Found 506 Articles for Project Management

Hey there! Are you looking for key ways to streamline your project management process and make things more efficient and agile? Well! you're at the right spot! In this blog, I'm going to discuss such PMO (Project Management Offices) tools that may transform your Project management needs significantly. Above all, we shall also see some key & important features of PMO plugins with a comparative prism. First off, let's throw light on, what exactly is a PMO. Simply put, a PMO is a centralized office application interface that is responsible for the management of one or more projects within an ... Read More

Procurement is such a crucial part of project management that sometimes there is an additional procurement manager for the project based on the size, complexity, and cost of the project. Procurement involves the processes and activities required to acquire goods and services from outside the organization to support project delivery. The core part of procurement management is contracting which is the creation of a legally binding agreement between the buyer and the seller. There are two main approaches to contracting - centralized and decentralized. In centralized contracting, all procurement activities are handled by a central procurement department or a ... Read More

We all know that a badly managed endeavour can result in missed deadlines, slower product development, staff stress, loss of critical personnel, and team infighting. Agile transformation modifies how businesses operate and behave, which contributes to change. In this article we will discuss more about agile transformation, advantages of it and finally why employees need to transform them to Agile. Let’s start! Agile Transformation When a company fully adopts an agile strategy, it is said to have undergone an agile transformation. The Agile Manifesto's values and principles must be embraced by every person working in every department for a firm to ... Read More

In Agile development, User Stories are the method for capturing needs. These User Stories are a concise description of functionality that a user requires from a system. User Stories must fit into one sprint. In this article, we will explore why User Stories need to fit into one sprint. Definition of User Story A User Story is a short, simple description of a feature told from the user's perspective. The User Story captures what the user wants to achieve and why. It is a placeholder for a conversation between the development team and the user. Importance of User Story Fitting ... Read More

Requirement refers to what you want from the product and user story refers to how the product will help you. In another term requirement refers to what the product should do and user story refers to how the user can achieve what he/she wants from the product. Even if requirement and user story sound similar and seems to be confusing without any difference still both are different according to their perspective. In this article, we will explain user story and requirement in detail. Let’s start. What is User Story? A user story is used to describe how the project creates ... Read More

A product roadmap is critical for interacting with how simple efforts coincide with future objectives. Knowing the significance of a roadmap and how and where to build an excellent one is vital for trying to keep everybody in your team on track. Before we get into the "why" of the agile product roadmap, let's start with the "what." What is Product Roadmap in Agile? A product roadmap is a strategy that describes how well a product will continue to develop. Product managers use roadmaps to highlight new product features in the future and when additional features will be published. When ... Read More

Technical debt is the cost of the extra effort that comes from choosing the fastest rather than the best solution. While technical debt is sometimes worthwhile, it's important that your team is aware of the pros and cons of rapid reviews and how to effectively rework. In this post, we'll define technical debt, offer strategies for debt reduction, and explore the difference between profitable and unprofitable valuation. Technical Debt Technical debt is the price of additional work that has to be done because the fastest was chosen instead of the best solution. The term "technical debt" was first used in ... Read More

When we talk about agile software development, Scrum and Kanban are two widespread frameworks. Scrum is an iterative & incremental framework for product development management, while Kanban is a pull-based system for managing work. Scrum-ban is a hybrid of these two frameworks. It incorporates the principles & practices of both Scrum and Kanban. Scrum-ban aims to supply the best of both worlds by incorporating Scrum's focus on teamwork, collaboration & continuous progress with Kanban's emphasis on visualizing work, managing flow & limiting work in progress. Scrumban Principles Continuous improvement − Scrum-ban promotes continuous progress by enabling teams to reflect ... Read More

Scrum of Scrums Scrum of Scrums (SoS) is an advanced mode of Agile project management. It is for coordinating the work of multiple Scrum teams working on the same project. The main goal of SoS is to scale Agile principles & techniques beyond a single team. Also, SoS ensures that all teams work on a project. Scrum of Scrums Structure Scrum of Scrums is an extension of the Scrum framework & it has a similar structure. The prime distinction is that rather than a single Scrum team, SoS affects multiple teams that work together. The Scrum of Scrums has its ... Read More

What is Scrum Call? Daily scrum or just stand up are equivalent terms. Participants include the product owner, scrum master, and development team, among many other scrum team members. It serves the objective of communicating a person's work progress as well as an estimate of how much of it is completed before the next Scrum meeting. The sprint aim must be mentioned together with any barriers. The Scrum Master must period the meeting and effectively handle any concerns that arise in order to prevent any deviation. The Scrum ball, which is tossed about while waiting for everyone's turn to speak, ... Read More