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Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype

Scrum.org

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). The book “The Enterprise and Scrum” by Ken Schwaber (2007). The Scrum Guide” by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland (2011, 2013, 2016, 2017).

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Deciphering Goals

Scrum.org

Having urgency is a great motivator and starting point as shown in John Kotter’s 8-Steps process. . . Figure 5 The 8-Steps Process for Leading Change* * [link]. This process for change is mostly applicable for high level strategic goals like company vision and business strategy. Risks of absent or bad Goals.

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How I ended up becoming a (Professional) Scrum trainer

Gunther Verheyen

I had been closely following up on the emergence and growth of Scrum.org as it coincided with a personal process of professional recovery. I painfully discovered that I had been blinded by management ambitions (and promises) in 2007-2008. I experienced it as an expression of “Individuals and interactions over processes and tools”.

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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.

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Reading List for the Cone of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

The program management processes should seek to reduce uncertainty in the variable of the project. If there is no process in place to reduce these variables, the probability of project success is reduced. 1, January 2011. "A 37–48, 2007. Here's a very short reading list for this topic (88 more items on Request). "A

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

5, September/October 2011. Project Risk Management: A Combined Analytic Hierarchy Process and Decision Tree Approach,” Prasanta Kumar Dey, Cost Engineering , Vol. A Simulation-Based Risk Network Model for Decision Support in Project Risk Management,” Chao Fang and Franck Marle, in Decision Support Systems , Elsevier, 2011.

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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. In the end, the internal logic of the mechanical perspective rests on checklists, managerial plans, rules, processes, and numbers. From the mechanical perspective, change is defined in terms of modifications to structures and processes.

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