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How to improve cross-functionality within your team?

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Cross-functional teams are defined as consisting of members with different functional backgrounds ( Keller, 2001 ). Cross-functionality in teams has been linked to shorter development time ( Eisenhardt & Tabrizi, 1995 ) and increased quality and improved performance ( Keller, 2001 ). This is the essence of cross-functionality.

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How To Motivate Your Project Team

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Engagement is closely related to motivation. Not only will they help the team, they will give you a behavior pattern to copy. When you motivate someone, they engage more with the project. What does ‘engagement’ actually look like? It looks like enthusiasm, a sparkle in the eye, focus, excitement. Gertman et.

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The Agile Manifesto, Explained

ProjectManager.com

The phrase agile software development was first used in 2001, but agile was in fact being applied to projects since the mid-1990s. Software developers started to emphasize close collaboration between teams and stakeholders , frequent delivery of business value and self-organizing teams. This was the birth of the Agile Manifesto.

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What does it take to launch agile software? Q&A with Jordan Husney, CEO and Founder of Parabol

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The Agile Manifesto was written in 2001—which was the same year Rally Software was founded. We offer a closed-source license for commercial entities who would be limited by our open-source license, called the AGPLv3. Jordan Husney. We decided to be open source because enabling community is everything in the 21st century.

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The Evolution of Agile with Mike Cottmeyer

Leading Agile

Agile methodologies have gradually emerged over the past 30 years but really became a thing with the signing of the Agile Manifesto back in 2001. When the Manifesto was signed, most Agilist were talking about small teams, embedded customers, and deploying working tested software on regular—and very short—intervals.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

Is it really that important that they are autonomous, able to release frequently, interact closely with stakeholders and spend all that time on continuous improvement? 2001 ) and proactive behavior ( LePine, Erez & Johnson, 2002 ). “So However, the sheer effort involved is so gargantuan that this is close to impossible.

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Laughter & Leadership – How Humor Can Make You a Better Leader

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According a 2001 report , 40 percent of job turnover is due to stress. ” And so, laughter actually pulled our group together and we were very close and we helped each other a lot. Who doesn’t need a blast of that in the midst of a stressful project? Related: How to Be Happy at Work (Happier, at Least). What We Know About Stress.