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“The Sprint Review is Just a Demo” and other Scrum myths

Scrum.org

Myth 1: The Sprint Review is just a demo The misconception that the Sprint Review is merely a demo overlooks its fundamental purpose within the Scrum framework. While a demo may be a component of the Sprint Review, it represents just one facet of a broader process.

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IBM Project Manager Certificate: My Student Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Summary review The IBM Project Manager Professional Certificate is a good CAPM® alternative or course to use towards your CAPM prep. If you are planning on a career in tech, do the IBM IT Project Manager Certificate instead. You’re in the right place. Once you have passed all the courses, you’ll earn the certificate.

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Eight things you should do in your Sprint Review

Scrum.org

The Sprint Review is often referred to as the Sprint Demo. In this article, I share eight things that truly make the Sprint Review an “inspect and adapt” event. Kai Stevens wrote an awesome article on how you can spice the Sprint Review up in a remote setting. These five topics are the essentials of the Sprint Review.

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Is the IBM IT Project Manager Certificate worth it?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

And many of the professional bodies offer certificates and credentials that require pre-requisites – difficult to get if you are just starting out in technical project management. I’ve spent many hours reviewing the materials and going through the lessons so you can save time in your own course evaluation. And you know what?

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

Planio

As products become more complex, technical project managers have quickly become the holy grail for growing businesses. Technical project managers (TPM) bridge the gap between understanding what’s technically possible in a project and managing the resources, timelines, and expectations to get it done. First, learn the basics.

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7 Secrets to Successful Project Manager/Team Collaboration

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Here is what we learned from an invaluable brainstorming session with our Tech Lead. These can relate to technical debt, bugs, new requirements, etc. As project managers, it’s important that we know how to best support our development teams (and vice versa), especially in Agile environments. Secret #1: Set the pace in the beginning.

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Getting the Outcomes You Want From Technical Spikes

Leading Agile

“Are these volleyball games or demos?” the senior director leaned over to me and asked during the 7 team demo of the day. She had just taken over this part of the organization, and I was the technical consultant tasked making her dreams come true: working-tested product in the demo. It is not a research paper.