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Scrum Methodology: Roles, Events & Artifacts

ProjectManager.com

The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. The bad news, it’s hard to master. Scrum is part of agile software development and teams practicing agile.

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Why do projects fail? (Includes examples!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Here are some high-profile failed projects: Following an internal review, Multiplex, the Australian development company responsible for the reconstruction of the Wembley Stadium, became aware that costs for the project were escalating to the point that the company would make a loss of £750 million on the project. billion to £10.9

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In-Depth: Stable Or Fluid Teams? What Does The Science Say?

Scrum.org

Recently, the concept of “fluid teams”, “dynamic reteaming” or “ad-hoc teaming” has gained traction in the Agile community. Although the concept has many different definitions, a characteristic they share is that members move in and out of a team during its lifetime. The need for fluid teams.

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Estimating Agile Projects.Or Not

Leading Answers

For software projects following an agile approach, the team is often asked to estimate the development effort for stories in the backlog. As the team starts work on these stories, they may discover some are more complex than initially anticipated and need splitting into multiple stories.

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Systems Thinking in Organizational Coaching

Scrum.org

It is located in the neocortex and developed relatively recently. In the context of a product development it might refer to poor performance of the product group or a business unit, deteriorating revenues, outgoing quality etc. A software development effort is always a system! Systems Thinking in Organizations.

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Creating a Risk-Adjusted Backlog

Leading Answers

This article explains what a risk-adjusted backlog is, why they are useful, how to create one and how teams work with them. ' In deciding which feature to develop first, those with the highest economic value are selected. I wrote about these ideas when I started blogging in 2006 as  Risk Profile Graphs.

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The 23 Best Project Management Books For Upgrading Your Career in 2020

Planio

The Culture Code: The Secrets of Highly Successful Groups. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. The best books for building better habits (for yourself and your team). Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good habits & Break Bad Ones. 20 Minute Manager: Managing Projects. Gantt Chart.

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