The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

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. Benchmarking Identifying a project performance indicator or practice, then assessing it against industry standards or best practices.

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Wrike

MAY 11, 2023

Whether you’re learning about Agile for the first time or want a refresher on the basics, this roundup of Agile software development best practices has what you need to get your team up and running so you can do what Agile does best: deliver fast and frequent value. Try Wrike for free What is Agile software development?

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Software developers are mostly guys, happy to work by themselves at night in dark rooms. To be honest, the longer I have worked in software development the more wrong this stereotype feels to me. I was responsible for the client application we developed for an in-house application. My experience so far. Creative.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 3, 2020

Do they experience a high amount of spill-over into the next cycle because they are waiting on another team or another person? Do items sit in a blocked state and age out while waiting on other teams or people to complete work? Dependencies are an epidemic in software development. Scrum Master or Tech Manager.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 17, 2024

Due to their different approaches to project management, this definition varies significantly between Agile and Waterfall methodologies. Definition of Done Within Agile Project Management Contexts In Agile project management, the DoD is a dynamic, team-agreed criterion that ensures all necessary work is completed before a feature is finished.

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

As we will see, agile methods are, to a degree, a response to the kind of risks that software development projects face. The style of project management The organization may have a preferred methodology or paradigm, and the project manager (along with their team) will also assess what is right for this project.

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The History of Agile Project Management Agile project management emerged in the software development industry in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 2001, a group of software development thought leaders came together and devised the Agile Manifesto. Agile projects are iterative and have regular feedback loops.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 21, 2019

The idea of a user story as it applies here comes from software development and product management. A user story is an informal description of one or more software features, written from the perspective of an end user in plain English. The authors can be stakeholders, such as clients, users, managers or the development team.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

I am a software developer and Scrum Teacher. I have been in software development for 23+ years and have worked on various technologies and have played the role of a developer, analyst, project manager, delivery manager, scrum master, product owner, and coach. The Product Owner is one person, not a committee.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 8, 2024

Enhanced stakeholder engagement enriches the project's development process and ensures that the outcomes align with stakeholder visions, enhancing satisfaction and support throughout the project life cycle. Increased Flexibility The project's ability to adapt to changes with agility is due to a framework imbued with flexibility enhancements.

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Leading Agile

JULY 3, 2023

But as companies scale, as the market shifts and more parts of the business become software-focused, there’s been an increase in demand for an end-to-end solution to help large organizations build infrastructure around sound technical practices. I’m Matt VanVleet, the Chief Technology Officer for Leading Agile.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

There may indeed be a bias towards stable teams in the research driving these models (Mortensen and Haas, 2018), but it is also possible that these models simply capture the social and cognitive reality of putting a group of people together into a team. It takes time to develop teams. Bradley et.

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Proofhub

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Before the grand reveal, gather a group for beta testing. Whether it’s friends, family, or a selected group of potential customers, their fresh eyes can catch glitches or usability issues you might have glossed over. CTA- Easily communicate and collaborate with your team, clients, and stakeholders in real-time with ProofHub’s Chat.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 16, 2024

It bridges communication gaps between technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring everyone is on the same page regarding project expectations and deliverables. Conduct the Sizing Session - Team members assign a t-shirt size to each backlog item through discussion and consensus or by individual voting (similar to planning poker).

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

But many teams struggle with this rule. An increment is considered “Done” by the Development Team, but requires further testing and stabilization in the next Sprint. Or work is considered “Done” by the Development Team, but the install package still needs to be created. It is tempting to fall into “shades of Done”.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. Please note: Normally, the Product Owner would provide this information during Sprint Reviews or the refinement process.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. Scrum Anti-Patterns: From Product Backlog to Sprint Review. Development teams often create tasks an engineer can finish within a day.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 4, 2024

At the heart of Scrum are three pivotal roles: the Product Owner, the Scrum Master, and the Development Team. Roles in the Scrum Framework The Scrum Framework delineates three fundamental roles critical to its operation: the Product Owner, the Scrum Master, and the Development Team.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

That year, a group of 17 software practitioners looking for a better way to deliver software settled on the the term agile to refer to their more rational, human approach to complex work. Business stakeholders meet regularly with the agile team at a lower level of engagement. Agile is different.

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Planio

JANUARY 31, 2022

Except instead of a single car navigating a lonely highway, you’re guiding a group of bikes, boats, mopeds, and trucks coming from all over the map. That’s why a product roadmap is the backbone of every great development team. Move your roadmap into software to keep it flexible and agile. Ask past users for reviews.

