Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

And in this publication, we discuss the role of industry, product, and technical knowledge in the work of a project manager. . PMs can use this knowledge to estimate the time needed for accomplishing tasks, order them, and allocate resources adequately. Do Project Managers Have to Possess Technical Knowledge?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 25, 2022

Frustrated developers started to introduce new methods, such as Scrum, rapid application development, extreme programming, DSMD, features-driven development and pragmatic programming. A face-to-face conversation is the most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within different teams. Sprint Review.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 28, 2023

It's about making informed decisions that align with your product's vision, your business goals, and most importantly, your customers' needs. Determining the most crucial features and establishing a starting point from a technical perspective presented challenges. Rather than "Must Have", "Should Have", etc.,

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 15, 2019

Scrum stands on the three legs of transparency, inspection, and adaptation. In Scrum, the contents of the backlog will need to be refined, estimated, planned into Sprints, and increments of work satisfying those requirements delivered in each iteration. Transparency is the first casualty of a weakened Scrum implementation.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 30, 2021

Scrum Teams do it all the time. It happens in Sprint Review, after Daily Scrum, in Sprint Planning, and as part of development. ordering the work in the Product Backlog so that the goals of the Scrum Team and the organization are best achieved. estimating the work in size and value. Ordering the Product Backlog.

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Planio

MAY 8, 2023

In fact, the digital transformation market was estimated at a whopping $731.1 On average, IT projects come with more complexity and risk, and can quickly fall to pieces without proper due diligence, management, and leadership. billion in 2022 — with no signs of slowing down. And that’s no simple job.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 17, 2023

TL; DR: Jira Anti-Patterns If you ask people to come up with popular attributes for “Agile” or “agility,” Scrum and Jira will likely be among the top ten featured. Moreover, in any discussion about the topic, someone will mention that using Scrum running on top of Jira does not make an organization agile.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2019

Here is what we learned from an invaluable brainstorming session with our Tech Lead. Approaches you might consider in an Agile environment are Scrum, Kanban or Scrumban , but there are others. These can be broken down in smaller, more manageable sub-tasks and estimated by the team. Secret #1: Set the Pace in the Beginning.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In SAFe, the Scrum Master is not just a Scrum Master. SAFe defines the role of the Scrum Master as a servant-leader for the agile team who helps educate the team on various frameworks and methods, including Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming, and SAFe, ensuring that the agreed-upon agile process is duly followed.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 26, 2023

TL; DR: Useless Agile Metrics Ideally, a metric is a leading indicator for a pattern change, allowing your Scrum team to analyze the cause in time and take countermeasures. Learn more about useless agile metrics, from individual velocity to estimation accuracy to utilization rates. ? However, what if you picked the wrong metrics?

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2018

Let’s assume you’re running out of time and need to meet a certain due date. When you estimate probability, a risk will have a certain impact on your project. Perhaps you’re creating a wireframe for your website, and you decide to skip the client-review step because you’re running late. Tool for Handling Quality. Methodology.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Product Owner, Scrum Master, Development team members) who work collaboratively to deliver value in an Agile project. Bottom-up Estimating A project estimation technique that leverages tactical-level team members/subject matter experts (SMEs) to break down tasks into smaller components to create a more accurate estimate.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ?️ Exclusively on my Substack Newsletter : Product Owner Anti-Patterns — An Excerpt from the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide (2). ? Join 575-plus peers and help create the next edition of the Scrum Master Salary Report ! Harvard Business Review.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 3, 2023

TL; DR: Workshop Design with ChatGPT The following article explores whether we can use ChatGPT-4 to create workshops for agile practitioners; for example, Scrum Masters. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! ? Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available !

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Planio

JULY 4, 2022

Daily scrum ceremony. Sprint review ceremony. Agile ceremonies — also known as Scrum ceremonies or just ‘events’ — are specific events that provide a structured framework for iterative software development processes. Daily scrum (or daily stand-up): These daily check-ups help teams stay on track and mark progress.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Imagine you’re a Scrum Master and the line manager of your team believes that the best sign for a successful agile transformation is a steady increase in the Scrum Team’s velocity. Moreover, if the team fails to deliver on that metric something is wrong with the Scrum Team. Faking Agile Metrics for Scrum Masters.

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Scrum.org

JULY 29, 2019

In my role as an Agile coach and Scrum trainer, I get the chance to talk to a lot of Scrum Masters and teams. Makes sense, many Scrum Masters learn about those topics in an introductory Scrum course. Did you know that velocity and story points are not even part of Scrum or found in the Scrum Guide?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The Product Backlog is one of the three Scrum artifacts. A well-refined Product Backlog is essential for high-performing Scrum Teams. Like many things in Scrum, the answer is, it depends. If your team is using hours to size PBIs, then the calculation of the ready story forecast would depend upon hour estimates.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Read on to find out how it could help your agile team set effective sprint goals through better planning and estimating. Summary review of Chpokify: If you struggle with planning poker and agile estimating in a virtual environment, Chpokify is the answer. Chpokify makes it easy to share a common experience for sprint estimation.

