How to Respond to Questions From Your Team (Without Guessing or Freezing Up)
How to Respond to Questions From Your Team (Without Guessing or Freezing Up) How to Respond to Questions From Your Team (Without Guessing or Freezing Up) As a project manager, your team will constantly ask you questions — sometimes in meetings, sometimes in Slack, sometimes in the middle of a crisis. These questions can range […]
Giving updates in a sprint planning session/meeting
Sprint planning sets the tone for the entire week (or sprint). This is where project managers share their team’s focus, discuss dependencies, and align commitments. As a PM, you’re not here to read every single Jira task or daily to-do list. You’re speaking to other PMs and stakeholders who need to understand the big picture […]
Giving updates in a sprint review meeting
Sprint reviews are not just routine meetings; they are opportunities to show the value your team delivered, highlight progress toward goals, and identify what needs improvement. Unfortunately, many new project managers make a common mistake during sprint reviews: They list tasks instead of highlighting results. They give excuses instead of showing impact. They make updates […]