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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!

PMI Tools and Templates
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.

PMI White Papers
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.

PMI Articles
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.

Miscellaneous Articles
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

Creating Sprint Reviews -June 6th at 11:00am PST

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.

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!!

Los Angeles Agile Meet Up

Meet other local Los Angeles Agile Enthusiasts! We hold monthly LA Meet ups with including expert presentations, networking opportunities and food!!