Project Management Weekly Newsletter - Tuesday, April 28, 2015

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Top new questions this week: How are items with dependencies to other items handled in Kanban? In our team we are working with system integration testing only. This means that we don't have any development tasks, just testing tasks and tasks related to preparing our heavy systems for test. We ... kanban testing   asked by Michael 2 votes answered by David Arno 1 vote What should the title of this PM position be? What should the proper title of this position be, at a tech company that focuses on developing software? Role Requirements: Manage several Business Systems' Web, Database and Cloud Projects ... team-management software-development project-team organizational-structure   asked by anonymous_pm_guest 2 votes answered by Venture2099 1 vote Scrum on maintenance. Is it possible? God bless, I never had a lot of deal with maintenance. But I am curious, is it possible to customize Scrum for maintenance? If yes, how to guarantee SLA (if developers have a fixed Sprints), for ... scrum agile maintenance   asked by Depressive_Bore 2 votes answered by Niels van Reijmersdal 4 votes Are win-win situations/negotiations always fair? Based on some statement of a book (the 7 habits of highly effective people), a friend told me that every win-win negotiation implies that the outcome is fair for both parts, and that fairness was a ... negotiation theory   asked by Joanvo 2 votes answered by David Espina 3 votes How to deal with unclear requirements? We're a company manufacturing moulds and other tools that our customers then use in their machines. I was given a set of requirements for building an web application of which someone thinks that our ... stakeholders business-analyst   asked by Jan 1 vote How to estimate effort when the story involves a large number of repeat processes? In our organization we occasionally have stories that involve a very large number of repeated process. The process itself is very simple and straightforward and usually we give 2~3 points. When the ... story-points estimation   asked by ScrewyTerror 1 vote answered by Tobias 2 votes Timestamp fields for <initial creation> and <last update> of a task Microsoft Project 2013: Are there any default fields which show Time & Date when a task was FIRST CREATED, and when it was LAST EDITED ? I would like to filter for tasks which lately have been ... ms-project ms-project2013   asked by Goodbye 1 vote answered by JulieS 1 vote Greatest hits from previous weeks: How can I add contingency to tasks in Microsoft Project? I'm trying to transfer an existing project plan to Microsoft Project (meaning I can't change how it's organised). Each task has a duration in days then a contingency in days showing how much the task ... ms-project   asked by parsley72 5 votes answered by Mark C. Wallace 3 votes PMP certification 35 contact hours- neccessary to be from training institute? In the eligibility of the PMP certification it mentions "35 contact hours", I have searched on this for my local region and it seems to be that some training centers listed on the PMP site would ... pmp   asked by rock_win 4 votes answered by Doug B 9 votes

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