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Myths of Software Management: Conway’s Law

Project Management Planet — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:36:57 +0000

Conway’s law describes the link between communication structure of organizations and the systems they design. It is named after the computer scientist and programmer Melvin Conway, who introduced the idea in 1967: “[O]rganizations which design systems (in the broad sense used here) are constrained to produce designs which are copies...

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How to Manage Expectations in Software Development

Project Management Planet — Tue, 12 Nov 2024 14:11:48 +0000

When we look at the software that needs to be developed we have people pushing us to make sure we get the feature out as fast as possible. However, this will generally have an impact on the quality of the software that is being developed. In school or in the...

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Take Communication to a New Level with Sketchnotes

Project Management Planet — Tue, 20 Aug 2024 16:50:27 +0000

Do you think in pictures? If so, you are part of 65% of people who are visual learners. In Agile project management, we have a lot of complex concepts that we need to understand and explain to others. Sketchnoting or visual summaries can help you learn more effectively, retain information...

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Strategies for Software Project Managers to Say No

Project Management Planet — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:20:29 +0000

The software development project manager has been working hard to meet a deadline and then he receives an email from your boss, asking him to take on a new project. He is e at capacity with his time, resources, and focus, but he still feels obliged to say “yes”. This...

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Fixing Feedback in Software Development Project

Project Management Planet — Mon, 27 Nov 2023 17:40:39 +0000

Feedback in software development projects sucks. It is horrible to give, it can be painful to receive – even when a project manager gives praise, we are still uncomfortable. It is a problem, because if members of a software development team cannot give effective feedback to each other, and if...

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Why is Coffee Important in Software Development Projects?

Project Management Planet — Mon, 06 Nov 2023 16:41:34 +0000

We have all heard of phrases such as “Let’s walk and talk”, “Give me your elevator pitch” or “Let’s get a coffee”. When someone comes up to you and says “let’s get a coffee”, you instinctively know that you are about to have a conversation with this person. Your reaction...

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Competitive Engineering

Project Management Planet — Wed, 01 Nov 2023 08:44:40 +0000

In a period where the trend is to follow agile approaches with condensed guidance (see the 12 principles of the Agile Manifesto for instance), it could seem strange to publish a book on software development with more than 500 dense pages. You should however not be frightened by the book...

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Introduction to Stakeholder Interviews in Software Projects

Project Management Planet — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 11:02:58 +0000

Stakeholder interviews drive successful stakeholder engagement and give us an understanding of our software development project’s landscape. This understanding can help us navigate obstacles before they arise and keep everyone engaged and supportive. Stakeholder interviews help us: Gather context and history. Every project comes with history: the origin of the...

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Building Awesome Teams Using The Team Collaboration Canvas

Project Management Planet — Wed, 31 May 2023 13:37:17 +0000

What is the secret of successful agile initiatives and awesome teams? Teamwork and effective collaboration, of course. It is important to set up software project development teams for success, as well as implement continuous improvement processes to ensure antipatterns and difficulties are addressed. Agile team chartering and retrospectives are commonly...

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Hybrid and Remote Project Teams Collaboration

Project Management Planet — Tue, 14 Feb 2023 15:52:04 +0000

Discover the model of work habits that boost a software development project team’s performance and well-being with 10 areas of the team’s way of working: Work patterns, Teamwork, Collaboration, Cross/team routines, Meetings time & quality, Emails / chats time & quality, Focus time, Collaborative learning, Leader’s guidance, Work-life harmony. This...

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