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The Toptal Projects Blog is a focal point for learning about the current best practices, tricks of the trade, and state of knowledge in Project Management and Agile leadership. These publications are brought to you by the professional project managers and agile professionals in the Toptal network.
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How Open-Loop Processes Disrupt Information Flow in Business
The essence of a good process is very similar to the manner in which SQL-based relational databases were designed to ensure transactional consistency. Learn how closing open-loop processes saved tens of millions of dollars for a pharma company.
Allan Milne Lees
Allan has over 25 years of experience in financial services, pharma, cyber-security, telecommunications, mobile apps, and biotech.
Agile Documentation: Balancing Speed and Knowledge Retention
The various documents, artifacts, and the processes that generate documentation are some of the main symbols of the Waterfall model. Borrowing from Lean, Agile considers a lot of documentation as “waste” that needs to be eradicated in order to streamline the development lifecycle.
Vinod Sukumaran
Vinod is a seasoned technical project manager who focuses on developing web, mobile, and digital products for global customers.
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A Road to Better Agile Testing
The yearly World Quality Report created by Capgemini shows that 42% of survey respondents list a “lack of professional test expertise” as a challenge in applying testing to Agile development. While the advent of Agile has brought the increased speed of iterations for software development, in some cases this has come at the cost of quality.
Vytas Butkus
Vytas is a professional project and product manager leading products and projects in education, 3D graphics, eCommerce, and adtech.
What Is PMO? A Guide to Project Management Office
Ever wondered how to successfully improve the delivery of projects in your organization? Using PMO best practices, business can drive consistent delivery of projects in today’s competitive environment.
Simone Theeboom
Simone is a seasoned agile product manager boasting 15 years of experience delivering digital journeys that delight online customers.
5 Questions a Scrum Master Should Ask Before Joining a Startup
The scrum master role has been gaining popularity with the widespread adoption of Agile. Startups adopt Scrum at an ever earlier stage and look for professionals to help them out. There are some simple questions a scrum master candidate can ask to find the right startup company for their skill set.
Vytas Butkus
Vytas is a professional project and product manager leading products and projects in education, 3D graphics, eCommerce, and adtech.
The Comprehensive List of Agile Conferences
The only Agile conference list you will ever need. This list contains 116 Agile conferences all around the world. It is arranged by month and includes insights about notable conferences, locations, and ticket prices.
Vytas Butkus
Vytas is a professional project and product manager leading products and projects in education, 3D graphics, eCommerce, and adtech.
5 False Hopes of Scrum and How to Fix Them
Scrum is easy to introduce but hard to master. Left to its own devices, Scrum creates false hopes and undercuts many of the expected benefits. Scrum teams need to continually improve their process and work culture to reap the rewards of an Agile transition.
Matt Johnson
Matt was a cofounder of Mediaxstream and also an executive at a global telecom.
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