Project Management Resources
Agile Tools and Templates
| Agile & Scrum Glossary Glossary of all Scrum & Agile Terms & Definitions |
ScrumMaster Role Cheat Sheet Learn Your Daily Tasks as a ScrumMaster |
Scrum Product Owner Cheat Sheet Learn Your Daily Tasks as a Scrum Product Owner |
| Scrum Team Cheat Sheet Learn your daily tasks as a Scrum Team. |
Scrum Methodology Cheat Sheet Scrum Estimation Techniques, Scrum Tools, Scrum FAQ's, Scrum Process & Glossary of Terms |
Scrum Guide Sumarize Scrum Artifacts, Scrum Roles, Scrum Meetings and more |
| Burndown Chart Template A Burndown Chart is essentially an "Estimate to Complete" chart familiar to project managers |
Cumulative Flow Diagram A Burnup Chart or Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD) shows work accomplished versus time. |
Scrum Velocity Template Improve Your Agile Team Definition Template and Your Team's Sprint Estimation and Organization. |
| Agile Encyclopedia Definitions, usage and terms of all things Agile. |
Agile Estimation Decks One major technique of Agile Planning is Agile Estimation with Agile Estimation Decks. |
Agile Poker Mobile App Use the Agile Poker mobile app for Agile Estimation Planning on the go. |
| Agile Crossword Puzzle A fun and refreshing way to learn agile terminology! |
Story and Task Template Sticky Set These pre-printed task and story post-it notes helps organize data in a standardized way! |
| Project Status Template Status reporting is critical for communicating during phases of a project. |
Project Management Professional (PMP) ®Experience Worksheet This worksheet will help you understand and track your experience. |
PMP FAQ We've put together general information about the requirements of the PMP and basic steps to help understand how to apply for the PMP. |
| PMP Crossword A stress way free to test your knowledge and study for your PMP Exam! |
Agile White Papers
| Agile in the Enterprise Common issues that companies face while making the transition to Agile Development. |
Wiredrive Case Study Wiredrive and Agile Development: An Agile Migration Case Study |
Scrum & Agile FAQ The "everything you need to know" guide for Scrum and Agile |
The Price of Uncertainty Agile success vs. Waterfall a simple mathematical analysis. |
| How Agile should your Project be?
This paper addresses the question through a mathematical analysis of these projects. |
Agile PMO
Divide PMOs into Project, Program, and Portfolio Management, and identify how Agile processes such as Scrum impacts these areas. |
Agile Articles
| Introduction to Scrum The benefits and practices of Scrum |
Scrum as Project Management Comparing and Contrasting Scrum to Traditional Project Management |
Daily Scrums in a Distributed World Agile Project Management: Using Daily Scrums |
The Agile Story: Scrum Meets PMP Do you know what a Scrum is? Wondering if you should try Scrum on your next project? |
| When to Use Scrum Scrum is a lightweight agile process framework used primarily for managing software development. |
How Uncertainty Works Why it exists, how it behaves, how it accumulates, how to reduce it, and how to cope with it. |
Integrating Waterfall and Agile Development Use these tips to help integrate both methodologies into your development organization. |
Driving Change with Business Intelligence Many companies are turning to business intelligence to save money and identify new opportunities. |
| Estimation, Art or Science Discusses estimation best practices along with tips and tricks, including approaches for top down and bottom up estimation. |
Hybrid PMO Hybrid Projects: Agile Development and Waterfall, Together. How do you manage these complex Projects? |
How to Manage the Common Issues of Scrum Projects Issues with making the transition to Agile Development. |
Effective Retrospectives A better understanding of Team Retrospectives with plenty of examples of different patterns for facilitating. |
| The Agile PMO Divide PMOs into Project, Program, and Portfolio Management, and identify how Agile processes such as Scrum impacts these areas. |
When Scrum Isn't Agile Enough Jeff Howey, cPrime coach writes about Agile Development and Scrum. |
How to Estimate Capacity for Work in Agile Teams Learn how to estimate how much work your team can accomplish! |
How to Use Task and Story Templates Learn how cPrime's story and task templates can help your team! |
| Agile + Your Game Development Team = A Reduced Sales Cycle How cPrime Helps Gaming Companies Go Agile |
Software as a Social Construct See how interpersonal team dynamics play a role in an IT organization. |
Continuous Integration and the Release Maturity Model Learn about the Agile Release Maturity Model and where Continuous Integration fits in. |
ScrumMaster Tales - The Rogue Developer Real-life scenarios faced by ScrumMasters are played out and analyzed in this series. |
| Using Task and Story Templates How and why we use Story and Task Templates for organizing our data. |
How To Estimate Capacity for Work in Agile teams The agile approach to estimating how much work can be accomplished in teams. |
| How Uncertainty Works Why it exists, how it behaves, how it accumulates, how to reduce it, and how to cope with it. |
