A project management technique that identifies the longest sequence of dependent tasks and calculates the shortest possible project duration. Essential for optimizing project timelines and ensuring timely delivery of digital products.
Getting Things Done (GTD) is a productivity methodology that emphasizes capturing tasks, organizing them, and taking action. Essential for improving personal and team productivity and task management.
Goals, Ideas, Steps, and Tasks (GIST) is an agile planning technique to break down projects into manageable parts. Essential for organizing and executing agile projects effectively.
A meeting where the Agile team discusses and decides what tasks will be completed in the upcoming sprint, establishing a clear plan for the sprint's duration. Crucial for ensuring the team is aligned and has a clear understanding of the work to be done in the sprint.
A visual tool for organizing information, typically starting with a central concept and branching out to related ideas and details. Essential for brainstorming, planning, and organizing complex information.
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 unit of measure used in Agile project management to estimate the relative effort required to complete a user story or task. Crucial for planning and managing workload within Agile teams.
A relative estimation technique used in Agile project management to quickly assess the size and complexity of tasks by assigning them T-shirt sizes (e.g., small, medium, large). Crucial for efficient project planning and workload management.
A decision-making tool that helps prioritize tasks or projects based on specific criteria, such as impact and effort. Essential for effective project management and resource allocation.
SAFe is a framework designed to scale agile practices across large organizations by integrating agile and lean principles. It is widely used but criticized for its rigidity, bureaucratic structure, and potential to stifle true agile culture.
A prioritized list of features, enhancements, and fixes that are intended to be addressed in future product development cycles. Essential for managing and planning product development activities efficiently.
A time management tool that helps prioritize tasks based on their urgency and importance, dividing them into four quadrants. Essential for designing productivity tools and strategies.
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.
Plan, Do, Check, and Act (PDCA) is a four-step management method used for continuous improvement of processes and products. Essential for implementing and maintaining continuous improvement in business and design processes.
A set of criteria that a user story or task must meet before being accepted into the development cycle, ensuring it is actionable and clear. Essential for ensuring that tasks are well-defined and ready for development.
Drivers, Approvers, Contributors, and Informed (DACI) is a responsibility assignment framework that clarifies roles and responsibilities. Essential for making clear and effective decisions in collaborative environments.
A tool used to prioritize tasks based on their impact and effort, helping to focus on high-value activities. Important for prioritizing tasks effectively to maximize impact with minimal effort.
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.
The systematic approach to managing innovation processes, from idea generation to implementation. Crucial for effectively harnessing creativity and ensuring successful innovation outcomes.
Cost of Delay (CoD) is a metric that quantifies the economic impact of delaying a project, feature, or task. Important for making informed decisions about project prioritization and resource allocation.
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.
The series of stages a product goes through from initial concept to market release, including planning, design, development, testing, and launch. Essential for understanding the full lifecycle of product creation and bringing products to market efficiently.
Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) is the process of managing an application's development, maintenance, and eventual retirement throughout its lifecycle. Important for ensuring the sustainability and effectiveness of digital products over time.
A strategy used to determine the proportion of various SMEs needed to support a pipeline of work. Important for optimizing resource allocation, enhancing efficiency, and ensuring teams have the appropriate support based on design demand and complexity.
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 short, time-boxed period used in Agile development to research a concept or explore a new technology. Important for reducing uncertainty and risk in development.