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New Features vs. Technical Debt: A Product Owner's Dilemma

Scrum.org

The Product Owner must balance the demands of users against the need to ensure that the product remains up to date from a technical perspective. This often means that the Product Owner may need to choose between developing new features to satisfy customer requests and fixes for technical debt. What is technical debt?

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Key Technology Trends in the Construction Industry in 2024

Epicflow Blog

Read further to learn what construction trends are going to shape the industry in 2024, and how it’s expected to address current challenges and ensure sustainable growth. 5; 6] Let’s review what construction technology trends will drive the industry’s development in 2024. damage or cracking on buildings). [2]

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How to Budget For Your Company’s Technical Debt

Zen Project Management

Guest post by Dr. Mik Kersten While “technical debt” is a term that’s frequently used by technologists, the implication and understanding of it tends to be opaque to the business until it’s too late - just look at how Nokia lost the mobile market that it helped create. What’s technical debt?

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Agility for a Sustainable World: Why We Need to Redefine The Meaning of Agility

Scrum.org

1] This shows how urgently we need to become more sustainable. As a starting point, we are using our previous explanation and the definition of sustainable development: "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs" [2]. A Broader Definition of Agility.

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Escaping the Feature Factory

Scrum.org

Short-Term Focus : Driven by quarterly results or immediate performance metrics, these organizations push for quick deliveries, often at the expense of long-term value or sustainable development. Display this vision prominently in your team space and reference it in all Scrum events.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

The term scrum was introduced in a “Harvard Business Review” article from 1986 by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka. It’s a less technical method of project management that doesn’t put as much emphasis on task order or scheduling, but rather on balancing resources and keeping them flexible. Kanban Methodology.

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Simplifying Procurement in Project Management

Project Pulse Journal

Decoding Procurement's Role in Project Management Success Procurement in project management refers to the strategic sourcing and acquisition of goods and services necessary to fulfill the project objectives. Manage and Review Procurement Performance : Oversee the procurement process and evaluate outcomes.