Category: Project Management

Common Mistakes in Daily Scrums: Moving Beyond Stand-ups

The daily scrum is essential for team synchronization in agile development. Common pitfalls include misnaming the meeting, treating it as a project report, and allowing it to become lengthy. To enhance effectiveness, stick to the three questions and address deep discussions later. Embracing inclusivity, brevity, and focused discussion empowers teams for project success.

Mastering User Stories: A Guide for Product Managers

User Stories are essential narratives guiding product development. They focus on user needs, with a simple format (WHO, WHAT, WHY) and follow the 3 C’s (Card, Conversation, Confirmation). Adhering to the INVEST criteria ensures value and actionability. Breaking down stories into manageable pieces is crucial. Mastering this art empowers Product Managers for success.

Definition of Ready – Crafting ‘Ready’ User Stories: A Blueprint for Sprint Success

To ensure smooth sprint execution, it’s vital to have “ready” user stories, clear, feasible, and testable. A sample user story for password reset should have acceptance criteria, security measures, scalability, and performance criteria defined. The “Definition of Ready” checklist outlines the necessary criteria for a user story to be considered ready for implementation.

A Day in the Life of a Technical Program Manager

As a Program Manager, my daily routine is a delicate dance between reacting to immediate needs and proactively driving long-term initiatives. In this blog post, […]

TPM Interview Question – As a Technical Program Manager, how would you handle a situation were critical and blocker bug is reported one day before the launch ?

Handling a critical and blocker bug reported just one day before a launch is a challenging situation that requires a swift and well-coordinated response. Here’s […]

Program Status Meeting

Apart from running regular daily standup meetings with development/engineering team, it is important to run Program Status Meeting involving engineering, program management, product management , […]

Portfolio – Project Selection and Prioritisation

Portfolio – Project Selection and Prioritisation As Portfolio / Program Manager, you will have lot of projects in your project backlog. As an effective Portfolio/Program […]

Product Metrics and KPI to Forecast Business Sucess of Product

 Metrics to forecast business success of a product 1. Monthly recurring revenue (MRR) These metrics measure a product’s total revenue in one month.  What are […]

5 Product Management Online Resources

5 Product Management Online Resources Product Manager HQ – https://productmanagerhq.com Roman Pichler Blog – https://www.romanpichler.com 280Group – https://280group.com Mind the Product – https://www.mindtheproduct.com Product Coalition […]