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How to deal with project managers who like to overload you with work?

I have a project manager who always thinks we are able to handle more workload. How to handle this kind of project manager? He also always ask us what are we doing and despite we telling him the tasks we are working at he still think we are able to…
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What to do when team members are overburdened by process?

Big enterprises are infamous for creating lots of processes. Sometimes these processes are overburdening for the team members that have to do them to the point where the process is more work than the actual job to be done. Sometimes, these…
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Additional Scrum Master duties outside of team

I'm finding that outside of the Scrum Master duties and responsibilities, I'm not filling my day at work. We run a two week sprint cycle, daily I do the standup with developers and write up the notes from it. Then I do a standup with business…
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How to use Kanban with small tasks?

I recently introduced Kanban in our software development team, but I'm struggling with some things. The main problem I have is how to handle 'small tasks'? Let me explain some background: We develop some products which are used by several clients.…
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How does "kanban" for project management relate to kanban in manufacturing?

I recently learned about kanban here and followed some of the links and read some of the recommended sites and PDFs. It looks interesting, but one thing keeps confusing me. In its original sense, the kanban method is about signaling production needs…
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Should a group of three students working on a big programming project have a leader?

We often have group projects (CSCI grad school), and I'd like us to be efficient. Should we explicitly vote for a leader? What are tips for making sure that it isn't only one person doing everything? I appreciate any tips or advice.
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How to Create a Solid Team (Software Developer)

I'm a young software developer that wants to create a solid team with my friends, does anyone know about how to create a solid team according to your experience?
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Scrum and interruptions (urgent bugs, requests)

Does Scrum take into account interruptions? For example: urgent bugs from production environment requests from other teams This is very important in real development process. In practice of Scrum teams these interruptions often just happen and…
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Are self-organizing teams subject to self-blocking, when there's a disagreement?

There may be a situation when half of the self-organizing team isn't accepting a decision proposed the the other half of the self-organizing team. This situation effectively stops the project's progress. Is it a flaw in self-organizing teams…
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Self-Managing Teams - Reality or Myth?

I recently read an article that had my stomach churn. A "Project Management Professional" said that he does not believe "self-managing" teams are possible. They "need to be managed at some level." - This just reeks of old school Management 2.0…
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How to motivate offshore teams and trust them to deliver?

I joined a company where the development is outsourced in an offshore location. I have heard that the people offshore won’t deliver unless they are chased to do so. In other words, when they are left to decide how much is too much, they will say…
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When does a Scrum Team assign story points to the stories in the Scrum methodology?

I am in the process of learning Scrum. I got stuck with a question: on which stage does the Scrum Team assign story points to the user stories?
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How to handle big stories / epics in Scrum?

It's about a Scrum Team. PO and the couple of developers. They do well every time, when task is clearly defined and only technical part is to be done. It gets complicated when there is a need to work with a fuzzy epic. Epic is big. Inside of it,…
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Job Interview - how to recognize the right personality?

I am expecting to host my first job interview soon. We received lots of CVs for a PHP Programmer, and the best one that fits our needs was invited to the interview. The issue for me is that this is the first one, and I need to prepare carefully as…
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Gameification - How would you gameify work in an Agile team?

During a recent open session at RallyON 2011 we talked about paradoxes in Agile. One of the items that came up during the conversation is when a high-performing team becomes so well greased that all the "agile-ness" has been sucked from the process.…
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