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Develop Better High Performing Teams

ProjectManager.com

As we ease into the new year, many organizations’ executive teams are ramping up hiring for new talent. All these efforts require precise judgment to hire just-in-time talent, using data to make strategic project decisions at a portfolio, program and project level and launching new high performing teams.

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On Technical Debt And Code Smells: Surprising insights from scientific studies

Scrum.org

Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. Why is code quality so often an issue? Why do software teams?—?despite But also a field that has much to say about code quality and how we can be better developers. Technical Debt and Code Smells.

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Software Developers Don’t Need Permission or Forgiveness

Leading Agile

This one is for software developers. ” In particular, I’m thinking about the notion of keeping the software design clean at all times. ” The term “technical debt” isn’t just an excuse to type code as fast as possible and ignore design. .” Don’t Ask for Permission.

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In-Depth: Stable Or Fluid Teams? What Does The Science Say?

Scrum.org

Recently, the concept of “fluid teams”, “dynamic reteaming” or “ad-hoc teaming” has gained traction in the Agile community. Although the concept has many different definitions, a characteristic they share is that members move in and out of a team during its lifetime. The need for fluid teams.

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Project Management Statistics: 45 Stats You Can't Ignore

Workamajig

What is the adoption rate of project management software across organizations? 68% - more than 2/3rd - of organizations in PMI's annual survey said that they used outsourced or contract project managers in 2018. ( PM software adoption remains low. As per Wellingtone's survey, only 22% of organizations use a PM software.

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Skills Mismatch | What Is It & How to Bridge the Gap

Teamweek

Understanding this mismatch is key to ensuring your team’s talents are used effectively and your business thrives. Continuous investment in employee development (onboarding programs, ongoing training, fostering a learning culture) is vital to prevent mismatches. More than 1.3

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How Wrike’s Engineers Developed a Unique Quality Control System

Wrike

I joined the team as a QAA engineer in 2010, the first employee in this role. Over the past 12 or so years, we have built a super team of brilliant QAA engineers. As our client base grew, so too did our responsibility to ensure high-quality product code. But he was wrong — Team Sky won in just three. Why “consciously?”