ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

Project meetings often feel as if they’re in the way of your work. If you’re not working from an agenda or you don’t manage those meetings, that can be true. But meetings are critical for project planning and team collaboration. What Are Project Meetings? Types of Project Meetings. Learn more.

Software Review 545

Software Review Technical Review SCRUM Risk Management 545

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Welcome to my PMI Wicked Problem Solving review! In this independent review, I’ll share: Whether the course is really worth it (I think so) Why it’s good for experienced project and change management practitioners Who shouldn’t do the course? I had not heard of Tom before, but he is a tech pioneer, facilitator, and TED speaker.

PMI 467

PMI Technical Review 2021 Underperforming Technical Team 467

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Did you know, one survey found that the most common reason to adopt agile is to be able to deliver products more quickly? Yet the same survey found that 75% of people did not believe their organisation had a culture that supported agile ways of working. Discovering the recipe for team agility. This matches my experience.

Technical Review 481

Technical Review Agile Development Team Review Software Review 481

ProjectManager.com

JULY 24, 2024

This approach lends itself to all project management methodologies, from a traditional waterfall approach, agile environment or hybrid. Project Management Project management is the process of planning, organizing and managing resources to deliver a project on time, within budget and meeting quality expectations.

PMO 466

PMO Software Review Logistics Government 466

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

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.

Technical Review 406

Technical Review Certification Software Review PMI 406

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 7, 2022

Agile principles are the foundations of agile. Agile is a project management methodology that allows development teams to set up a dynamic work management framework. This method is based on 12 guiding principles, known as agile principles. What Are the 12 Agile Principles? Agile Core Values.

Software Review 448

Software Review Agile Technical Review Development Team Review 448

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2024

It’s a simple way to organize this information and comes in handy during meetings and project audits. You can also set up review dates to monitor the progress of that fix or just check in occasionally to see if the risk has increased or decreased in its likelihood. Actions For the actions section, there needs an owner, too.

Software Review 448

Software Review Risk Management Risk Technical Review 448

Scrum.org

MARCH 30, 2025

TL;DR: A Harvard Study of Procter & Gamble Shows the Way Recent research shows AI isnt just another toolits a cybernetic teammate that enhances agile work. For agile practitioners, the choice isnt between humans or AI but between being AI-augmented or falling behind those who are. A reason to embrace generative AI in Agile?

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Generative AI Agile Technical Review 2025 130

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 12, 2019

These days, it seems like everybody is all about doing things agile. Responding and incorporating customer feedback into products and processes requires self-organizing teams that are constantly tweaking what they do to be more efficient, where they can change regularly to meet new needs that pop up daily. How Work is Done in Agile.

Agile 388

Agile Software Review Technical Review 2001 388

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The release manager at my last job worked closely with the development team to review what code changes would be coming. Once everything looks good from a technical standpoint, the release manager could start working on preparing communications about the upcoming software change. And then the cycle begins again!

Technical Review 473

Technical Review Software Review Cadence Software Developers 473

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

In this review of Unito, I’ll share the pros and cons of this automated sync tool that is the answer to all your too-many-tools problems. Summary review of Unito: Unito is simple to use and deceptively powerful. Unito makes data flows and system syncs easy for people who aren’t technical and flawless in terms of efficiency.

Software Review 482

Software Review Technical Review 2020 Initiating 482

Scrum.org

JULY 10, 2024

AI can help with some of these accountabilities by: Facilitating Meetings : AI can suggest different facilitation techniques for meetings. When it comes to some of the administrative tasks, let AI reduce the overhead as it can help schedule and manage meetings, generate agendas and even take notes during meetings.

Artificial Inteligence 231

Artificial Inteligence Software Review SCRUM Technical Review 231

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Read on to find out how it could help your agile team set effective sprint goals through better planning and estimating. Summary review of Chpokify: If you struggle with planning poker and agile estimating in a virtual environment, Chpokify is the answer. Reviewing the session. Product: Chpokify. Website: Chpokify.com.

