Planning and execution … conflict and communication … teams and stakeholders … control and innovation … managing and leading.
Time-tracking solutions can help you uncover hidden opportunities to maximize your project’s value, from more efficient resource allocation to more accurate estimating and bidding. Here’s a closer look at how better time management produces more successful projects.
Code reviews are not typically viewed as part of a pure Agile process, but some of the technique's benefits, such as collective ownership, are in line with the Agile philosophy, and they can be conducted without slowing your project down. Here are some suggestions for adapting code reviews to work in an agile environment.
Sometimes a pure agile approach is not appropriate for a particular project — the important thing is getting the work done, not strict adherence to a process. Still, a non-agile project can benefit from the inherent values of agile, including strong team collaboration, prioritized, incremental development, and regular progress assessment and adaptation.
Agile projects incorporate a number of techniques that are not easily transferable to traditional waterfall projects. One technique is the estimation of the size of user stories with abstract story points, and the use of story points to determine how much work can be completed in an iteration.
In Part 2 of Dave Prior's interview with Roman Pichler, the conversation turns to the Lean Startup community and how its ideas can add to Agile practices; the value of critical feedback; the willingness to experiment and fail; and the realities of developing Agile teams within larger, traditional organizations. [25:00]
In this podcast, Dave Prior interviews Agile thought-leader and author Roman Pichler about the critical role of product owner in an Agile environment. In shaping and, yes, owning the vision of the product, product owners serve as filter, facilitator and collaborator with project team members and stakeholders. [23:18]
Some of us thrive on stress. Others of us only seem to. For some, we seek to avoid it at all costs. While we all need to manage under stress, we need to make sure it doesn’t manage us. In this presentation, Mark Mullaly explores the subject of stress in a project environment, and how we can manage it more effectively. [14:40]
A project manager discusses challenges in the aerospace arena, including dealing with difficult clients and managing the often-antagonistic relationship between engineering and marketing teams. [9:30]
On many projects, regular status reports are how we communicate progress to stakeholders. On Agile projects, other tools and techniques are employed as "information radiators." Here is a comparison of both approaches, including tips and questions to ask as you incorporate one method or some combination of both that works best for your team and environment.
The weekly status meeting is the cornerstone of project tracking and reporting, and provides an opportunity for team members to bond. But when teams are geographically distributed, it is not always practical. And with real-time collaboration tools, is it really necessary? Let's compare the traditional weekly meeting with other methods of status communication.
When managing your project teams, are you more hands-on or hands-off? What are the key advantages and disadvantages of each approach? In what situations is one approach more appropriate than the other? Can you do both?
When planning your projects, do you use an objective or subjective approach? What are the key differences between each? When is one approach better than the other, and when can they be combined?
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Last time we talked about what a great vehicle for learning social media provided. I thought it might make sense to share some of my favorite people and places in social media where you can learn f...
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Last time we talked about what a great vehicle for learning social media provided. I thought it might make sense to share some my favorite people and places in social media where you can learn from...
Posted in: The Social Project Manager
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Newton is considered one of the most influential men in human history. His contributions ...
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