Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

In the fast-paced world of software development, agility and efficiency are paramount. Within Scrum teams, the role of a Product Owner is pivotal. The Product Owner is the bridge between the stakeholders and the development team, responsible for maximizing the value of the product.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Scope creep is the more common term but you might hear both, especially if you are working in software development. Ultimately, it isn’t the project manager coming up with new requirements and asking the team to “just do it”. What’s so bad about scope creep anyway? It takes its toll on team morale.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Agile is a way of working that comes from software development. While the roots of incremental development methods of working stem back to the 1950s and into the 1970s, it wasn’t until 2001 that a group of software developers published the Manifesto for Agile Software Development.

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Teamweek

MAY 17, 2024

Project productivity measures how efficiently and effectively teams complete tasks and reach goals. Project productivity is a metric that shows how successfully teams work and achieve project goals. Measuring project productivity by looking at how effective and efficient teams are is important.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Consequently, these project managers and team members fail to take advantage of these upside risks. The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines risk as "the possibility that something bad or unpleasant (such as injury or a loss) will happen." After each project, conduct a post-review where you capture the most significant opportunities.

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Planio

MAY 20, 2024

Whether you’re a smaller team, early-stage startup, or even an established enterprise, the success of your business depends on making constant changes to adapt to your customer’s needs. Project managers bring order to chaos, help align cross-team projects, wrangle budgets and schedules, and so much more.

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Planio

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Data from the Harvard Business Review shows that a meager 35% of projects worldwide are deemed successful by the people who build and use them. An implementation plan guides your entire team through the who , what , when , and how of your project — providing clarity, alignment, and accountability for everyone involved.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 12, 2022

It’s a great way to further your education and learn about new project management software tools that are on the market. Develop your skills, learn about new project management research and become more employable. One way to keep up with the latest project management trends is to attend a project management conference in 2022.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

What is the optimal size of a team? Should teams be stable over at least several years, or is it a good idea they change at will? How should leadership interact with autonomous teams? Is scaling always a bad idea? Of all the impediments that a team faces, which is the one to focus on first?

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Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp. Chakraborty and K.

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LiquidPlanner

JULY 13, 2022

Was it due to competitive pressures? Shifting priorities isn’t always a bad thing. Software like LiquidPlanner makes it easy to create an action plan against your goals. LiquidPlanner helps you estimate timelines by listing tasks and then applying ranged estimations. Resource constraints?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

On the one side, they address typical Scrum events such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and the Sprint Retrospective. As somebody hiring for a Scrum Team, you need to determine for yourself what works for your organization — which is a process, not a destination. Generally, insisting that the team achieve specific KPI, e.

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LiquidPlanner

JUNE 13, 2022

Talking about the problems before they happen sets your team up to collaborate on and pursue solutions before things go south. This plan outlines how often the team will check in on progress, who is responsible for which tasks, and what to do if a project’s timelines start to lag. Your first instinct is just to cancel it, right?

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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? Scope creep isn’t just bad for project managers. It’s bad for everyone involved in your team and project. Use project management software to keep everyone on track. What is scope creep?

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Planio

APRIL 22, 2024

According to some estimates , PMs spend 90% of their time communicating with team members, sponsors, and stakeholders. Re-review and pull out the key elements 4. Easier to share information with teams and stakeholders. Project managers are born communicators. Define the objective of your executive summary 2.

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Planio

DECEMBER 4, 2019

That means communicating with their team and project stakeholders , setting realistic requirements, running meetings , assigning tasks , and managing time, budgets, and expectations. to keep their teams organized, document lessons learned, and manage tasks from start to finish. How to develop your project leadership skills.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Whether you are just starting out, developing your project manager resume, or a seasoned professional, mastering the Project Management Buzzwords is non-negotiable. Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g., Business case An organization will develop a document to justify the investment in a project (i.e.,

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Teamweek

JULY 29, 2022

You may have stellar skills and a fantastic team, but neither helps that sinking feeling when you have to ask a client for a deadline extension on a project. Inaccurate time estimation is the cause of 25% of failed projects. Learning how to estimate time for a project is tricky, but critical to its success. You’re not alone.

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Epicflow Blog

MAY 13, 2019

Poor Project Planning. Over 50% of our respondents mentioned lack of proper planning and estimates to be among the biggest challenges. There are many factors that lead to poor project planning. There are many factors that lead to poor project planning. If a project’s scope isn’t well-defined, it can trigger failure.

