Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 11, 2022

If you are a software engineer, show me your software projects. If you work in legal project management , talk about your process improvement initiatives or projects relevant to the job you are going for today. Let’s assume the skill you want to show is process improvement. You get the picture. Use action verbs.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2022

And we share results from our own analyses based on actual data from stakeholders and Scrum teams that we collected through the Scrum Team Survey. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. But adherence to a framework or prescribed process does not guarantee agility.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. From our own quantitative research with 1.200 Scrum Teams , we know that teams are more effective when they are more aware of the needs of their stakeholders. The Scrum Guide seems pretty clear about what Product Owners are accountable for.

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Scrum.org

JULY 7, 2020

On many occasions in the recent past, working with distributed agile teams has amplified existing organizational, technical, and cultural challenges in many organizations. Frederick Brooks stated in his 1975 book The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering that “adding manpower to a late software project makes it later.”.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 17, 2024

Ready to transform your project delivery process? Learn how to collaborate effectively, detail deliverables, set standards, adapt to feedback, and continually refine processes. Due to their different approaches to project management, this definition varies significantly between Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

Staggered iterations lead to more technical debt and lower quality software. Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide! TL;DR; The expected result of staggered iterations would be an increase in rework and in technical debt. This is the same process for Developers. staggered-iterations-for-delivery.

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Binfire

AUGUST 27, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used by software engineers and IT professionals for the past sixteen years. But the tide is turning and Agile project management is gaining wide acceptance as a valid process for most projects. Agile was adopted by the software industry soon after the Agile Manifesto was written.

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Leading Agile

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Agile Impediments exist at many levels, but most large scale Transformations now require that technical practices are more sound than ever. . As strategic priorities shift toward a focus on technology, hiring Scrum coaches just isn’t going to suffice to make Agile work. Agile Impediment 5: Lack of Automation.

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Leading Agile

MAY 25, 2023

In Agile, you only get the full benefits of Scrum and SAFe when certain conditions are met in the organization. Solid technical practices and your full-stack developer’s software craftsmanship are also limited by the conditions inside your organization. XP and DevOps are no different. Thanks for joining us today.

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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. Working software even with limited functionality at the expense of excessive documentation.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Information about key project cost, (technical) performance, and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Information about key project cost, (technical) performance and schedule attributes is often uncertain or unknown until late in the program. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. De Meyer, C. 24, 2010. “A

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

This quote demonstrates a lack of understanding of making decisions in the presence of uncertainty and the processes and events that create uncertainty. There is naturally occurring variability from uncontrolled processes. Aleatory uncertainty is expressed as a process variability. First, let's establish a principle.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 13, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Developer Anti-Patterns. After covering the anti-patterns of the Scrum Master, the Product Owner, and the stakeholders, this article addresses Scrum Developer anti-patterns, covering all Scrum Events and the Product Backlog artifact. The Role of the Developers in Scrum. Source : Scrum Guide 2020. .

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Epicflow Blog

MAY 14, 2019

Over 200 PM experts from ExxonMobil, INEOS, DXC Technology, and other companies have shared their experience and proved that it’s a super hot topic. Business drivers have to be translated into project drivers by a strong technical team, not management. Learning from historical data is a good way to improve performance.

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PM Basics

APRIL 24, 2018

Software Development Life Cycle is on every job description for a Project Manager. Everyone wants you to know how to develop software applications. Understanding of SDLC can make the whole process more efficient. When I googled “software development life cycle definition” I found different variants. Review of SDLC Phases.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 18, 2023

Whether teams are new to Scrum or refining their methods, this remains a challenge. The answer lies in the transformative potential of Value Stream Mapping within Scrum. Instead, Scrum makes these challenges transparent, allowing teams to recognize and address them. Welcome to the first post.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 28, 2024

TL; DR: Agile Laws in Software Development On many occasions, working with agile teams has amplified existing organizational, technical, and cultural challenges in many organizations. Your single best investment to improve your professional standing; order the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now! ? edition ! ?