Integrating Waterfall and Agile Development Use these tips to help integrate both methodologies into your development organization. |
Preparing for Project Kickoff Success Key activities that have been helpful for a wide variety of projects to get prepare to kick off a project. |
Project Manager Resources & Tips "What are the first steps when you take over as a project manager of a new project? " |
| How to Retain Talent in a Post-Recession Economy It’s up to you to find creative ways to keep your high performers engaged and committed. Here’s your plan: |
"Risk Management Made Simple" Save your project from certain disaster by using Risk Management. |
Your Personal Approach to Management "Driving Projects by Theory vs. Following Your Gut Feeling" |
Project Personality Dis-Order? "Managing Difficult Personalities on You Project " |
| How to Run More Effective Meetings Do you know how to tell if a meeting was useful and whether the attendees were involved? |
Earned Value Management What is it and is it Practical? |
Project Manager Specialization Project Management: Transcending Industries |
Roadmap to PM Success Aligning Projects to Organizational Strategy |
| Five Common Problems of Failed Projects Communication, stakeholder overload, creepy scopes, business drivers that don’t stay still - What are they? |
The Green Project Manager Tips for the Green Project Manager: Shrinking a Project's Carbon Footprint |
Work Breakdown Structures Learning how to facilitate a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) sessions. |
What Makes a Great Project Manager, Great? What do they all have in common? Attributes, qualities,etc - Here they are |
| Reduce PMO costs, Increase productivity, Make PM's Happy. How Your Job Scope as a Project Manager May Be Detrimental to Your Success. |
Rational Unified Process Best Practices Provide background on each best practice, in the context of current RUP adoption. |
Project Management: Transcending Industries Is it possible to be a successful program manager in one industry and then do the same in another? |
Plan Driven - Waterfall, Agile Development, Scrum, XP Learn about traditional plan-driven models for software design, also known as Software Development Lifecycles (SDLCs). |
| PMP Exam Hints - Scale of Professional Responsibility Hints for taking the PMP Exam regarding PMI Ethics. |
PMP Exam Hints - Deconstructing a Question Hints for taking the PMP Exam regarding strategy for reading and answering questions. |
| One Application, Multiple Languates It is important to understand what is involved in translating a new software application into another language. |
Metrics In Project Management Create your metrics program or assess if your existing program is doing enough to justify your existence. |
cPrime Launches New Global Responsibility Program We at cPrime understands that it is our Global Responsibility to care for our earth and our community. |
Hybrid PMO Hybrid Projects: Agile Development and Waterfall, Together. How do you manage these complex Projects? |
| Reading Resumes & Recruiting Tips What you should have learned by reading thousands of Project Manager resumes. |
Upcoming Webinars
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If your are a team or PO struggling to effectively deliver results, you’ll leave with ideas for establishing an ecosystem where the Product Owner and the team drive continuously improving performance.
Recorded Webinars
| Story Telling for PO's and BA's Agile expert, Jeff Howey discusses methods for effective story telling. |
Validating Agile with Metrics Agile expert, Jeff Howey discusses ways to evaluate agile performance. |
Test-Driven Development Basics Agile Coach, Monica Yap, provides an overview of this practice, explain the pros and cons, walk through a sample of Test-Driven Development in action. |
Continuous Integration & Release Maturity Mode Identify the various levels of continuous integration and delivery with regards to a release maturity. |
A Peek Inside Agile - Understanding Scrum and Kanban Identify the various levels of continuous integration and delivery with regards to a release maturity. |
| Overcoming Impediments to Agile Transformation Learn ways to offset the following roadblocks: Scaling Agile, Distributed Teams, and Hybrid Projects. |
What You Can Do With Kanban Join us as we discuss exactly what Kanban is, where it is appropriate and how it compares with other Agile processes. |
Managing Distributed Teams Transitioning to Scrum is not easy, and for many, distributed teams are the most difficult to manage. |
Introduction to Scrum for Project Managers This class introduces the skills that project managers and team leaders need to perform the basic steps of a Scrum process for software development. |
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| Rapid Estimation The purpose of this course is to teach you how to provide good estimates for your projects, quickly, using best practices in expert estimation. |
| San Francisco Agile Meet Up Meet other local San Francisco Agile Enthusiasts! We hold monthly SF Meet ups with including expert presentations, networking opportunities and food!! |
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