Analysts Corner

DECEMBER 29, 2023

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Agile Business Consortium

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Project management tools and techniques have been widely used in the world of business for decades. Project management tools and methods are easily adapted for academic environments to streamline lab work and improve students’ productivity. Each agile milestone gets called a sprint.

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Managed Agile

MARCH 13, 2022

I get a lot of questions from people along the lines of: How do I become a project manager? How do I improve my marketability as a project manager? Important Project Management Tips. Being a good project manager in today’s world requires a lot of skill and judgement.

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Vitality Chicago

OCTOBER 29, 2021

WARNING: If you are a project manager, you may find this post disconcerting. In my related post about the most recent Standish Group 2020 Chaos Report, Beyond Infinity , I described the continued finding that Agile succeeds 3X more than Waterfall. May as well, plan the work, work the plan if you are building bridges.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 7, 2023

As a community, we have developed a handful of team-based Agile approaches over the years; some of which we would consider scaled. Implementing Agile, especially in larger, more complex organizations, still seems to be a black art. All the things we consider hallmarks of a small team, Agile methodology. But here we are.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

For any organization, project management tools are a necessity. As the importance of project management tools becomes more widespread, it is no surprise that there is an abundance of reliable tools on the market. In this competitive world, it is important to have a successful project management tool.

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Leading Agile

JULY 22, 2022

When working toward becoming an Agile Organization, many companies begin by applying Agile methodologies at the team-level and then call the Transformation done. The problem is that even when you do it perfectly, establishing a team-level Agile Delivery Model is almost always insufficient. Overcoming our Barriers.

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Analysts Corner

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Apart from all these factors, the main one remains, what methodology will be used on their project. Understanding a day in the life of a BA depends on whether the project is a Waterfall Project or an Agile Project. I am assuming you are aware about Agile and its different events.

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Monday

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Project management is resource management. Sure, it’s other things too — leadership, communication, crisis management — but in the end, everything comes back to where and how you manage your resources. That’s a human resource management problem. What are project management resources?

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Analysts Corner

JANUARY 8, 2023

I personally have loads of BA, Agile, product, automation and design certifications and I’ve found the knowledge gained extremely useful in my various projects. Make sure you understand the requirements for the certification you are pursuing and make a plan to meet them.

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BA Careers

MARCH 20, 2024

In the fast-paced world of software development and project management, methodologies like Agile and Scrum have become indispensable. Agile methodologies focus on iterative development, adaptive planning, and customer collaboration, while Scrum provides a framework for implementing Agile principles.

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BA Careers

MAY 17, 2023

Agile project management has emerged as a popular approach to managing projects that are complex, uncertain, and fast-moving. This methodology emphasizes flexibility, collaboration, and adaptive planning, allowing teams to quickly respond to changes and deliver high-quality results.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Scrum is a lightweight agile framework that encourages team members to work on a problem together. A lot of people often get confused between scrum and agile. Although scrum follows the values & principles of agile, it’s a framework for solving complex problems. They think both are the same, but they are different.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Cost savings is a tricky subject with Agile. But it’s not because Agile can’t impact cost savings. It’s because Agile has very little impact on direct and immediate cost savings. The problem is, most people think the wrong way about how to save on cost with Agile. Transcript.

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Monday

APRIL 14, 2021

Are you thinking about hiring your company’s or team’s first project manager? Are you exploring the idea of training your team in project management principles? In this post, we’ll cover the tangible, research-backed benefits of project management. What are the benefits of project management?

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Smart Data Collective

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The Product Lead must be the master of the project’s business plan. The Product Lead also functions as the project’s feature editor, the one who sees the effort as a coherent whole, with the ability to subtract as many features as needed (but no more!) Next comes the Project Manager or Scrum Master. Roles filled.

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Analysts Corner

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Photo by Austin Distel on Unsplash Have you ever felt daily standup as, a waste of time not getting any insights on progress towards the goal status meeting where every team member updates what they are working on then, there is a high chance that the organisation or the team assumed that a set of rituals can make them agile.

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Leading Agile

JULY 18, 2018

This means a move away from the predominate way of organizing, managing, and funding work. For small companies, Agile Transformation can be straightforward—since getting alignment can be accomplished by getting everyone in a room and creating shared understanding. The Meaning of Agile Transformation. Agile vs Business Agility.

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Vitality Chicago

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Or more specifically, snowplowing in agile. Snowplowing in agile is a holdover from traditional project management approaches. It stems from the belief that projects are predictable, there are no unknowns, and fixed scope and fixed delivery dates for projects are not only possible, they are wise.

