Category Archives: Project Management

Agile marketing, M&A in martech: Wednesday’s daily brief

Plus, is it martech or technology for marketing? Kim Davis on March 31, 2021 at 10:00 am Marketing Land’s daily brief features daily insights, news, tips, and essential bits of wisdom for today’s digital marketer. If you would like to read this before the rest of the internet does, sign up here to get it … Continue reading Agile marketing, M&A in martech: Wednesday’s daily brief →

Virtual events, agile teams: Thursday’s daily brief

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Plus, Salesforce’s ABM tools and Amobee’s new identity partner Henry Powderly on March 18, 2021 Marketing Land’s daily brief features daily insights, news, tips, and essential bits of wisdom for today’s digital marketer. If you would like to read this before the rest of the internet does, sign up here to get it delivered to … Continue reading Virtual events, agile teams: Thursday’s daily brief →

6 Tips for Managing Projects When Working From Home

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Angela Ash March 8, 2021 Given that many people worldwide have been working online for a while due to the pandemic, those unaccustomed to the practice have learned a thing or two about it. The most common issue remote workers are facing is poor organization due to obvious reasons: when whole families are staying at … Continue reading 6 Tips for Managing Projects When Working From Home →

An Assessment of Modern Agile Assessment Tools

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Anthony Mersino February 16, 2021 Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about agile assessment tools. Whether it is comparative agility or the AgilityHealth assessment, it seems that people want to be able to measure the relative agility of one or more of their teams. Most agile coaches that I know have developed some … Continue reading An Assessment of Modern Agile Assessment Tools →

Fixing Your Scrum: A Forensic Product Backlog Analysis (Part 1)

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Stefan Wolpers February 9, 2021 TL; DR: Product Owner Anti-Patterns from Job Ads Garbage in, garbage out: No matter whether your team chose Scrum for the right purpose—solving complex, adaptive problems. No matter whether your Scrum Team’s product quality is top-notch or whether your teammates embrace self-management to the fullest. If your Product Backlog is … Continue reading Fixing Your Scrum: A Forensic Product Backlog Analysis (Part 1) →

Advantages of Switching to Online Kanban Boards

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Sajjad Ahmad February 9, 2021 Kanban boards are a great way to visualize the workflow and track progress. They usually consist of three main panels: to do, doing, and done. There are many cards, denoting tasks, which are constantly moved from one panel to another. The goal of the Kanban board is to limit work … Continue reading Advantages of Switching to Online Kanban Boards →

4 Project Management Tools That Will Help You Have an Effective Business

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Susan Gilbert February 3, 2021 Today I have some project management resources to help you improve your schedule and efficiency. Here’s four links with tips and tricks to kick start your work week. Growing a small business can easily get off track in your schedule as you add new clients and team members. By organizing … Continue reading 4 Project Management Tools That Will Help You Have an Effective Business →

The Myth of the Agile Project Manager

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Anthony Mersino January 27, 2021 Between Santa Claus, Big Foot and the Agile Project Manager, which exists? Few people argue for the existence of Big Foot or Santa Claus, though most believe that Agile Project Managers exist. I would contend that none of them exist, especially the Agile project manager. (BTW we used a photo … Continue reading The Myth of the Agile Project Manager →

The Scrum Master Job (1): 4 Steps to Identify Suitable Employers or Clients

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Stefan Wolpers January 27, 2021 TL; DR: Scrum Master Job — 4 Steps to Identify Suitable Employers or Clients Are you considering a new Scrum Master job? However, you are not sure that it is the right organization? Don’t worry; there are four steps of proactive research to identify suitable employers or clients for Scrum … Continue reading The Scrum Master Job (1): 4 Steps to Identify Suitable Employers or Clients →

Scrum Commitments: Tying Loose Ends and Shoehorning the Definition of Done

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Stefan Wolpers January 14, 2021 TL; DR: Scrum Commitments While the new Scrum Guide is less prescriptive and more inclusive, it also ties loose ends by including elements better, namely the previously free-floating Sprint Goal and the Definition of Done with the creation of Scrum commitments. This inclusion works remarkably well in the former’s case; … Continue reading Scrum Commitments: Tying Loose Ends and Shoehorning the Definition of Done →