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Why do projects fail? (Includes examples!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The Airbus A380 was due to take to the skies in 2006. Instead, tax payers have footed the bill. The Channel Tunnel construction project saw its budget rise from £4.8 billion to £10.9 The international team did not use compatible design software which led to snowballing problems. There are many factors that contribute to project failure.

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

Scrum.org

Wang et al (2006) studied software teams tasked with ERP implementations and found that cohesive teams performed significantly better than less-cohesive teams. This recognition of the socio-dynamic processes in groups of people is also what attracts me to Scrum. Group processes: Dynamics within and between groups. R., & Dion, K.

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Did You Know That AI And Humans BOTH Have Challenges Accepting a Heartfelt and Authentic Acknowledgment?

The IIL Blog

ChatGPT “As an AI, I don’t have the ability to receive or process personal messages or communications outside of our current conversation. Teaching AI how to accept acknowledgment would indeed be an interesting challenge, especially considering the nuances involved in understanding and processing human emotions and interactions.

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Practical Fibonacci: A Beginner's Guide to Relative Sizing

Scrum.org

2006, Jørgensen and Grimstad). Trust the Team and the Process. When more is unknown than known, use relative sizing. . Unfortunately, humans are phenomenally bad at estimating and even worse when working in a complex domain like software development. Luckily, people are good at comparing things. Agile Planning.

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

Scrum.org

The mechanical perspective draws attention to the structure and processes of organizations. Morgan (2006) explores the roots of this mechanical perspective?—?or Morgan (2006) draws attention to its deeply reductionist nature. There is much to say about the differences between these perspectives (see also Morgan, 2006).

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Creating a Risk-Adjusted Backlog

Leading Answers

I wrote about these ideas when I started blogging in 2006 as  Risk Profile Graphs. Later in 2006, I wrote about  risk adjusted backlogs  and  Agile Risk Management , explaining how to insert threat avoidance and threat reduction activities in the backlog. When threats occur, they create negative value impacts.

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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., PMs must recognize the signs of stress and burnout as early as possible in the project’s life cycle. Dawood, Shariffah; Pinto , Mary Beth.,