Have you ever witnessed a retrospective during which the team spent most of the time discussing issues instead of looking for ways to improve? Or a meeting when the number of concerns, threats and problems identified by the team was overwhelming? Both scenarios are frustrating right? …

Hello tired Jira manager. Hello never-listened-to scrum master. Hello ignored project manager. Welcome to the world of project management. Did you read all the articles about creating a risk log, managing tasks or using Excel to generate Gantt-charts? Let’s talk about examples from real-life projects. Product owners not attending sprint…

Retrospective — what is it? Retrospective aka retro is an essential part of Scrum — it allows your team to keep getting better. The meeting takes place at the end of each sprint, when all team members check what went wrong, what went well and what can be improved in the project. Among the sprint…

A couple of weeks ago I was scrolling through the Internet when Google suggested to me an article related to project management. This time it was — once again — something on Gantt Charts: “5 Reasons to Use Gantt Chart Excel for Project Management” (please allow me not to link…

Have you ever heard that something will be done in two weeks? Surprisingly it doesn’t matter if it relates to a giant international project or your bathroom renovation. In both cases (and in most other) the term in two weeks can be read as: We are in the woods and…