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Managing My Way to Project ManagementIn this slide deck, Juan Pablo provides an intro to project management using a cooking analogy.
Deconstructing a successful projectMarco uses the experience of an actual project at SalesLoft to explain 7 components of project management: 1. Prioritization and sponsorship 2. Correct use of the Feature Development Plan 3. Pre-Planning Spreadsheet and Parallelization 4. Story sizing and avoiding feature branches 5. Local environment up to date 6. Communication first 7. Team continuity
Why our dev team moved from Trello to ClubhouseIn addition to the actual tooling decisions, Tom explains the project management problems that drove the tooling change, which included: • Needing a way to show how cards related to each other • Needing to see how cards contributed to overall goals and progress
How Big Tech Runs Tech Projects and the Curious Absence of ScrumGergely covers: • Project management approaches across the industry. An overview of a survey with over 100 companies represented, plus key takeaways. • Project management at Big Tech. How are these done? How does the organizational setup of Big Tech Influence how projects are executed? • The lack of Scrum at Big Tech. Why is the popular framework missing from most of Big Tech, and are there takeaways for companies operating outside this model? • How should you run projects in your team? I’ll share my personal take.
Project Management for Software EngineersKevin covers the five phases of project management: 1. Initiation: Identifying key stakeholders, interviewing stakeholders, developing a scope statement, getting approval 2. Planning: Create a communication plan, create a project plan, create a risk management plan 3. Execute: Schedule Accountability check-ins, adjust to feedback from delivering stepping stones 4. Monitor and Control: Send regular status reports 5. Close: Confirm the project is done, document lessons learned, celebrate success