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How We Chose the Perfect Planning Poker Tool

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Planning poker® is a great technique for scrum teams. It is a team-based estimating approach to work out the efforts involved for achieving business goals. Even serious developers like gamification! Our company is a part of Wisebits Group and develops an online entertainment streaming service. What we tried.

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Sprint Planning 101: How to Plan Great Sprints

ProjectManager.com

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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Essential Topics for the Scrum Product Owner

Scrum.org

Within Scrum teams, the role of a Product Owner is pivotal. The Product Owner is the bridge between the stakeholders and the development team, responsible for maximizing the value of the product. These stories make it easier to prioritize and plan the work. This is where Scrum, an agile framework, comes into play.

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Scope of Resource Planning in Project Management for Agile Teams

nTask

Resource Planning in project management has been gaining traction for a while now. Moreover, since the concept of resource planning is generating so much noise, the project management has responded in kind and that’s why the qualifications regarding the people that are considered experts in the field have evolved and become more complex.

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125 Project Management Buzzwords

The IIL Blog

Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g., Product Owner, Scrum Master, Development team members) who work collaboratively to deliver value in an Agile project. Backlog A list of tasks, features, or requirements to be addressed by an agile project manager or team and is often associated with Agile methodologies.

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7 Steps for a Successful Project Budget

ProjectManager.com

That’s why planning out your project budget is so important: it’s the lifeblood of the project. It’s used to estimate what the costs of the project will be for every phase of the project. Your project budget will be reviewed and revived throughout the project, hopefully with the help of a project budgeting software.

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What Is a Burn Up Chart In Agile Project Management?

ProjectManager.com

To show progress over time, the chart is divided into two lines; one tracks the work planned or total work and the other tracks the work that’s been completed by that point in the project. This also allows them to estimate the time left in the sprint or project. Review and Revise You’re not done yet.

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