Alexander Sergeev - Part 53

Alexander Sergeev

Alexander Sergeev

About the Author

I'm Hygger CEO & Founder.
My Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/humanoit

3 Ways to Deal with Overly-Engaged Project Sponsors

We all know that engaging sponsors is essential for success. In most cases, projects suffer from the lack of sponsor engagement. However, there are times when sponsors become so overly involved in project tasks that the team can’t get things done. Read More

Jumped the Shark? 3 Signs Your Project Can’t Be Saved

Most companies have had projects that missed deadlines, were over budget or were launched with fundamental errors. In some cases, projects fail long before the deadline – they simply “jump the shark” and sink for good because of quality decline or extreme cost overruns. Read More

Managing Projects with Agile: What Your Customer Needs to Know

Today Agile is undoubtedly the most popular methodology for managing and delivering projects. In simple terms, Agile is an approach to software delivery with the ability to build software incrementally along with visualising the progress. However, as we get deeper, the concept of Agile gets more complex and can be really hard to understand, especially for the customer. Read More

Overtime: How Working More Produces Less and Kills Business

For many entrepreneurs, working overtime is a badge of honour. People believe that working long hours and staying late at work show how determined, hard-working and serious they are about their business. Right?

Wrong. According to the recent study, working over 40 hours a week just makes you unproductive and very, very tired. Read More

15 Best Practices of Agile Development You Need to Follow

Nowadays more and more software development companies adopt Agile. Though Agile methodologies may seem easy to learn but in reality, they are hard to master. Your team can get some details wrong and it may lead to poor communication and even software defects. Read More

Smart Agile: Choose Your Approach Wisely

All companies have different approaches when trying to adopt Agile, but the common recommended steps are to conduct a pilot project to test feasibility, or to invite a project coach that will help them during the transition from a traditional to agile development. Read More

4 Steps to Decreasing Risks in Agile Environment

Today’s application development process is rather complex and the usage of Agile methodologies changes the interception and resolution of the risk in software development companies. In usual business oriented applications (that are not mission critical) it’s not reasonable to insist on zero bugs assurance, that was required in traditional methods. Nowadays, Agile methods force you to concentrate on fast, rapid iterations and fix bugs on the fly – looking to deliver high quality product. Of course there are risks in this approach and below we’ll explain how to reduce the risk in the process of agile development. Read More

5 Rules of Managing Your Team Distantly

Every manager is concerned about his business functioning during his (her) absence in summer or winter vacation season. Some of them have faced tough situations (e.g. server crash and complete breakdown) while they were away. Such events force some owners and managers to think pessimistically and they tend to avoid taking vacations. Read More

The 6-Step Guide to Stakeholder Engagement

There’s no secret that effective stakeholder engagement is essential for the success of any project. Every day organisations communicate with a great number of external and internal stakeholders. However, this communication often occurs in a rather shallow manner and as a result, stakeholders lack engagement and don’t feel like they are contributing to the project planning and implementation. Read More

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