This 5.5-minute overview addresses many key points re iteration planning. Among these is the important one of “team velocity”. This enables forecasting of agile team performance. In this sense, it is parallel to plan-driven project management constructs in Earned Value Management (EVM), such as Cost Performance Index (CPI).
Category: Planning Responsibilities
Based on models of development, determining as a team who is to do what when and with what resources.
“Project Scheduling – PERT/CPM | Finding Critical Path”
The general topic here is scheduling in plan-driven projects and, specifically, critical path methodology (CPM). This video goes into techniques such as doing the forward and backward passes to surface schedule attributes (e.g. “ES” earliest start, “LS” latest start, etc.). For anyone studying for the PMP exam, knowing these techniques is recommended. Historically, on the […]
“What is the Critical Path Method (CPM)”
Good 5 minute video. Some historical context along with useful definitions and disambiguations.
“Mike Cohn User Stories”
Very comprehensive explanation by the guy who “wrote the book” on user stories. About an hour long.
“User Story Mapping|Business Analyst Skills”
Good 15′ video. Except for the first 1:15 or so of PR. “User Story Mapping” is a technique agile project teams use to organize product backlogs comprised of user stories. It was developed and popularized by Jeff Patton. This technique is very similar to that of customer journey mapping, which is popular and important for […]
“Team Charter”
10′ video, well organized info re team charter as a work product and work process. Especially relevant to dispersed teams. Assumes pertinent capabilities, i.e. Zoom, Miro®, Mural®, etc. /lhttps://cogentlanguage.news/engaging/emotional-intelligence-ei/