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Stepping Into Project Management

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

If this help you find a job you love, that makes it all worthwhile. So, here are a few: Project Manager (United Health Group)- Hyderabad (India) Project Manager – Job No. So, here are a few: Project Manager (United Health Group)- Hyderabad (India) Project Manager – Job No.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

After having worked for outsourcing, consultancy and product companies I believe that creating a place where people really trust each other is easier when software engineers and stakeholders are both part of the same organization. The Product Manager is not always the same as the Scrum Product Owner.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Their paper provides useful insights into why the Scrum Framework might be so effective when it comes to managing complex work. Their article inspired me to apply the same insights to Scrum and to extend it with my own. Why our brain is not built for software engineering. waterfalls) are very likely to fail.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

What contexts are Scrum suited to, and which not? What if you end up applying a methodology like Scrum to a context where it isn’t suited, and people leave the company as a result? when everyone is pro-Scrum, or against SAFe or against estimation, or exclusively Scrum Masters? Is scaling always a bad idea?

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Scrum.org

JULY 11, 2022

They intended to do that by moving people from their offices to an open space where concepts were to flow freely from developers to system engineers and vice versa. Thus, giving birth to a new kind of hybrid technical profile that could nail any aspect of the product development. Does the Scrum Guide give some direction?

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Redbooth

APRIL 26, 2018

If you work in tech or any industry where things change fast, you probably are familiar with agile project management. The model has been favored by software engineers for its efficacy and flexibility, and it’s beginning to catch on in agencies and startups. Get organized with a Kanban or Scrum board.

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Hybrid, Critical Chain, Critical Path, Kanban, Scrum, Six Sigma, Waterfall [3]. In view of the tendency towards digital transformation, a modern project manager should have knowledge in Cloud Technology, SAP Global Systems, SFDC, Gainsight, Pendo, and Tableau. Leadership skills. Business skills. Digital skills.

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Binfire

AUGUST 28, 2019

As Sarmad Hasan says in a recent blog post, Agile’s advantage over other methodologies is the ability to make changes – even late in the development process – to improve the end result. 3-Deliver working software frequently. Deliver working software frequently, with shorter time scales, preferably every 4 to 6 weeks.

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PM Basics

MAY 16, 2022

But you don’t have a relevant degree, experience, or technical background…. Below you’ll find a full guide on how to become a software PM. TL;DR: The steps to becoming a software project manager. Develop technical proficiency. Technical Skills of an IT Project Manager. Step #2: Improve Your Technical Awareness.

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PM Basics

JULY 1, 2020

But you don’t have a relevant degree, experience, or technical background…. For sure, the easiest way to become a software project manager is by getting a promotion inside an IT company. Technical Skill of an IT Project Manager. Combine it with challenges of cutting edge technologies. Yes, it is. Table of Content.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 3, 2017

Before a medical device reaches a patient’s bedside, it must go through a rigorous multi-step process that includes design, development, testing, regulatory review, and manufacturing. Andrew Morton, Engineering Project Manager at StarFish Medical. Do we have the minimum set of processes on our projects?

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Whether you’re a small team of freelancers or a large agency, your company needs a project management tool that fits your processes like a glove. Before choosing a specific tool though, you need to decide on the type of project management software you need. Let’s look at these types of project management software in detail.

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 29, 2019

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. Larry has over 15 years of enterprise account management and cloud solution sales with premiere Microsoft high tech partners and clients.

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MPUG

MAY 18, 2022

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. A lot of people don’t like that, but whatever your scrum team decides to do is right for your team. Here’s an example of a technical issue. Here we go.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 15, 2020

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. Today’s session is eligible for one PMI-PDU and the technical category. So you have master in Scrum, or master in Kanban or like a professional in Lean.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." .

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . The Design Structure Matrix .

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Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

So start here to build your academic foundation, that can be put to work to build a foundation of validated experience of making estimates in the presence of uncertainty and protect yourself from fallacious claims that estimates are a waste, not needed, and produce bad resulting in the decision making process for those paying you to produce value.

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Teamweek

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Processes and tools ? Shifting to Agile has helped 60% of companies see higher profits thanks to: More frequent and integrated client feedback —weekly reviews and live feedback sessions enable agency teams to respond quickly and collaborate effectively with clients. Becoming an Agile agency is not an overnight process.

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