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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower - Project Management

The explanation from software leadership is often unsatisfying or unclear. The answer is to engage a trusted outside source for a Technical Review – a deep-dive assessment that provides a C-suite perspective. Your reasons for needing a technical review will depend on your business goals.

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Agile Leadership Myths and how to move past them

Scrum.org

The best Scrum teams that I have worked with were supported by management leaders focused on removing impediments, providing resources, and promoting an agile mindset and culture that supports the Scrum values. Making it more challenging are the agile leadership myths out there that can get in the way of being effective.

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Is the Outcome of Your Meeting to Schedule Another Meeting?

Scrum.org

It often leads to lots of meetings filling our calendars and little time to “do real work.” Those meetings aren’t working sessions that are moving us forward and creating new insights as a team; instead they feel like a waste of time. This problem shows up in Scrum Teams, and it shows up well beyond Scrum Teams.

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Scrum Master Engagement Patterns: The Development Team

Scrum.org

The first article of this series will address the Scrum Master engagement with the Development Team. So, for example, no engineers are mourning the demise of the hero-developer, who single-handedly saves the organization with beautifully crafted code while burning the midnight oil.). Agreed, this is tautological.

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30 Product Owner Interview Questions to Accurately Assess Candidates

Teamweek

Keep reading to discover the definition and responsibilities of a Product Owner and 30 product owner interview questions that will help you accurately assess candidates’ technical skills and personality traits. We’ll give you the toolbox to help you hire your next Product Owner without a hitch. What does a Product Owner do?

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How agile is your team (and what you can do about it!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Discovering the recipe for team agility. About three years ago, together with several colleagues at Worldline and Atos, I worked on an open-source DevOps maturity assessment tool (you can find it on GitHub here or see it in action here ). The 5-minute agility self-assessment questionnaire.

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Assembling a Stellar Product Development Team for Business Success

Wrike

In today’s competitive business landscape, having a stellar product development team can make all the difference between failure and success. Building a team of talented individuals who possess the right skills, expertise, and mindset can foster innovation, drive growth, and ultimately propel your business forward.