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

Scrum.org

So we went to Google Scholar and searched for review articles. 2010) reviewed 28 scientific studies that investigated how Scrum is associated with overall business outcomes. A strength of such a review is that it allows for the identification of patterns across many studies. 2014 ; Young & Jordan, 2008 ; Russo, 2021 ).

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

Scrum.org

By first understanding and addressing the cultural aspects, leaders can lay a solid foundation for introducing and sustaining meaningful changes. It's like choosing between buying a car because it's your favorite color versus reading its reviews and performance metrics. The ROWE Experiment In late 2008, the Gap Inc.

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Increasing Profitability In Times of a Crisis: How the Right Approach to Project and Resource Management Can Help Improve Business Outcomes

Epicflow Blog

How can organizations ensure sustainable business growth and increase profitability during an economic downturn? In a multi-project environment, due to dependencies between projects, just one bottleneck resource can negatively impact the whole workflow and cause delivery delays and cost overrun. In fact, it is!

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The Perfect Storm for The Project Economy

Leading Answers

Eric Ries documented his lean startup methodology in 2008 as a way for organizations to adapt and experiment with new ideas and perform market tests. All the major auto manufacturers reported far fewer sales in Q1 and Q2 due to factory shutdowns and a lack of customers. It could already be happening.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. A Critical Review Of Risk Management Support Tools,” Irem Dikmen, M. 5, September/October 2011.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol.

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What is Agile Project Management? (and how to implement it)

EasyProjects

If you follow the instructions to a tee, it’s going to taste fantastic – just like the reviews say. Agile is most popular in the software industry, but it has found homes in the information technology, engineering, product development, and marketing industries to name a few. Deliver code that is extensible. Disgusting.

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