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Surprise. I am no wizard. Agile nor Scrum.

Gunther Verheyen

Looking back on the 16+ years that have passed since I started applying the powerful combination of Scrum and eXtreme Programming in 2003, I realize I only ‘had’ to start thinking about and explaining what ‘Agile’ might mean, or what an “Agile Coach” is, since 2010-2011 (7 years later). Not even close.

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In-Depth: How Coherence And Cohesion Are Critical To Scrum

Scrum.org

Closing words. And a group of friends, or a family, can also be more or less cohesive. But we obviously also find cohesive groups in the workplace. Organizational psychologists found that motivation is higher in cohesive groups (Beal et. You can volunteer to pair up with others or invite others to pair with you. References.

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Surprise. I am no Scrum wizard.

Gunther Verheyen

On a personal note, I want to share that my journey of Scrum started in 2003. Not even close. I don’t know whether it has anything to do with the current crisis sweeping the planet , but I worry seriously how this seems an obsession for quite some people. And I spent 7 years (seven!) Looking back it still feels odd.

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Behind The Scenes At PMCamp Barcelona

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Stefan wrote a popular project management blog and suggested a BarCamp for project managers based on a participant-driven conference hosted by publisher Tim O’Reilly for the IT industry in 2003. Klaus Hofeditz. In fact, it is quite common that attendees are there on their own dime and time. Great, thank you!

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In-Depth: How To Create Better Work Agreements For Your Team

Scrum.org

This ties closely into research on team cognition and cross-functionality. We know from research in teams that even light conflict has a negative effect on team productivity (De Dreu & Weingart, 2003). Closing words. Illustration by Thea Schukken , commissioned by TheLiberators.com 2. How to coordinate the use of skills.

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How I ended up becoming a (Professional) Scrum trainer

Gunther Verheyen

In October 2003 my life of Scrum started, albeit not with Scrum. I had been closely following up on the emergence and growth of Scrum.org as it coincided with a personal process of professional recovery. My life of Scrum actually started with eXtreme Programming which we then wrapped in Scrum. It intrigued me.

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The Classic Misunderstanding between Principles, Practices, and Process

Herding Cats

Let's start with a history paper , “ Iterative and Incremental Development: A Brief History ,” Craig Larman and Victor Basili, IEEE Computer, June 2003. Yes, pretty close. Now put a governance wrapper around XP and you get a useful approach to develop emergent software and here's the paper that shows how to do that in 2003.

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