Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2024

But in practice, to me that looks like a lot of project documentation, and not a lot of actual doing, so let’s talk about 12 simple ways that you can manage project quality , without it being loads of work or a drama to get right. Document criteria in your quality plan, which is part of your project management plan.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 10, 2022

In every industry, agile adoption has doubled. . This table shows figures from Digital AI’s 14th annual State of Agile Report contrasted with figures taken from its most recent report. . . It is no wonder that with this rapid adoption of agile, several myths about Scrum — the most popular agile framework — abound.

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Planio

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Not only are you expected to know about Agile, scrum, and waterfall, but PMBOK , PRINCE2, Gantt Charts, and Cumulative Flow Diagrams! Waterfall vs. Agile vs. Kanban. Agile project management. Step 7: Estimate time and effort for each task. Step 11: Run a project kick-off meeting. Phase 2: Planning.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 13, 2020

Ask a dozen people what agile is and you’ll get a dozen different answers. Scrum is a way to manage a project within an agile framework and is made up of three roles: product owner, scrum master and team. The team is self-directed and works as they see fit to meet the goals of the product owner. What Is a Sprint?

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Planio

JULY 4, 2022

Agile ceremonies are the fuel that keeps your development team moving forward. But what if you’re not entirely comfortable managing and running Agile ceremonies? Agile ceremonies get abandoned when teams stop seeing the value in them. What are Agile ceremonies? A ‘quick-start’ guide to the 5 Agile ceremonies.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The easiest approach is to use self-assessment tools or agile maturity assessments. Agility is all about inspection and adaptation, so if something seems irrelevant, or maybe something is missing, just change it. Believe me, there is no “agile assessment police” that is going to arrest you. Agile Values and Principles.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 9, 2023

Can a large language model, not specializing in anything “agile,” pass a screening interview for a Scrum Master position? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 36,000-plus other subscribers. ? ? ?? This can help the team be more agile and responsive to changing circumstances or requirements.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

If you are looking to fill a position for a Scrum Master (or agile coach) in your organization, you may find the following 47 interview questions useful to identify the right candidate. These should allow an interviewer to deep dive into a candidate’s understanding of Scrum and her agile mindset. How do you feel about this procedure?

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Planio

JUNE 15, 2021

Get started with a project kick-off meeting. Monitor and control progress with regular reviews or Agile ceremonies. The project closing stage: Hand-off deliverables and document lessons learned. Run a project retrospective meeting (and ask your client for feedback). Document lessons learned.

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Leading Answers

MAY 8, 2022

Agile approaches "Crossed the Chasm" a decade ago. As companies adopt agile because they have to / it's now expected / the industry norm / required to stay competitive / , we see more push-back and failures than ever. The image below, from Ahmed Sidky, shows agile as a mindset. This is Left-to-Right agile adoption.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Scrum is a lightweight agile framework that encourages team members to work on a problem together. A lot of people often get confused between scrum and agile. Although scrum follows the values & principles of agile, it’s a framework for solving complex problems. It is a live document which is refined continuously.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Project estimation techniques help project managers accurately estimate essential elements, such as cost and scope , within their projects. These estimation techniques allow PMs to provide better forecasts to clients and more accurately budget the funds and resources they need for project success. .

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Scrum.org

APRIL 11, 2022

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 35,000-plus subscribers. ?? There are ample opportunities to deal with the left part of the process, for example, Lean Startup, Design Thinking, Design Sprint, Lean UX, Dual-Track Agile , just to name a few. . Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Teamweek

JULY 19, 2022

Agile project management originated in software development. In the marketing world too, Agile project management is fast becoming a staple. 41% of marketers use Agile marketing practices to manage their teams. In this blog, you’ll learn about Agile project management in marketing. What is Agile Marketing?

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Scrum.org

MAY 2, 2022

For example, run a Retrospective with teammates and stakeholders on how the team is doing regarding figuring out what is worth building. ???? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 35,000-plus subscribers. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Teamweek

OCTOBER 20, 2022

“We’re an Agile agency ??.”. You probably already know—Agile isn’t just for software developers anymore. Increasingly agencies, consultancies, and other knowledge-based project teams are adopting Agile as their preferred method to deliver projects. The challenges when switching to Agile The steps to becoming an Agile agency.

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Planio

APRIL 24, 2023

In 2021, the Project Management Institute estimated that by 2030 the global economy would need 25 million more project managers to keep up with the demand for change. Planning sprints and running agile ceremonies 8. In an ideal world, the project manager will also take time to document lessons learned and disband the team.

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nTask

MARCH 17, 2022

Use the Agile Methodology. Agile methodology is a great way to manage your team with greater flexibility and adaptability. Moreover, it also helps to divide the various marketing processes into sprints to increase timely task completion and meet the goals and objectives of the organization better. Collaborate frequently.

