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Enhanced due diligence in banking 

Productivity Land

Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), also known as Politically Exposed Person (PEP) screening, is a process that banks and other financial institutions must use to identify the risk associated with doing business with foreign individuals.

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Why do projects fail? (Includes examples!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Here are some high-profile failed projects: Following an internal review, Multiplex, the Australian development company responsible for the reconstruction of the Wembley Stadium, became aware that costs for the project were escalating to the point that the company would make a loss of £750 million on the project. billion to £10.9

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Why Agile Engineering Practices in Software Development Are Essential to Achieve Agility

Scrum.org

The product is riddled with technical debt. The agile manifesto includes principles such as “continuous delivery of valuable software”, “continuous attention to technical excellence” and “at regular intervals the team reflects on how to become more effective”. Progress comes to a standstill. After all, Scrum is just a framework.

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In-Depth: How Coherence And Cohesion Are Critical To Scrum

Scrum.org

And does your Sprint Review consist of team members listing their individual accomplishments? Wang et al (2006) studied software teams tasked with ERP implementations and found that cohesive teams performed significantly better than less-cohesive teams. Group processes: Dynamics within and between groups. John Wiley & Sons.

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Agile & Project PPM: The Better Together Story

MPUG

This is the continuing and evolving story of Agile and Microsoft’s technologies. It has been and is being used for manufacturing, engineering, construction, testing, and many other project processes that require iterations or iterative working sessions leading to a final result. Understanding Agile. 12 Key Agile Principles.

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Systems Thinking in Organizational Coaching

Scrum.org

Now we live in a world of digital technologies in a global post-industrial society. Small changes can produce big results—but the areas of highest leverage are often the least obvious (Peter Senge, The Fifth Discipline, 2006). Patterns are often the result of the organizational structure, processes and policies the people work in.

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How a growth mindset has helped in my journey to become a PST

Scrum.org

A growth mindset is a term coined by Carol Dweck in 2006 in her book mindset Mindset: The new Psychology of success to describe the underlying beliefs people have about learning and intelligence. I will explain the peer review at the end of this article. This process prepared me to expect all sort of questions about Scrum.

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