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Scrum – Provides you a good quick feedback on accuracy of estimates for tasks ..




One of the major dependencies for a successful project schedule is in terms of the accuracy of estimates versus the reality. In short, you want to measure the difference between the time estimate for a project (or a task inside the project), and the actual effort needed. For such a measurement, you would want to [...]



How is the role of a Project Manager different from the role of Scrum Master




For teams that move from a other development methodology (such as Waterfall, Iterative, etc), the transition to moving to a Scrum based method comes with its own challenges, with one of the main challenges being the transition of roles. In the classical development methodology, the Project Manager is the person who runs the project, looking [...]



Engineering Practices Not Taken Care of by Scrum – Some details




Scrum never talks about engineering practices which is a good thing but this sometimes lands teams into trouble. The teams not only adopt the Scrum practices but also the principles which makes their progress sluggish and results in the code base being in a mess. This is a situation which is present in most of [...]



Burn Down chart and a change in scope that impacts the burn down chart




In the previous post (Burn Down Chart), we talked about what a Burn Down Chart is, and how you can use it to get the current status of the project, while not using it as a way of judging the performance of the team. This is because there are many variable that can impact the [...]