Tag: agile
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Agile sprint backlog: a guide to optimal sprint planning
Sprint backlogs in agile methodology are a core area of backlog management that every scrum master, engineer and product manager must grasp. In the world of agile, maintaining a well-groomed backlog is a requirement for effective sprint planning. When your backlog isn’t groomed frequently, you can end up focusing on the wrong priorities, eventually steering…
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How to Get Started with User Story Mapping
Agile does a great job of breaking big projects down into bite-sized sprints, and it’s hugely popular because of it. By focusing on a few weeks at a time, you boost quality and efficiency and turn out deliverables faster and more often. But, when you’re always focusing on one slice of the pie, it’s extremely…
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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…
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Agile Methodology For Software Development: Intro
Ultimate Guide to Agile Methodology – PART 1 I won’t bore you with a lengthy background of how project management has evolved from more traditional methodologies to agile methodology. However 🙂 It will help to provide some context as to why the two are different, and why agile software development has taken a stronghold. The…
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Must Have Agile Software Development Tools
Ultimate Guide to Agile Methodology – PART 3 In PART 3 of our Ultimate Guide to Agile Methodology, we’ll be covering “must have” agile tools. Now, if you’re unfamiliar with agile software development in general… Take a few minutes to brush up on PART 1: Agile Methodology for Software Development Furthermore, in PART 2, we covered…