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How to improve the release frequency of your team?

Scrum.org

Goal-setting theory (Locke, 1981) shows that people are more motivated by short-term, tangible goals than by long-term goals, especially when they can influence the goals being set. Chow & Cao (2008) surveyed 109 Agile projects. So what are strategies to start improving? ? And there is also strong empirical evidence for this.

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

Scrum.org

What strategies make them more?—?or It is no surprise that the researchers conclude that “Product Owners perform a wide range of challenging activities which require experience and high-status in order to be able to exert influence”. Much of this revolves around the product vision, strategy, and purpose of the work.

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

Scrum.org

However, noticing the benefits of collaboration, you merged them into a unified 'Go-to-Market' team, aiming to harmonize their strategies and communication. Understanding the organization’s core Before initiating organizational change, you will need to understand the underlying factors influencing an organization's functions.

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14 Common Project Risks (+ more)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

As such, you may have a bit more influence on these if appropriate actions are taken early. External risks can occur due to a variety of factors, often caused by influences more outside of our immediate control. It’s hard to come up with mitigation strategies for catastrophic events. Internal risks occur within the organization.

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

Scrum.org

Another approach is to track many organizations over time as they adopt Agile methodologies, while also measuring anything else that could influence their results other than agility itself. But a high delivery strategy is of little value if what goes out to stakeholders doesn’t match their needs, or doesn’t reach the right people.

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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It is made up of people who have an interest in the project: representatives from each of the key stakeholder communities, who meet on a regular basis to provide direction, authority to proceed and to decide on the strategy for the project. A lack of interest in the project at senior level is a sign that company strategy has moved on.

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Nudge Theory and Cognitive Bias for Change Management

The Strategic Project Manager

It looks at what Nudge Theory and Cognitive Bias are, and how you can leverage them for better performance in strategy and project management. People benefit because it is fast…but it leaves them highly susceptible to outside influence. You are being influenced by herd mentality – a form of peer pressure.