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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

What is the business case for Agile teams? We think we do well to base our beliefs about Agile more on evidence. This post is our attempt to bring an evidence-based perspective to the business case of Agile teams. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams.

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Can the Words “Innovation” and “Project Management” Be Used In The Same Sentence?

The IIL Blog

Companies are recognizing that brand loyalty accompanied by a higher level of quality does not always equate to customer retention unless supported by some innovations. According to management guru Peter Drucker, there are only two sources for growth: marketing and innovation [Drucker, 2008]. INNOVATION AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

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Leveraging Evidence-Based Management and Achieving Organizational Change through Larman’s Laws

Scrum.org

As businesses evolve, there's an underlying pressure to adapt, innovate, and revamp. You've rolled out policies that seemed innovative on paper. The ingrained behaviors, beliefs, and values that define an organization's culture can often overshadow any innovative strategy you try to implement. Ability to innovate.

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The PMP® Certification By Jacqueline E. Dennis, PgMP, PMP

International Institute for Learning

Dennis, PgMP, PMP Senior Executive Director, International Institute for Learning Jacqueline Dennis is a Senior Consultant with International Institute for Learning (IIL), a role held since 2008. Jacqueline has practiced project, program, and portfolio management, and brings over 30 years of experience in the project management profession.

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Do We Need ‘Agile’ Leadership?

Agile Coach

Yesterday Adriana Girdler and I presented Timeless Leadership at the Toronto Agile Tour. Our intent was to show that everything we need to know about leadership has already been invented, we just need to stop and look around once in a while instead of jumping on the next agile fad. Remember the ‘being vs doing’ debates?

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DIPMF Review

Leading Answers

It was a very enjoyable and impressive conference, focussed on innovation in project management. Mark Langley, president and CEO of the PMI, gave a keynote presentation on the importance of innovation. This year at the conference featured the first Hamdan bin Mohammed Awards for Innovation in Project Management.

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Stop Blaming Frameworks, Improve Adoptions

Scrum.org

I have yet to meet an Agile practitioner who would say that the original Scrum idea and perfection vision it provides isn’t good. There are a number of useful Agile approaches: Extreme Programming (XP), Scrum, Nexus, Kanban, LeSS, Crystal Clear, Lean Startup, Management 3.0, and others. There is research that supports this belief.

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