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

Scrum.org

What is the business case for Agile teams? We think we do well to base our beliefs about Agile more on evidence. This post is our attempt to bring an evidence-based perspective to the business case of Agile teams. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams.

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Agile. Creativity. Innovation.

International Institute for Learning

2009), include eXtreme Programming (XP) (Beck and Fowler, 2001) and Scrum (Schwaber and Beedle, 2002). This family of methods are now commonly known as Agile , and it has been through the formation of the Agile Alliance and the publication of the Agile Manifesto (Fowler and Highsmith 2001).

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The Agile Project Manager

International Institute for Learning

I remember getting my PMP back in 2002 and being instructed over and over to prevent changes from even being raised! So, is the answer for everyone to just use Agile methods? You hear from many in the Agile world – “it’s a mindset shift” This is absolutely true. Well, it’s not quite that simple.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

Agile Methodology. What It Is: In a nutshell, Agile project management is an evolving and collaborative way to self-organize across teams. The agile methodology offers project teams a very dynamic way to work and collaborate and that’s why it is a very popular project management methodology for product and software development.

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Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype

Scrum.org

The book “Agile Software Development with Scrum” by Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle (2002). The book “Agile Project Management with Scrum” by Ken Schwaber (2004). The book “The Enterprise and Scrum” by Ken Schwaber (2007). The Scrum Guide” by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland (2009, 2010).

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Burndown Chart: What Is It & How Do I Use It?

ProjectManager.com

A burndown chart is a graphic representation of how quickly the team is working through a customer’s user stories, an agile tool that is used to capture a description of a feature from an end-user perspective. Velocity is an agile term that means the total effort estimates associated with user stories that were completed during an iteration.

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The PMP® Certification By Jacqueline E. Dennis, PgMP, PMP

International Institute for Learning

She holds both a PgMP Credential and PMP Credential, since 2009 and 2002, respectively. Her experience encompasses industries such as Services (R&D, consulting, educational, and technical); Manufacturing (telecommunications); and Construction (building masonry and mechanicals).