Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

What is the optimal size of a team? Should teams be stable over at least several years, or is it a good idea they change at will? How should leadership interact with autonomous teams? Is scaling always a bad idea? Of all the impediments that a team faces, which is the one to focus on first?

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Scrum.org

JUNE 13, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Developer Anti-Patterns. After covering the anti-patterns of the Scrum Master, the Product Owner, and the stakeholders, this article addresses Scrum Developer anti-patterns, covering all Scrum Events and the Product Backlog artifact. The Role of the Developers in Scrum. Developer Anti-Patterns by Scrum Events.

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Planio

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Define your scope, break it down into manageable tasks, and assign them to your team. How do you engage and get the most out of your underperformers? So, what’s the secret to maintaining your heavy workload without your team feeling overwhelmed? Team vs. personal workload management. Workload management.

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 28, 2024

This guide will help you dive deeper into the nuances of engineering projects, learn the fundamentals of engineering project management, navigate its complexity, and still deliver engineering projects successfully. What is Engineering Project Management? Agile methodology.

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Planio

OCTOBER 14, 2020

As Steve Jobs famously put it, a small team of A+ players can run circles around a giant team of B and C players. Jump to a section: How to hire remote developers (and other teammates) in 10 steps. Step 1: Decide if it’s the right time to hire remote developers. Looking to hire remote developers today?

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LiquidPlanner

JULY 10, 2018

The first result is “The Silo Mentality: How to Break Down The Barriers.”. There’s an assumption that silos are a bad thing. For instance, in product development, the mechanical engineers don’t need to sit in on schematic reviews with the electrical engineers or code reviews with the software developers.

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PM Basics

JULY 1, 2020

So, if you are just starting your career, I strongly recommend getting a job on an IT project in any other capacity like QA, Developer, DevOps, Business Analyst, or a Scrum Master. Below you’ll a FULL step-by-step guide on how to become an IT Project Manager from any role you are currently at. How to Become an IT Project Manager.

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2020

A project manager is responsible for communicating with clients, stakeholders, and team members. The knowledge of the following software will significantly simplify PM’s work: MS Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Teams, Project CCPM; Learning platforms and applications (MindTickle, Brainshark); GSuite, Sendgrid, LMS [4].

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Wrike

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

You gather project requirements and put together a team of developers, product managers, and creatives. It turns out that your team had been so focused on satisfying every project requirement gathered from project sponsors that they ignored one crucial user requirement for software projects: keep it simple!

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

Many teams are struggling with delivering modern software because they are not building with Test First Principals. A common form of Test First is Test Driven Development (TDD) and we can use it to meet more of our customer’s expectations, minimise our maintenance costs, and get fewer regressions and bugs in production.

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Leading Agile

MAY 25, 2023

I invited them here to have a conversation with me because I was out with clients doing presale stuff and working with executives on the teams and the conversation around full stack teams, software craftsmanship, clean coding, different strategies for how to get developers engaged and involved was coming up.

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Leading Agile

OCTOBER 17, 2018

We’ve had a bad habit at our house over the years. The connection with software development/maintenance is probably obvious. Tying Up Loose Ends in Software. Keeping code clean at all times really ought to be considered baseline job performance for a software engineer. Tying Up Loose Ends at Home.

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Leading Agile

JUNE 18, 2018

I remember joining a team in the late 1970s that supported an application used worldwide by a large corporation. The team resolved to drive that number down. It’s amusing until one reflects on the potential consequences when a large proportion of software we depend on for everyday life is of this quality.

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Teamweek

JUNE 24, 2020

It makes perfect sense then that app developers are some of the most sought-after specialists on the market. When 75% of businesses report a shortage of app developers on their team, knowing how to hire app developers can make or break your whole project. What is an app developer? Let’s get into it.

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PM Basics

MAY 16, 2022

Below you’ll find a full guide on how to become a software PM. TL;DR: The steps to becoming a software project manager. Develop technical proficiency. Develop your interview skills. How to Become an IT Project Manager. How to Gain Initial Experience. Step 6: Move to the IT Development Centers.

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Planio

JUNE 8, 2022

According to the Project Management Institute’s Pulse of the Profession survey , 81% of top-performing companies prioritize the development of technical project management skills. How to become a technical project manager. Next, ask your team questions. They focus on communication across technical and non-technical teams.

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MPUG

MAY 14, 2021

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Fletcher Hearn’s session, Project Performance Measurement – Part 2: What to Measure and How to Report, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. This one covering, What to Measure and How to Report. My name is Kyle, and I’ll be the moderator today.

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Epicflow Blog

MAY 14, 2019

We all dream of reaching maximum success with our teams and projects, even though project failure is common. We’ve also received lots of great ideas on how to overcome the causes of project failure. We’ve also received lots of great ideas on how to overcome the causes of project failure. Involve Your Stakeholders.

