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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

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The scrum methodology has been around since the mid-1980s and has been a core sub-methodology of agile since 2001 when Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle wrote the book on it: Agile Software Development with Scrum. Likewise, if the tasks are not well-defined, then you’re going to have inaccuracies.

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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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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

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That’s because what we think of as agile really appeared in 2001 with the publication of the “Manifesto for Agile Software Development,” authored by 17 software developers. It became a part of agile when Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle wrote the book “Agile Software Development with Scrum” in 2001.

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Agile Project Management

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Agile is not a methodology but a set of principles (as defined in the Agile Manifesto in 2001) that suggests how we should approach project management. To really be agile, you have to share the agile values, as defined in Agile Manifesto.

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The Agile Manifesto, Explained

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The phrase agile software development was first used in 2001, but agile was in fact being applied to projects since the mid-1990s. So, we’ve hinted at the Agile Manifesto long enough—let’s define it. In 2001, a group of 17 people working in the industry, codified the approach at a ski resort in Snowbird, Utah.

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Product Owners, you do NOT accept the work in the Sprint Review

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In 2001 Ron Jeffries coined the 3Cs acronym[1]. How success is defined, what is important, what needs to be considered, what has to be done, what must not be done; often described as acceptance criteria. Card, Conversation, Confirmation Card The card can be either a physical card or a ticket in an electronic tool.

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Agile vs Waterfall: What’s the Difference?

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The waterfall model is used in a variety of industries, from construction to marketing, but we’ll talk about it in software development terms as we define the different phases. One of the very first citations of the waterfall method was in 1970 by Winston W. Phases of the Waterfall Method.

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