Burndown Chart
A graphical representation showing the amount of work remaining versus time, used in agile project management to track progress. Crucial for managing project progress and ensuring timely completion of tasks.
A graphical representation showing the amount of work remaining versus time, used in agile project management to track progress. Crucial for managing project progress and ensuring timely completion of tasks.
A visual representation of the stages a sales opportunity goes through, helping to track progress and forecast revenue. Important for managing sales processes and predicting future sales.
A regular meeting in Agile project management where team members discuss progress, plan work, and identify any obstacles, typically held daily. Crucial for maintaining communication, transparency, and accountability within Agile teams.
Data points that represent an individual's, team's, or company's performance in the sales process. Essential for tracking progress, identifying issues, and optimizing sales strategies.
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are quantifiable measures used to evaluate the success of an organization, employee, or project in meeting objectives for performance. Essential for tracking progress, making informed decisions, and aligning efforts with strategic goals across various business functions, including product design and development.
Walk the Wall (WTW) is a practice where team members physically move along a wall displaying their project's progress, discussing and updating tasks. Essential for fostering team collaboration and ensuring transparency in project status.
Measurements used to evaluate the success of an organization, employee, or process in meeting goals. Necessary for assessing performance and driving continuous improvement.
A short, daily meeting (separate from Standup) for the development team to sync on progress and plan for the day, part of the Scrum agile framework. Crucial for maintaining team alignment and momentum in agile projects.
A visual tool in agile project management that displays tasks to be done, in progress, and completed, often using columns and cards. Crucial for visualizing workflow and managing tasks efficiently.
The sequence of phases through which a product or project passes from conception to completion. Essential for managing and tracking the progress of development projects.
A type of bar chart that represents a project schedule, showing the start and finish dates of elements within the project. Important for planning and visualizing project timelines and dependencies.
Objectives and Key Results (OKR) is a goal-setting framework for defining and tracking objectives and their outcomes. Essential for aligning organizational goals, improving focus and engagement, and driving measurable results across teams and individuals.
A lead that has successfully become a customer. Crucial for measuring the effectiveness of marketing and sales strategies.
A prioritized list of tasks, features, and technical debt items that need to be addressed by the engineering team. Essential for managing and organizing work in software development projects.
A prioritized list of work items or tasks that need to be completed, commonly used in agile project management. Essential for managing tasks and ensuring that development teams focus on the most important work items.
A visual workflow management method used to visualize work, limit work-in-progress, and maximize efficiency. Crucial for improving workflow and productivity in various processes.
A strategic planning tool that outlines the future direction of a project or product using Kanban principles, emphasizing continuous delivery and improvement. Important for aligning team efforts and maintaining focus on long-term goals.
A cognitive bias where people wrongly believe they have direct insight into the origins of their mental states, while treating others' introspections as unreliable. Important for designing experiences that account for discrepancies between user self-perception and actual behavior.
A large body of work that can be broken down into smaller tasks or user stories, used in agile project management to organize work. Essential for managing and organizing large projects in agile development.
The process of performing a series of seemingly unrelated and often tedious tasks that are necessary to solve a larger problem. Important for recognizing and managing the indirect tasks that contribute to achieving the main objectives in digital product design.
A measure used in Agile project management to quantify the amount of work a team can complete in a given sprint, typically measured in story points. Crucial for planning and forecasting in Agile projects and understanding team capacity.
A time-boxed period during which specific work must be completed and made ready for review, used in Agile project management. Crucial for managing workload and ensuring continuous delivery and improvement in Agile projects.
A self-regulation strategy in the form of "if-then" plans that can lead to better goal attainment and behavior change. Useful for designing interventions that promote positive user behaviors.
Goal-Question-Metrics (GQM) is a framework for defining and interpreting software metrics by identifying goals, formulating questions to determine if the goals are met, and applying metrics to answer those questions. This framework is essential for measuring and improving software quality and performance.
A persuasion strategy that involves getting a person to agree to a small request to increase the likelihood of agreeing to a larger request later. Crucial for building user commitment and enhancing marketing and sales strategies.
A list of tasks and deliverables that a team commits to completing during a sprint, providing a clear focus and scope for the sprint's duration. Essential for organizing and prioritizing work within an Agile sprint.
Statement of Work (SOW) is a formal document that outlines the scope, objectives, deliverables, and timelines for a project. Essential for defining project expectations and ensuring all parties have a clear understanding of their responsibilities.
A time-boxed period in which Agile teams deliver incremental value in the form of working, tested software and systems. Essential for aligning teams, managing dependencies, and ensuring continuous delivery.
A strategic plan that outlines the goals, milestones, and steps needed to deliver a product that achieves desired outcomes incrementally, providing a clear path forward. Essential for guiding product development and ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
A Japanese term meaning "continuous improvement," focusing on small, incremental changes to enhance processes and products. Crucial for fostering a culture of ongoing improvement and excellence in product design and development.