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Effective software development is an effort of the entire team and sometimes might be a real challenge. But what does this really mean? Successful cooperation with each other and with the client to deliver products efficiently are determined by several factors.    We wrote about the Actify project and relations with the client here and here. It's high time to pass the voice to insiders: Tomek Wąsiński - Tech Lead, Artur Łągiewka - Backend Developer and Tomek Timoszyk - Project Manager share their thoughts and experience about working on wellbeing solutions for the Netherland client.

Why retrospective is so important? How to run an efficient Retrospective with your team? Which retrospective techniques to use? Marta Maciaszek, Senior Project Manager at DO OK, shares her experience.

If you are working in software development, you are most likely familiar with project estimation concepts. In the world of project management, several techniques and methods may be used for project estimation. In this article, we will describe the most common approaches, share our experience from DO OK, and provide tips for your next project estimation.

In February 2020 PMI published PMI Pulse of the Profession that says: “Work has changed. So must the way the world thinks about projects.” We continuously need to improve our ways of working and develop our skills, but 2020 gave us a harsh lesson that we also need to be somewhat agile. According to PMI, to be successful in the future, our organizations need to be agile, but also focus on the right technology and secure relevant skills. You can read further: “For the first time for Pulse, executive leaders identified which factors they see as the most important to achieve success in the future. The top three were: organisational agility (35 per cent), choosing the right technologies to invest in (32 per cent) and securing relevant skills (31 per cent).”  So let's focus on how the organization can ensure agility in the management process for software delivery.

Project management is increasingly crucial in the delivery process, and the role of a Project Manager evolves. Delivering software projects is becoming more challenging. Organizations aim to swiftly adapt to rapidly changing environments and achieve their goals while also controlling project costs and timelines. According to PMI Pulse of the Professions ® 2018, there is a prediction based on the interviews and research that the role of project manager will expand and include also being: a strategic advisor, innovator, communicator, big thinker, and versatile manager.

In any industry, managing projects from start to finish can be challenging, especially projects that involve a team. Fortunately, there are guidelines to structure and streamline the process for better organization and more efficient collaboration. But, they are not enough if you plan to work with Nordic SMEs.