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 5, 2023

By doing these key things: Streamlined hiring process: Amazon streamlined its hiring process by minimizing the number of interviews required for each role and using technology to fast-track the hiring process. Typically, this process starts with a recruitment team meeting. How’d they nail their mass hiring strategy?

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Planio

JULY 4, 2022

Agile ceremonies are the fuel that keeps your development team moving forward. Agile ceremonies get abandoned when teams stop seeing the value in them. (And Sprint review ceremony. Agile is an umbrella term for different iterative and feedback-driven software development processes. And why do they matter?).

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Techno-PM

MARCH 15, 2022

It will allow you to take on leadership roles, guide teams through their product development process, and work with stakeholders in high -pressure environments. It's a project management methodology that can manage software development projects. Sprint Review - A sprint review is a meeting at the end of every sprint.

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Planio

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Structure your project deliverables in this way, and they serve as good markers of your progress while providing clear checkpoints to pause, review, and learn. This is dangerous, as studies by the PMI show that 37% of projects fail due to poorly defined objectives and milestones.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 22, 2019

For years, I’ve fulfilled the role of Scrum Master for many different organizations and Scrum Teams. These teams were mostly focused on software development. These organizations were able to attract the smartest developers and create products customers loved. That’s not going to be a technical perspective.

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Binfire

APRIL 7, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used in the software development and IT industry for the past sixteen years, but recently it has gained wide acceptance by many number of industries and organizations. In 2001 a group of software engineers and scientists in IT industry got together and wrote Agile Manifesto.

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Binfire

AUGUST 27, 2017

Until recently some academics and Project Management Institute (PMI) considered Agile method, not a serious contender in project management due to the fact that is very hard to set a due date for project’s completion in the Agile method. Agile was adopted by the software industry soon after the Agile Manifesto was written.

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nTask

AUGUST 8, 2019

Just in case you didn’t know what extreme programming is, it is a form of agile framework where PMs get the best out of available resources in a software development environment. These short iterative cycles help both team members and customers to assess and review the project’s progress throughout its development.

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LiquidPlanner

JULY 13, 2016

A project manager from the dev team has a meeting with partner marketing to see if his team can help the marketing group launch a new mobile app to corporate partners later that day. A traditional PMO is a top-down command structure for delivering software projects. It’s Monday morning. More analytics? Yes, please!

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Planio

OCTOBER 19, 2021

And whether you’re a designer, developer, team lead, or administrator, your job requires many of the same skills that separate the best project managers: organization, effective collaboration, and being goal-oriented. Step 12: Plan your first sprint as a team. Step 13: Review progress and adjust your plan.

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Agilemania

MARCH 14, 2023

A team’s definition of done helps them continuously add value to the product. The Definition of Done (DoD) is created by the development team or project team. The DoD should be agreed upon by all stakeholders, including the development team, product owner, and any other relevant parties.

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Planio

APRIL 6, 2021

Master the delicate art of documentation in Agile and your team will thank you. The awkward truth is that 70% of projects fail due to a lack of requirement gathering. Yet despite this, too many teams think Agile is an excuse to build blindly. As an Agile team, you’re used to regularly shipping software.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Keep reading to find out more about this essential role in your company’s software development team. A Scrum Master is a facilitator who helps a Scrum team to self-organize, collaborate, and continuously improve. Facilitating daily stand-up meetings with the team. Providing feedback to the team.

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nTask

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Multiple efficient project management frameworks and methodologies have been introduced over the years to ensure effective team management and collaboration in a workplace. Numerous factors need to be considered before selecting the optimum approach for a team and subsequently a project.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Agile management fosters a collaborative work environment where teams can tackle projects in a fast-paced yet informed manner. Projects are broken down into quick sprints – two to four-week cycles that allow sufficient time for teams to make tangible progress and review the work done before advancing with the rest of the project.

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Project Bliss

MAY 24, 2017

A project executed with waterfall methodology follows sequential phases as the team moves through planning and execution before delivering the final product to the customer. The project manager works with the project team and customer to determine the project scope. Review and Adjust. Collaboration.

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Wrike

AUGUST 3, 2023

It’s all about tech stacks these days. While Jira has its strengths — particularly for software developers — it may not provide the full range of features, integrations, and automation a modern organization requires. And the last thing you want to do is start adding more digital tools and growing that tech stack once again.

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