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Lack of Education is a Root Cause of Poor Agile Performance

Scrum.org

The first paper was a 2012 study on the tensions with remote (off-shoring) teams (Ramesh et al Ambidexterity in Agile Development ISR2012). It confirmed my preconception that regular education struggles to keep up with developments in our field. Even in institutions where they teach (software) development.

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5 practices that help with agile software development

Scrum.org

Often we work harder in Scrum teams, but not necessarily smarter. As a technical Scrum Master and technical Agile Coach, I travel a lot with teams and accompany them on their adventures. The adventure consists of regular deliveries of valuable software for effective product development. Humans are bad automatons.

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What makes a good manager? 9 essential qualities and skills

Planio

Despite a busy workload and multiple responsibilities, the best managers find a way to blend their hard and soft skills to deliver on their goals while providing support, direction, and guidance to their team. Get to know your team's strengths and weaknesses 2. Make time to support team members and give feedback 5.

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ClickUp vs. Monday: In-Depth Software Comparison

ProjectManager.com

ClickUp is a feature-rich, highly collaborative work management tool and Monday is a customizable work management tool designed to help teams work more efficiently by tracking projects and workflows. ClickUp vs. Monday both have weaknesses. Plus, ClickUp has real-time chat and in-app video recording. Monday does not.

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Can you be agile if you release only once a year?

Scrum.org

( Japanese version・日本語版 ) When picturing an effective and truly agile product development team, one often imagines a software development team, pushing some software to production every day, maybe multiple times a day, ala Amazon. But most teams that try it find out that the benefits exceed the costs.

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Creating the Conditions for High-Performance Development Teams

Leading Agile

Today, Mike Cottmeyer brings in our CTO and one of the main architects of our Studios offering to discuss the conditions that must be present for solid technical practices and software craftsmanship to thrive. Video Transcript Mike Cottmeyer: Hey everybody. Thanks for joining us today. How do you get leadership engaged?

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My Experience With Growing A Developer Culture

Scrum.org

For years, I’ve fulfilled the role of Scrum Master for many different organizations and Scrum Teams. These teams were mostly focused on software development. These organizations were able to attract the smartest developers and create products customers loved. Examples of a Developer Culture.