PMI Team Member
The flat backlog is appropriate for keeping the team focused on the big picture for relatively small projects. However, for large enterprise project with geographically dispersed teams, a more efficient alternative to the flat product backlog is User Story Mapping--along with constant focus on the product vision and the product roadmap.
Social networking has changed the traditional communication channels and in today’s era of tablets and smartphones. This created different ways for project managers to manage projects in an agile way, collaborate in real time and find the solutions quickly by going through the problems.
The approach of this case study is to give a real example of applying the Scrum concepts on a PMO team’s daily operations in the construction industry--and how we can benefit from the flexibility of these practices in that discipline.
This article covers all of the basic genes required for an agile project to be successful. It will cover topics like information radiators, team space, agile tooling, osmotic communication and daily standup meetings, and other general etiquette to be followed during all forms of communication.
There are those who still contend that Agile has caused more problems than it solves. So how do you ensure that Agile works for you?
Successful agile projects begin with focusing on the fundamentals. This is probably the most important lesson this writer has learned from his deep involvement in agile transformation initiatives over the last decade.
A project in chaos! After much deliberation between client and the delivery team’s executive leadership, the team decided to modify the project approach to use a framework similar to the eight principles of DSDM Agile Project Framework--a defined project management approach that adds value to Scrum.
Regardless of how businesses go about doing what they do, when they put process over people, production suffers. The Agile Principles and Manifesto value the role people play in the process, and that's why this writer likes to use it.
Have you ever thought about using Evernote as a virtual storyboard on agile projects? It's this manager's favorite tool for agile teams.
Scrum has two stable states--ready and done--that are linked to user stories. Do you know what the "Definition of Ready" is?
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