Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 21, 2022

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 release manager at my last job worked closely with the development team to review what code changes would be coming.

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TechEmpower - Project Management

AUGUST 21, 2023

Most innovators don’t have a technical background, so it’s hard to evaluate the truth of the situation. We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. And unless they have a tech background, they can’t look under the hood themselves.

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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. Here is what we learned from an invaluable brainstorming session with our Tech Lead. At White October, we encourage direct communication between the development team and clients.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The scrum methodology is It’s ideal for teams of no more than 10 people, and often is wedded to two-week cycles with short daily meetings, known as daily scrum meetings. The term scrum was introduced in a “Harvard Business Review” article from 1986 by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka. Kanban Methodology.

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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. At White October, we encourage direct communication between the development team and clients.

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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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The IIL Blog

JULY 31, 2024

In this publication nearly eight years ago, Scott Abel defined the role of a content strategist as “concerned with the actions, resources, costs, opportunities, threats, and timetables associated with producing content” that meet an organization’s business goals and support its overall vision.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Even serious developers like gamification! Our company is a part of Wisebits Group and develops an online entertainment streaming service. The organization consists of several software dev teams that develop different parts of our product. The latest online tool we used with the teams is Chpokify.

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Planio

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The Stage Gate process is a project management methodology that breaks projects down into a series of defined stages and gates, each used to manage, validate, and control a project as it develops. The gate at the end of each stage is used as a review point to check if the project is still on track before proceeding to the next stage.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 17, 2019

TL;DR: Technical Debt & Scrum. If technical debt is the plague of our industry, why isn’t the Scrum Guide addressing the question of who is responsibly dealing with it? What Is Technical Debt? There is also a kind of technical debt that is passively created when the Scrum Team learns more about the problem it is trying to solve.

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Accidental PM

MARCH 30, 2025

It was initially developed for software development but has since been adopted in various industries due to its ability to accommodate changing requirements and improve customer satisfaction. Agile encourages continuous improvement through short development cycles, known as "iterations" or "sprints."

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 31, 2020

As technology advanced, so did the workforce and how teams work. With broadband, mobile devices and software solutions, teams could be recruited anywhere and work remotely. While nothing replaces face-to-face dialogue, there are ways to resolve these inherent challenges when managing remote teams: 1. Sales teams.

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Alan Parker Blog

AUGUST 16, 2024

The technological infrastructure of an organisation plays a pivotal role in maintaining the security, integrity, and availability of information. Adhering to these technological controls can significantly reduce risk exposure and protect organisations' most valuable digital assets against internal and external threats.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Similar to the waterfall methodology , the phase-gate process is a linear project management concept punctuated by stages of development followed by benchmarks for assessment. Stakeholders will gather into breakout sessions and participate in group brainstorming meetings. Phase 3: Development.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The first article of this series will address the Scrum Master engagement with the Development Team. Scrum Master Engagement with the Development Team. Following this layout, there are three main scenarios for the Scrum Master’s support of the team: The Co-located, Stable Scrum Team Scenario.

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nTask

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Let’s take a look at all these project management applications for Linux in detail, and find out how they can help the managers and the team members in their workdays. One of the best applications that you can use as a project manager or a project development team member is nTask. Project Management Made Easy For Developers.

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Scrum.org

MAY 17, 2021

That means that they need to have some level of knowledge of both the relevant business domain to help the Product Owner, as well as enough technical knowledge to help the Scrum Team. Are technical skills required to be a Scrum Master? Applicable knowledge of the technologies used by the team] .

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Scrum.org

JUNE 23, 2020

User stories motivate developers to solving user problems, not just performing technical tasks. User Story was created as a tool to improve understanding of requirements only if developers do less reading from massive specifications and do more talking to the Product Owner. Key Challenges with User Stories.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Don’t get too technical, either, as that might limit the vision. Once you have a draft, review it. It should also have a compelling description of the product and how it meets customer needs. Be specific; don’t generalize. The Elevator Test. The draft is ready for the next step once it can pass the elevator test.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Scrum Anti-Patterns GPT’s Answer Organizational issues often lead to Scrum anti-patterns that can hinder the effectiveness and efficiency of Scrum Teams. Variable Sprint Length : Extending the Sprint length to meet goals, undermining stakeholder inclusion and collaboration​​.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 3, 2020

