in the scrum framework, sprint planning. A sprint is an iteration in the development cycle of a project. The sprint is defined by a small amount of planned work that the team has to complete and ready for review. How to Make a Good Sprint Plan.

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Jira Gantt Charts: How to Make a Gantt Chart in Jira

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It’s an essential scheduling and planning tool. ProjectManager is award-winning project management software with powerful Gantt charts that help teams and project managers plan, manage and track their projects in real time. This means you can balance short-term dev work with long-term planning and reporting.

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Scrum Methodology: Roles, Events & Artifacts

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The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. The agile values come from the agile manifesto , a document with the guiding principles of the agile methodology.

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The 12 Agile Principles: Definitions & How to Use Them

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Agile is a project management methodology that allows development teams to set up a dynamic work management framework. The agile principles are statements that define the agile methodology and also act as best practices for agile teams. Teams that work in an agile environment need flexible project management software.

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5 Dos And Don’ts During The Sprint Planning

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I got the idea of writing this blog while hosting a webinar on the same topics when multiple people told us to document our discussion. Top 5 Things You Should Do During Sprint Planning . During the Sprint Planning , the product owner presents business objectives for the Sprint and an ordered Product Backlog.

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