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Project & Team Management

Agile + Scrum = More Effective Iteration Meetings

Agile iteration meetings often fall prey to unproductive activities and lack of focus. Scrum practices can make meetings more structured and effective.

C & C++

Travis CI Now Monitoring Ceedling and Friends CMock/Unity!

Ceedling RubyGem, CMock, and Unity have been migrated to Travis CI for public health monitoring or our ThrowTheSwitch GitHub organization.

News & Events

Balanced Team is Coming to Grand Rapids in 2015

Help us create better, stronger, smarter multi-disciplinary teams at the 2015 Balanced Team summit in Grand Rapids.

Project & Team Management

Considering a New Methodology? First, Understand the Question

We often fall into the trap of implementing solutions before understanding the question we are trying to answer.

Project & Team Management

7 Ways to Keep Your Big Project Agile

As team size increases, we can stay agile by refactoring our project management practices.

UX/Design Practices

3 Reasons I Choose Agile Design over Waterfall

Many factors that go into weighing which process may be right for your team—here are some benefits to working with an agile project team.

Project & Team Management

Shared Understanding: Building Languages and Communities Around Software

A look at how language and community can promote better understanding and shared vision between makers and their clients.

Project & Team Management

Tear Down the Walls! (part deux): Reorganizing Teams Around Epics

Development teams are often hindered by boundaries that exist between teams. Reorganizing teams around epics can help shatter these walls of ownership.

Project & Team Management

Parallel Thinking with Six Thinking Hats

Conflicting personalities and view points can often make meetings unproductive. Parallel thinking and the six thinking hats can quickly fix this.

Project & Team Management

Moving Beyond Story Points, Iterations, and Burn Charts

Though they have a place, burn charts, iterations, and story points don't keep the team focused on shipping meaningful chunks of value.

Project & Team Management

Eliminate Your Team’s Task Backlog

Turn your team's task backlog into a schedule. Staged backlogs promote frequent and optimal scope management decisions.

Project & Team Management

I Hate Gantt Charts; I Love Gantt Charts

I despaired of concretely estimating my project in any meaningful way. How could I put numbers on something so big, so unknown? The answer — a big Gantt chart.