In a Scrum of Scrums, delegates from each team meet to coordinate efforts and dependencies. If you are a team on the receiving end of dependencies, this is a good first step to relieve the need to attend multiple team meetings. Scrum Master or Tech Manager. Are there multiple levels of review?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

If you put developers under pressure to deliver they will continuously and increasingly cut quality to meet deadlines.-Unknown A lack of quality of the code results in an increase in Technical Debt (or more accurately an unhedged fund) which in turn results in two nasties. Unknown ( Tweet this ). Is the quality increasing?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

As per Scrum Guide – The Sprint Goal is an objective that will be met within the sprint by implementing the Product Backlog , and it guides the Development Team on why it is building the Increment. The scrum team discusses what can be done based on the definition of done and crafts the Sprint Goal and forecast their work.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

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. A team is composed of mostly junior members.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 7, 2023

Whether it’s what desk to put in our new conservatory space (and I’ll tell you what we ended up deciding later), or who to invite to meetings, or managing to order everyone else’s food and then getting so overwhelmed with having made decisions all day for all the people that I couldn’t choose anything for myself. To give you an example.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

"The Development Team consists of professionals who do the work of delivering a potentially releasable Increment of "Done" product at the end of each Sprint." - The Scrum Guide. The Scrum Guide is markedly ambitious in the standard of professionalism it demands of a team. Review Ready. Peer reviews ought to be done.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2021

Join more than 100 peers from May 27-29, 2021 , for the Virtual Agile Camp Berlin 2021, a non-profit live virtual Barcamp using open space technology principles and practices. Your Scrum team is consistently failing to meet commitments, and its velocity is volatile. How would you address this issue with the team?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 2, 2020

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. Forecast imposed: The Sprint forecast is not a team-based decision.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

It's a key inspect and adapt opportunity for the Development Team, encouraging them check their progress towards the Sprint Goal and adjust their plan accordingly. It's also supposed to be an event for the Development Team and run by the Development Team but as we know in "the real world" it's not always implemented that way!

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Epicflow Blog

JULY 5, 2024

Reporting and analytics A robust capacity planning tool should generate reports and dashboards with insights into resource availability and capacity, allocation, and utilization, which will help managers track resource performance and assess the efficiency of project work. This will ensure more simple and effective resource capacity planning.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

It was probably over-confidence meeting complexity, a feeling of “we know what we have to do, as we do it all the time” that led to the mistake. Ask the team members to focus on moving tickets to “Done” before starting work on new tickets. T-1 : Ask the team members to update the Sprint boards. T-1 : Run the Sprint Review.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

On the one side, they address typical Scrum events such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and the Sprint Retrospective. Keeping technical debt at bay. A good Scrum Team pays attention to the preservation of an application’s technical health to ensure the Scrum Team is ready to actually pursue an opportunity in the market.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Sprint Planning: A sprint plan is a weekly plan created to meet specific goals that will contribute to the project’s overall completion. Sprint Backlog: Much like the project backlog, this includes every task and item that needs to be completed to successfully meet project goals. When do You Need a Scrum Master?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

But many teams struggle with this rule. An increment is considered “Done” by the Development Team, but requires further testing and stabilization in the next Sprint. Or work is considered “Done” by the Development Team, but the install package still needs to be created. It is tempting to fall into “shades of Done”.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 11, 2023

The product owner must have knowledge about the customer needs as well as technical expertise to ensure that the right decisions are made regarding feature selection. They must have knowledge about customer needs and technical expertise to make feature selection decisions. A Day in the Life of a Product Owner.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 9, 2023

Follow-up question : Why is it beneficial that the team adheres to the values and practices of Scrum? Increased accountability: Scrum requires team members to take ownership of their work and be accountable for meeting their commitments. Are we facing any dependencies on other teams? Comment : I am starting to like this!

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TechEmpower - Project Management

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

When speaking with founders and CEOs, we often hear concerns like this: My project manager is losing confidence in the development team. The PMs are seeing late deliveries and bugs that suggest the devs just aren’t capable enough. This can be true even if those failures had nothing to do with the current team.

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