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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Development Team Review Technical Review Manufacturing 2008 111

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

This time we take the perspective of the Development Team. Development Team – Why your Scrum Doesn’t work (2/3) (this post). The posts are based on my own experience when I practiced the roles of Development Team (member), Product Owner, and Scrum Master. Development Team.

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Planio

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Each gate serves as a checkpoint to monitor project progress, mitigate risks, align stakeholders, and make key decisions before proceeding further. Jump to a section: What is the Stage Gate process in project management? What is the Stage Gate process in project management? Reduces risks. Sounds pretty good, right?

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Software Review Process Development Team Review Technical Review 88

The IIL Blog

JULY 31, 2024

By Debra Khan Practitioners of content strategy do not have to go it alone when developing a strategy for a content project. Whether we are leading a digital transformation of existing content or the launch of a new website, we can learn much from our project management colleagues.

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Technical Review Development Team Review 2013 Underperforming Technical Team 88

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 21, 2019

The idea of a user story as it applies here comes from software development and product management. For example, a user story might be written like this, “As a project manager, I want to print out my Gantt chart, so I can review it regularly on my office wall.” Overly Technical. What Is a User Story?

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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. Additionally, it underscores the need for stringent controls over privileged access, cryptography, critical systems and network management.

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Accidental PM

MARCH 30, 2025

Project management has become a vital skill across industries. Whether you’re working in software development, construction, or product design, managing projects effectively and delivering results on time is crucial. However, not all project management approaches are created equal.

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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. It’s also during this phase that you determine risk factors. Phase 3: Development. What is the technical uncertainty/risk?

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Scrum.org

JULY 10, 2018

Often I hear people say that Scrum does not take care of risk: there is no risk log, risk is not on the agenda of the Sprint Review or Retrospective as a standard agenda-item. The Development Teams need to be accountable for the quality of the product and how it's made. That's a risk right there!

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nTask

OCTOBER 21, 2021

Project management is one of the most influential organizational processes that help the company and the team members alike when it comes to generating value for the company. 6 Best Linux Project Management Applications to Use Right Now in 2021. 6 Best Linux Project Management Applications to Use Right Now in 2021.

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Technical Review 2021 Software Review Software 179

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

The first article of this series will address the Scrum Master engagement with the Development Team. It has also led to two particularly artificial constructs in mainly larger organizations over time, confining the roles of the Product Owner as well as the Scrum Master to the tactical team-level.

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Development Team Review SCRUM Software Review Technical Review 158

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. Ready to get into it?

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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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Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Let’s take a quick look at the other benefits of adopting these solutions in manufacturing project management. Capacity planning software helps ensure resource availability for current and upcoming projects and reduces the risks of overload. These factors contribute to increasing team members’ productivity.

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Epicflow Blog

JULY 5, 2024

A capacity planning tool is software developed to assist organizations in allocating and managing their resources more effectively. Integrations This capability will be useful if a company has already implemented a project management tool. What Is a Capacity Planning Tool, and Why Do You Need One?

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2024

By Luigi Morsa and Richard Maltzman Introduction Lets start with a basic definition: Project management tools simplify everything from project planning to collaboration, helping meeting deadlines and deliver a more refined finished project [1]. Thats the good news. The bad news is that this complicates the decision on which to choose.

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Project Bliss

JANUARY 30, 2022

Many organizations don’t fully understand the benefits of project management. Can you easily explain the value you provide to an organization as a project manager? When I was a newer project manager working at a startup company, the president asked me to come into his office and explain what I did. What do you do?”

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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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Scrum.org

MARCH 2, 2020

The conflict at the stakeholder level in such legacy organizations is apparent: mostly, the stakeholder is a manager of a functional silo with objectives that do not necessarily align with those of a product or Scrum Team. Probably, many of these managers will not adapt and even quit the organization sooner or later.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 18, 2020

Such a study is holistic; it involves looking at the organizational design, technical capabilities, culture and knowledge, and type of control and metrics used to define success. Work (or sometimes even a transformation) is ongoing, and the organization wants a second opinion on risk or improvement factors. . Elaboration.

