Tag: agile-and-scrum

What Is A Product Backlog In Scrum? Overview For Agile Teams

What is a product backlog in scrum? Overview for agile teams

Product Management

Effective backlog management can make or break your product. By the same token, misunderstanding your backlog can lead to traps.

David Pereira
Feb 1, 2023 ⋅ 6 min read
Minimize Project Risk Using The Stage-Gate Process

Minimize project risk using the stage-gate process

Product Management

The stage-gate process divides projects into different stages with gates (reviews) in between them. Results of the previous phase are presented to stakeholders.

David Theil
Feb 1, 2023 ⋅ 8 min read
What Is A Burndown Chart And How To Use It Like A Product Manager

What is a burndown chart?

Product Management

As a PM, tracking and managing work via a burndown chart is a shared responsibility with the engineering manager and scrum master of the team.

Ian Khor
Jan 31, 2023 ⋅ 4 min read
What Is Iterative And Incremental Development? Process, Examples

What is iterative and incremental development? Process, examples

Product Management

Review what iterative and incremental development means, weigh the pros and cons, and see how an iterative and incremental development process works in practice by looking at examples.

Suhasini Gadam
Jan 26, 2023 ⋅ 6 min read
What Are Deliverables In Agile And Why Do We Have Them?

What are deliverables in agile and why do we have them?

Product Management

Deliverables can often feel like an imposed requirement without purpose. So, if agile is such a popular way of working, why are deliverables still around?

Emma Burt
Jan 16, 2023 ⋅ 3 min read
Kanban Vs. Scrum: Choosing The Right Process For Your Team

Kanban vs. scrum: Choosing the right process for your team

Product Management

Both scrum and Kanban are great and can be practiced in any kind of project, provided you know how efficiently they can be used to deliver.

Praveenkumar Revankar
Jan 12, 2023 ⋅ 17 min read
Scrum Is A Framework Not A Silver Bullet

Scrum is a framework, not a silver bullet

Product Management

Scrum isn’t evil by design. It’s just like a game of telephone — by the end, it’s nothing like what it’s supposed to be.

David Pereira
Jan 9, 2023 ⋅ 4 min read
Agile explained: The 4 Agile Manifesto values and 12 principles

Agile explained: The 4 Agile Manifesto values and 12 principles

Product Management

The agile values and principles add color to the higher-level values of the Agile Manifesto. Learn how they promote continuous learning and improvement in an increasingly unpredictable world.

Jordan Lamborn
Dec 29, 2022 ⋅ 14 min read
Agile explained: The 4 Agile Manifesto values and 12 principles

Agile explained: The 4 Agile Manifesto values and 12 principles

Product Management

In this guide, we’ll introduce you to the concept of agile product development and then break down the Agile Manifesto with a focus on its four values and 12 principles.

Jordan Lamborn
Dec 29, 2022 ⋅ 14 min read
What Is Continuous Improvement? Process, Examples, Methodologies

What is continuous improvement? Process, examples, methodologies

Product Management

When teams are overwhelmed by unsustainable pressure to deliver more than they possibly can, their attention naturally shifts to maximizing output rather than improving processes.

David Pereira
Dec 29, 2022 ⋅ 4 min read
Agile Vs. Waterfall: Comparing Project Management Cultures

Agile vs. waterfall: Comparing project management cultures

Product Management

From the fundamental dichotomy between the two approaches to how waterfall has infiltrated back in our lives, we’ll dissect the obvious so that we can keep our guard up.

Antonio da Fonseca Neto
Dec 27, 2022 ⋅ 7 min read
10 Ways To Keep Agile Teams Engaged And Inspired

10 ways to inspire and motivate your agile team

Product Management

Inspired, self-organizing teams easily breeze through challenges and obstacles. Uninspired teams usually require top-to-bottom direction.

Bart Krawczyk
Dec 26, 2022 ⋅ 4 min read