Agile The Difference Between Lead Time and Cycle Time (11 Words) An explanation of lead time and cycle time, why our teams often confuse them, which numbers are worth tracking, and which predicts delivery.
Agile A layman’s brief about a sprint in project management. What a sprint actually is in project management, how it works, why two weeks won, and the four ceremonies inside of it (only two of which earn their keep).
Agile Sprint planning agenda: the version that actually works. A working sprint planning agenda with two part structure, 4 hour time box, who is in the room, the moment you break, and failure modes to plan around.
Project Management An overview of project management problems and their causes. A comprehensive guide of project management problems like fake velocity, scope creep, ceremony rot, and indecisive PMs and which of them can a tool fix.
Tooling What should you actually look for in issue tracking systems? We will take you through the nitty-gritty of bug tracking tool without buzzwords, their principles of working, what you must consider, and what you must…
Project Management Software Testing Life Cycle What to Do and What to Skip The testing life cycle comprises six stages. In this post, we explore each of the STLC phases in detail and explain what each does.
Project Management Issue management — the process that actually closes issues Issue management without the dashboard theatre. What an issue actually is, the five-step process that closes them, metrics worth tracking, and when to skip the tool.
Tooling What to Look for in Engineering Project Management Software Software engineering project management software must do, the two ways generic PM tools fail, and when to leave Jira for a Tracker-shaped something.
Project Management Project management workflow briefly, the one that makes it. A project management workflow outlines a step-by-step process from idea conception to final shipping.
Agile What works for kanban prioritization on an actual board Prioritization that does not bring theatre. Choose one model and three categories, prioritize the queue not the cards, and skip it entirely when you…
Tooling Release notes in Jira the shipping version. In this article, you’ll find out how to generate release notes in Jira, the version used by customers, and the three settings most teams miss.
Tooling Tools of the Trade: What an Engineering Manager Uses A guide to the tools EMs need to do their job well with far less hype and much more boots-on-the-ground thinking and practical advice.
