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Understanding the Work of an Agile Transformation

Leading Agile

But a shift in mindset isn’t going to address the real organizational issues, business architecture issues, technology architecture issues, HR issues, and technical debt that reside within your organization. Not only that, but they’re not even able to influence the executive to go and fix it.

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

Scrum.org

despite their best initial intentions?—?often So I was pleasantly surprised when Carsten Grønbejrg Lützen pointed at a peer-reviewed academic paper by Michele Tufano and his colleagues (2015), called “When and Why Your Code Starts To Smell Bad”. Technical Debt and Code Smells. Why do software teams?—?despite

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Escaping the Feature Factory

Scrum.org

Overemphasis on Utilization : Prioritizing keeping teams busy with feature work over allowing time for creativity, exploration, and addressing technical debt also contributes to a feature factory environment. All of these reasons are reflective of systemic issues within large organizations.

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Scrum Anti-Patterns GPT

Scrum.org

These anti-patterns can emerge due to a variety of reasons, such as resistance to change, lack of understanding of Scrum principles, or misalignment of organizational practices with Scrum values.

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5 Agile Methodologies for Project Managers that are not Scrum Framework

Project Pulse Journal

Its principles of visualizing work, limiting work in progress, and enabling real-time adjustments made it a versatile tool beyond its initial industrial context. Feedback Loops – Incorporate regular meetings to review and adapt your workflow based on feedback. Agile methodologies offer a path to mastering these challenges.

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SWOT analysis in project management: definition, instruction & example

Inloox

The SWOT analysis is a strategic planning tool and provides a framework for evaluating internal and external factors influencing the success of a company or project. Strategic planning The SWOT analysis supports strategic planning by providing a structured overview of the most important influencing factors. What is a SWOT analysis?

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PMBOK® Seventh Edition Principles and Risk Management

Project Risk Coach

Be a Diligent, Respectful, and Caring Steward 2. 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. This edition is a principles-based guide as opposed to the process-based guide of the Sixth Edition.