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Ask Mr. Agile®: How do Gantt charts work with scrum?

Ask Mr. Agile®: How do Gantt charts work with scrum?

What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “How do Gantt charts work with scrum?” Mr. Agile® says, “Gantt charts are just a visualization, so I think many times people think that…”

Ask Mr. Agile®: How do I justify the need for a dedicated full-time scrum master on each team?

Ask Mr. Agile®: How do I justify the need for a dedicated full-time scrum master on each team?

What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “How do I justify the need for a dedicated full-time scrum master on each team?” Mr. Agile® says, “This is actually a very common question that we get, and the reason…”

Make Your Next Project Self-funded

Make Your Next Project Self-funded

A big benefit of agile projects is the capability to have a self-funding project. Waiting to release anything until you have everything limits your ability to gain early market share, realize an early (and compounding) return on investment (ROI), receive early end-customer feedback, and remain relevant in a fast-moving marketplace.

Not Getting to “Done”? How To Define Success in a Sprint

Not Getting to “Done”? How To Define Success in a Sprint

Scrum teams should be purpose-driven in their development. Rather than focusing on how many items get completed during a sprint, the focus should be more on achieving overarching business goals for delivering value to the customer. Scrum is also all about getting to done. There’s no partial credit. Shippable work is either done, or it isn’t.

The State of Scrum: San Diego

The State of Scrum: San Diego

Technology is the largest industry in the San Diego job market. Health care and research are also in the top five, making the area a prime location to empower your career with Scrum knowledge.

Ask Mr. Agile®: How do I know when an agile project is complete?

Ask Mr. Agile®: How do I know when an agile project is complete?

What are your agile questions? Whether it’s transitioning from traditional project management, managing vendor contracts, estimation and more, Mr. Agile® has answers. Today’s blog post answers the question: “How do I know when an agile project is complete?” Mr. Agile® says, “We have a formula that we like to use…”

The State of Scrum: Utah

The State of Scrum: Utah

The tech sector is beginning to boom in Utah. Where there is tech, there is scrum, an agile framework for delivering customer value early and often. Here we’ll cover the current state of scrum in Utah, we will give you the skinny on the current Utah job market, the Utah agile community, and new scrum certification opportunities in Utah.

2019 REGION 7 LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

2019 REGION 7 LEADERSHIP SUMMIT

Platinum Edge will sponsor the PMI 2019 REGION 7 SUMMIT, a 3-day event for participants to develop their leadership skills, network and support the building and growing of PMI chapters across Region 7.

Defining Purpose: 3 Things to Know Before You Get Started with Scrum

Defining Purpose: 3 Things to Know Before You Get Started with Scrum

So, you have decided to use scrum for your product development, but you’re not quite sure where and how to start or what are the critical items you need to address before starting. As you prepare for the new year, it’s a great time to pause and make sure you begin with clear purpose and expectations in your next endeavor.

Uncover the Hidden Priorities that Make You Ineffective

Uncover the Hidden Priorities that Make You Ineffective

Many organizations and teams mistakenly justify context switching as both parallelization and talent resource optimization. Although their goal is efficiency, unknowingly these “hidden priorities” result in not only loss of efficiency (accomplishing things quickly), but also loss of effectiveness (accomplishing the most valuable things). This article examines the hidden priorities in context switching vs. parallelization.

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