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How to Become an Agile Project Manager?

Agilemania

The foremost objective of agile project management is the systematic and frequent execution of valuable steps. Such problems are capable of affecting the bigger picture of the project. It is the agile project manager’s responsibility to ensure that the teamwork’s efficiency remains intact throughout the process.

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Managing backlog flow with the “Rock Crusher” method

Analysts Corner

We talk about the book “ The Rock Crusher: A Model for Flow-Based Backlog Management ”, by authors Steve Adolph, Shane Hastie, and Ryland Leyton. Crushing The Rocks The Rock Crusher method is a method of managing backlog items along the “funnel” in the most fluid way. We must always take this into consideration.

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How to Become an Agile Project Manager?

Agilemania

The foremost objective of agile project management is the systematic and frequent execution of valuable steps. Such problems are capable of affecting the bigger picture of the project. It is the agile project manager’s responsibility to ensure that the teamwork’s efficiency remains intact throughout the process.

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Five Product Owner Myths Busted

Roman Pichler

But as product owner, you are not a user story scribe or a product backlog manager. Refining the product backlog and writing user stories is teamwork: The development team members should actively contribute to removing, changing, and adding backlog items, as well as breaking larger stories into smaller ones.

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What is Agile project management: when and how to use it

Monday

Agile project management is a polarizing topic in professional circles. They might even go so far as to say that every project should be Agile. In this guide to Agile project management, you’ll learn exactly what it is and how to make the same evaluations, so that you can start adapting it appropriately within your organization.

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Business Analysis Digest #37

Passionate BA

Stakeholder Alignment by John Davidson Photo by Ben Mathis Seibel on Unsplash Originally created for project managers (but definitely usable by other roles as well), this article delves into the critical aspects of stakeholder alignment. The Rock Crusher: Mastering Agile Backlog Management. 27.09, 10 PM CEST.

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Why Product Owners Need Effective Scrum Masters?

Roman Pichler

In practice, however, Scrum Masters sometimes take on duties that do not belong to the role, including the following three ones: Project management : The Scrum Master is not a project manager, even though that’s a common misunderstanding. You should therefore not expect that your Scrum Master refines the backlog for you.

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