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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower - Project Management

The innovator/developer relationship needs to be a conversation. Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. What are some examples of similar brands? Free trials?

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How to write an executive summary stakeholders will love

Planio

The recommendation Executive summary example #1: Project status update Executive summary example #2: Resource decision How to write a great executive summary for your next project 1. The budget and scope remain on track, but there are risks to the project’s software development resources following a resignation.

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Are These DevOps Obstacles Getting in the Way of Your Agile Transformation?

Leading Agile

I’m Matt VanVleet, the Chief Technology Officer for Leading Agile. I used to have my own consulting company and have been involved in Agile practices since XP and before the Agile Manifesto. I used to run a company that developed unit testing software. How many of you here are consultants?

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How to identify stakeholders? (+Identification Cheatsheet)

PM Basics

For example, you identified the school canteen operator as a stakeholder in your free lunch program. You can now think about ways to negate the potential threat they bring, perhaps by contracting the lunch preparation work to them instead. For example, government organizations or bodies that set standards related to your project. .

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Is JIRA a Counterproductive Project Management Software In Today’s Market?

nTask

Take the example of a to-do list feature in any reputable project management software. From time to time, I also partake in software development and QA campaigns. Most of the negative air about any project management software is associated with the end users’ inexperience to run the program. They said, “Jira sucks.”

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Creating the Conditions for High-Performance Development Teams

Leading Agile

Solid technical practices and your full-stack developer’s software craftsmanship are also limited by the conditions inside your organization. A couple weeks ago we did a recording session with Chris Beale, who is one of our most senior executive consultants, runs a lot of our large enterprise class engagements.

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 1: Overview Of Project Performance Measurements

MPUG

I am the director of technology solutions and CTO for Edwards Performance Solutions. We are a consulting company in the DC Baltimore area that specializes in project and portfolio management for about 80% of our customers in the government space, the other 20 in the commercial space. This is part one of the series.