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Analysts Corner

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Nimble vs Agile: why is a unique term not enough? I went to the dictionary to look up the translation and there it was: NIMBL E (adjective) : agile. I went to the dictionary to look up the translation and there it was: NIMBL E (adjective) : agile. respond to changes more than following a plan.

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Marutitech

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Regardless of whether it is part of a project management prototype or something else, the first step of any process is planning. Detailed planning takes you through numerous obstacles, and project goals are achieved to an early completion date. The answer to all these questions is Agile release planning. .

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Agilemania

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Today’s project managers are required to possess a variety of talents, including expert quantitative understanding, solid communication skills, and a wide range of industry-specific expertise. It is understandable why qualified project managers are in such great demand worldwide given the extensive list of required talents.

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Agilemania

OCTOBER 18, 2022

About 97% of organizations believe that good project management skills are essential to their success. Project management certification for project managers is important to IT operations of all kinds. IT professionals who hold a project manager certification report median base annual salaries in the U.S.

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Simplilearn

APRIL 18, 2023

Unplanned events, confounding setbacks, and unexpected developments potentially lead to deviations from the pre-decided plan. Accurate estimation of the effort required to complete every task included in the prioritized backlog often turns challenging for project managers. Read More.

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The BAWorld

OCTOBER 2, 2024

Agile project management, which considers sprint zero and spike, breaks down the project management process into easily manageable portions known as Sprints to make it more manageable. Start preparing for your Agile Analysis Certification exam now! What Is Sprint Zero in Agile?

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Analysts Corner

AUGUST 17, 2022

Indeed, the art of creating, curating, and preserving quality project, product, and process documentation is facing a crisis in the age of “agile.” This documentation can be in the form of requirements documents, user manuals, technical documentation, or even simple project planning documentation. Stay agile.

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Business Analyst Learnings

JULY 18, 2019

I tend to describe the agile approach as a way of working; A targeted way of working that allows us to make changes, respond to customers’ needs and manage uncertainty with minimal delays, and without needing to wade through “red tape”. This mental shift comes with implicit obligations of adopting new ways of working.

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Villanova University

JULY 28, 2021

When Jon Nedik, a project manager with the U.S. Navy, decided to enroll in Villanova University’s online Agile and Applied Project Management certificate programs, he wanted a way to ease the transition from military to civilian life. Why He Chose Agile and Project Management.

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Managed Agile

OCTOBER 17, 2024

In this article, I want to talk about the need for “Reinventing Project Management” Any dynamic organization or company needs to be dynamic and constantly evolving to keep pace with an evolving marketplace and competitive environment. How Does This Apply to Project Management?

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Agile Business Consortium

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

As within project management, a process means certain activities that lead to a specific result. Project management standards such as PMBOK®Guide, Praxis Framework, AgilePM® define the processes needed to deliver the product of the project, but the product can be different for each of the projects.

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Monday

MARCH 15, 2023

Agile project management has its roots in software development, but today it’s used widely in everything from marketing campaign management to scientific research. If you want to understand the fundamental principles behind the agile approach, you might want to consider Agile project management certification.

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

When I first learned about Agile methods in 2002, the principles seemed to offer an ideal solution to many organizational issues common at the time. It’s time now to move forward to the next level of proficiency in software delivery; what we might call “post-Agile.” Stable Team. Dedicated Team. Team Spaces.

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Agilemania

MARCH 23, 2021

Some Agile experts are not hard-core fans of SAFe. And this makes SAFe more complicated, bureaucratic than the Agile manifesto recommends. They also have this opinion that SAFe is so heavy, maybe it is not Agile at all. Most of us started our Agile journey with one framework, and that is Scrum. Let us dig deeper.

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Agile Velocity

OCTOBER 28, 2021

In addition to all the picture-taking, I’ve also been thinking about how the process of learning how to swim is similar to Agile transformations and the development of new Agile capabilities. Likewise, transformations take time, especially if organizations are from traditional project management backgrounds. .

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Vitality Chicago

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Are dedicated teams required for Agile or Scrum? It seems like we are nearly evenly divided on this question of dedicated teams for agile. There were 46% who said NO they are not required and 54% said yes, dedicated teams are required for agile. Nothing in the Agile Values or Principles says the team should be dedicated.

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Agilemania

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Every time when we have a discussion about scrum and SAFe, we usually hear that there is no such role as a project manager. And that’s the reason people are apprehensive about the success of a project without a project manager. Can the scrum team manage to perform their tasks very well, without a project manager?

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Managed Agile

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

I recently wrote an article on “ Reinventing Project Management ” which advocates developing a more integrated Agile Project Management approach that embraces both Agile and traditional plan-driven project management in the right proportions to fit any given project.

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