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Is WIFO a good project management method?
Is WIFO (Worst In, First Out) a good project management method? That is, should projects always prioritize work on the part or component that is the worst?
Will WIFO make project quality more even by working on the most negative parts first, or will…
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What are the right conclusions to draw from the success or failure of a Sprint?
I recently encountered the opinion that, if a Sprint is successful due to statistical reasons (e.g. the team made big mistakes during planning but the team delivered its stories anyway), then that's as good as if success was achieved thanks to…
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How can I increase management buy-in of Agile adoption?
In my current role we manage our web development using Scrum. This has been really successful within our team (improving productivity, spotting issues early and increasing collaboration) but outside of the team, management still expect to see more…
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Is it possible to track velocity on a waterfall project?
Assuming similar work has been done in the past, can velocity be measured on a waterfall project? If that isn't the case, is there a more appropriate capacity management tool on a waterfall project?
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In an Agile environment, how should a developer update team members and managers when there's no "visible" progress?
A developer is working on a research project that involves working with new technologies. The concepts are also new to the developer, and the developer is working on building a product on top of the new API's.
As a result of the technology being…
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PM Software for managing communications history
I work for a small (3 person) consulting/Investment Banking group. For the last 2 years I've been looking for some kind of software to help us manage our "projects" but our projects look nothing like the kind of projects that PM software is…
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Tool for Managing the Feature Development Process
Background: we currently use MantisBT for tracking of bug tickets, and have attempted to use the same for feature development. The latter has worked, but only to a point. Ours is a small shop, so large Agile methodologies seem a bit much, and none…
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Expanding My Knowledge of Construction Projects
Which project management processes am I most likely to run into as I manage a construction project? What should I be aware of as I try to learn more about the specific intricacies that affect project management, in the construction field?
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Meeting Etiquette - Intrusions
Our team sometimes has one-on-one or 3 attendee meetings in of the developers' cubes. We have one developer who always jumps in to "offer" his suggestions for projects that do not concern him. Engaging him tends to derail the efficient nature of our…
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Is Agile feasible for a large financial application?
I am considering using Scrum on a very large (40+ developers) multi year project for a major bank.
I am trying to figure out if Agile is feasible for a project this size. There are thousands of requirements, and the team is distributed (between NY,…
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Develop from Use Cases or Business Requirements
I'm involved in a project where the business team created a large business requirements document that were using to create product backlog items and acceptance criteria.
However, they have also created use cases that look to contain more…
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Allocation of resources during morning scrum?
I find that process to be a bit confusing, but from the time I've been here, I get the impression that resource allocation happens during the morning scrum meetings. So for example, if Dev A has 8 tasks and Dev B has 6 tasks, Dev A will work on the…
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How can I effectively track story points with Trello?
I'm exploring Trello as a Kanban tool, and am hung up on how to track story points with it. This isn't something that Trello natively supports, so I've been re-purposing labels to carry this information.
This has a couple of significant…
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How to implement scrum on an Waterfall enterprise?
Research prior to asking this questions -> When to Use Waterfall, When to Use Scrum ?
I am not focus on pure waterfall vs pure scrum conversion. I am more incline of solving the following problems that are being caused by our very rigid waterfall…
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What software quality KPIs do you use?
I need to define the KPIs which will help me to say if software coming out from the project is good or bad. I mean does it fulfill quality KPIs which were targeted or not. The question of course is what KPIs can be defined for software development…
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