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How To Hire Scrum For Your Startup

YoungUpstarts

This waterfall methodology follows a few consecutive steps, including analysis, designing, coding, testing, deployment, and maintenance. We use SCRUM. Moreover, scrum and agile aren’t the same thing. The first and foremost shelf of the scrum framework is the product backlog. And here comes the role of scrum master.

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Why Everyone Wants To Be Agile

YoungUpstarts

Many project management frameworks are rooted in agile, such as scrum, kanban, lean, and extreme programming (XP). Agile methodology typically breaks projects down into smaller increments to be worked on in short time frames (“sprints,” if you’re using scrum). Regular self-assessment and adjustment of teams and project.

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In a tech startup, how to improve the quality of your product

Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

I am part of a mastermind group of 4 entrepreneurs. Planning Poker is a technique recommended as part of the broader SCRUM software development framework. If you are not using SCRUM, I highly recommend using it as your baseline. In doubt, implement SCRUM as closely as soon you can for a good baseline. Development.

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The Best Free Apps and Online Tools for Entrepreneurs and Obsessive Collectors

Up and Running

It’s simple, colorful, adaptive and therefore—in today’s flat design, utility driven world—sexy! Branding and design tools for the DIYer. And, if you really do need inspiration, take a look at their new, free online design school, packed with design tips for non-designers. This is Pinterest for “word people.”

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Lessons Learned: Combining agile development with customer development

Startup Lessons Learned

XP and Scrum don’t have much to say - they punt. If you look at the origins of most agile systems, including Scrum and XP , they come out of experiences in big companies. Both Scrum and XP had a role which you could happily call by the modern title "Product Manager". Embedded in that assumption is why startups fail.

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Two Business Tools That Boost Your Marketing Efforts 

YoungUpstarts

All departments are being streamlined down and designed to be the most productive levels of themselves. To do lists, Scrum tools, power bi and many more tools , which can optimize processes and ultimately create the most productive and efficient company that will generate growth for your company.

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How to manage technical and creative people when you’re in-between the two

The Next Web

Talking scrum to creative won’t work as well as to developers. The great design firm IDEO has the likes of structural engineers working side-by-side with journalists, software developers and surgeons to produce the next generation shopping cart. Entrepreneur Insider How-To''s' The trick is knowing how and when.