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In-Depth: How Scrum Motivates Teams Through Goals And Autonomy

Scrum.org

Its earliest members, like Herzberg, started to investigate how the psychological processes of workers influenced their motivation. Hackman and Oldman also recognized that personal differences influence this effect; particularly the “need for growth”. We explored the role of cohesion and team size in another in-depth post.

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Thinking By Sprinting: What Cognitive Science Tells Us About Why Scrum Works

Scrum.org

It is a mental process and a limited mental resource (Ashcraft, 2002). In fact, simple heuristics can actually lead to better, quicker decisions than theoretical optimal procedures (Gigerenzer, 2002). Instead, we should optimize our work for the rapid application of heuristics (Gigerenzer, 2002). Limitations of attention.

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A History of PMI & Its Role in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

Given its vast influence, it’s important to have a basic understanding of PMI and its history. Following Carter, Gregory Balestrero directed PMI for a decade, starting in 2002. As an organization, it offers training and certification in project management, and it reports regularly on industry trends. Quick Facts About PMI.

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

Scrum.org

2001 ) and proactive behavior ( LePine, Erez & Johnson, 2002 ). “So Another approach is to track many organizations over time as they adopt Agile methodologies, while also measuring anything else that could influence their results other than agility itself. It reduces turnover and absenteeism among employees ( Hacket & Guion, 1989 ).

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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In every case, you should have people on the group who understand the project (or who can be brought up to speed) and who have influence and interest in the outcomes. 2002) Current practice in project management – an empirical study. Of course, the project manager should attend too. How often does the project board meet?

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Project Management At Google: My Key Takeaways

PM Basics

“ In 2002 Google got rid of all managers. Build Influence With Small Things. What does project management at Google look like? One thing for sure, different teams use different approaches and various tools. However, all managers use data-driven “ Google Manager Behaviors. It turned out not very well for Google.

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Creating a Risk Register: All You Need to Know

Epicflow Blog

It allows project managers to identify possible risks, track them, and take timely measures to mitigate their negative influence. A risk register (or a risk log) is a document that presents detailed information about potential project risks, their priority, impact, responses to them, and risk owners [1]. Managing overall project risk.

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