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In-Depth: How To Create Better Work Agreements For Your Team

Scrum.org

It has been linked to higher performance and motivation (Mathieu et al, 2000), increased effectiveness (Kearny, Gebert & Voelpel, 2009), and generally explains a substantial amount of the variance (~19%) in the effectiveness of teams (De Church & Mesmer-Magnus, 2010). These are fine strategies. In Achieving Quality in Software (pp.

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

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2010) reviewed 28 scientific studies that investigated how Scrum is associated with overall business outcomes. Several empirical studies have indeed found that teams with a frequent delivery strategy are more likely to deliver successful project outcomes and satisfy stakeholders than teams that do not ( Chow & Cao, 2008 , Jørgensen, 2016 ).

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Moving Your Scrum Downfield [Paper]

Gunther Verheyen

Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber moved the development of Scrum forward in the early 1990s. Ken Schwaber first documented Scrum in 1995 in the paper “ SCRUM Development Process.” In 2010 he initiated the creation of the Scrum Guide. Yet, they are crucial to excel at Scrum and need to underly your game strategies.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Applying Deliverables Based Planning ® To Increase Our Probability of Success , PMI Fort Worth, Chapter Meeting, 15 July 2010. Agile Software Development for Government Software Intensive System of Systems (SISoS) , Boulder Agile Meetup, 27 July 2016. How to Develop Credible Cost & Schedule Estimate.

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Product Management Considerations for Project Managers

Project Pulse Journal

Their tasks revolve around using customer feedback for product improvement, gathering feedback, creating product roadmaps and pricing strategies, solving planning roadblocks, and keeping abreast of market trends and competitor activities. Continuous Improvement It ensures sustained competitiveness and relevance.

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Agile Movers & Shakers (6): The Liberators Christiaan Verwijs & Barry Overeem

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Barry : Failed software development projects. In 2010 I worked as a project manager for a web agency. I was responsible for managing software development projects. Developers, because of the growing crunch-culture. As facilitators, we help them create a strategy, make decisions, and improve collaboration.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. 255, April 2010. 24, 2010. “A Project Risk Management: Lessons Learned from Software Development Environment,” Y.