ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 15, 2023

If you’re looking to buy project management software, you know that the market is saturated with products that promise to provide efficiency to your processes. Let’s take a look at Jira, which says it helps teams to track, manage and automate their projects. They allow teams to view, manage and report on their work.

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Software Review Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team Risk Management 459

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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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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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. The scrum methodology emphasizes teamwork in project management. What Is the Scrum Methodology? Scrum Values.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Typically written by the project manager, a scope statement outlines the entire project, including any deliverables and their features, as well as a list of stakeholders who will be affected. Related: How to Make a Stakeholder Management Plan. Project constraints are what make managing projects such a puzzle to solve.

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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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Development Team Review Technical Review Manufacturing 2008 111

Scrum.org

MARCH 23, 2025

Learn why success likely requires a balanced approach: using vibe coding for rapid prototyping while maintaining rigorous standards for production code, with developers evolving from writers to architects and reviewers or auditors. This balanced approach could capture speed benefits while mitigating risks.

Software Review 128

Software Review Technical Review Agile Development Team Review 128

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 #2: Be clear on the structure expected.

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Technical Review Development Team Review Risk Management Agile 441

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Do you have a release manager on the team? It wasn’t until I worked in IT as a project manager that I had a lot of contact with the release management process. In this article, I’ll explain what a release manager does and what skills you need to make a success of this role. What does a release manager do?

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Technical Review Software Review Cadence Software Developers 461

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. By setting a common basis the team will have a clear focus to support the decision-making process , and ways to measure whether success is achieved. Elisa Cepale.

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Technical Review Development Team Review Agile Risk Management 406

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

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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Development Team Review Process Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 245

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

Scrum.org

MARCH 11, 2020

When I started out in a Scrum Team we never really had a Sprint Goal, our focus tended to be looking at the items in the backlog then saying "Get that done and that one, if not all of them!" . One purpose of the Sprint Goal is to provide focus to the Development Team during the Sprint. Not a great place to be in!

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Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Closing 245

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.” Disconnect Between Developers & Management.

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Technical Review 2005 Software Review Development Team Review 386

Leading Answers

JANUARY 16, 2021

This article explains what a risk-adjusted backlog is, why they are useful, how to create one and how teams work with them. What is a Risk-Adjusted Backlog? A risk-adjusted backlog is a backlog that contains activities relating to managing risk in addition to the usual features associated with delivering value.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 20, 2022

Just as we only look at the building and often neglect the foundation that supports it, the architectural design process is the bedrock of construction project management. The architectural design process is how a construction project is developed and analyzed in set stages. Get started with ProjectManager today for free. Learn more.

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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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Risk Management Risk Agile Technical Review 98

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

In most project management software, there are four ways to link tasks together to build a schedule. It includes a dependency log as well as ways to track risks, issues, actions and more. You have to develop the software within brand guidelines. The brand guidelines are a constraint on the creativity of the development team.

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Development Team Review Risk Management Software Review Risk 253

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

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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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 23, 2018

Full disclosure: I was not compensated for this review. This is a review of Genius Project 8.0.1 This is the attention to detail that is lacking in so many other software packages but is perhaps to be expected when the development team is based in Canada! Genius Project is an enterprise project management software tool.

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Software Review Development Team Review PMO Risk Management 165

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

And how can project management software help? An agile release plan is part of a larger product management plan that aims to stays flexible to respond to the inevitable changes that occur in software development. Agile release planning is how that objective is realized in product management. Learn More!

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Agile Planning Software Review Software Developers 435

Scrum.org

APRIL 27, 2020

It is planned by the Product Owner that the increment that will be inspected tomorrow will be released at the end of the Sprint Review. The Scrum Master says, "The team stays until 9:00 p.m. However, no alerts or corrective actions were raised within the development team or with the Product Owner during the Sprint.

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Development Team Review Sustainability SCRUM Risk Management 224

ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The ability to measure progress is how project managers keep projects on track. 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. What Is a Burn Up Chart?

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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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Software Review Technical Review Risk Management Budget 296

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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2024 Planning Development Team Review Consulting 101

Scrum.org

MARCH 11, 2023

From a bigger perspective these are all different risks. Technical risks or business risks or risks in general. What I’ve found interesting is how we deal with risks. But before, make sure to watch the video Awareness Are we aware of all potential risks that we face in our journey? Can the user use it?

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Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review Risk Management Risk 195

nTask

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Risk management is a crucial element to keep track of when it comes to any sort of project. But when it comes to construction risk management, you need to be extra careful, because a software project going bad might not be as life-threatening as a construction project going bad. What is Construction Risk Management?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 12, 2020

What are the differences between a Product Owner and Project Manager? Isn’t a Product Owner some kind of an Agile Project Manager? There is some overlap between the role of Product Owner and the position of Project Manager, however, being a Product Owner is very different from being a Project Manager.

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Prince2 Development Team Review SCRUM Risk Management 47

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Project Manager is typically concerned with day-to-day progress of the Development Team. They rarely (or never) miss a Daily Scrum, they’re involved during the Daily Scrum and it might just be that they’re asking individual team members what they’ve done, what they’re going to do and if there’s anything blocking them.

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Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review Governance Government 110

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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Technical Review Consulting Monitoring Development Team Review 356

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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Software Review SCRUM Technical Review Software 183

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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Software Review Cadence Development Team Review Risk Management 207

nTask

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Resource Planning in project management has been gaining traction for a while now. Moreover, since the concept of resource planning is generating so much noise, the project management has responded in kind and that’s why the qualifications regarding the people that are considered experts in the field have evolved and become more complex.

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Underperforming Technical Team Planning Development Team Review Software Review 158

Alan Parker Blog

AUGUST 16, 2024

This section of Annex A addresses the risks associated with user endpoint devices, network security, software development, and information systems management, ensuring that organisations can effectively defend against ever-evolving cyber threats.

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