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- From Requirements to Procurement: How to Select an Agile Work Management Platform [Upcoming Webinar] October 10, 2018You feel it: the increasing pressure from executives to collect data that reveals the status (and risks) of high priority projects and connect business requirements and strategy to what your software teams deliver. However, as your company scales The post From Requirements to Procurement: How to Select an Agile Work Management Platform [Upcoming Webinar] appeared […]McKenzie Fetzer
- Targetprocess v.3.12.15: simplified multi-teams assignment for Features and Epics October 5, 2018Version 3.12.15 introduces the code required for v.3.13.0 to introduce a new entity type into the work hierarchy – Portfolio Epics. It's a level above Epics, which enables more natural Portfolio level planning and execution. Simplified Teams Assignment The post Targetprocess v.3.12.15: simplified multi-teams assignment for Features and Epics appeared first on Targetprocess - Visual […]Nadia Bulynia
- How Value-Driven Organizations Gain Visibility As They Scale Agile [Webinar Recap] October 3, 2018Last week, Targetprocess, SD Times, and training experts Net Objectives hosted the webinar, ‘Process or Tools? How Value-Driven Organizations Gain Visibility As They Scale Agile.’ The discussion was led by Olga Ikhelis, product specialist at Targetprocess, and Al The post How Value-Driven Organizations Gain Visibility As They Scale Agile [Webinar Recap] appeared first on Targetprocess […]McKenzie Fetzer
- Why You Need to Move Your Program Increment Planning Online October 1, 2018Program increment (PI) planning is one of the most important things your Agile enterprise can do. It’s so important, in fact, that the experts at Scaled Agile refer to PI planning as, “the heartbeat of the Agile Release The post Why You Need to Move Your Program Increment Planning Online appeared first on Targetprocess - […]Kelsie Anderson
- 5 Questions That Will Make Your Capacity Planning Process Better September 28, 2018If I walked into a room full of project management professionals and said, “It’s time to go through the capacity planning process!” I guarantee everyone in the room would groan loudly. And I don’t blame them. If you’re The post 5 Questions That Will Make Your Capacity Planning Process Better appeared first on Targetprocess - […]Kelsie Anderson
- 3 Signs Your Sustainable Pace is Killing Your Developers September 24, 2018Work at a sustainable pace and your team will be happy and never burn out. That’s the idea, anyway. It’s one of the twelve principles of the Agile manifesto. “Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and The post 3 Signs Your Sustainable Pace is Killing Your Developers appeared first on Targetprocess - Visual […]Max Steinmetz
- The Complete Guide to Getting the Most Out of the Agile SAFe Summit September 19, 2018Consider these statistics about the upcoming Agile SAFe Summit in Washington, D.C.: Over 1,500 scaled Agile professionals plan to attend, almost quadrupling the attendance of similar conferences like Business Agility 2018 in New York City. There is the The post The Complete Guide to Getting the Most Out of the Agile SAFe Summit appeared first […]Kelsie Anderson
- Targetprocess v.3.12.14: Opening cards with a single click, bug fixes September 19, 2018Opening cards with a single click Our users tell us that they open cards more often than select them. In this release, we’ve simplified opening cards. Now, if you want to open a card in any View across Targetprocess — just The post Targetprocess v.3.12.14: Opening cards with a single click, bug fixes appeared first on Targetprocess - […]Irina Gurina
- 5 Practical Software Development Metrics Every Agile Leader Needs September 18, 2018I’m sure you’ve heard of the saying, “Knowledge is power.” It’s a great saying, and it’s not wrong. But it’s important to remember that the saying isn’t “More knowledge is more power.” Especially when it comes to evaluating The post 5 Practical Software Development Metrics Every Agile Leader Needs appeared first on Targetprocess - Visual […]Sonya Hansen
- 16 Creative Timeline Examples to Inspire Great Project Timelines September 13, 2018This post was updated on September 13, 2018, to include different creative timeline examples and tie them more directly to project timeline creation tips. I’ll be honest: I’m a sucker for good visualizations. If a graphic conveys useful The post 16 Creative Timeline Examples to Inspire Great Project Timelines appeared first on Targetprocess - Visual […]Kelsie Anderson
- From Requirements to Procurement: How to Select an Agile Work Management Platform [Upcoming Webinar] October 10, 2018
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Better Estimates by Embracing Uncertainty
Uncertainty Existential philosophers tell us that uncertainty is a fundamental given of existence. But uncertainty is also something which we often find to be undesirable and we seem to spend a lot of time trying to rid ourselves of it. But … Continue reading
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Leave Work Unassigned and See Who Steps Forward
This post is from mountaingoatsoftware.com by Mike Cohn. Early in my career, I noticed the project managers in my company drove nicer cars than we programmers did.
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Not Everything Needs to Be a User Story: Using FDD Features
This post is from mountaingoatsoftware.com by Mike Cohn. User stories are great. When you’ve got users, that is. Sometimes, though, the users of a system or product are so far removed that a team struggles to put users into their … Continue reading
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Fear is Waterfall
This post was written by me and first published on the trainline engineering blog. The big selling point of Agile is the fast return on investment it promises. But what excites me most about Agile is its emphasis on people … Continue reading
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Cancel Your Executive Status Meetings (Do This Instead)
This post is from rallydev.com by Alex Pukinskis. Last week I met with a strategy leader for an Australian financial services organization, who was trying to work out how to bring his executive team together on a regular cadence to align … Continue reading
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Sustainability
This post is from tryingtokeepitagile.com by Lynn Grant. In my last post, Agile Development in the ’80s, I talked about the team I was on in the early ’80s that was, in many ways, a Kanban team. I was discussing this with a … Continue reading
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Agile @ Scale (slides from Sony Mobile tech talk)
This post is from blog.crisp.se by Henrik Kniberg. Here are the slides from my tech talk Agile @ Scale at Sony Mobile. Full house & very high level of engagement, I was impressed by this crowd! And thanks for the awesome recommendation on LinkedIn Click here to see the full … Continue reading
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“How Thin is Thin?” An Example of Effective Story Slicing
This post is from agile.dzone.com by Dave Rooney. If you have spent any time at all working in an Agile software development environment, you’ve heard the mantra to split your Stories as thin as you possibly can while still delivering value. … Continue reading
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What is the point of breaking down user stories?
This may seem like a strange question coming from an Agile Coach, but what I want to do is to try to make the reasons less mushy and abstract. Many is the time when discussing (and usually disagreeing on) the … Continue reading
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Using Lego to capture raw data for Cycle Time and Process Cycle Efficiency
This post is from eliassen.com by Dave Nicolette. I’m one of six technical Agile coaches engaged by a large bank to support an initiative to improve software delivery performance. The IT department is an established agile software development shop that uses … Continue reading
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