Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 12, 2021

Can you believe the Agile Manifesto has been around 20 years? The Agile Manifesto has probably had the greatest impact on how projects are done – even how non- agile projects are done. The concept of iterating, developing and focusing on value are principles that even predictive projects benefit from.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Information technology (IT) involves the use of computers, digital storage, networking and other physical devices, infrastructure and processes to create, process, store, secure and exchange electronic data. IT service management (ITSM) is the process of how those services meet the needs of the end users who employ them.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 31, 2019

More along the lines of project management, though, is the Agile Manifesto. Agile is a bit of a controversial topic in the field. Either way, agile offers a fast and nimble way to work that first benefited software development before expanding its reach to almost every industry. What Is Agile?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

If you’re working in software development, you know that the software development life cycle can often be frenetic. Product features and stakeholder requirements constantly change, and your initial product development plan might look very different as the project evolves. How does that fit into an agile project?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 7, 2020

They need direction, but if you’re too hands on then you can often stifle their process. An agile workflow can help. For a long time the agile framework influenced teams outside of the software development sector from which it originated. People are evangelical about agile. What Is an Agile Workflow?

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

But if you’re working in an agile environment, the Gantt chart isn’t the right tool for your iterative approach to project management. A burn up chart is a tool used in agile project management to measure progress. Scrum teams working in an agile environment use a burn up chart to help them measure progress.

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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.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 20, 2021

While agile is relatively new, it has made a big splash in the work of project management. It started in software development, but has since been adopted by other industries that have seen the benefit of agile’s iterative approach. Agile is more of an approach, and could almost be defined as a philosophy.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 25, 2022

What Is Agile Project Management? Agile project management is an iterative approach to delivering a project through short planning cycles called sprints. By using incremental steps towards completing a project, agile teams can easily adjust their project plan or product development plan to better meet their customer requirements.

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Scrum.org

JULY 10, 2024

Think of it almost as how pair programming in software development works where developers work together to develop, test and validate software development. Scrum was born out of software development and has moved well beyond to almost every type of complex product creation and management.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

Agile is a way of working that comes from software development. While the roots of incremental development methods of working stem back to the 1950s and into the 1970s, it wasn’t until 2001 that a group of software developers published the Manifesto for Agile Software Development.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Well explain by defining the term and detailing what should be included to help the development team produce successful deliverables. Then well explain when this process occurs, who defines it and more. Agile development teams often define acceptance criteria as part of user stories, ensuring clarity before development begins.

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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. What Is Software Project Management? Software project management is the planning, managing and tracking of software development projects.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

We’ll go through some of the most popular project management methodologies, which are applied in many sectors such as software development, R&D and product development. The name is apt, as the waterfall methodology is a process in which the phases of the project flow downward. Agile Methodology.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 12, 2025

When there is an Agile Transformation happening in an organization, the status quo in the organization is challenged. The answer often to this is to make teams adopt agile practices, methods or frameworks but the leadership, management and rest of the organization stays in its own existing structures. Often, that is not enough.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 1, 2022

Through this process of detailed examination, the change control board decides on the viability of the change request or makes recommendations accordingly. The change manager is responsible for documenting the change management process and the necessary plans to implement the change. Developing a Process for the Change Control Board.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 14, 2019

To do so requires business agility. What Is Business Agility? Business agility is just as it says, a way for businesses to remain agile when markets fluctuate, as they have a tendency to do. Business agility then is an organizational method to help businesses adapt quickly to market changes.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 25, 2024

Kanban history has informed everything from manufacturing to software development. For those unsure what kanban is, we’ll first explain the kanban system and then go into kanban history from its development to its uses in manufacturing, project management and software development.

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Accidental PM

MARCH 30, 2025

Whether you’re working in software development, construction, or product design, managing projects effectively and delivering results on time is crucial. Agile, Scrum, and traditional project management methods each offer unique benefits depending on the nature of the project and the industry.

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

By Chuck Cobb Agile Project Management Agile , Agile Project Management Share 0 Tweet 0 Share 0 Agile Project Management now feels like a part of the landscape of the project profession. It’s 7 years since the PMI introduced Agile into the 6th Edition of its Project Management Body of Knowledge.

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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.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 19, 2023

Agile methods need Agile teams — teams that think differently and work in ways that support responsive delivery. An agile mindset, and a set of shared values, principles, and often Agile tools, help Agile teams succeed. So why are agile teams different to other types of ‘classic’ project team?

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

Here are a few examples: Scrum is only for software development: While Scrum was initially developed for software development, it is now used in various industries, including finance, healthcare, marketing, and education. Scrum encourages teams to experiment and change their process based on feedback and data.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 4, 2022

The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. Scrum is part of agile software development and teams practicing agile. Scrum Values.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 1, 2020

Regular readers will know that I’m not at all experienced in formal Agile project management, but I know it is something that I need to know more about. Today I’m partnering with Eylean to give you an overview of three agile methodologies: Scrum, Kanban and Scrumban. Agile Methods: The Basics. Agile is agile is agile?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 21, 2022

It wasn’t until I worked in IT as a project manager that I had a lot of contact with the release management process. My software projects needed releasing, so we had to follow the formal process and engage with the release manager to make sure that the bug fixes and new features got pushed to the production environment in a controlled way.

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Scrum.org

JULY 30, 2024

The Product Owner needs to understand that software development happens in the complex environment and should be able to take advantage of empirical process to base decisions related to product. One of the values from manifesto for agile software development is customer collaboration over contract negotiation.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 26, 2023

A test case is an essential part of software development to make sure a product or a feature is working properly. But there’s not just one test case in software development so we’ll also define the different types to give you a full understanding of this value software development process.

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Project Bliss

JANUARY 6, 2020

Agile has been a buzzword for many organizations in the last few years. And while many organizations are “adopting” an agile methodology, many are not fully embracing it. Effective implementation of agile requires a cultural shift. Read on to learn how to use agile metrics to improve your work processes.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

Kanban and scrum are agile project management methodologies that can be used for similar purposes, but each has its unique pros and cons. The name kanban means billboard in Japanese, and you can see why, as the process involves placing tasks represented by cards on physical or digital kanban boards. What Is Scrum?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Scope creep is the more common term but you might hear both, especially if you are working in software development. Change control or change management is the process of managing unplanned but desired influences on the project. It’s the process of ensuring changes are properly evaluated and incorporated into project plans.

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NimbleWork

JANUARY 2, 2025

Agile is more than a methodologyits a mindset that has revolutionized how organizations deliver value, adapt to change, and foster collaboration. From Software development to enterprise-level transformations, Agile has become the cornerstone of modern work, empowering teams to be flexible, iterative, and customer-focused.

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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.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 2, 2025

Agile is the ability to respond to change while controlling risk. Agile has emerged as a huge global movement. To remain competitive, organisations need a process that can help them keep up with this accelerating rate of change. The Agile Manifesto The Agile Manifesto was created in 2001. A new industry was born.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2021

For example, manufacturing product managers are responsible for tangible products, while software development product managers will have different teams and agile workflows to assist in the software product launch. Project management process groups : Project initiation, planning, scheduling, tracking and closing.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 16, 2020

More seriously, weather forecasts have helped us narrow our decision-making process. When dealing with uncertainty, and the weather holds a lot of uncertainty, forecasts are of value to narrow our decision-making process. I believe we can use this definition in Agile software development. Who couldn’t predict that!

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 21, 2023

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