Who is a Scrum Master? An agile project manager?

Who is a Scrum Master? An agile project manager?

Quite often, I see the following scheme in Estonian software development projects: the development company describes in its offer in eloquent terms that they develop agilely and use the Scrum methodology. The team’s description states that the role of Scrum Master is performed by the project manager. Looks okay?
But this is where the fundamental problems begin. I myself have been in the role of a project manager and a Scrum Master at the same time, and I have lived through all the painful personality split problems that such an arrangement has caused.

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Website Business Goals – Why Set and Measure Them?

Website Business Goals – Why Set and Measure Them?

Website business goals (KPIs – Key Performance Indicators) are just as important in measuring web success as business goals are in business management, because “you get what you measure”.
If you haven’t thought much about this topic before, here are a number of examples that will help you analyze and create goals for your own website or online store.

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Risks of a software project. Sample risk plan.

Risks of a software project. Sample risk plan.

A dialogue about life itself, in the course of conducting a software audit. Me: “Okay, let’s review the risks of the project at the moment.” Junior project manager: “You know, I’m not really interested in these risks at all, I just want to finish the thing in a cool way.”

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Kanban vs Scrum

Kanban vs Scrum

Scrum and Kanban comparison.
The two most common methodologies are Scrum and Kanban: according to various studies, the share of Scrum use is over 50%, Kanban and various hybrids around 15%.

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5 Minute Scrum Test

5 Minute Scrum Test

Scrum-checklist for regular health checks
Here is a simple Scrum test that gives you an instant idea of how well your team is following the agile Scrum Framework. It is based on Henrik Kniberg’s popular Scrum checklist that is the best Scrum checklist I have used in my work.

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Ole kursis agiilse maailmaga - liitu uudiskirjaga

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