Category: Project Management
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Increase Participation from your Scrum Team with Round Robin, Quiet Writing, and Free-for-All
As a scrum advocate, you embrace the agile framework of collaboration, communication, and feedback among team members. However, experience has taught the seasoned observers that not all team members may feel comfortable or motivated to participate in Scrum events, such… Continue reading
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How Progressive Delivery can Enhance your CI/CD Pipeline
In a modern and evolved organization you would ideally find teams leveraging Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. CICD enabled faster and more reliable delivery of software to customers by automating the build, test, and deployment processes. Ideally allowing… Continue reading
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TPM Tech Talk: What is Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)?
Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) is a web technology that allows browsers to access resources from different domains in a controlled and secure way. CORS is useful for web applications that need to interact with external services or APIs, such as… Continue reading
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A Quick Introduction to Popular Agile Scaling Frameworks Scrum Nexus, LeSS, & Scrum@Scale
The article discusses three Scrum scaling frameworks – Nexus, LeSS (Large-Scale Scrum), and Scrum@Scale – to aid understanding for Technical Program Managers. Nexus builds on Scrum principles with additional roles and events for multi-team coordination. LeSS takes a minimalist, holistic… Continue reading
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Write Better User Stories with INVEST
Good developers realize the strength and resilience of well-decoupled, clearly- written code components, powered by a strong development framework in building successful software. It is no different for product owners authoring effective user stories that are clearly articulated and actionable.… Continue reading
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5 Reasons to becoming a more self-aware Technical Program Manager
In the realm of effective program management, self-awareness stands as a crucial attribute that can transform average managers into exceptional leaders. Self-awareness encompasses a deep understanding of one’s strengths, weaknesses, emotions, and the impact they have on others. This powerful… Continue reading
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Using Personas to unlock a better understanding and engagement of your internal stakeholders
What are Stakeholder Personas? Stakeholder personas are fictional, yet representative, profiles that depict different types of stakeholders involved in a project. These personas are created by analyzing and synthesizing information about the various individuals or groups who have a stake… Continue reading
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Leveraging ChatGPT as a Technical Program Manager to Write Effective Status Reports
With the story of the year being ChatGPT, squarely focused on everyone from engineers to data scientists, writers, academics, I thought I’d write a blurb on how as a Technical Program Manager, I leverage ChatGPT in my day-to-day. I assume… Continue reading
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What is a Parking Lot in Scrum Speak?
In project management, a Parking Lot is a designated space, either physical or virtual, where ideas, concerns, questions, or issues that arise during project meetings or discussions are recorded. These unresolved matters are “parked” in the lot to be revisited and addressed… Continue reading