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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

Scrum.org

This post is part of our “in-depth” series. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. With this series, we hope to contribute to more evidence-based conversations in our community and a stronger reliance on robust research over (only) personal opinions. What makes a good Product Owner? How much time should they spend with their team or with stakeholders?

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10 Best Free Project Scheduling Software For PMs [2021]

The Digital Project Manager

This free project scheduling software review covers 10 tools and all the info you need: pros and cons, pricing, features, integrations, and screenshots to help you choose something that fits your needs. The post 10 Best Free Project Scheduling Software For PMs [2021] appeared first on The Digital Project Manager.

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Resource scheduling guide for project managers

Resource Guru

If you’ve ever played Tetris, made a few miscalculations, and watched the shapes rapidly stack up to the top while you struggle to keep up, you’ve had a taste of what happens when a business uses ineffective resource management. Except, instead of squares on a screen piling up, real people feel over-scheduled and under-supported. What is resource scheduling?

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How To Get the Most From Hybrid and Remote Work Using Different Tools

ActiveCollab

The onset of the global pandemic made "WFH" a regular term in our vocabulary. What followed was a massive shift in how work happens. Working has now expanded from just in-office full-time or remote full-time to an entire spectrum of different schedules. Additional varieties are now: mostly remote (4 days a week), hybrid model (a mix of working from home and working from an office), and working from home occasionally.

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance.

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5 Human Interaction Skills Needed for Effective Elicitation

PM Times

In my previous article on Elicitation, I discussed many techniques for effective elicitation. Missing, however, were the human interaction skills[i] that are needed to be successful. Some, like Facilitation, are so large a topic that I’ll write about them in separate articles. In this article, I’ll describe five common human interaction pitfalls relating to elicitation […].

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Agile Product Development: Agile Methodology Explained

Epicflow Blog

There is no doubt now that Agile is not just a buzzword, but a really working methodology that takes software development to the next level. . Starting as an approach to improving the product development process, Agile has gone far beyond that and evolved into a kind of philosophy or mindset that can transform processes not just in product development, but in the whole organization. .