Agile and Scrum

Agile Software Development – Manisfesto

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Agile software development methodology is a process for developing software. This is a model where the software is developed in rapid and incremental mode. This is an alternative to traditional software development. The importance is given to the working software than the documentation. Every iteration ends in a working software which is a business value to the customer. The Agile Manifesto In February 2001, 17 software developers met at the Snowbird resort in Utah to discuss lightweight development methods. They published the Manifesto for Agile Software Development, in which they said that by “uncovering better ways of developing software by doing it and helping others […]

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Acceptance Criteria

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What is it ? Acceptance Criteria or Acceptance tests as a set of conditions that must be met before a user story is deemed done. They are a set of conditions that must be fulfilled by the solution for it to be deemed accepted by the user or a customer. These a set of statements which have a clear pass/fail result that specify both functional and non functional requirements that are applicable a user story or an EPIC . Why is it useful ? Acceptance criteria are useful for a user story as it: Helps in enhance the details of

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Minimum Viable Product or Minimal Marketable Feature

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So, how many of us understand these terms.   We are sure most of us have heard these terms but yet know nothing or very little about them. Lets us explore these terms: Minimum Viable Product or Minimal Market Feature are synonyms means the baseline of a product that contain enough features that it can showcased to the client as first raw cut. It will have the basic skeleton of the business case that the product stakeholders are trying to solve.  The product itself will have the bare minimal feature working but it will be able still solve the main gist

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Basics of Procurement Management?

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Procurement management is one term which is used very often and one feel familiar with it. However this is not easy to understand for everyone. There are many industries where we don’t get exposure to procurement because there is a separate legal department to take care of the same. To start with, what is Procurement? Procurement refers to the aspects of project management related to obtaining goods and services from outside companies. It does not refer to other internal organizations within your own company. Understanding of this management area depends on your exposure as a buyer or seller in your

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Scrum Roles and its importance

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Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products. Scrum guide defines scrum as combination of its roles, ceremonies, artifacts and the roles which revolves around these three to bind it together. Scrum is also defined as lightweight, simple to understand but extremely difficult to master framework. When someone looks at Scrum theory, it appears as easiest thing to do/implement however when someone tries to implements it becomes difficult to sustain Scrum if not implemented holistically As discussed above, Scrum roles is one of the pillar of scrum framework and very important to understand. There are three scrum roles

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What is Scrum? Why we need it?

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Before understanding Scrum, one need to be aware of What is Agile? Though Agility is well known term or jargon these days the basic fundamental of any Agile framework is based on iterative development and requirement evolution. Any framework can be agile as far as its in line with Agile manifesto, values and Agile principles. Scrum is one of them. Scrum in a very simple term is a framework to implement agility in a easy manner. Scrum word is taken from rugby where team is moving to the target together. Scrum is very famous these days for development due to

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How To Identify And Create Good Followers?

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There is a link between leadership and team management. A good leader possess many qualities to set an example for his team, so good leaders generally have many followers. If a leader grooms himself, it results in better management and better performance. And how is followership related to it? If leadership is important to performance, followership is important to leadership. Leaders are concerned with strategic vision, so they use both, power and politics. Power is the ability to get the work done by a group of people. It is also the ability to influence their behavior. Politics imparts pressure on

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How To Manage Stakeholders’ Conflicts

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Stakeholder involvement is critical to the success of every project no matter how big or small it is. The more the project manager understands stakeholder influences, expectations, and impacts, the easier it is to manage all the issues and risks proactively. The benefits of analyzing the impact of stakeholders are: Identify powerful and influential stakeholders- Seek their input and suggestion, to improve the quality of your project from the very beginning. Try to gain support from influential stakeholders, it can help you to win right set of resources at the right time, increasing the success rate of your project. Ensure

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Challenges Faced By Project Leaders In Their Organization

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With everyday change in technology and market demands, all of us face lots of challenges in our work and career. It became extremely important for each one to grow irrespective of the kind of industry he is working in. Different project and teams are mentored and guided by leaders. Good leaders have committed team members who believe in the vision of their leader. They set direction and time frames and have the ability to attract good talent to work for them. Leaders inspire a vision and get things done through others by earning loyalty, respect, and cooperation from the team

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What Are The Top Reasons People Generally Resist Change

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Generally most of us like to stay in our comfort zone and are generally reluctant for any kind of change be it personal or professional. Every person has his own working style and with time we are so accustomed to it that we cannot think of doing it in any other way even if we are provided multiple benefits of switching to better and latest way. Reasons why people are reluctant to adapt the changes Fear of mistakes due to misunderstanding or any incorrect learning. Doubt on one’s capability to adapt the change smoothly- When people feel that they won’t

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