Alexander Sergeev

No More Alibis: Implementing Accountability

Every person and every organization face situations when some commitments fail. If there is no accountability in the project – it will proceed without anyone been affected. The final outcome of the project will never be realized and the alibis for this will be numerous. All project stakeholders, including the client and team members will feel frustrated and nervous. Read More

Identifying Project Scope: Management Basics

Project scope is the part of project planning that involves determining and documenting a list of specific project goals, deliverables, tasks, costs and deadlines. Effective scope management requires good communication to ensure that everyone on the team understands the scope of the project and agrees upon exactly how the project’s goals will be met. As part of project scope management, the team leader should solicit approvals and sign-offs from the various stakeholders as the project proceeds, ensuring that the finished project, as proposed, meets everyone’s needs. Read More

Making a Responsible Decision on the Spot in 3 Steps

Project managers often put in a situation when they should make critical decisions on the spot. This is the moment when you have to deal with a great amount of pressure, and what makes the situation even more complicated is the lack of information and feedback from stakeholders. Read More

5 Ways to Run Meetings that Don’t Waste Your Time

Nowadays the word ‘meeting’ is often associated with wasting time. Too often meetings start with good intentions but go on way longer than expected and end up with no objectives achieved.

Here are simple best practices that will enable more effective discussions and help to ensure that nobody is wasting time, money and resources. Read More

Scrum 101: 13 Rules You Should Never Break

Scrum is an iterative Agile software development method for managing projects and product or application development. Nowadays, Scrum  has been used by everyone from marketing agencies to construction crews. Any time you’re starting a new project, be it software or an email campaign, Scrum can help you organise your team and get more work done in less time. Read More

8 Surprising Ways You Make Scrum Fail

Although there are many Agile development methodologies, but Scrum is definitely the most mentioned one by developers. You may have heard about extreme programming, feature-driven development, and others – but today Scrum is likely to be ‘the new black’, and there are countless sources spreading wisdom to Scrum devotees.

Having so much information on hand, it’s easy to get lost in Scrum jungles. Here is a list of things you might be doing wrong that constantly make Scrum fail.
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