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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

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For software development , kanban fosters dynamic task management, speeds up delivery cycles and improves customer satisfaction, all of which align with agile. Scrum teams use pin boards with user story cards and during a sprint (short iteration working on tasks) each user story (tasks) is written on a card.

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The Agile Manifesto, Explained

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The phrase agile software development was first used in 2001, but agile was in fact being applied to projects since the mid-1990s. Software developers started to emphasize close collaboration between teams and stakeholders , frequent delivery of business value and self-organizing teams. Is Agile a Methodology?

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Agile vs Waterfall: What’s the Difference?

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Design : There are two parts to this phase, including logical design and physical design, all resulting in the software or product architecture. Implementation : In this phase, software engineers and developers return a beta version of the product after synthesizing the information from the research and design phases.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

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2001 ) and proactive behavior ( LePine, Erez & Johnson, 2002 ). “So Ultimately, the role of (top) management is to keep their business healthy and economically sustainable. SCRUM and productivity in software projects: a systematic literature review. A survey study of critical success factors in agile software projects.

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Agile Project Management Principles

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The 12 rules of Agile project management principles are based on the Agile manifesto published by the Agile working group in February 2001. Please customers through early and continuous software delivery. 8-Agile processes promote sustainable development. 12 rules of Agile project management principles .

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

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Hybrid–Agile Software Development Anti–Patterns, Risks, and Recommendations,” Paul E. McMahon, Cross Talk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering , July/August 2015, pp. Architecting Large Scale Agile Software Development: A Risk–Driven Approach,” Ipek Ozkaya, Michael Gagliardi, Robert L. Pich, Christoph H.

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Risk Management Resources

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Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. Software Engineering Institute, January 1996. De Meyer, C. Loch, and M.