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Is it a good idea to show a 'story points by developer' graph at retrospectives?
I am part of an agile team in a large organisation. At our fortnightly retrospective a graph is shown of how many story points each developer has completed over the course of the fortnight.
We are not 'shamed', if the scrum master wants to ask why…
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Should one give an access to Issues Tracking System to a project sponsor?
Should a project sponsor have an access to Issues Tracking System (call it a "bug list")? If yes, how do you manage a potential conflict between sponsor's expectations of bug-free quality and a list of bugs he/she is seeing?
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Developer keeps underestimating tasks time
This is one of my first projects in charge, and I am leading a team of 2 dev, a senior and a mid-level one.
The mid-level developer is underestimating his time on most tasks. He is telling me that the task will be finished the next day, but in the…
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How can I use Agile in a telecommuting environment?
I'm trying to determine if there's a way to use Agile with a team of developers that telecommute. Imagine you have a team of 6 to 12 developers working often from home via VPN. How can they organize their work efficiently without meeting very often…
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How to handle business change within an agile development environment?
Most of the questions around agile development processes are focused on the IT side of the work, leading to technical changes that are implemented. In parallel with these technical changes, there can be a vast amount of business change - especially…
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If someone doesn't have enough experience to get the PMP, should they get the CAPM instead or wait until they have enough experience for PMP?
Lets say someone is still in university, so they still require 7500 hours of project management experience to applying for PMP. Would it be worth their while to do the CAPM or to simply wait until they get sufficient experience for PMP?
Also, if…
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How to manage and motivate external workers in project?
In one of projects I work we have some people working only partially. They come to work only when there is a need for their work in project and sometimes they work at home.
The problem is with commitment - when they are not part of the team they…
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Conflict between priorities and skillsets in the backlog
So we have a very diligent PO who does a good job of prioritising the User Stories in the backlog when it comes to planning. Much of the work is highly specialised though, and - as well as being Scrum Master - I'm a generalist developer and my team…
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How can we improve the feedback loop when releases require significant compliance work?
I'm a software engineer working in a regulated industry. Releasing our product involves significant work which is required to evaluate risks and potentially submit a filling to the regulator.
As this work can't be automated to reduce the workload,…
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Scrum teams and the risk of a member getting sick
Scrum suggests small teams as far as I'm aware. This means that we often have single frontend developer, single backend developer, single QA engineer, etc.
Doesn't it negatively affect the project success? If, for example, a backend developer gets…
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Ideas for a Skills Matrix
We are in the process of preparing a skill matrix for a relatively young IT organization. We have been going through some templates and still do not feel comfortable with what we have found. Basically, the idea is to have something less cumbersome…
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How can I use MS Project to manage an agile project
We use MS Project to manage a project. Although I know that MS Project is just a scheduling tool, we use it to get the current state of the project. We update the % complete field at the end of every day for tasks and send the total project %…
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How to execute a project with two resources where you need three resources?
Recently, I participated in a Project Manager interview and the following question were raised. What would be the correct answer for that?
A software development project is needed three resources to complete within three months. The head of the PMO…
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Is it really necessary to have a four hour meeting in Sprint planning?
According to Wikipedia, it is recommended that there should be a four hour meeting in a
two-week sprint planning (pro-rata for other sprint durations).
Is it necessary? Why?
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What is the best way to reward a small project team? (specially, at New Year event)
Let me explain a little about this "reward". I don't know if it is common everywhere, but companies in our country often offer some reward at the end of the year (Lunar New Year, or maybe Christmas). It could be: one extra-month salary, reward…
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