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Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype

Scrum.org

I looked for sources that are not just credible in terms of authorship but also offer regular enough check points. In the end, the sources I used for describing the evolutions of the definition of Scrum are: The paper “SCRUM Software Development Process” by Ken Schwaber (1995, 1996). So, how was Scrum defined before 2010 then?

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Test First approach sounds simply enough, right?

Scrum.org

When we hear the word “test”, a majority of us think in the traditional sense of checking (e.g With people’s first exposure to Test First and the TDD and BDD practices there is a tendency to think it terms of traditionally testing. Firstly it did originate from this simply meaning. validate the code). Record and Play). Add a test.

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Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype

Gunther Verheyen

I looked for sources that are not just credible in terms of authorship but also offer regular enough check points. Scrum has been around for a while, they say. The Scrum Guide holds the definition of Scrum, they say. The first, official version of the Scrum Guide was released in February 2010. So, how was Scrum defined before 2010 then?

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EPM Spelled Out

MPUG

2004, Enterprise Project Management, p. 2004, Enterprise Project Management, p. According to PMI, these initiatives include using software (e.g., According to PMI, these initiatives include using software (e.g., EMP also includes using “stages of growth” models to improve project management capabilities.

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Chess and Business Strategy

International Institute for Learning

The list of US presidents enthusiastic about chess is long, from Lincoln to Jimmy Carter to, more recently, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama; outside the USA we can mention Mikhail Gorbachev, Yasser Arafat, Angela Merkel and even important historical personalities like Mandela or Napoleon, and even some European dictators.

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Managing Virtual Teams Successfully

The IIL Blog

Some may think of these engaging activities as games; however, while they are intended to be fun, the benefits should not be underestimated in terms of the potential positive impact they can have on team performance. By Dr. Willis H. Thomas, PMP, CPT . As virtual teams move through the typical stages of team development (i.e.,

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. Making these decisions in the presence Uncertainty ?