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Is it possible for someone to be a member of two Scrum teams, and how can that be made to work most effectively?

We have an organization where we're moving to two scrum teams working on different parts of our our backlog. I understand the idea that each team should be a complete cross-functional unit, and shouldn't have other distractions. That seems like a…
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how to cover details (side effect not desired workflow) with scrum user stories

As a scrum/agile system student, I find the situation where you have to write up a user story in the classical form and at the same time, describe the behaviour of parallel workflow, very hard. As a very simple and general example that can describe…
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Are projects always intended to achieve business change?

Is (or should) a project always be performed with the intention of achieving business change? (And if so, does this mean that anything that isn't producing this change must be Business-As-Usual and not part of a project?)
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Growth of Project Manager in Software Development

I am a newbie in PM role right now and would like to know that what are the various levels of growth? I am 25 in age and 2 months veteran in PM role. What would be my goal in next 2 years? When should I make a switch (after how many years of…
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Can't build reality tree of undesirable effects as objections are absurd

I'm attempting to build a future and current reality tree regarding changing policy and procedure to data access, but we're being given undesirable effects that are entirely divorced from reality. For instance, we're asking for a list of locations…
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What is(are) the standard method(s) for gauging progress for a task that the PM isn't familiar with?

After estimating the man hours/work for an unfamiliar task, how would I go about gauging and reporting on progress?
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What information should be stored on Kanban Cards?

I am curious to the information and level of detail that people are storing on Kanban cards? Or beter yet some templates of how they are put together. For reference here is a description of a Kanban Card http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanban_cards
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Version Control for Microsoft Project files

In software it is a best practice to store the source code in Version Control software (also called VC, Configuration Management or CM, SCM for Software CM). This lets one go back and look at 1) changes to the code 2) prior versions of the…
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Should a ScrumMaster step into political conversations?

As a SM I try to promote great environement for my team by encouraging collaboration and teamwork. It works well for the work hours, but during lunch time 2 of them always argue against each other on political matters, which tend to deteriorate …
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How do you minimize the impact of a politically necessary "poisonous" team member?

I am currently part of a project team evaluating the products of a vendor to develop an integrated solution to several of our legacy systems. I am not the project manager on this particular project, but the designated project manager and I have a…
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When should I use a contract Scrum Master?

Lately we've been looking at growing our organisation, and I've been looking at the possibility of either getting a contract Scrum Master to help us grow, hiring a new full-time Scrum Master or training someone internally. What I'm curious to know…
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From ScrumMaster (or any agile coach) to a direct line manager - how do people change their behavior?

I've been working as an agile coach for little over one year for one team. Recently I became a line manager for the same team. So now I'm agile coach and line manager in one. How can people change knowing that in the end you will be the one that…
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Microsoft Project 2010 - Need Project Design Advice

I'm designing an IT project sheet for my department. I have a certain methodology in mind, but i'm trying to translate it into Project's configuration. Here's what I'd like to do: I want to set max untis for each resource in my department to a % of…
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What are effective strategies for dealing with project bottlenecks?

I work as a software developer at a small non-IT company. One of the challenges we face is receiving timely feedback to questions and the testing of the programming assignments we handle. The root cause of this is that there is usually one project…
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How do unknown-scope projects achieve project-level estimation with regards to the CMMI's Project Planning Specific Goal?

Specific Goal (SG) 1 of the Project Planning process area in CMMI (assessed at CMMI Level 2) is to establish estimates. One of the Specific Practices (SPs) that is recommended to achieve this goal is to estimate the scope of the project. In all of…
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