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Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Development Team Review 183

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

On the one side, they address typical Scrum events such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and the Sprint Retrospective. As somebody hiring for a Scrum Team, you need to determine for yourself what works for your organization — which is a process, not a destination. It is not a mere management role. Sprint Planning.

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SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 234

Scrum.org

APRIL 28, 2019

Scrum outperforms predictive project management approaches when it is applied to solve complex problems. The Stacey model summarizes in the groups the complexity drivers of a problem: requirements to achieve, technology to use and people involved in the product development or use. .

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In this article, we’re addressing a common question in modern project management: Do we need risk management in agile projects? Do agile projects have risks associated with them? And do we want to let those risks run wild without any effort to contain them? Why is Risk Management in Agile Projects Even a Question?

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Binfire

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Online assessment tests have become inseparable parts of every organization, and their vital role has increased over the past couple of years. However, establishing a successful online assessment test is a challenging undertaking. This is the part where project management principles come into play.

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Planio

JUNE 8, 2022

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.

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Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team 78

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Usually, the organization’s people management department will create the job advertisement’s final text and post it to the chosen job sites. Sometimes, the people management department copies from other Product Owner job ads that they believe correctly reflect the organization’s requirements. How Large Organizations Create Job Ads.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

For example, if you focus on only the things required for today such as purchasing cloud services, or picking a tool that will not support the rest of the business, or even putting only the best people in your pilot teams you run the risk of being isolated and not being able to take their learning across the enterprise.

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Planio

OCTOBER 19, 2021

And whether you’re a designer, developer, team lead, or administrator, your job requires many of the same skills that separate the best project managers: organization, effective collaboration, and being goal-oriented. Unfortunately, project management has become unnecessarily complicated over the years. Phase 2: Planning.

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Planio

MAY 8, 2023

If you’re used to shipping features and new products, IT project management (ITPM) probably isn’t on your radar. IT project managers play a critical role in ensuring their company’s IT capability is dependable, up-to-date, and secure. Jump to a section: What is IT project management? The 5 phases of IT project management 1.

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Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review Infrastructure 78

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

The ChatGPT Job Interview for a Product Owner Position Initial Prompt of the ChatGPT Product Owner job interview I used the following initial prompt to start the ChatGPT Product Owner job interview: I want you to act as a professional product manager and Product Owner. You want to get the vacant Product Owner position!

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Scrum.org

JULY 10, 2018

While working diligently behind feature flags, using elements of Scrum, it wasn’t clear to the stakeholders the value being delivered and how well the teams were progressing towards their end goal. The project team begins to operate like a start-up company—it takes initiatives and risks, and develops an independent agenda.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

I have been in software development for 23+ years and have worked on various technologies and have played the role of a developer, analyst, project manager, delivery manager, scrum master, product owner, and coach. It is a discipline and very popular in the software project management field.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 3, 2023

Chances are that you said something like “Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review, Sprint Retrospective, and…. A shorter Sprint is better to reduce risk. Many people think that in higher risk environments, they should add a bit more length to the Sprint to reduce risk. What are the 5 events in Scrum?

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

So, picture this: you are transitioning from your current position into a project management career. The industry didn’t matter; it was about translating my work experience into specific project management industry-recognized terms and managing projects. What are the Essential Project Management Buzzwords?

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Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 16, 2024

While Scrum excels in simplicity and flexibility, applying it out of the box often falls short in corporate contexts due to limitations in product discovery, scaling, and portfolio management. Pure Scrum ignores product discovery in particular and product management in general. Pure Scrum does not address portfolio management.

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Planio

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Defines communication channels and expectations between developers and project stakeholders. Sets clear roles and responsibilities for your entire team (developers, designers, project managers, etc.). Even worse, your developers won’t know what to make. The 7 stages of the SDLC. Requirements. Deployment.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 23, 2019

This is an ongoing process in which the Product Owner and the Development Team collaborate on the details of Product Backlog items. During Product Backlog refinement, items are reviewed and revised. The Scrum Team decides how and when refinement is done. The Development Team is responsible for all estimates.

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