Alexander Sergeev

Who Is Who: Why Can’t Scrum Master and Project Manager Be the Same Person?

First, we should point out that the Scrum master is a role in the Scrum environments, (not a job position), so people that have other job positions can be a Scrum master: the project manager, the team leader, the senior team-member, etc.

As a Scrum master, you will have the managerial role during the project development. Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring that the project is carried out according to the rules, values and processes of Scrum, and it is progressing as planned. Read More

Lean vs Traditional Method

Agile software development methodologies have been extremely popular all over the world in recent years. Lean method is one of them. That is why many programmers want to know more about it. In this article we will compare Lean with the traditional software development methodology to understand the difference between them and to learn both methods better. Let’s start our article off with the description of Lean. Read More

Agile Goal Management: Using OKR to Set Stretch Goals and Achieve Higher Team Performance

The traditional, annual planning process is called static planning. In this approach, there is a company consensus in which the strategic thinking will be done and the company goals for the year will be defined. Afterwards, in the following weeks, the goals circle through the company, creating a detail, fixed plan for the year for the entire corporation.  Read More

Lean Planning Tools

Each software development methodology has a certain amount of tools to manage its projects. Their functionality and interface are different, but their goal is always the same – to make the process of project management simpler. In this article we will tell you about Lean project planning tools, but before doing that, it is necessary to find the proper definition for project planning. Read More

Lean Methodology: 3 Stages of Project Management

Every modern software development methodology has lots of specific features and lots of aspects to describe. Some of them lie in the field of project management. In this article we will tell you about Lean project control. But before doing that it is necessary to give the general definition of Lean methodology and project management process in it. Read More