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What is a technical project manager? (And why you should think about becoming one)

Planio

But what if you’ve never written a line of code in your life? A technical project manager is a specialized role that combines leadership, organization, and communication skills with specific technical expertise to lead development projects. Estimate the time, effort, and resources for an entire project.

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Raising Climate Awareness in Scrum Teams - a Scrum Master’s Journey

Scrum.org

I dove into sustainable IT and started with a ‘Planet Earth Retrospective’ for my Scrum Team, where we reviewed the Principles of Green Engineering. During that session, the team estimated that optimizing our landscape and decommissioning legacy components could reduce our footprint by a significant percentage!

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Top Solutions to Project Failure – Epicflow Research Part 2

Epicflow Blog

Victorine Ghobeira , a Senior Business Analyst and Project Manager at Dataquest, says that “preventing a lack of resource starts when defining and estimating activities and leads to creating a realistic schedule. Give due consideration to the power of effective communication and take the necessary measures to improve its quality.

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Top 5 Reasons for Project Failure and How to Avert Disaster

Wrike

As a vendor of project management and collaboration software, we talk to a lot of project managers. Workers have to be paid for more time, so your estimated budget goes over. ” —Trevor Ewen, Senior Software Engineer, Neosavvy. ” —Trevor Ewen, Senior Software Engineer, Neosavvy. It was a win-lose.

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Where to Start with Scrum? Is Value Stream Mapping Your Answer?

Scrum.org

In the realm of software development, principles of DevOps and a commitment to technical excellence can further enhance the process. Originating from lean manufacturing principles, VSM's relevance has expanded, becoming a cornerstone in fields such as software development. The initial mapping session was a revelation for the team.

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How To Base Your Beliefs About Agile On Evidence

Scrum.org

How should leadership interact with autonomous teams? Perhaps you’ve read many blog posts about how horrible SAFe is, or how useless estimation is, or what the optimal size of a team is. What if you recommend teams to stop estimation altogether and cause financial damage compared to when you wouldn’t have recommended this?

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Am I Really Doing Agile?

LiquidPlanner

Changing requirements, schedules, market conditions, teammates, leadership, customers, organizational structures, you name it. Focus on Agile principles, not practices Let’s go back to 2001 and take a look at the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. It describes four values for software development. What kind of change?

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