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Project gamification - is it worth a try?

I consider introducing some gaming elements to a project. The team does Scrum and it would be nice to add some more motivation, so I was thinking about set of rewards which would favor teamwork and complying with company's best practices. What are…
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What to do when the backend work is much larger than the frontend?

On past projects, I've seen a common theme. A particular feature will require very simple front end work (eg. make a button on a screen that says "submit"), but there will be a large amount of work on the backend. If we have say one backend…
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How should a Scrum development team track KPIs (key performance indicators) besides sprint commitments?

The most obvious KPI for a development team that uses Scrum is the ability to hit sprint commitments. But is there any other efficient way for such a team to track KPIs?
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For a team of 15-25, what types of seating arrangements are optimal

Not everyone works together all the time, but various pairs do on different projects. What is the best way to configure desks to optimize for communication and ability for people to focus.
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Should a Project Manager give new team members a document that defines the project?

I have recently joined an existing large, complex project to deliver some specific outputs. The only information that the PM gave me related directly to the part of the project that I am responsible for, and not to the wider aspects of the project.…
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Relevant metrics for issue closure estimation

What metrics can influence or help with such an estimation? I am mostly interested in applying such metrics on GitHub projects, using their issues history. Based on how fast they solved their previous issues, or other GitHub data, what metrics can I…
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What's the logic behind 8/80 rule

What's the reasoning behind the 8/80h rule? Why a work package must not be less than 8h and not be bigger than 80h of work? This is just a given number easy to remember or there is some more detailed argument for these numbers? I haven't found any…
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How to handle unplanned work in Kanban?

My team has recently changed from Scrum to a Kanban like setup. We switched because our plans in Scrums were always spoiled by external initiatives. Now we do day to day planning instead. We pull items from a large backlog, have a WIP limit set on…
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How much automated test coverage should I aim for in an agile project?

I have generally used manual testing in my projects. In the proposal plan, I am going to introduce automated testing this time. Few things I am going to add: Unit Testing using Junit Test cases Continuous Integration using Hudson or Cruise…
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How to manage and control IT support department?

Is it possible to manage IT maintenance operations like a project, with typical project management mechanisms including scope, time, and cost planning? In our project we experience difficulties in such a management of our IT infrastructure support…
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Hardening Sprint - Manna from Heaven or a Witches Brew?

In Dean Leffingwell's Scaled Agile Framework there exists the concept of a hardening iteration E.G. after three sprints of two weeks duration, we have a hardening sprint of one week. In this short sprint we can pay back some of the technical debt…
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User Story Mapping and Sprint Prioritization

With User Story Mapping, If we start our sprint with the MVP, by definition the stories will be musts. In a fixed time-scale without shoulds and coulds, then how can we hit our targets if estimated velocity were to slip? Usually in scrum, a feature…
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Customer asks for a contract with the price for the whole project, but we are Agile

We have a client to whom we have explained the whole Agile process, where he pays for each sprint (as billing cycles), and he agreed to it. We are a new company and we don't really have a legal advisor. That being said, we are charging 50% of the…
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Best intro to Jira?

This is a bit of a broader question, but I hope this is the right place to ask. I think I need to provide a bit of backstory regarding my goals. We tried several different PM solutions (Wrike - interface was somewhat lacking, Redbooth - good UI but…
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Fast start guide for ScrumMaster

I have been hired as a new ScrumMaster for two existing teams I would like a fast start guide to use as a plan of attack for how I should start. I am literally going to be dropped into the teams and I want to know what process I should follow.…
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