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How Poor Risk Management Is Hurting Your Program

Project Risk Coach

Poor risk management is costly. Let's look at the cost of poor risk management through the example of Tom Whitley. The Risk Management Mistakes of Tom Whitley The Star Mutual Insurance Company (SMIC) hired Tom Whitley as a project manager to manage information technology projects. The imaging team had started building workflows.

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What’s the big deal about the Definition of Done in Scrum?

Scrum.org

If we don’t have a straightforward answer about a batch of cookies, imagine how much more grey area there might be in something as complex as software development. Without a clear agreement about a Definition of Done, some developers may think they are done after the code is complete. Prevents misunderstandings among Developers.

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Definition of 'Done': What It Is and How It Supports Scrum Events

Scrum.org

In this article we will discuss: What Is the Definition of ‘Done’ How it can be used in Scrum Events What Is the Definition of ‘Done’ “The Definition of Done is a formal description of the state of the Increment when it meets the quality measures required for the product.” For example Code Reviews, Pair Programming, Automation Testing etc.

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PMBOK® Seventh Edition Principles and Risk Management

Project Risk Coach

Be a Diligent, Respectful, and Caring Steward 2. Create a Collaborative Project Team Environment 3. Be a Diligent, Respectful, and Caring Steward Project managers are encouraged to be good project stewards. First, we must be diligent, that is to say hard-working, never giving up. A poor attitude affects others.

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Facilitation Tips for the Sprint Review

Scrum.org

How often have you thought: "This Sprint Review is useless and boring!" or "We are just reviewing. internally what we already have seen before as a Scrum Team. this event. How can you avoid poor Sprint Reviews? make this Scrum Event valuable and meaningful? Purpose of the event. . Let's skip.

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Risk Breakdown Structure for Projects: A Complete Guide to RBS

ProjectManager.com

A risk breakdown structure is a tool for managing risks, which are any events that you have not planned for or expected. Either way, project managers have to prepare for risk, either good or bad—it can interfere with project objectives. Technical: Scope, requirements and other technical issues call into this category.

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Escaping the Feature Factory

Scrum.org

In many large organizations, Scrum teams fall into the ‘feature factory’ trap, focusing more on churning out features than creating real value. It’s too bad that this shift undermines Agile principles and hampers long-term success and innovation.