Questions tagged [work-environment]
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Tracking environment of deployment of User Story in Azure DevOps
How to track environment of a User Story / Requirement deployment in Azure DevOps?
What's the recommended way to track which environment a User Story / PBI/ Requirement is deployed to? We have DEV ...
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How to visualize communication work?
I have a QA team report directly to me, their day to day tasks are:
Correct the new specifications together with tech leads/PM
Write test plan
Discuss with teammates during implementation phases
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Employee hierarchy of a 20-people workshop
There is a 20-people workshop producing MDF kitchen cabinets and other home decorations. Employees can be grouped as:
Sales people
Workshop floor workers
Installation workers
One person who is owner ...
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Why is Rowan plan used if it is not beneficial?
Halsey plan and Rowan plans are time based incentive wage plans. I have tried to check for the possible benefits the worker can get if he does work quickly than the standard time (S) . Halsey method ...
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What do you do if developer takes on a task that was intended for you and he can't finish it in time?
I'm currently working with a couple of students on an course project (2x8h per week).
At the last sprint planning we have taken one main backlog story to implement, and I was expected to be the ...
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How to handle project that (I think) not using any framework or has unclear workflow?
Let me describe what's in the project,
The people involved in this project is:
Company owner
Project owner
Consultant
4 software engineers
I'm one of the software engineers there. The responsibility/...
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No Checkpoint Reports
I am running a Prince2/Waterfall project that is currently about 1/4 of the way through a 8 month timeline. I have been having trouble with Work Package owners not providing me with Checkpoint reports/...
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No / Late Checkpoint reports
I am a project manager with a Prince2, Agile Scrum background working for a company which almost solely utilises Prince2 for managing its projects.
We are about a 1/4 of the way through a 8 month ...
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Estimate employee overhead due to interruptions
I am trying to estimate an overhead due to the effect of interruptions on an employee.
For example: Imagine an employee who is responsible for repair services. He gets called on a daily basis by ...
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My boss says a Senior PM should show more commitment
As a PM I am working with a team and I almost always define our times, however, sometimes my boss stipulates a deadline to the presentation, and even when I discuss it with him he explains the project ...
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When does one call themselves a "Consultant"?
I currently do a number of things at work, but I have no idea what to officially call myself?, I was a IT/Telco Design Engineer previously and now I do more Program Coordination/Governance, Resource ...
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In Scrum, what is a good work area layout to foster swarming and other collaborative practices?
We changed our work area layout from a cube farm to what is variously known as a bullpen or a fishbowl style open layout. We are finding this is more helpful for team collaboration and provides an ...
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VCS + IssueTracking + CI for free? [closed]
What is the best way to build an IT infrastructure based on a free / affordable online services (GitHub, BitBucket, etc)?
To facilitate collaborative work of a group of independent remote developers (...
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What can I do to encourage teams to lighten up?
I work with a geographically distributed team (different timezones) with people from various cultures and background. Some of us have never met each other in person but we communicate with each other ...
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What type of PM work can be done remotely?
I am interested in hearing experiences from others having experience in doing remote PM work.
As it is very important for a PM role to have direct, face-to-face communication with the team members and ...
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PM doesn't agree with company-wide rule - what should they do?
Consider a PM who has his own strong opinion how project management should look like. Now, the organization he works for takes a bit different, more loose and more flexible, approach.
A couple of ...
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Working environment and its impact on project
In my job people engaged in projects often work in separate departments. It means that they work in separate (1-2 person) rooms on different floors. Moreover project members differ greatly in ...
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