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Planio

JUNE 8, 2022

According to the Project Management Institute’s Pulse of the Profession survey , 81% of top-performing companies prioritize the development of technical project management skills. But what if you’ve never written a line of code in your life? Next, ask your team questions. Higher salary and a bigger seat at the table.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. When I left for the airport this morning to catch my flight to a customer site I estimated, given the conditions, how much time I need to get to my favorite parking spot at DIA. So when you hear we can't estimate you'll know better.

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Teamweek

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

They happen to us individually, but team projects are especially fertile ground for them due to: Having many schedules to manage Having colleagues in different time zones Many competing responsibilities Vacations and public holidays Unexpected absences— 3.2% For example, when a client meeting clashes with your weekly team stand-up.

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nTask

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Likewise, we live in a world where the whole organizational approach to remote teams is finally changing. The distributed team concept is getting so endorsed that 50% of all of the US Workforce will be completely remote by the year 2020. Agile Project Management for Distributed Teams. Make your team more Agile.

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Planio

DECEMBER 2, 2018

And no matter how long you spend combing through your code and testing your software, it’s inevitable that a few bugs will make it through to launch day. While bugs are just part of the territory for technical teams, that doesn’t mean you can treat them as just business as usual. Your users want software that works.

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nTask

MAY 19, 2021

Transitioning to Agile, although beneficial, requires a few changes in the software development life cycle (SDLC). The introduction of Agile metrics in the workflow helps in the successful management of software development projects. The health of the team. Help keep teams focused. Quality of work.

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Planio

JUNE 20, 2022

Poor communication. Regularly check in with your team. Project failure not only sits on your shoulders, but it can also demoralize your team and have negative knock-on effects on the rest of your company. Especially if other teams were expecting you to finish certain milestones or hit deadlines. Poor communication.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

It’s interesting to me that in the software field we habitually sling buzzwords around as if we were talking about real Things, when in fact the buzzwords are only metaphors. “Velocity” in software development doesn’t mean velocity. Estimated hours completed? It’s only a metaphor.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Scrum is a lightweight agile framework that encourages team members to work on a problem together. It helps teams to gather knowledge from experience and learn self-organization through working on an issue. . Scrum encourages teams to improve by reflecting on their success and losses. . The Scrum Master.

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Leading Agile

MAY 28, 2018

Velocity is the most widely used-and-abused metric associated with Agile software development. How are things going in your software development organization? ” We just estimate the time for each User Story and convert that into Story Points. You start with a time estimate and covert it to Story Points?

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 20, 2018

An unattended software delivery pipeline frees technical staff to spend more time on value-add activities rather than tediously performing repetitive tasks by hand, such as. Reviewing code by eyeballing it to ensure compliance with coding standards. Handling merges of code changes made by more than one person.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

There's a recent post titled Four Fallacious Reasons to Estimate. It lists the usual suspects for why those spending the money think they don't have to estimate how much they plan to spend when they'll be done producing the value they've been assigned to produce for that expenditure. Let's look at each one in more detail.

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Workzone

JULY 18, 2022

As of January 2022, there are over 450 project management software solutions on the market, according to Software Advice ! With so many choices available, you’re likely wondering which software is right for your team. Top 3 Benefits of Project Management Software. Ranking the Best Project Management Software.

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Cost estimation isn’t simple — but creating a project budget that works for you and your client is practically an art form. Project budget vs. estimate. A cost estimate approximates what the project (or piece of it) will cost. The estimate is more of a ballpark figure, and the budget provides hard edges.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

One valuable tool that can help achieve these goals is a Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT) chart. PERT charts provide a visual representation of a project’s tasks, their dependencies, and the estimated time needed to complete each task.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 19, 2022

With a major role in overseeing the day-to-day while adhering to big-picture goals, as a project manager, you strive to build momentum with your team in your quest to keep stakeholders happy and hit your milestones. With project planning tools, you can automate these time-consuming processes and let the software do the heavy lifting.

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Proofhub

JUNE 12, 2023

As a project leader, mastering this art empowers you to inspire your team, navigate complex challenges, and drive projects to triumphant success. You can develop these traits to improve your project leadership skills. Visionary: Exceptional project leaders inspire team alignment with a clear vision.

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Agilemania

MARCH 14, 2023

The Definition of Done is the most crucial aspect for the team to be able to build shippable increments of any product. A team’s definition of done helps them continuously add value to the product. The Definition of Done (DoD) is created by the development team or project team.

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