Agile


Below you’ll find the posts at EPM from the Agile category. Although I’m not an Agile specialist I think some of the principles behind it, such as deliver visible value early and maximize efficiency, are great guiding principles for program and project management, even if you’re managing something unrelated to software development.

Here are a few primer posts to get you started with Agile.

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Burn Down Chart Template

A burn down chart provides a graphical representation of the work left to perform plotted against time. They are most commonly used during Agile software development to burn down the work remaining in the current sprint. If you’re involved in

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The Difference Between Themes, Epics, and Stories

The current program I’m managing involves a large software component, and I’ve recently been getting confused about the difference between Agile Themes, Epics, and User Stories. Because of this I found myself scouring the Internet to understand the difference, and

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Advantages of Story Points

In the article Story Points Explained, I spent a lot of time going through exactly what a story point is, and how it’s impossible to say how much time an individual story point will take to complete. Since then, …

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Story Points Explained

When presenting program plans to senior leaders the topic of story points often arises when examining the plans of R&D teams using Agile, and I’m inevitably asked about the relationship between story points vs. hours. Senior management are looking for an answer …

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