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Only the Hits – Our Best Agile Blog Posts of 2021

Vitality Chicago

The Best Agile Blogs of 2021. #1 1 – The 5 Best Agile Books for 2021. This article was published early in 2021 and it is our most popular article by far! Teams find that an ongoing investment in backlog refinement helps to smooth Sprint Planning and results in more predictable velocity and outcomes. Coach People.

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A comprehensive guide to project management in 2021

Monday

Project management is the process of planning and managing employees, locations, and money to ensure that a project is successful. A framework outlines the team hierarchy, deliverables, up-front plans, and actual management process. No matter how granular your plans get, your individual employees will control their own work.

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From Project Manager to Business Analyst: Wendell White

Bridging the Gap

I am here today with Wendell White, who was a participant in our 2021 Blueprint program. So after realizing what she had done, and this was years ago, I kept the requirements documentation because it was so well put together. And it made me look at my requirements gathering process that typically I would do myself.

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Milestone definition: what it means and why you should care

Monday

According to a 2021 PMI project management study, the most common reasons for project failure are related to poor upfront planning and unforeseen change. Weak requirements gathering, poor planning, inadequate vision — these are all avoidable issues. Pre-design: completing the requirements gathering report.

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What is Agile project management: when and how to use it

Monday

Agile project management is an iterative — or cyclical — approach to planning, monitoring, and executing projects of all types. You start with the requirements gathering stage and keep going down until the project is over. Better ability to handle changing priorities because you use a shorter time frame in the planning stages.

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A complete guide to the Waterfall methodology in 2021

Monday

The Waterfall methodology is an approach to project management where you break down a large project into clear-cut linear stages, from requirement gathering to implementation. The linear approach allows you to plan and set a structure for the project early on. There’s no goal of a perfect, step-by-step plan before launch.