What is the Agile journey?
If you’re looking to make your organisation more responsive to change, embarking on ‘The Agile Journey’ is not a question of ‘if’ but ‘when’. Here we outline what this journey typically entails and provide access to some of the key information you need to set off on the right foot.
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The Agile Journey: Estimating in agile
Contrary to what some practitioners may think, estimating in agile is no less critical than estimating in more traditional project environments, but it is different. In this next instalment of The Agile Journey, we consider four factors to bear in mind to help boost your chances of delivering your agile projects on time.
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The Agile Journey: What you need to know about the Scrum team
In the fourth instalment of The Agile Journey, we delve into the make-up of a Scrum team, specifically the roles, responsibilities and attributes of the two most pivotal players: the product owner and Scrum master.
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The Agile Journey: A Scrum overview
In the third instalment of The Agile Journey, we explain agile frameworks and unravel the nuts and blots of the most popular method for ‘doing agile’, Scrum.
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The Agile Journey: Embracing an agile mindset
Regardless of sector, organisations are facing a fast-paced and ever-changing business environment that calls for flexible, adaptable and more ‘agile’ ways of working. Before you can ‘do agile’ effectively, however, you first need to ‘be agile’. This involves adopting a new way of thinking or ‘agile mindset’ that is based on prescribed values and principles.
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The Agile Journey: Understanding agile values and principles
Google the word ‘agile’ and you’ll end up with more than 141 million results. Agile is a very broad umbrella term, which can be viewed in many ways. It’s no wonder then that there is confusion around what agile actually is and how to implement it effectively. The Agile Journey series aims to set things
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Career insights: Is a career in agile project management right for you?
Immersing yourself in the world of agile can lead to diverse career opportunities with plenty of room for growth. We explore what agile project management entails, how to get accredited and why agile experts are in demand.
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How to move from business analyst to product owner
Even before the pandemic disrupted traditional business models, more and more organisations were seeing the value in agile methodologies and specialised frameworks like Scrum. But in addition to the business itself transforming, we’re seeing the need for roles to change as well – particularly the role of business analyst (BA). Here, we explore why it
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The most valuable project management skills for 2021 and beyond
Even before COVID-19 turned the business world on its head, rapid globalisation and hyper-connectivity were transforming the day-to-day for organisations. As we accelerate into 2021, Mike Boutel, PM-Partners’ Head of Training, considers the critical capabilities project managers need to arm themselves with in order to navigate the challenging road ahead. After the global pandemic threw
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The evolution of business analysts in Agile teams
For organisations to survive they must keep evolving and maturing according to market demands. In many cases this has led to a concerted shift towards agile business practices – whether that’s through an Agile delivery approach or embracing an agile culture. The result of this shift is that many roles need to change in order
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