Technical Review 365

Technical Review Software Review SCRUM Estimate 365

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Agile Methodology. What It Is: In a nutshell, Agile project management is an evolving and collaborative way to self-organize across teams. The agile methodology offers project teams a very dynamic way to work and collaborate and that’s why it is a very popular project management methodology for product and software development.

Technical Review 505

Technical Review Prince2 Lean Manufacturing 505

ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

When a project or product manager is in the planning stage, theyre scheduling tasks to meet a schedule and not exceed the budget. Equally or more important than meeting deadlines and avoiding cost overruns is acceptance criteria. ProjectManagers Gantt charts help projects meet acceptance criteria. What Are Acceptance Criteria?

Software Review 347

Software Review Manufacturing Development Team Review Defining 347

Scrum.org

APRIL 13, 2025

TL; DR: Optimus Alpha Creates a Useful Retrospective Format In this experiment, OpenAIs new stealthy LLM Optimus Alpha demonstrated exceptional performance in team data analysis, quickly identifying key patterns in complex agile metrics and synthesizing insights about technical debt, value creation, and team dynamics.

Technical Review 119

Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team Sustainability 119

MPUG

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Over the past decade, the landscape of project management has been significantly influenced by the rise of Agile methodologies and the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Despite the emphasis on flexibility in Agile, maintaining a high level schedule is essential for tracking progress and ensuring that project milestones are met.

Controlling 111

Controlling Agile Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 111

Scrum.org

AUGUST 1, 2024

The Uncertainty Performance Domain in traditional project management focuses on mitigating risks associated with a project's various environments—technical, social, political, market, and economic.

SCRUM 203

SCRUM Technical Review Risk Management Risk 203

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 17, 2022

As project managers, it’s important that we know how to best support our development teams (and vice versa), especially in Agile environments. Here is what we learned from an invaluable brainstorming session with our Tech Lead. Approaches you might consider in an Agile environment are Scrum, Kanban or Scrumban , but there are others.

Technical Review 455

Technical Review Development Team Review Risk Management Agile 455

Accidental PM

MARCH 30, 2025

Agile, Scrum, and traditional project management methods each offer unique benefits depending on the nature of the project and the industry. Understanding the Project Management Approaches Agile Methodology Agile is a flexible, iterative project management approach emphasizing adaptability and collaboration.

Certification 75

Certification SCRUM Agile Technical Review 75

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Every project is different, of course, but the differences when managing software development projects are especially so, due to its distinct life-cycle processes. Managers ensure that deliverables are meeting quality standards, they also track the progress and costs to make sure they’re keeping to the project plan. Here are some.

Software Review 457

Software Review Software Software Developers Software Development 457

Scrum.org

AUGUST 27, 2021

Topic(s): Agility. For this second session, my goal was to build on the first session and seek to improve the use of technology. Previous Review: Free Workshop: Introduction to Agility and Building Awesome Teams [Review & Retrospective]. I was very happy with all of the technology used. Audience: Teams.

Technical Review 227

Technical Review SCRUM 2021 Agile 227

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2019

As project managers, it’s important that we know how to best support our development teams (and vice versa), especially in Agile environments. Here is what we learned from an invaluable brainstorming session with our Tech Lead. Approaches you might consider in an Agile environment are Scrum, Kanban or Scrumban , but there are others.

Technical Review 407

Technical Review Development Team Review Agile Risk Management 407

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 31, 2023

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.

Certification 410

Certification Technical Review Software Review 2023 410

Scrum.org

MAY 9, 2022

But under the hood, there was a lot more to do to really finish the Increment to meet quality standards. Technical Debt was introduced into the product. Technically, this team could go to production. Yet, due to the limited transparency from the outside, they were setting themselves up for a large amount of rework.

