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Scrum Methodology: Roles, Events & Artifacts

ProjectManager.com

The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. Scrum is a simple project management framework that facilitates team collaboration on complex product and software development projects.

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Introduction to Jira

MPUG

Jira’s inception traces back to April 2002, birthed by Atlassian, a company founded by two Australian friends, Mike Cannon-Brooks and Scott Farquhar. Today, in 2023, Jira stands as arguably the most preferred project management software globally. Within just three years of its launch, Jira already had 1,000 customers.

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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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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

And will make the decision to close the project down early if it can no longer meet its objectives. If you are expecting the project oversight committee to make a decision at the meeting, make sure that they have information in advance of your meeting so that they can review the different options. Action review and next steps.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. 3, March 2002. A Critical Review Of Risk Management Support Tools,” Irem Dikmen, M.

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An IPMA virtual mega project award assessment: what a challenge!

Henny Portman

So, I followed this training and certification in March 2020 (just before the lockdown due to COVID-19) in Vilnius, Lithuania and I was looking forward to the first assignment, hopefully in Asia. The IPMA Project Excellence Model (IPMA PEM) was introduced in 2016 as an updated version of the model that has been in place since 2002.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol.