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Startups and a Common Misunderstanding in Agile Software Development

SoCal CTO

You don't need a lot of documentation of these items. A great post , Joe Little starts with acknowledging that Scrum and Agile proponents often downplay upfront planning. In three of the cases, these were in contracts! Of course, even for the internal development team, this is pretty much a contract with your founder.

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[Interview] Michael K. Levine, Author Of “People Over Process: Leadership for Agility”

YoungUpstarts

Our part of the initiative was great: we had built out pioneering eClosing for mortgages, online document delivery and uploads, a sophisticated document generation system, efficient and accurate document imaging and indexing, but the rest of the project failed. They taught leadership, not just scrum.

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Three Methodologies That Help Businesses Stay Creative

YoungUpstarts

After the initial requirements are set, the team produces a requirement specification document. Scrum methodology. Scrum was developed for the software world since it is all about adapting to altering parameters and productivity. This encourages the team to avoid the risks of a missed deadline. Agile methodology.

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12 ways to get your business development and tech teams on the same page

The Next Web

Create a P/C/S Document. One way to remain on the same page at all times is to plead your case by conjuring up a problem/cost/solution document that overviews the importance of the task or item at hand. These documents will help both teams better understand each topic and will help with the prioritization process.

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[Review] Social Marketology

YoungUpstarts

Let me now highlight some of the book’s salient concepts: Managing the Team : Similar to “herding cats”, social media units can be managed like “scrum teams” where work is broken into small chunks with specific tasks assigned and monitored daily. Adequate training is a must for the social media team.

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5 Agile Practices That Are Fueling Marketing Teams

ConversionXL

While software developers prefer more prescriptive methods, like Scrum , marketers borrow heavily from the Kanban framework. To operate as a pure Scrum marketing team, marketers would need to timebox their to-do list and commit to getting a specific cluster of tasks out the door after 2–4 weeks of active work. Image source ).

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How groupthink and denial can ruin startups

The Next Web

Scrum and large group discussions can be useful during the customer discovery phase of the business, but decisions should be based on what’s driving customers as opposed to the subjective. Said McClure,”We worship at the altar of ‘ lean ‘ a little too much when really we should just be running our businesses.

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