Category: Product Management
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How to Estimate Story Points in 6 Steps for Improved Agile Planning
How awesome would it be if development teams could just look at a user story and immediately provide a definitive figure of how long it would take to complete it? That would be pretty cool, right? Everything else, from sprint planning to budget estimates and feature releases, would run smoothly. Unfortunately, effort estimation in the…
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10 Best Requirements Management Tools for Engineering Teams in 2023
Let’s agree on this – managing software requirements is a significant undertaking. As the project manager, you have to collect, analyze, document, and track various requirements throughout the development lifecycle. It is a tedious task, yet a tricky one. You don’t want to create poorly defined requirements – they can result in project delays, cost…
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A Quick Guide To Engineering Project Management [2023]
Believe it or not– the biggest challenges with engineering project management aren’t technical. When it comes to developing any products, managing the entire software development lifecycle– to create a product that people love– requires more than just a deep understanding of the engineering processes. You must make many decisions throughout the project lifecycle, including choosing…
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Sprint Planning Template for Modern Agile Teams
Sprint planning is one of the four Scrum ceremonies. It’s held at the beginning of every sprint to define the goals and backlog while keeping the team in sync. 💡What is sprint planning? ›› Since sprint planning is crucial for a successful sprint you need to be able to improve the flow of information, save…
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How To Write Software Design Documents (Updated for 2023)
This helpful Software Design Document template is geared towards Product Managers, Founders, Innovation Strategists, CIOs. A structured software design document can save you days or weeks. Its goal is to ensure that everyone is aligned, and helps teams build great products and innovate in record time.
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Turning Huge Tasks Into Quick Wins with Tara
How Finding Their Right-Size Project Management Platform in Tara Kept Prenda Moving Forward About Prenda Prenda is a flourishing new startup making waves in the competitive education technology space. The company, recently backed by Y Combinator, offers a personalized, one-on-one “microschool” learning environment for grade school students. In just two years, Prenda has launched more…
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7 Ways to Manage Pull Requests
Pull requests focus on the changes made to the codebase with information about what change was made to help reviewers and other developers understand and provide feedback. Their biggest drawbacks lie in their detailed nature and time consumption. Developers make every effort to improve the management of pull requests, along with their workflow. There is…
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A Startup’s Secrets to Effective Remote Sprint Planning
“Every battle is won before it is fought.” ~ Sun Tzu I’ve found that every small win or small difference, often makes the biggest difference in terms of impact. Imagine sprints as small battles, where your startup is fighting in an open arena. Every small victory accumulates, leading to the larger victory of the greater…