Predictive, Agile & Hybrid PMP Articles

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Andre Malowney writing at a desk, working through project management reference texts and printed process diagrams

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Articles on project delivery, governance, risk, predictive, Agile and hybrid practice, alongside a growing PMP® knowledge library for professionals preparing for the current exam.

MVP vs Prototype vs Increment

Three words used interchangeably for three different things. The expensive confusion is the prototype that goes live because somebody called it a minimum viable product.

Definition of Done vs Acceptance Criteria

One says what this particular item must do. The other says what finished means for everything the team produces. Projects need both, and usually have one.

Retrospectives That Lead to Change

Twenty-six meetings and three changes is the normal ratio. The fix is not a better format; it is one change, owned by a name, finished before the next one.

Product Backlog vs Sprint Backlog

In the tool they look like two views of the same list. In practice they have different owners, different horizons, and different rules about who may change them today.

Kanban vs Scrum: When Flow Beats Sprints

The choice is decided by how the work arrives, not by how mature a team is. Where demand lands daily and cannot wait a fortnight, a sprint is the wrong container.

Daily Stand-ups: Coordination Tool or Status Meeting?

If the meeting would run perfectly well without the project manager in it, it is doing its job. If it would collapse, it has quietly become something else.