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How do you implement ideas from Peopleware in an early startup?
Peopleware suggests that managers should set realistic schedules and should not put overreaching pressures on developers. In an early startup with hired developers, how does one keep the competitive edge with a very fast paced culture without…
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How to deal with scheduling/control when task insertion (vs task duration) is primary risk
We're working on a project that has a considerable amount of task insertion risk (by which I mean either a) the insertion of new tasks into the WBS or b) the rearrangement of technical dependencies in the project network). Despite our best efforts…
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Handle the same project over multiple platforms in Agile
I'm working in a company that mainly perform mobile apps with their backend systems.
My question is, what's the best practice to handle the same projects over multiple platforms (iOS and Android) and keep them synced together using Agile approach?…
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Sprint story point from PM perspective
As a project manager, I am interested in the effort (estimated and actual).
While Sprint based estimation is story point based, how can I translate them to effort so that I can track and report them.
Time and again I hear that we should refrain from…
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How shall developers clarify PBI during its implementation?
Should developers have direct communication with stakeholders during Product Backlog Items implementation for their clarification. Or should all communication go through Product Owner?
On the Scrum Guide we can read the following:
On the one hand…
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Temporarily adding external freelance developers to an existing developer team (aka. Hybrid Team). Pros and Cons?
What are the pros and cons of adding external software developers to an existing developer team for a small project? What are the pros and cons?
For me:
Pros:
Development should in theory be faster overall than the existing team
As good devs are…
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How do I get started with Kanban? I have a backlog full of user stories
I'm in the early stages of developing a new project and I'm trying to pick up and apply agile techniques. In particular I'm trying to set up a Kanban approach with the development of this project.
For my last project I familiarised myself with…
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Should sprint backlog have MoSCoW prioritization applied?
Scrum states that the team should commit to delivering the stories in the sprint backlog. It is implied that once they have reached this limit, no more items are added to sprint backlog.
Should the sprint backlog be openly prioritized using MoSCoW…
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How shall we deal with demotivation from non-core activities?
Situations where the members of the project team have tasks which are not directly related to their job positions happens quite often (especially in cross-functional teams).
According to my experience, this will always decrease the morale of the…
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Techniques to calculate the cost of change in software engineering
There is a bunch of techniques to do software estimation.
Now given a piece of software, is there some methods/techniques to evaluate the cost of change of an already implemented requirement ?
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How to report performance of a software development project?
What metrics do you use in order to report performance of a software development project? And how do you collect them?
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Epic Feature User Story Tasks Hierarchy in Jira
How can I setup this hierarchy in Jira?
Epic
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+--Task
I'm having trouble linking a User Story and a Feature to a Epic
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How should I get work from someone who "Talks a good game" but won't deliver?
Background: I worked for an organisation that delivered services to a number of public sector clients, geographically dispersed. A series of security-related changes were required to allow one such client to comply with centrally-mandated security…
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How to repay technical debt still delivering features?
The picture I saw far too many times over my career. A team of developers in a company driven by non-technical management, practising scrum, severely pressured to deliver points and features by certain deadline therefore having no chance to…
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What solutions exist for ensuring Sprint continuity over holiday or extremely turbulent periods?
This question is posed as a genuine attempt to seek a best answer but also hopefully a wider-thought piece.
How do more experienced agile teams (especially Scrum) handle a sprint being interrupted by the holiday season (or Generic.Event) which…
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