Sunday, May 17, 2015

good company description

About the Powershop delivery team, compressed: Scrum. Two week sprints. Small multidisciplinary teams, integrated design and test. Business stories solved by delivery teams. Positive, mandatory code reviews. Beautiful code. Test all the things! Two days/month to work on your own projects. Family friendly. No crazy hours. No unrealistic deadlines. No unnecessary meetings. Everyone on one floor together. Speak your mind and your peers listen. Consistent culture from CEO down.

Monday, May 11, 2015

Resource Leveling and Resource Smoothing

Resource Leveling and Resource Smoothing are Resource optimization Techniques
Resource leveling
“A technique in which start and finish dates are adjusted based on resource constraints with the goal of balancing demand for resources with the available supply.” – PMBOK® Guide Fifth Edition.
Resource Smoothing
“A technique that adjusts the activities of a schedule model such that the requirements for resources on the project do not exceed certain predefined resource limits.”– PMBOK® Guide Fifth Edition.

(http://www.izenbridge.com/blog/underlining-the-differences-between-resource-leveling-and-resource-smoothing/)

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Waterfall model Project Management Vs Agile Project Management

Project Manager moving to Agile Project Management from waterfall model see the difference,

-Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
-Working software over comprehensive documentation
-Customer collaboration over contract negotiation
-Responding to change over following a plan

Thursday, May 7, 2015

twelve agile principles

1. Early and Continuous Delivery
2.  Welcome changers in any stage of development
3. Working Software Delivery Frequently
4. Business and Development teams work together.
5. Build Project Around motivated individuals
6. face to face communication
7. Working Software
9. Sustainable development, The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.
10. Continuous attention to technical excellence and good design enhances agility.
11. Simplicity is essential.
12. Self organized and motivated  and regular team reviews