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In-Depth: What a Social Systems Perspective Teaches us About Change

Scrum.org

In the following century, it would give rise to modern-day practices like lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Gantt-charts. Despite the popularity of the MBTI and similar personality tests, the empirical evidence for the ability of these tests to predict actual future behavior is very limited (Pittinger, 2005). Drucker, P., Taylor, F.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Kadane, and Anthony O’Hagan, Carnegie Mellon University, Statistics & Data Science, January 5, 2005. A Complex Systems Perspective of Risk Mitigation and Modeling in Development and Acquisition Programs,” Roshanak Rose Nilchiani, Naval Postgraduate School, Thirtieth Annual Acquisition Research Symposium, April 30, 2016. 2, 2017.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Kadane, and Anthony O’Hagan, Carnegie Mellon University, Statistics & Data Science, January 5, 2005. A Complex Systems Perspective of Risk Mitigation and Modeling in Development and Acquisition Programs,” Roshanak Rose Nilchiani, Naval Postgraduate School, Thirtieth Annual Acquisition Research Symposium, April 30, 2016. 2, 2017.

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Is Remote Work Really as Green as It Claims to Be?

Teamweek

A 2017 report by Global Workplace Analytics found that the remote workforce has increased by 115% since 2005. According to a 2016 Dell report , telecommuters can save a metric ton of carbon dioxide per year. For telecommuting to meet its potential, workers will need to lean more on communications technology and less on aviation.

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Next Generation Project Management Software

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Project management practitioners are looking for new lean and agile project management tools to support their day-to-day work and often seek them outside the tools that their organisations offer them. In other words, the market is confusing: Stick with what you know but host it in the cloud, or move to a new digital offering?

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Software Estimating Resources

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Flint, School of Management, Working Paper Series, September 2005.”. Eva Regnier, DRMI Newsletter, Defense Resources Management Institute, Naval Postgraduate School, Issue 12, April 8, 2005. Minku and Xin Yao, Automated Software Engineering, 28 December 2016. “SW Ramakishore, IEEE Computer, 2016. 8, September?October

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

Herding Cats

“Fixed price without fixed specification,” Magne Jørgensen, Simula Research Laboratory, 15 March 2016. Springer International Publishing, 2016. Story Point Estimating,” Richard Carlson, ALEA, Agile and Lean Associates, 2013. The Future of Systems-and Software Development. How do you estimate on an Agile project?,”