Category Archives: Project Management

How to Easily Prioritize Your Agile Stories

What Comes First? You’ve spoken to all of your stakeholders, maybe had a workshop or two, gathered all of the input, defined requirements and converted it all into stories, and now you have writer’s cramp from printing them all out onto index cards. You’ve now taken over the conference room and spread your cards out [...]
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How To Make Your Project Not Suck Using an Agile Project Charter

An Agile Project Charter The Problem Any project can fail, and any project can fail for a seemingly endless array of reasons. Large complex projects sometimes fail because they are well… large and complex. High complexity means more unknowns. More unknowns make estimation and management of budget, time, resource requirements, and a multitude of other [...]
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Hello World

Why is the title of my first post "Hello World"? If you've ever done any sort of software development, you likely already know the answer to that question. For those have have not, the explanation is pretty simple. When initiating a software project, a developer will often create an artifact that displays text in the UI of the application - be it a web page, a desktop application, or even a mobile app. The text most often chosen is "Hello World" as it symbolizes that the software creation has inhaled its first virtual breath in its world of zeros and ones. I have to confess that I have at times felt a touch of Frankensteinian glee as I witnessed my creation come to life. This first post is the same. It is the first breath of life of my first blog.
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