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Ideas for setting up task/project management for small team..
Currently I work on a small team of 3 developers in a privately owned college with about 12,000 students. There is currently no tracking of projects, tasks, bugs, or other work items. After I started here and realized that they don't have any sort…
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How can we stop developers from working on stories that are not planned into the current sprint?
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We carefully plan out a sprint and decide which stories should be worked on however some developers are working on stuff outside of this planned work.
This is undermining the whole process.
What techniques can we use to…
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Is there any published research about story points vs time estimation?
We're getting started with Scrum and have had a few debates about whether we should estimate in story points or ideal hours. The team is pretty divided, so I'd like to know if any real studies have been done about which is more effective. I've…
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What can I do to mitigate the risk presented by moderately skilled developers?
We are about to start a new project which is very serious.
That will be a mobile project, and the target users is the whole population of a country. The client expects more than 1 million downloads in the first month.
The project is in its initial…
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when a software project is behind schedule should we add manpower?
When an essential software project is behind schedule we might naturally add manpower. The new developer, however competent and however quickly recruited, needs additional training from an experienced developer.
Taking into account the training and…
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Discerning estimate validity
I've had experiences in the past where different developers will give different qualities of estimates--which then have to be consolidated into a single project plan--only with a twist.
One developer will look at a task, figure it sounds like an…
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What are the fundamental differences between a functional manager and a project manager and is it possible to switch between the two?
What are the fundamental differences between a functional manager and a project manager
Is it possible to switch from a job as project manager to one as a functional manager? (provided I know about the specifics of the function of course)
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Is the Product Owner the boss of a Scrum Team?
The Scrum Guide states the Product Owner is the sole person responsible for managing the Product Backlog. Product Backlog management includes:
Clearly expressing Product Backlog items;
Ordering the items in the Product Backlog to best achieve goals…
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How to structure a software development team
Given a 15x strong software development team working on individal projects, and small, medium, and large projects; what is the best way to structure this team and what is the best software development methodology?
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The department was…
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A One Man Project Methodology?
I'm currently doing a my final year project and have used the methods employed by the Scrum project methodology to break down my requirements into manageable parts.
I have a question as to whether there are methodologies that are used which are…
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What is the standard for evaluating team maturity?
There are ever so many references to the team's 'maturity' in the Agile/Lean related books and articles/blogs.
Using my common sense I think I can get the idea. I can see how my team has evolved over the last year and how is still evolving. But…
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How can I schedule resources across multiple projects?
Drawing from the body and comments of a previous question, what is the best way to schedule simultaneous projects and resources to those projects?
For example, in a group of 16 staff, each working on multiple projects, each with an iteration cycle…
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Communicating requirements to offshore teams
Just to give a context, there is an offshore team in India for a client in San Francisco. The offshore team is about 9 developers and 4 QA, with one project manager. I am doing onsite coordination for this team from the client location. Every sprint…
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How to Encourage Team Members to use Web Based Collaboration Tools?
I just took a new job at a company with 4 offices and many cross-office teams. The company is very email-heavy and I am a huge advocate of using web based project management/collaboration tools.
I really like the projects I'm on and the people I'm…
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Where can you get access to PM related on-line resources?
This is posted with intention of making it a community wiki
Please provide organisations that provide on-line trainings, resources, books etc related to project management. Please also write if the access is free, and if not- how much it costs.
Free…
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