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The Value of PMs: What Makes a Good Product Manager.

In past articles, we’ve discussed the value of Business Analysts and Quality Assurance, but I’ve noticed that we have not yet discussed my own function of Product Management. Being a naturally humble person, I tend to avoid talking about myself, so I’m not surprised it's taken this long. Nevertheless, I’ll attempt to “toot my own horn” in this article as best as I can. DefinitionSo what is a product manager in a tech organization? There are several definitions out there, but the one I like...

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Why Software Projects Fail to Hit Delivery Dates Lately.

Let's face it, the pandemic (and then the AI revolution) changed everything. Now, many businesses are undergoing a major digital transformation in order to adapt to today’s vastly different environment. Unfortunately, however, the keyword in that sentence is “undergoing.” Many of these projects continue to languish under indefinite delays and cost overruns. This is driving CEOs crazy. They can see so much potential for disruption in our new world, but the initiatives aimed at capturing that...

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The Role of Business Analysis in Software Development.

Why do I need a Business Analysis (BA)? Many business owners ask this when reviewing a comprehensive quotation from a software development agency. This article answers this and other questions, including what it is, when it's needed, and the role of Business Analysis in software development. What is Business Analysis?It's tough enough to define Business Analysis since it's a wide discipline with many objectives. Consider two ideas offered by the International Institute of Business Analysis...

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5 Tips on How to Build Agile Teams in the New Workplace.

As business leaders look for ways to become more agile in the workplace, we're diving into how they can effectively build agile teams for any given project. Given the pandemic-driven, drastic change in the workplace, business leaders should rethink how to build and optimize agile teams. The widespread adoption of collaborative technologies, along with the growth of remote work strategies across an entire organization, gives new meaning to the word "agile". Most organizations originally used...

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What Are the 12 Principles of Agile Project Management?

There are 12 principles of Agile that build the foundation of the most popular way to manage projects in a knowledge work environment. Get to know their meanings and practical applications in modern-day project management. According to the PMI Pulse of the Profession annual report, 48% of projects are not completed within the scheduled time, 43% go over their original budget, and 31% don't meet the initial goals and business intent. This doesn't sound very optimistic. It is obvious that...

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Introduction to agile.

With more focus on continuous improvement, agile project management beats the traditional linear way of managing projects as well as developing products and services. Increasingly, many organizations are slowly adopting the agile project management methodology since it uses a series of some shorter product development cycles for great project success. This project management style allows for continuous integration, rapid development, and continuous delivery. Agile project management lets...

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Why Agility Matters: The Real Benefits of Agile Development.

For software development professionals, working with “agile” development methodologies (agile methods) such as Scrum or Kanban is an easy-to-understand and obvious choice. For business professionals who may not be experts in development practices, this may be less obvious, so we thought we’d take a few minutes to explain. Twenty years ago, software developers invented agile methods, which have since become the dominant method used by technology firms. A number of methodologies preceded agile...

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Agile vs Waterfall: How to Choose for Your Next Project.

With Agile, Lean, and all the other new kids on the project management block, some managers act as if there’s nothing left to learn from traditional project management. Treating traditional project management as if it were a useless relic from a bygone age — the pager of the modern era. But that’s just not the case, really. Most modern methodologies and frameworks build upon tried-and-tested concepts that existed decades before the advent of software development or the internet. Traditional...

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6 Reasons for Miscommunication in the Workplace, and How to Avoid Them.

“Next year’s annual customer event will be held in Austin. Please start planning immediately. Be prepared to connect in a few months to present the details of your plan.” The marching orders from your boss are clear. An event in Austin. Next year. As the Head of Events at your organization, you waste no time … diving headfirst into the plans. Fast forward to “a few months later,” and you present your plan to the C-suite. Someone raises their hand when the first slide appears, “Why does that...

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Release Planning and Honest Bidding: Pricing Software Without Guesswork.

When a prospective client contacts outsourcing partners for software development, they have a crucial question. Beyond the usual "get to know you" questions, this question stands out. “How long will it take to build my software and how much money will it cost?” Outsourcing engagements often turn into nightmares, and this is where it begins. Buyers often realize it months after signing contracts. To explain this, I’ll use an analogy that’s near and dear to my heart, having just lived through...

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Product vs Project Management: What It Means for Outsourcing.

We have seen two fundamentally different philosophies on how companies interact with their software during years of working with our clients: the first we call project focus, and the second we call product focus. Choosing a philosophy for your business will affect your product, company, culture, and customer experience. Project FocusProject Focus is a methodology that establishes specific, predefined goals along with a clear deadline and budget. In this approach, a software product is...

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