Forming Project Teams: Being Actively Present and on Time
If you want to build a relationship of trust with the team, behave showing the example that you want the team to follow. That means, be present physically and mentally 100% of the time.
Category: Software Development Project Management Articles
Book Review: Managing Software Debt
With the adoption of Agile approaches for software development projects, technical debt has become a trendy term for an issue that exists since the beginning of programming. Software debtis what happens when you neglect, consciously or not, the long-term quality of your software to achieve other usually short term benefits.
Introduction to Software Requirement Analysis
Requirements gathering and analysis is an important activity in software development projects. In this article, Sreerekha Bakaraju provides an introduction to requirement analysis with a list of important things to consider when gathering software requirements.
Book Review: Liftoff – Launching Agile Teams & Projects
You have only one chance to make a good first impression. You might have also only one chance to start your project in a good context. Actually not, but the book “Liftoff – Launching Agile Teams & Projects” from Diana Larsen and Ainsley Nies will give you all the material...
Book Review: Balancing Agility and Discipline
This book was written in 2004 by Barry Boehm and Richard Turner, but the fact that it is already on its 6th reprint tells something about its value. This is a very pragmatic book that tries to put in perspective agile and plan-driven software development approaches.
Five Key Insights for Open Source Projects Sustainability
Many technology firms are turning to open source tools to accelerate innovation and growth. As these firms work to influence open source projects, governance practices sometimes shift from coordination among a small group of software developers and firms to management by large communities of contributors and organizations, often with competing...
Kanban for Skeptics
At the beginning of his book Kanban for Skeptics, Nick Oostvogels says “By listing the 5 most common arguments against Kanban and my response to them, I hope to help people in their Kanban journey and build great organizations that create amazing products.”
The Challenges of Managing Virtual Teams
Remote work is on the rise and has definitely come to stay. However, when you are the project manager of a virtual software development team, there are some common challenges that you have to face. Learn here how to overcome them with some specific skills.