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The IIL Blog

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Gartner estimated that AI may replace 80% of project management activities by 2030. A recent article in Harvard Business Review described “How AI Will Transform Project Management”. AI and related technologies offer the opportunity to shape-shift the profession. Testing could benefit the most AI and related technologies.

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Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team Generative AI Technical Review 88

Leading Agile

JULY 18, 2023

If not, then we start measuring things like people trained, teams doing Scrum, or the organization’s sentiment toward Agile to tell us if we’re succeeding. The caller will say something like, “We’ve adopted Scrum, SAFe, or LeSS, but we’re not getting the desired business benefits from it.”

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MPUG

MARCH 8, 2021

At this stage, I want to inform that problems and subsequent troubleshooting challenges the occur in a Lean-Agile approach can be divided into two broad categories: Iteration-based. An example of this type can be the Scrum framework. When you fire a gun in the dark, it’s difficult to aim due to the lack of light.

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NimbleWork

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

With the advent of technology, especially mobile and AI – how has the job of a project manager evolved? Mobile devices and technologies have certainly eased things a lot, especially on the go. Traditional (waterfall), Agile (Scrum, Kanban, other) or Hybrid? Has it become easier in many ways?

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International Institute for Learning

MARCH 29, 2023

The discussion about the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in project management has recently gained momentum, largely due to the hype surrounding ChatGPT. However, many project decisions are delayed or avoided due to insufficient information to make sound judgments.

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Planio

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Before we dive in, here's the outline of this article: Step 1: Review your product roadmap. Pro Tip: Use “Story points” to properly estimate tasks. Step 1: Review your product roadmap. Is up-to-date in context (to the larger product roadmap) and estimate (of complexity). Download This Template. Ready, set, sprint!

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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. Project Estimation. How do you come up with project estimation in Agile world?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 16, 2016

This time last year I reviewed the trends in social and collaborative technology in the project management space: some of my predictions had come to nothing and it was interesting to look backward and hold myself accountable for what I said would happen. It’s helped by the underpinning technology. Blended Methodology.

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Binfire

APRIL 7, 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 competition in Agile method. Project Estimation. How do you come up with project estimation in Agile world?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 30, 2023

This article is another excursion into this nascent yet fascinating new technology of generative AI and LLMs and the future of knowledge work. If technology can pass a Wharton MBA exam , maybe, it deserves some attention. Professional Scrum Master Training w/ PSM I Certificate — Live Virtual Class: February 7-10, 2023.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 21, 2019

Be sure to bring it up in your next performance review. If you’re an extroverted developer who loves to talk about your product, look for technical sales opportunities. Do you prefer team scrums or writing technical specs with no interruptions? Do you prefer team scrums or writing technical specs with no interruptions?

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Planio

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Agile and Scrum. Cost estimation: How much is it going to cost? At the end of the planning phase, you should have enough information to put together a high-level scope of work (SOW) —a plan that details what’s being built, why, and how you see it coming together. Software Development. Deployment. Maintenance and Updates.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 9, 2023

TL; DR: A ChatGPT Job Interview for a Scrum Master Position. Can a large language model, not specializing in anything “agile,” pass a screening interview for a Scrum Master position? So, read on and learn whether Scrum Masters will soon be replaced with a chatbot. ?? Question : Thank you for your application as a Scrum Master!

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Scrum has proven to be an effective product delivery framework for all sorts of products. However, Scrum is equally well suited to build the wrong product efficiently as its Achilles heel has always been the product discovery part. How that is supposed to happen is nowhere described in the Scrum Guide.

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nTask

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Companies are finally understanding that there are amazing benefits of having remote teams such as the cost advantage in having dispersed teams from countries that have considerably cheap labor, more space in the main office for other staff and access to a diverse technology skillset from all over the world, etc. Conduct Daily Scrum Meetings.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 15, 2024

Incorporating models, methods, and artifacts can transform your approach, thus promoting agility, informed decision-making , and effectiveness. Enhanced Decision-Making Making informed decisions is easier when there is a structured way to analyze situations and predict outcomes.

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Planio

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Payment Information: How much is the project going to cost and how are you going to pay the team you’re working with? A SOW is a detailed doc that the people you’re collaborating with will reference back to throughout the project and therefore needs some very specific information to be valuable. Section 4: Task list.

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Software Review Technical Review Agile Estimate 116

International Institute for Learning

APRIL 5, 2023

All new AI inventions or technical breakthroughs will have both advantages and disadvantages. Experts in AI estimate that the implementation cost in some organizations could conceivably be in the millions of dollars. There is also the concern for how continuous improvement efforts will be made to purchased packages due to degradation.

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