Planio

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Breaking it down: The 6 phases (and 6 gates) of the Stage Gate process Stage 0: Idea discovery Stage 1: Scoping Stage 2: Design Stage 3: Develop Stage 4: Validate and scale Stage 5: Launch Best practices for mastering the Stage Gate process Final thought: Is the Stage Gate process right for you? Reduces risks.

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

One might conclude that agile approaches to project management, such as Scrum, mean there is no need for gate reviews. We say the same thing if one adopts gate reviews for every product development project. Let’s explore a typical product development project’s phases, goals, and metrics reviewed at each gate.

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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. A lot of the points below relate to teams in Agile environments , but can apply to any type of project team. Elisa Cepale. Secret #4: Facilitate prioritization.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 31, 2024

I’ll provide more information on them later in this article. I like to do assessments from time to time, beyond the regular meetings and updates. One assessment tool offered in the PMBOK involves some emotional intelligence and a scorecard: the stakeholder engagement assessment matrix.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In this article, I’ll explain what a release manager does and what skills you need to make a success of this role. They work with development teams to track progress and identify potential risks, as well as liaise with other departments such as QA, ops teams, service management, and support. The day could be quite varied.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

I’ve found this can become a problem for Scrum teams who value and apply a Definition of ‘Done’ in their teams. . According to the Scrum Guide, the Definition of ‘Done’ “is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment.”. It either meets the sprint goal or is deemed important by the development team.

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Epicflow Blog

JULY 5, 2024

In this article, we highlight the top 15 capacity planning tools and offer valuable recommendations to help you select the most suitable one for your business needs. Integration with the capacity planning tool will let the team continue using the tool they’ve got used to, while the management can perform effective capacity planning.

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Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 8, 2021

In my last article, I had written about our current personal project of moving from our current home to a new house in a different city. As our family is a long standing team, the Develop Team process is less relevant than the Manage Team one and significant effort has been spent to ensure that team members are engaged, motivated and focused!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

When I started working for White October we followed the conventional “scrum” format, where the team get together, share what’s new, what’s challenging and what’s happening, and everyone gives feedback and makes suggestions to unblock each other. In Scrum, the development team attend the daily standup meeting.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Do you want to get this article in your inbox? An excellent suggestion on the part of your candidate would be for the Scrum Team to participate in gathering qualitative signals by taking part in user interviews. Please note: Normally, the Product Owner would provide this information during Sprint Reviews or the refinement process.

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Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Read the article to learn about top capacity planning tools applicable to manufacturing projects and learn how to select the most suitable one. Let’s now review the top 10 capacity planning solutions so that you can choose the most suitable one for your manufacturing projects and their resources. Assess data security.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 2, 2024

In the previous article ‘Benefits Of Smaller Product Backlog Items’, we explored why it is important to slice PBIs into smaller value units. In this article, we will explore How to achieve that. Many teams sometimes decompose units of value into these tasks and start considering these tasks as product backlog items.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

Within Scrum teams, the role of a Product Owner is pivotal. The Product Owner is the bridge between the stakeholders and the development team, responsible for maximizing the value of the product. In this article, we'll explore these crucial areas for a Scrum Product Owner's success.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 12, 2020

When I started working for White October we followed the conventional “scrum” format, where the team get together, share what’s new, what’s challenging and what’s happening, and everyone gives feedback and makes suggestions to unblock each other. In Scrum, the development team attend the daily standup meeting.

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Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 5, 2018

(If the title of my article for this week has you confused gentle reader, fret not – I’m just merging two distinct topics into a single post). Development team members are also valuable, but talent across most skill areas is available for the right price and with the right culture in place.

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Development Team Review 2003 Underperforming Technical Team Influencer 136

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

In this article we’ll look at everything you need to know about project dependencies and constraints. An example would be activities carried out by a third party that need to be reviewed by someone outside the project before you could carry on with whatever it is you are doing. Upstream and Downstream Dependencies.

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MPUG

JULY 6, 2024

This article will walk you through the key aspects of using the new Planner and will act as an ongoing reference for you. I will dive more into the difference between basic and premium plans later in this article. Plus, discover more informational articles like this one on our Resources page.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 2, 2020

Do you want to get this article in your inbox? Any of the examples will impede the team’s productivity and might endanger the Sprint goal. The Scrum Master must prevent them from manifesting themselves: The Scrum Master has a laissez-faire policy as far as access to the Development team is concerned. The Sprint Review.

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Scrum.org

MAY 5, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, chances are that everyone in your organization is working from home. This includes your Product Owner and Development Team. The article contains many experiments, practices, and strategies you can try. It became a comprehensive article. What does remote facilitation look like?

