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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. What Is the Agile Manifesto?

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Money is important, but it is not what drives me

Gunther Verheyen

We have three kids (2001, 2003, 2013) of which the two oldest (sons) have a disability ( Duchenne and Down Syndrome ). Money was not what drove my wife and I when I gave up my position as software engineer and aspiring project manager in favor of running a bookshop (1996). Let there be no misunderstanding: money is important.

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Without a Root Cause Analysis, No Corrective or Preventive Action is Credible - Part 1

Herding Cats

There are some more definitions needed before we get started, Stakeholder is a term taken from Dr. Stephen Covey's Principle-Centered Leadership , describing all persons who have a stake in the success or failure of an enterprise or group. What Are Problem Causes of Software Projects? 1/2, 2001, pp. Lehtinen and Mika V.

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Top Project Management Conferences of 2022

ProjectManager.com

What to Expect: Sessions focus on agility, software engineering and lean business. The Global Scrum Gathering is produced by the Scrum Alliance, which is a member-driven nonprofit certifying body that has supported the agile movement since 2001. Website: [link]. ACMP’s Annual Conference. Where: Virtual. Website: [link].

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What is IT Service Management?

The IIL Blog

ITIL v2 followed this in 2001, ITIL v3 in 2007, and ITIL 4 in 2019. LEAN processes emerged in 1991, with the Agile Manifesto launched by a group of software engineers in 2001. As ITSM evolved, so did the ways of delivering Information Technology services.

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Am I Really Doing Agile?

LiquidPlanner

Changing requirements, schedules, market conditions, teammates, leadership, customers, organizational structures, you name it. Focus on Agile principles, not practices Let’s go back to 2001 and take a look at the Manifesto for Agile Software Development. It describes four values for software development.

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Agile Project Management Principles

Binfire

The 12 rules of Agile project management principles are based on the Agile manifesto published by the Agile working group in February 2001. Please customers through early and continuous software delivery. Agile was written by software engineers for software engineers, but over the years it has proven its value in other disciplines.

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