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Burnout in Project Management

The IIL Blog

Articles are now appearing addressing burnout specifically in a project management environment [Verma (1996), Haynes and Love (2004), Richmond and Skitmore (2006), Pinto et al., 2014), and Jugdev et al., There are more options available for correcting project work-related issues. Dawood, Shariffah; Pinto , Mary Beth., May2014, Vol.

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How a growth mindset has helped in my journey to become a PST

Scrum.org

A growth mindset is a term coined by Carol Dweck in 2006 in her book mindset Mindset: The new Psychology of success to describe the underlying beliefs people have about learning and intelligence. I will never forget a conversation with my manager Vinicius, the person who gave me the opportunity to become a Scrum Master.

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The 5 Cs of Acknowledgement for Grateful Leaders: An Introduction

International Institute for Learning

She is also the author of the ground-breaking book, The Power of Acknowledgment ©2006, IIL Publishing, New York, which has been credited with changing workplaces and lives by making use of the 7 Principles of Acknowledgment she developed. This article has been modified and updated following the original publication here.

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A Scrum Certification: Is It a Sound Investment for Your Career?

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Is a Scrum Certification a Sound Investment Advice? Do you need a Scrum certification to become good at what you do? What are the benefits then of having a Scrum certification? Scrum certificates are hence an affordable way of signaling competence and dedication. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Grateful Leaders Know That Communication Leads to Connection

International Institute for Learning

It’s not part of the article, or at least what I wrote. She is also the author of the ground-breaking book, The Power of Acknowledgment ©2006, IIL Publishing, New York, which has been credited with changing workplaces and lives by making use of the 7 Principles of Acknowledgment she developed. Advertisement What is this?

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Basis of Estimating Software Development

Herding Cats

Software Sizing, Estimation, and Risk Management: When Performance is Measured Performance Improves , Daniel Galaorath and Michael Evans , Auerbach, 2006. Agile Estimating and Planning , Mike Cohn, Prentice Hall, 2006. Related articles. Software Sizing and Estimating: Mk II FPA , Charles Symons, John Wiley & Sons, 1991.

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Product Discovery Anti-Patterns Leading to Failure

Scrum.org

Scrum has proven to be an effective product delivery framework for all sorts of products. However, Scrum is equally well suited to build the wrong product efficiently as its Achilles heel has always been the product discovery part. How that is supposed to happen is nowhere described in the Scrum Guide.