Tag: Sprints

Top Challenges Project Managers Face Today

Overseeing a project is a big responsibility. Projects have many moving parts and varying levels of risks. A project manager has to focus on a project as a whole. Such as, the day-to-day tasks of the project that affect schedule,...

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Why Committing To Sprint Goals Is Important

At Grata, our agile sprint usually is about two weeks long but other companies may have longer or shorter sprints. A sprint is a time-boxed period of time in which work needs to be completed and ready for review. Every sprint is...

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In the News: Kanban Vs Scrum

Choosing Kanban or Scrum This article was shared with me after our Project Manager, Donna, read through it an thought to share it with the team! I am sure glad she did. It's always great to get a quick refresher and...

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How To Test A Web App Properly From A User Perspective

How Should You Test A Web Application? How a web application gets tested depends on the stage of its lifecycle. For this post, we will primarily focus on testing the application at the front from the end user's perspective. Each...

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Why To Groom Your Backlog

The term backlog is used for teams who follow the Agile methodologies such as Scrum. Backlog grooming is an important job in any project. When work tasks are planned and created they need to live somewhere so they can be...

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What Is The Best FREE (mium) Cross-Platform Collaboration Software With No Harsh Limitations?

The Best Free Collaboration Software We find Trello to be our favorite collaboration software.  We've been using it for over a year without paying any fees and managing several projects or boards simultaneously. We've integrated it into Slack, a free...

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What Are The Best And Worst Decisions You’ve Ever Made As A Start-Up CEO?

Rey's Best & Worst Decisions Trying to be the CEO and acting like someone I'm not. I was young and naive in my previous startups, which were more than ten years ago. I used to think you needed a unique...

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Why are sprints beneficial in product development?

What Are Sprints? Before understanding the benefits of sprints in product development, you must know what a sprint is. In Agile development, a sprint is a short, usually 2-week block of time in which a well-defined set of tasks are...

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Why You Should Consider Being A Lazy Product Manager

You Should Be Lazier As A Product Manager So you're telling me I need to do less, not more? But that doesn't make sense! We must tackle many more features, new clients, new needs, and requests ASAP! I can't be...

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