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Career path in project management
I am a software engineer working in a CMMI level 5 company with around 2 years and 5 months of experience. I am fascinated towards project management and analysis, for this I want to get some certification which will enhance my knowledge but I am…
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One of my projects was cancelled very early on - will this be detrimental to my career? How do I speak of it on my CV?
I recently started work as a PM, leading part of a large, long term (18mo+) project. After working on the project for 2 months, performing essentially requirements gathering and staffing work, the funding for the project was stopped, and all work…
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Recommended web-based project management apps
I run a small web development company in Australia looking for a project management system. We've been looking for a while and haven't really found any that cover issues mentioned below.
I'd like to ask if anyone had any recommendations.
I looked…
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What is the difference between Vision and Scope Document and a Project Charter?
What is the difference between Vision and Scope Document and a Project Charter? I think it is pretty much the same. Isn't it?
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How Can I Maintain My PMP Certification and Earn PDU's In an Inexpensive Manner?
If you've earned your PMP certification, you now have to maintain your credentials by participating in professional development activities. This is from the PMI Web Page on Maintaining Your Credential:
Congratulations on earning your PMI…
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Should a Scrum team formally track daily commitments?
Should a Scrum team be tracking the daily commitments each team member makes during the Daily Scrum? We write them down in a kind of a mini task manager, and then we mark them as done during the work day.
Is there any benefit to this process? Or is…
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How can I make unit testing a priority?
As a one man band delivering smallish web development projects, I found that nearly all regression issues that clients find in the final development phase of the project could be found with unit tests beforehand.
Unit tests for me somewhat act as a…
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Scrum team doesn't want to have standups
I am a ScrumMaster for Scrum team.
The team didn't show up for the standup this morning. I went and spoke to the team and they said they don't want to have stand-ups because the product owner (PO) is on leave.
Does anyone have any suggestions on…
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How do I facilitate a first time Agile retrospective?
I have never facilitated a retrospective before and I have been asked to facilitate one on Tuesday. I have ordered a book which is arriving tomorrow and I have been checking out various websites.
I am thinking of keeping things simple so that I…
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How to use Story Points, if User Stories are completely different?
Story Points (SP) is a good measurement, that allows estimating User Stories.
SP (in my understanding, it's an important note) is convenient because it is relative and not related with time. All estimates are based on comparison with a common basis.…
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What common techniques do Kanban teams use to make commitments to other teams in their organization?
When a team is first adopting kanban, they do not typically have reliable numbers for cycle time, and will struggle to make commitments based on a Service Level Agreement. What commitment techniques help during this period, especially when other…
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How to calculate sprint capacity?
Let's say the team works 5 days, and there are 3 developers in the team, and they are working 8 hours per day. So actually it is easy to calculate: 5*3*8=120 hours of work per week.
But there is something missing: there is no time for testing and…
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Satisfying an external auditor when using Agile
My company is an ISV and occasionally, prospective customers (especially in life sciences) insist on sending in auditors to check over our software development processes.
We are starting to implement Scrum/Agile and my CEO is very concerned about…
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How should a project manager capture decisions?
As a project goes through the planning and design phases, many decisions will be made. To develop with technology X instead of technology Y. To leave feature z off of the plan for this version of the release in order to hit a hard deadline. Many…
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How and What to Learn - New to Product Management
What documentation, skills & tasks should a new (Technical) Product Manager concentrate on learning first to effectively do their job?
I have read this Wikipedia article, and it didn't answer my question. It tells you about product management, not…
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