Technical Review 230

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Agile 230

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 24, 2020

And why focus on improving agile retrospectives? Jordan, what’s happening with the Agile world at the moment? The agile market is growing in size and diversity for a number of reasons, and principle among them is the rise in popularity of the agile way of working itself. This growth has seen a huge rise in agile tools.

Software Review 345

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Agile Software 345

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2018

In 1969, in Philadelphia, Jim Snyder, of Smith, Kline & French Laboratories, and Gordon Davis, of the Georgia Institute of Technology, were having dinner and decided there was a need for an organization that offered project managers a forum to share information and discuss their industry.

PMI 381

PMI Technical Review Certification Software Review 381

The IIL Blog

AUGUST 14, 2024

By Steven Briggs While it’s commonly believed that Agile environments don’t need resource planning, this couldn’t be farther from the truth. Since Agile methodologies encourage adaptability, flexibility, and collaboration, they only create an efficient system for achieving the company’s goals. So, let’s get started.

Agile 88

Agile Planning Technical Review Finance 88

Scrum.org

MAY 24, 2022

One of the first things that I usually hear after describing the Scrum framework and its five events to someone new to Scrum is, “that’s a lot of meetings!” . . I explain that if they listed all of the meetings they have in one month, it would probably seem like a lot too. How the Sprint reduces the need for other meetings.

SCRUM 221

SCRUM Cadence Technical Review 2020 221

Scrum.org

APRIL 21, 2021

TL; DR: A Sprint Review without Stakeholders? A Sprint Review without stakeholders may create an unhealthy bubble for the Scrum Team due to the disconnect, thus resulting in lower effectiveness. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 30,000-plus other subscribers. Conclusion.

Technical Review 215

Technical Review SCRUM 2021 Agile 215

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 12, 2022

Technical Project Management Conference. Project management at its core is a technical discipline, and the Technical Project Management conference, produced by the American Management Association, is a great place for those in the IT and technology space. Agile & Beyond. Agile is not new.

2022 369

2022 Technical Review PMO Underperforming Technical Team 369

ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2018

Let’s assume you’re running out of time and need to meet a certain due date. You could possibly meet the deadline by enlarging the quality tolerance and decreasing the number of words to 800. Perhaps you’re creating a wireframe for your website, and you decide to skip the client-review step because you’re running late.

Technical Review 393

Technical Review Software Review Sustainability Risk Management 393

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

It’s a lot to read, so here are some spoilers drawn from common themes I heard time and time again in the interviews: Agile : if you don’t know enough about it, you need to start learning. It can serve as a baseline, but most project managers ought to layer some sort of agile certification on top of it. Find her on Twitter.

2023 455

2023 Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team 455

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 17, 2021

Project management is affecting how humans perform or adopt technology. IO is broader – how do you create a learning path for an organisation e.g. in a project where you are moving from waterfall to agile , you have to create new roles and definitions about responsibilities and new behavioral patterns. PM always affects a human.

Technical Review 397

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Initiating Artificial Inteligence 397

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 1, 2024

The concept of self-managing teams is not just a characteristic of Scrum; it is one of the foundational principles of the Agile Manifesto, where the term “self-organizing teams” is used (note that discussing similarities and differences between self-organising and self-managing is an unnecessary detour in the context of this article).

Technical Review 185

Technical Review Cadence SCRUM Defining 185

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 27, 2021

The Sprint Review meeting is one of the Product Owner’s most important events. As discussed in a recent article Making the Most of the Sprint Review , it’s an opportunity for the Scrum Team and stakeholders to inspect what was delivered, discuss the progress made towards the Product Goal, and adapt accordingly. Audience polls.

Technical Review 222

Technical Review SCRUM Estimate Agile 222

Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Engineering projects deal with the design, development, and implementation of processes or technologies; they can be executed in civil, mechanical, software, or electric engineering: e.g., designing buildings, creating new devices, implementing manufacturing automation systems, etc. Agile methodology. Lean methodology.

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Engineering Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 99