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How to structure a software development team
Given a 15x strong software development team working on individal projects, and small, medium, and large projects; what is the best way to structure this team and what is the best software development ...
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How do I structure a modern web development team (sites, apps, production work)? [closed]
I am in the process of restructuring our development teams. Our business (ad agency) has had 2 different development teams for several years. Creative Developers (banners, flash demos/apps/sites, ...
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Need an advice on Project management and company structure for a small social media agency (10-15 ppl)
I need your advice folks!
I know the question may be quite trivial but I haven't found any related to my situation answers. And I don't know where to start
We have new start-up company, that has ...
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Are there alternatives to “resource” for describing tech staff on projects?
I am a full-time developer; almost everywhere in project management we are listed as resources. Are there better terms to use other than resource?
I feel term resource has a connotation of being ...
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Should team members report to the project manager?
Should the project manager be the team members' supervisor/manager? (In other words, should team members report directly to the project manager?) Or should the project manager be in a separate line ...
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Database of project proposals
In academia we constantly need to write project proposals and apply for funding. Sometimes it helps to read what others have already tried or written in order to learn from them.
I wonder whether ...
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What percentage of software development companies adopt each type of organizational structure?
In my previous question, I said that, from my personal experience, it seems that most software development companies adopt a functional-like organizational structure. But, of course, this is just a ...
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Why is the middle ground between functional and matrix organizations so common?
I'm a software developer, and most companies I've worked for are organized in a system that is a middle ground between functional and matrix. Much more functional than matrix, indeed.
The structure ...
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What are some of the pros and cons of having a Project Management Office?
Are project management offices the exception or the rule in most organisations? Does every organisation need one? Do YOU see value in having one?
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Structuring an Internal API Team in an Agile Environment
My company has adopted scrum two years ago, and I think we have been fairly successful using it. I am currently facing the task of trying to restructure part of our development organization, and I ...
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What are good ways to structure a group that has both a product development team and a professional services team
I am the development manager for a small software company. My team focuses on developing our product, and we have some partner companies that do the "professional services" work for our product: ...
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To what point PM should interfere with team's organization?
There's a project team which has just got a project into production. The project was late (a bit) and over budget (more than a bit) but it isn't considered as a failure within organization. It was ...
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Dealing with a culture of fixed, scheduled project board meetings
An earlier question, Managing Without Meetings, was mainly focused on the number and frequency of internal team meetings. This question is about project board meetings that are scheduled to take ...
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Team focus during corporate restructuring
How would you manage/lead a project team during a reorganisation of the company. The project itself has nothing to do with the reorg, but the people are affected: some change departments, some are ...
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Is it still possible to use formal methods if the organization has chosen not to adopt them?
I managed a project in a company where I was the only person with experience of using formal methods (Prince 2).
The directors of the company, and the other senior staff, all took the attitude that ...
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At what point should a company decide to introduce a project manager role?
What criteria should a software company use to decide if they need to introduce a project management role into their team? From what I have seen, most companies start out with no project managers, ...
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How to deal with chaotic stakeholder who is high in pecking order?
Consider you run a project where a key stakeholder is one of VPs. She is a typical hit-and-run type of person: she comes to a project team with half-baked idea, either refuses to discuss details ...
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How can I tell when I need multiple 'tiers' of management?
Large projects and enterprises always seem to have various levels of management. There's usually a top committee that runs the overall direction and big-picture of the project, and one or more levels ...
