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Current State and Future Prospects of Scrum and Agile Development in Japan

Scrum.org

Since I became a Professional Scrum Trainer in November, I have been asked a lot about the current state, and the future perspectives, for Scrum and agile development in Japan, where I’ve worked for the last six years. Yet, Scrum and the principles of agile development are not as common in Japan as they are in other parts of the world.

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Five reasons why Scrum is not helping in getting twice the work done in half the time

Scrum.org

I have listed the top 5 reasons that don’t allow the team to gain such productivity but feel free to suggest more. Scrum doesn’t help complete the product faster rather than how quickly a team can release a product. If you are an old establishment, bad news for you, you have to invest a lot to be like a startup.

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How To Carry Out a Requirements Analysis

Wrike

You gather project requirements and put together a team of developers, product managers, and creatives. It turns out that your team had been so focused on satisfying every project requirement gathered from project sponsors that they ignored one crucial user requirement for software projects: keep it simple!

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What is a technical project manager? (And why you should think about becoming one)

Planio

According to the Project Management Institute’s Pulse of the Profession survey , 81% of top-performing companies prioritize the development of technical project management skills. Next, ask your team questions. If you can’t walk the walk with your development team, they’re going to reject your suggestions.

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If you are not doing Test First then you are doing it wrong!

Scrum.org

Many teams are struggling with delivering modern software because they are not building with Test First Principals. A common form of Test First is Test Driven Development (TDD) and we can use it to meet more of our customer’s expectations, minimise our maintenance costs, and get fewer regressions and bugs in production.

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Webinar Recap: Project Performance Measurement – Part 2: What to Measure and How to Report

MPUG

By education and training, I’m actually a software developer. There was another study done that shows that 122 million wasted for every $1 billion invested due to poor project performance, a 12% increase over the previous years. I got junior software engineers, software engineers, senior software engineers.

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The Short Guide to Hiring for High-Growth Startups: 2022 Edition

Teamweek

While this rapid rate of employment may look impressive, the consequences of bad hires soon outweigh the benefits. . This puts pressure on the hiring team to deliver top-notch candidates at pace with no room for error. As such, you’ll be expected to hire everyone from software engineers to customer success managers.

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