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Winning Estimation Tactics for Agile Teams: From Calibration to Confidence

Scrum.org

Estimates are notoriously bad. In the world of agile development, inaccurate estimates can lead to missed deadlines, blown budgets, and frustrated teams. Human biases, lack of historical data, and the complex nature of software development add layers of difficulty. But why is estimation so challenging?

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Organizational Competencies: What They Are and How to Develop Them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I worked in the IT team at my old job. We did a fair amount of off-the-shelf software deployments, and we frequently made the point that we were a healthcare company, not a software development firm. I would not have said we had software development as one of our core organizational competencies. Leadership.

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Risk Breakdown Structure for Projects: A Complete Guide to RBS

ProjectManager.com

Either way, project managers have to prepare for risk, either good or bad—it can interfere with project objectives. More often, you’ll address it during the planning phase when you assign roles and responsibilities to your team members. To manage risk correctly, you need to use project management software. Management.

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5 Reasons Why Using Spreadsheets is a Horrible Way to Manage Projects

LiquidPlanner

Since then I’ve come across too many project professionals, teams and organizations who stretch Microsoft Excel into a project management tool, and unsuccessfully so. When teams use legacy tools for something like project management, they invite in even more legacy problems. It’s almost impossible to access updated project information.

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How to Develop a Quality Management Plan

Project Risk Coach

Then, we will explore how to develop a practical quality management plan. The Cost of Poor Quality First, we may not meet customer's needs and expectations. Fifth, your team's morale may suffer. This is often a result of poor quality requirements. Project managers and teams focus on meeting the customer's needs.

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“Agile Is Just for Software” and other Scrum Myths

Scrum.org

According to the latest State of Agile survey from Digital.ai, 90% of teams who are using an Agile framework are using Scrum. That is why Scrum can be used in so many different contexts: because of its flexibility and the fact that Scrum provides just enough - but not too much - structure to enable teams to work together to deliver value.

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Service Request Management in IT: Process & Best Practices

ProjectManager.com

When someone makes a request in the information technology (IT) world, whatever that might be, there’s a process involved to fulfill that request. Project management software can control the service request process. The user is asking for something rather than an IT incident when something bad happens.

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