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Project management is the process of planning, organizing, and managing resources to achieve a specific goal. It is a complex and challenging task, but it is essential for the success of any project.
Team goals can be motivational, provide insight into how your processes perform, foster collaboration and innovation, and ensure that everyone’s work matters in the big picture. Companies’ complex challenges in an uncertain, fast-changing world have taught them that teamwork is the best way to succeed. However, teamwork alone isn’t enough. […]
Make a case for working remotely — but not so much that your job gets outsourced. It is difficult to predict the exact percentage of the US population that will work remotely five years from now, as it will depend on factors such as company policies, individual preferences, and economic […]
In agile development, game theory can be used to analyze the strategic decision-making of the stakeholders involved in a project, such as the development team, the product owner, and the management. One example of a game-theoretic model for agile development is the “agile game,” where the product owner, the development […]
Scrum and Extreme Programming (XP) are Agile methodologies aiming to deliver working software iteratively and incrementally. However, there are some critical differences between the two. Scrum is a framework for managing and completing complex projects. It is based on the principles of transparency, inspection, and adaptation. Scrum teams work in […]
Technical debt in agile development refers to the cost of maintaining and enhancing the software developed quickly or with insufficient attention to quality. Various factors, such as a lack of proper design, poor testing, or a lack of code refactoring, can cause it. As new features are added, technical debt […]
Tasks in agile development are small, specific pieces of work required to complete a user story or deliver a particular feature. They are usually detailed and technical and often involve a specific action or procedure that needs to be performed. One person usually completes tasks in the team within a […]
A User Story In agile development, a user story describes a specific feature or requirement from the end user’s perspective. It is a simple, natural language statement of a part, typically written in the format of “As a [user], I want [feature], so that [benefit].” User stories are used to […]
What are the three pillars of Scrum? It is simple: transparency, inspection, and adaptation. What Is Scrum? Scrum is an agile methodology that is used for product design and development. It uses cross-functional teams to deliver products and services in short cycles, which enables fast feedback, continuous improvement, and rapid […]
Scrum is only for software development: Scrum is a framework that can be applied to any project, not just software development. It is instrumental in complex, rapidly changing environments where there is a high degree of uncertainty. Scrum is just a set of meetings: Scrum is more than just a […]
November 2018 Any country with “Democratic” in its official name ISN’T democratic. Any organization that tells you that it is “doing Agile” ISN’T doing Agile. I noticed the first as I was growing up during the Cold War. Then I discovered working as a consultant for ThoughtWorks in the last […]