Non-functional Vs Functional Requirements, How to be Successful? Avoid Scope Creep, save time & money with The Accurate Definition of Requirements. When I have started working in the project world eight years ago, I had no clue about the differences between functional and non-functional requirements (table below). Through years and gained experience, I …
What Are Project Constraints? Six You Need To Know
What Are Project Constraints? Six You Need To Know All projects are affected by multiple constraints. Therefore, as a project manager or project team member, you are dealing with them every day. Identifying and understanding constraints and carefully managing them could be the difference between the project’s failure and success. …
Project Characteristics: Key Elements That Define a Project
Project Characteristics: Key elements that Define a Project Project characteristics indicate if you have a project on your hands, but often these are relatively dry explanations. Thus, I have decided to use my personal and project management experience to make things a bit more exciting and explore what makes any …
When to use Scrumban? Simple Answer
When to use Scrumban? Simple Answer Scrumban might be that golden balance point between two Agile frameworks Scrum and Kamban, enabling more organisations to adopt Agile methodology without changing much of their existing processes or controls. It is not perfect in all situations, and this is what we would like …
What Are the Advantages of Scrumban?
What Are the Advantages of Scrumban? The chances are that you are already working in an Agile project world and know quite well Scrum or Kanban. But have you heard about Scrumban!? The clue is in the name Scrum + (Kan)ban and makes a highly capable framework. Srumban is a …
When Should You Not Use Agile? Not So Simple Answer
When Should You Not Use Agile? The Agile manifesto has literally changed the project world regardless if your organisation is using Agile or not. Still, should you use Agile in your project or organisation? What are the indicators where we should be avoiding it? Some projects or environments are not …
Does Kanban have a Product Owner? Simple Answer
Does Kanban have a Product Owner? Simple Answer Agile, Agile, Agile, loads of people preaching about the excellent benefits, but there is much less talk about how to implement it from my experience. Nobody would blame you if you were planning to create new roles like Scrum’s Product Owner when implementing a …
Can Kanban have sprints? Simple Answer
Can Kanban have sprints? Simple Answer Agile methodology has multiple frameworks with different tools and methods between each other. One of the most popular ones is Kanban. When people talk about Agile, they often brought up sprints, but does Kanban have a sprint? If you are interested, then you are …
Best Non-Technical Books For Project Management
Best Non-Technical Books For Project Management Become A Better Professional In a project world, you have countless courses, certificates and technical books. However, in this post, I would like to look into five non-technical books I found to be very insightful, and I could apply them to my project management …
Does Agile have a project plan?
Does Agile have a project plan? You have likely heard about this super flexible project management methodology by the name of “Agile”. The idea behind it is to have a method to manage projects that can adjust quickly to changing environments. I do not know about you, but I see …
Understand Product Manager: Project Manager Perspective
Understand Product Manager: Project Manager Perspective If you are looking to understand what is a product manager, you are not alone. I work in a project world, and I did not know 100% who we can call a product manager in our business either, which was bothering me. Hence, I …
What is a Project Team? People, You Need To Deliver Excellent Results
What is a Project Team? People, You Need To Deliver Excellent Results As you may know, project management is a team sport, and you will need a team to succeed and win. I was lucky enough to gain experience in numerous project’s roles and hoped to give you some insights …