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Leading Agile

JUNE 27, 2018

A multidisciplinary team of professors was assembled, headed by a theoretical physicist, and two weeks of intensive on-site investigation took place. The scholars then returned to the university, notebooks crammed with data, where the task of writing the report was left to the team leader. And how could they have known better?

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Herding Cats

JUNE 12, 2018

This is simply good process development and management. This, of course, is simply poor process improvement and a fallacy since without the root cause the symptom cannot be fixed and will return. At a minimum, at the end of every week, a Scrum team assess physical percent complete at the end of the Sprint. Standish Number.

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Teamweek

JULY 28, 2020

I talked to interns publishing daily bylines in The Texas Tribune, brainstorming machine learning models on OECD Data for the Federal Reserve, andd teaching kids how to read at an online Chinatown summer camp. If your interests develop during the course of the internship, you should feel comfortable communicating this openly.

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Herding Cats

MAY 8, 2016

Uncertainty of course is present in all software development work both reducible and irreducible uncertainty. How will we recognize it when we encounter it? Any expectations of how to measure if what we found is what we're actually looking for? This is a simple book that will show how to estimate most everything.

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Epicflow Blog

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

What is project management maturity exactly, and how to define its level? They usually describe levels indicating the current state of an organization in terms of project management efficiency and propose recommendations on how to proceed to more sophisticated levels. . What are project management maturity models?

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Leading Agile

JUNE 4, 2024

What if, instead of getting larger and more brittle over time, making changes more risky, your software could get more modular and simpler, increasing the safety of the developers working on the code? The key to soft software is focusing on creating that safety first. How many of you used to be a developer?

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Wrike

MARCH 4, 2015

So while you want to learn more about project management — either to pick up new skills or sharpen the ones you’ve already developed — you don’t have unlimited hours to read every book on the subject. Strategic Project Management Made Simple: Practical Tools for Leaders and Teams – Terry Schmidt.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 27, 2017

The original post, while likely well meaning, coming from direct experience, focuses on ME the developer. And like many posts and tweets about estimating, it's made from this point of view, not the business point view, not from the point of view of those paying the developer. This Value is developed during the Product Planning session.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 12, 2018

This is simply good process development and business management. This, of course, is simply poor process improvement and a fallacy, since without the root cause the symptom cannot be fixed and will return. The notion of waterfall development on slide 9 as actually prohibited in our domain. Have you done a Root Cause Analysis?

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Planio

APRIL 16, 2020

And along with relearning how to communicate and collaborate when you’re not in the office one thing is becoming painfully clear: Home is rarely a distraction-free space. How to minimize all three types of distractions and rebuild your productivity. Batch your communication time (and set clear expectations with your team).

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MPUG

MAY 18, 2022

Melanie here with team MPUG. He has 30 years as a new product development project management professional. He has lead projects that introduce durable goods, create hardware and software, integrate hardware and software and he’s brought up manufacturing facilities globally. Melanie: Hello.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. Here's how: Build a model of the needed Capabilities . We use Vitech's Core.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Each company, from its departments to its teams, should have a clear structure that outlines all roles and responsibilities. How most companies design their organizational systems usually follows their communication structure — or so said Melvin Conway. Build robust communication systems first, then begin the design process.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. Rarely are software engineers working on science experiments.

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Leading Agile

JUNE 25, 2024

When approached correctly, modernization results in a system that is not only restored to health but also one that can be maintained with minimal effort using modern software engineering practices going forward. Why Modernize There is significant profit and developer capacity to be freed by modernizing.

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 14, 2021

How To Build a Hiring Process for High-Growth Startups? (5 While this rapid rate of employment may look impressive, the consequences of bad hires soon outweigh the benefits. . This puts pressure on the hiring team to deliver top-notch candidates at pace with no room for error. Let’s get into it! Quick Links: . 5 Step Guide).

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Herding Cats

JUNE 19, 2017

The Cone of Uncertainty is a framing assumption used to model the needed reduction in some parameter of interest in domains ranging from software development to hurricane forecasting. This is a common problem in low maturity development organizations. Risk management is how adults manage projects - Tim Lister.

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Paymo App

JULY 16, 2018

Unfortunately, not having one is still common in practice for smaller teams in particular. Picture this: Your task list is forever growing, new team members are showing up every three weeks, and your client is always asking for last minute changes. How to plan a project from start to finish using project planning software.

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Teamweek

APRIL 12, 2023

We share a few tips on how to write job requirements — the dos and don’ts include writing the copy in a concise, clear way and using bullet points. If your team finds the screening and selection process frustrating, Toggl Hire offers an all-in-one platform for screening, assessing, and hiring candidates based on their actual skills !

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