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Do you want to get this article in your inbox? The ‘where is my report’ mentality : The manager expects to receive reports regularly instead of participating in events, for example, the Sprint Reviews. Instead, move the QA engineers into the Scrum Teams and focus on test automation and other well-established CD practices.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2021

Shall I notify you about articles like this one? The purpose of qualitative metrics is to gain insight into how one or more of an organization’s Scrum Teams are progressing with agile. The interval to test via self-assessment is every 4–12 weeks, with teams of lesser fluency running their tests at the lower end of this range.

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Digite

MARCH 12, 2018

Alternatively to the previous: I believe The IT Skeptic had an article about having two boards – one focused on the stakeholder epics, the other on the actual short-term tasks. Dev Lane for the main dev activity. The Dev board value stream follows a Test Driven Development flow. Is it a good idea?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The term scrum was introduced in a “Harvard Business Review” article from 1986 by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka. It became a part of agile when Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle wrote the book “Agile Software Development with Scrum” in 2001.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 16, 2019

This article is a small attempt to have better clarity on these topics. Although this may vary significantly for every Scrum Team, members must have a shared understanding of what it means for work to be completed and to ensure transparency. What does it take for the Development team to put the Product into Production?

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Development Team Review Software Review Technical Review SCRUM 203

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Scrum Anti-Patterns: From Product Backlog to Sprint Review. I added new questions on Scrum anti-patterns, from the Product Backlog to the Sprint Planning to the Sprint Review, to provide more insight into the Scrum value creation process and the organization’s return on investment.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 24, 2024

The first article in this series described the boundaries and color-mix of approaches: Predictive. An adaptive approach with empowered, self-organizing teams. This article discusses how these approaches may be reflected in central project management domains. Gate reviews mark the completion of each phase.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 12, 2020

If you want to learn more about the tasks, accountabilities and authorities of the Scrum Master, then check out this article. The Product Owner also shouldn’t track and measure team progress. And the Product Owner shouldn’t manage people and resources or Development Team capacity for example. Being a Gatekeeper.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 31, 2024

By Alan Zucker I authored my first project management article ten years ago. Writing those early articles was challenging. My project managers were cross trained as scrum masters to help transform their development teams. Today, many articles and blog posts declare that Agile is dead.

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Digite

MAY 15, 2018

This article is the fourth in a series of “Kanban and Scrum – Stronger Together”. In case you haven’t read Yuval’s post, basically, it presents a map of values and practices in Scrum to Kanban language, and encourages Kanban teams to approach Scrum from a practices point of view. You should go read it now.

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Development Team Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM 93

Kiron Bondale

JULY 25, 2021

But what about changes to the team’s way of working (WoW)? Whether a team uses a scheduled cadence for reviewing their WoW such as the use of retrospectives in Scrum, or they use a just-in-time approach they will come up with improvement ideas. Some of those ideas will be all or nothing.

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Scrum.org

JULY 5, 2022

During the first year of the pandemic, Scrum adoption more than doubled for software development teams. According to the 15th Annual State of Agile Report, the use of agile approaches for software development grew from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021. Developers. Sprint Review. The Hunt for the Perfect Example.). . .

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nTask

DECEMBER 8, 2020

These elements will result in better management of the use of the available resources present in the resource pool so that the project is developed under the defined budget and not go overboard. And it is closely linked to the development of schedules and cost plans. Resource risks are not assessed.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 7, 2023

You could also interview experts, review lessons learned or innovative solutions from previous projects, research what the rest of your industry is doing or consult customers on what they’d like to see. Choose the creative approach that gets you a range of options to review. There are no silly ideas at this point!

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Additionally, I have a strong background in product discovery, which involves identifying customer needs, validating product ideas, and conducting experiments to inform product development decisions. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes !

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ChatGPT Development Team Review Technical Review SCRUM 172

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g., Product Owner, Scrum Master, Development team members) who work collaboratively to deliver value in an Agile project. Backlog A list of tasks, features, or requirements to be addressed by an agile project manager or team and is often associated with Agile methodologies.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 15, 2022

Shall I notify you about articles like this one? What [shall we] do when a product requires many development teams? Your emphasis on teams that include all of the many stakeholders implies that everyone needs to have a basic understanding of every aspect of the product and delivery. By the way, it’s free.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2022

see this article for a deeper dive on what working ON the business might look like, leverage the perspective of Private Equity firms who focus on working on the business to maximize value creation). After identifying the few real OKRs, assess who’s needed to work towards each of them. Does the goal still make sense? .

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