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In-Depth: What a Social Systems Perspective Teaches us About Change

Scrum.org

This series is not about easy answers or practical tips, but to develop a more complete understanding of what may be going on. If you like it, and you’d like more of it, please consider supporting us too. It also doesn’t help us understand why selecting the best people doesn’t automatically result in a stellar performance.

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How has project management changed?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you think about it, getting work done to complete projects is a skill that has been needed since Stonehenge or the Pyramids. We’ve moved beyond Friends Reunited-style networking to collaborative, enterprise-wide systems that help us work better professionally, both with external networks and colleagues on the same project.

2008 355
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Leveraging Evidence-Based Management and Achieving Organizational Change through Larman’s Laws

Scrum.org

This is about asking, "What's working well for us right now?" It's not just about new products but also finding better ways to do things or using the latest tools. Evidence over gut You know how sometimes you just have a "feeling" about something? The ROWE Experiment In late 2008, the Gap Inc. Current value.

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

Scrum.org

There are many opinions about this in our community. The Scrum Guide seems pretty clear about what Product Owners are accountable for. One consistent pattern in studies about Product Owners is that there is a gap between the theory of the Scrum framework and how it is practiced. . So what do they communicate about?

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The PMP® Certification By Jacqueline E. Dennis, PgMP, PMP

International Institute for Learning

About the Author Jacqueline E. Dennis, PgMP, PMP Senior Executive Director, International Institute for Learning Jacqueline Dennis is a Senior Consultant with International Institute for Learning (IIL), a role held since 2008.

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The Truth About Sprint Zero (and why Ken hates it)

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The decision on programming language and database in step 1 was necessary to help us to choose the right Developers for the Scrum Team. Here's an excerpt from a Yahoo Groups discussion in 2008. Sprint Zero is a term commonly used to describe pre-sprinting activities. A working agreement. The last item is especially important.

2008 176
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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

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We think we do well to base our beliefs about Agile more on evidence. This allows us to test our beliefs and also makes our case stronger in case they are supported. So this excludes people who have an opinion about the product but don’t stand to lose anything when the team fails. What About Other Business Outcomes?

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