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Project Management
Project Management White Papers
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A Project Manager's Survival Guide to Going Agile
Michele SligerBy: Michele Sliger
This paper focuses on re-defining the job of project manager to better fit the self-managed team environment, one of the core Agile principles. Special emphasis is placed on the shift to servant leadership, with its focus on facilitation and collaboration.
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Five Levels of Agile Planning: From Enterprise Product Vision to Team Stand-up
Hubert SmitsBy: Hubert Smits
Existing Agile methods often focus on small, single-team projects and overlook the broader impact of large, multi-team and multi-year projects. This paper outlines a distinct planning framework that has been used successfully in large-scale Agile projects and relies on five levels: product vision, product roadmap, release plan, sprint plan and daily commitment.
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Project Management Webinars
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Project Management Articles
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The Agile Impact Report: Proven Performance Metrics from the Agile Enterprise
In May 2008, Rally Software commissioned third-party research firm QSM Associates (QSMA) to assess the performance of Agile development projects against plan-based or waterfall industry averages in three key areas: productivity, time-to-market and quality. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the performance of companies that have implemented Agile development practices and utilized them throughout the entire lifecycle. QSMA benchmarked 26 Agile development projects – eight of which were executed by Rally customers – against a database of 7,500 primarily traditional development projects.
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Test and Defect Management
Test and Defect Management Webinars
Archived Webinars
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Zach NiesBy: Zach Nies & Johnny Scarborough
This webinar discusses the latest processes, automation approaches and Lean principles that drive continuous quality in development teams.
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Requirements Management
Requirements Management Articles
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Ryan MartensBy: Ryan Martens
We've all seen the "Kill Your Television" bumper stickers that encourage us to fix all of our family dysfunction by moving away from that giant time-suck called prime time. If Ryan could create a similar bumper sticker to address the professional lives of software teams, it would be: "Kill Your Inventory Manager."
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Product Management
Product Management Webinars
Archived Webinars
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How Product Management Must Change to Enable the Agile Enterprise
Catherine ConnorBy: Catherine Connor
As more development teams adopt Agile processes to increase their responsiveness to customer needs, traditional product managers need to change the way they work to keep up with shorter development cycles and feedback loops with their customers. This webinar will propose solutions to the challenges product managers face when moving from traditional development teams to Agile teams.
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Development Management
Development Management White Papers
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Principles of Agile Architecture
Ryan Martens
Dean LeffingwellBy: Ryan Martens & Dean Leffingwell
While the most popular practices were developed and proven in small team environments, the interest and need for using Agile in the enterprise is growing rapidly. This white paper discusses the role of “Intentional Architecture” in the development of enterprise-class systems built using Agile methods and techniques.
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