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Planio

MARCH 28, 2022

Or, you think that being an Agile team means that projects never really end, and therefore why even learn about project closure? Stage 2: Review and document lessons learned. There are several responsibilities during this stage: Finalize any project documents you started with (such as your scope of work or project plan ).

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Agilemania

MARCH 14, 2023

When iteration/sprint output meets the definition of done, new value is available and the stakeholders can access the value whenever they choose. It is typically used in Agile development methodologies such as Scrum. Documentation updates? A team’s definition of done helps them continuously add value to the product.

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MPUG

JUNE 23, 2023

Please find highlights from Satya Narayan Dash’s webinar – Practical Scrum Using MS Project Agile – being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. If you’re new to agile project management and Scrum, you may be wondering how these approaches work in practice. The demonstration will happen in front of the stakeholders.

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MPUG

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The Scrum meeting is an essential part of every project’s management, especially one following Agile methodology. To take full advantage of the benefits of daily Scrum meetings, companies need to believe in empiricism and create an integral framework for implementation. Increased Collaboration and Ownership.

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Project Pulse Journal

OCTOBER 7, 2023

In short, a project team member will multiply the monetary value of each possible output by its respective probability and sum up the estimated cost of the products. With that, Monte Carlo simulation is a statistical method that involves random sampling and modeling for estimating various outcomes. Meredith & Mantel, 2009).

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nTask

JUNE 24, 2019

“Not the best way to hold a Scrum meeting. I have seen many Scrum meetings where just a few minutes in, the Scrum Master becomes chums with team members and they all share Facebook IDs for “coordinating.”. Use whiteboards, document everything and take plenty of notes. Scrum Masters hold meetings as Sprints go by.

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Agilemania

MARCH 30, 2021

” At that time, organizations used to estimate three years between a validated business need and an actual application in production. Before agile came, several industries like software, aerospace, manufacturing used to follow the waterfall approach. A New Ideology is Born: The History of Agile Manifesto.

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Techno-PM

OCTOBER 10, 2022

What Is Agile Release Planning? Agile Release Planning is a process that helps organisations to plan and manage agile software development projects. The Agile Release Planning process is an important part of agile software development because it helps organisations to create a road map for the project.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The Product Owner anti-patterns list is a good starting point for a retrospective. Updating it once a week before the next refinement session does not suffice to meet this requirement.). Copy & paste PO: The Product Owner creates user stories by breaking down requirement documents received from stakeholders into smaller chunks.

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MPUG

MARCH 8, 2021

Many project managers utilize a Lean-Agile approach when there is high change or churn in project requirements, significant lack of clarity in scope, high complexity to their projects, and/or a larger number of risks associated with such. Two Lean-Agile Types. Iteration-based Lean-Agile. Flow-based Lean-Agile.

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Project managers are responsible for planning and executing a project along with the project team to produce the desired deliverable and meet stakeholder expectations. Creates a roadmap for executing projects and meet business goals. Improves planning by providing realistic work estimates. Why Project Management Is Important?

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Agilemania

MARCH 23, 2021

Some Agile experts are not hard-core fans of SAFe. And this makes SAFe more complicated, bureaucratic than the Agile manifesto recommends. They also have this opinion that SAFe is so heavy, maybe it is not Agile at all. Most of us started our Agile journey with one framework, and that is Scrum. Let us dig deeper.

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Binfire

AUGUST 27, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used by software engineers and IT professionals for the past sixteen years. The reason for this surge in popularity is quite understandable, the majority of projects benefit when managed using lean concepts promoted by Agile project management methodology.

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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. But the tide is turning and Agile is gaining wide acceptance as a valid process for many projects.

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Planio

DECEMBER 19, 2019

So how can you squash harmful scope creep and keep your project team agile, productive, and motivated as you handle changes? Get serious about documenting requirements. The actual scope of work , including the work that needs to be done to meet objectives. Get serious about documenting requirements. What is scope creep?

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 16, 2018

If you’re fresh out of Certified Scrum Master training, you are likely invigorated to start applying the Agile and SCRUM based techniques to your next project. Then you get back to work and the real world hits you—implementing Agile isn’t going to be as easy as you thought. Adopting Agile is an Exercise in Change Management.

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Project Bliss

JULY 10, 2017

You may at first think it’s just leading the team in answering the three questions in your daily scrum meeting. She changed jobs and moved to a company that was using an Agile approach to their projects. I’d heard lots of talk about Agile. She sets up all the meetings for the sprint and handles the meeting logistics.

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Scoro

MARCH 11, 2024

Flexibility vs structure : Agile teams may prefer tools with Kanban boards and iterative planning features, and traditional projects may benefit from visual project planning using Gantt charts. In one look, see different projects’ statuses, progress, date ranges, priority levels, owners, and estimated time spent.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Agile project management is an iterative, feedback-driven approach to completing and delivering successful projects. Agile management fosters a collaborative work environment where teams can tackle projects in a fast-paced yet informed manner. This article discusses all you need to know to implement Agile in your organization.

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