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Agile. Creativity. Innovation.

International Institute for Learning

During the last two decades there has been the emergence of a number of software development methods as a response to the inefficiency of existing software development methods in rapidly changing environments (Highsmith, 2004). ” Software Development 9(8): 28-32. August 2002). Beedle (2002).

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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! This may require new interpersonal skills from us, such as coaching, mentoring and servant leadership. Now we’re in a time where changes are not only acceptable, but they’re also expected!

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Team Management: The Key of to Success

International Institute for Learning

In general, just to simplify and generalize, two Leadership approaches are possible: Autocratic and Democratic. Steve Jobs’ leadership style was autocratic; he had a meticulous eye for detail and surrounded himself with like-minded people to follow his lead [7]. Schwaber, K. Hackman, J. The design of work teams. Lorsch (Ed.),

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Top Solutions to Project Failure – Epicflow Research Part 2

Epicflow Blog

Develop Your Leadership Skills. Effective leadership is also about strong time management, taking charge of the delivery of tasks, and planning them in advance. To make a company’s leadership powerful, it’s important to ensure that the right people do the right job at the right time.

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What Makes A Developer Culture?

Scrum.org

Agile software development started with developers. Agile software development was started by developers. Starting out with a strong focus on website development, I built my first site for them in 2002, first as a freelancer later as an employee. These developers?—?perhaps

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

Planio

The best books for crafting your leadership qualities. True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. Why you should read this: Project management (and especially project leadership) is more about people than processes. Principles: Life and Work. Author: Brett Harned.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Agile Software Development (#ASD). Those lessons are directly transferable to the management of software development teams. Parametric Project Monitoring and Control - Earned Value is an approach to Performance measurement for monitoring and controlling the progress of software development projects.