Fred Wilson

Marco, we edited the article. It is under review. The pricing was updated from our side. We also removed the Time Tracking bullet point. Thanks for the update.

Thanks for mentioning Miro and other alternatives. We will update that in near future. Kudos.

Hi Amy, thanks so much for pointing out the typo. I'll get it fixed. Cheers!

Hi Adolfo, you account for risks as part of the Agile Iterative Development approach. More details can be found on my blog here: https://www.ntaskmanager.com/blog/what-is-agile-iterative-approach/

Absolutely agree, Ravi. Podcasts are fun and informational. Thanks for your comment. :)

Thanks for your thoughts, Dean. I agree - FDD should be part of CS curriculums. But on the other hand, there are teams, especially startups, who would like a little more flexibility and wouldn't want to define things up front. So I believe FDD can exist in a hybrid environment and work alongside Scrum and other methodologies for critical matters that need to be pre-defined.

Not really. Waterfall is still commonly adopted as a project management methodology. I was reading a study for another article that I wrote, and it said that just 2% of all IT companies surveyed used Pure Waterfall. Another 24% used a hybrid model (which in most cases, I recommend). And 7% of the total organizations surveyed leaned towards using Waterfall.

I agree, Dean. FDD is no longer being adopted in many of the software projects that I have consulted for previously. I remember one of my most successful projects involved the use of FDD as an Agile practice and it reaped great results. How do you propose software developers such as yourself and project clients can both adopt FDD more often?

Thanks for your comment Hassan. Sure, Marissa's style of leadership has been questionable - however, in my past experiences, most meetings I've participated in should not have been as long as they stretch out. A 10-minute daily Scrum or team meeting can prove effective if done right.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Andre. I was looking at some stats the other day - tragic how many meetings are called in without having an agenda.

Thanks for your comment earlier, Fazal. You're right - task management software tools such as nTask and Trello are great for tracking and elevating team productivity. Cheers!