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Estimation
Agile | Deadlines | Estimates | Management

“Can you deliver on date X, please?”

ByJanis 30/01/202316/02/2023

Manager: “We need [insert any software product] to be delivered on date X. Can you do it?”
The person who actually does the job: “Well…”
This is such a simple and typical conversation in today’s companies. This blog post will describe the three important complexities at play in this situation.

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Velocity
Agile | Deadlines | Estimates | Management

“We will deliver on X. Promise!”​

ByJanis 29/01/202316/02/2023

People are inherently bad at estimating how much time is required to complete any kind of task. However, managers want some sort of outlook on how much the team can deliver in a certain time – when will the stuff be ready?
So how do Agile teams know when will they deliver something?

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Agile landscape
Agile | Practices

Agile frameworks and practices

ByJanis 04/01/202316/02/2023

With the complexity of products and services on the rise, it can be confusing to determine which Agile framework or method to use. In this article, we will explore three main Agile frameworks and methods: Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), Kanban, and how they complement each other.

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    • Consulting
      • Shift from doing to delivering
      • Creating efficient teams
      • Creating organisational alignment
      • Improve strategic prioritisation
    • Trainings
      • Designing high-efficiency teams
      • Creating alignment in organisation
      • Effective internal communication
      • Organisational design
      • Introduction to Agile
      • Velocity and estimations
    • Faciliation
    • Speaking
  • Blog
  • How-to guides
    • How to create a prioritised roadmap
    • How to run a Retrospective
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    • How to create teams
    • How to organise a hackathon
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