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

Scrum.org

When people first look at the Scrum framework, they often see the roles and the events first. They see only the structure of Scrum; who wears the hats and when. But Scrum and the Agile methodologies it builds on are so much more. Scrum is a great example of a motivation framework. And that makes sense.

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

Scrum.org

Their paper provides useful insights into why the Scrum Framework might be so effective when it comes to managing complex work. Their article inspired me to apply the same insights to Scrum and to extend it with my own. It is a mental process and a limited mental resource (Ashcraft, 2002). Limitations of attention.

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

Scrum.org

And we share results from our own analyses based on actual data from stakeholders and Scrum teams that we collected through the Scrum Team Survey. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. We collected the data through our Scrum Team Survey. We worked with Prof.

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The 23 Best Project Management Books For Upgrading Your Career in 2020

Planio

Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time. Project managers adopting the Scrum methodology or who want to upgrade their team-leading abilities. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (6th edition).

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Top Solutions to Project Failure – Epicflow Research Part 2

Epicflow Blog

Varun Maheshwari , a Scrum Master at Telstra, says to “avoid project based thinking and start product thinking, have tight & fast feedback loops, make teams really autonomous, let team members talk to real customers so that they can understand domain & customer needs better, etc. Develop Your Leadership Skills.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

3, March 2002. 11 November 2002. Conrow, Cutter IT Journal , February 2002. “A “A Risk Management Methodology for Project Risk Dependencies,” Tak Wah Kwan and Hareton K.N., IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. 5, September/October 2011. Evaluation of the Risk Analysis and Cost Management (RACM) Model,” Matthew S.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

3, March 2002. 11 November 2002. Conrow, Cutter IT Journal , February 2002. “A “A Risk Management Methodology for Project Risk Dependencies,” Tak Wah Kwan and Hareton K.N., IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. 5, September/October 2011. Evaluation of the Risk Analysis and Cost Management (RACM) Model,” Matthew S.