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Quality Assurance (QA) Team’s job in Agile Software Development environment is more challenging because there is no software requirement specifications (SRS) for testing team to verify development release and the team often has a user story and some acceptance criteria in which any good tester can quickly poke holes. Development team always says that they will fix these minor issues in

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I think Agile Project management is something different than old project management style. Generally "old managers" try to control the things in angry and judgmental way. This tends to long run problem for you and organization. Do you have any employee who is not acting as he supposed to? Are you just getting annoyed or are you trying to help him. Think about your own behavior at work. Are

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Every project manager wants high performance teams because effective & motivated teams magnify the accomplishments of individuals and enable you to better serve customers. As a team leader it is your responsibility to motivate team members. Here are some tips for How to build high performance team & increase employee involvement. Clear Goals Make sure that the team goals are totally clear

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In Agile Project Management, managers play their role in different way. They need more particle skills than old project managers. Agile managers should have the following behavioral characteristics: 1. Innovative — feeling comfortable in fast-changing environments; being willing to take risks and to consider new and untested approaches 2. Strategic — taking a long-range, broad approach to

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Can we afford not to use Agile software methodology? I think no. Water fall model may complete your project on the time according to specification but may not deliver value to the end user. That’s why continues feedback is important though the whole software life cycle. Agile software development aims to develop and implement software quickly in close cooperation with the customer in an adaptive

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Hi, New Question & Answer Portal for Project Managers has been launched. On this site you can ask questions and share your knowledge with others by answering their questions. On this site you can discuss about various topics like Project management, Agile Methodology, Team management, Leadership, Software development etc. Here is the link of the site: http://www.techbaba.com/faqs/project+

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product roadmapping can play an important role in bridging the gap between management, marketing and product development by forcing management to consider both product positioning and development aspects at the same time. Product roadmap is important to account for services in the product roadmap, and that a common conceptual view of the product may be lacking even when the development

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I found a good link having good IT Software Project Management Tips & faqs. It provide some basic tips about the success of the project, Project Planning, Team motivation, SRS etc. Link to the faqs is: IT software Project Management Tips and Faqs

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Agile processes like extreme programming (XP), Scrum, Crystal and adaptive software development are software engineering methodologies that describe the set of values, principles and practices for rapidly developing high-quality software, providing the highest value for the customer in the fastest possible way. Following are some best extreme programming practices: User Stories Instead of

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In classic approaches any development work must wait until all the requirements are documented, agreed, and signed off. The end-users don't get to see the product until it is largely complete But according to the new Agile Methodology, only stable plans are short term plans that are made for a single iteration. Iterative development gives you a firm foundation in each iteration that you can base

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Definition: Project management is the art of organizing and managing resources in such a way that these resources deliver all specified requirements within the constraints of scope, quality, time, and cost. The agile project managers aren’t just organizers – they combine business vision, communication skills, soft management skills and technical knowledge with the ability to plan, coordinate,

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