Without a doubt, the Sprint Retrospective meeting is one of the main ingredients in the "secret sauce" of Agile project management. Facilitated by the Scrum Master, this session, held at the end of each sprint, is where your team reflects on what worked, what didn’t, and how to fine-tune processes, tools, and collaboration. Through consistent reflection and adaptation, … [Read more...]
The sprint review meeting is more than just a checkpoint, it’s the triumphant finish line of a sprint, where the team unveils their hard work and sets the stage for what’s next. In agile project management, this meeting caps off each 1-4 week sprint, showcasing a fully functional, shippable product increment, not a slide deck or a progress report. Guided by the agile … [Read more...]
Taking risks is the secret sauce that turns a sleepy little business into a roaring, fire-breathing success story. There are virtually no exceptions to this rule: Without risk, there is no reward. Even though it may feel like you are David walking down the hill to face Goliath without any armor, there are time-tested principles which help stack the odds in your … [Read more...]
Scrum has sparked a quiet revolution in project management, often stealing the spotlight in the broader Agile movement. While the Agile Manifesto lays out guiding principles, the agile frameworks lay out the nitty-gritty of daily execution, of which scrum is by far the most popular. As the go-to choice for teams worldwide, Scrum’s popularity sometimes blurs the line … [Read more...]
Change can feel like a leap into the unknown, a gamble fraught with risks. What if it flops? What if it dents our income or threatens our job security? It’s no wonder we humans cling to the familiar, preferring the devil we know over the one we don’t. Yet, when it comes to process improvement, there’s a flip side: it’s not just a necessity, but an exhilarating … [Read more...]
The japanese language contains a word that is so powerful and expressive that it has gained widespread acceptance in the manufacturing industry: muda. Muda means waste, but it's more than that. It embodies the full essence of inefficiency, uselessness, and squandered potential. The word muda has become a cornerstone of lean manufacturing, which originated in Japan … [Read more...]
ProjectEngineer.NET is aims to build better project managers each day. That's why we're launching this video series to teach current and future PMP students about the ten knowledge areas of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK). … [Read more...]
Let’s face it: nothing screams “ugh” louder than a mandatory team-building exercise where you’re forced to fall backward into Dave from accounting’s shaky arms, all while pretending it’s “fun.” If your project team’s culture feels like a corporate retreat gone wrong—stiff, awkward, or just plain fake—productivity’s probably taking a nosedive too. But what if I told you … [Read more...]
In the fast-paced world of manufacturing, efficiency is the heartbeat of success. Every process, every movement, and every second counts toward delivering products on time and within budget. At the core of this intricate dance lies a concept known as takt time—a term derived from the German word "Takt," meaning rhythm or beat. Often misunderstood or overlooked, takt … [Read more...]
Project Integration is the “mother” to all other project knowledge areas and brings the knowledge and processes together where there is overlap, synergies and flow between other knowledge areas. It has the most processes of any knowledge area at 7 and spans the entire set of process groups. Looking at the Integration knowledge area in more depth, it can be broken down … [Read more...]
