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Product Discovery for Scrum Teams

Scrum.org

This approach provides fast feedback and reduces the risk of building something not valuable to customers. Learn more : Jake Knapp, John Zeratsky, Braden Kowitz: “Sprint: How to Solve Big Problems and Test New Ideas in Just Five Days,” 2016. Use it to validate assumptions and mitigate risk, especially in highly uncertain projects.

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In-Depth: How To Create Better Work Agreements For Your Team

Scrum.org

It has been linked to higher performance and motivation (Mathieu et al, 2000), increased effectiveness (Kearny, Gebert & Voelpel, 2009), and generally explains a substantial amount of the variance (~19%) in the effectiveness of teams (De Church & Mesmer-Magnus, 2010). Butchibabu and her colleagues (2016) performed an experiment with 13 teams.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Risk issues that can be identified early in the program, which will potentially impact the program later, termed Known Unknowns and can be alleviated with good risk management. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003.

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Risk Management is How Adults Manage Projects

Herding Cats

In a recent exchange in social media, it was clear the notion of risk and the sources of risk, the consequences or risks and managing in the presence of risk was in very unclear, when it was conjectured , we can simply slice the work into small bits and REDUCE risk. . This is good, but it doesn't reduce risk.

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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. Risk Management is essential for development and production programs.

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Agile. Creativity. Innovation.

International Institute for Learning

2009), include eXtreme Programming (XP) (Beck and Fowler, 2001) and Scrum (Schwaber and Beedle, 2002). The success of such “new” methods relies on the fact that Shifting Customer needs are common in today´s marketplace (Graffius, 2016). Fitzgerald, B (2009). The most popular and pioneer methods, as highlighted by Conboy et al.

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Fighting Uncertainty in Organizations, Including Matrix Ones

Epicflow Blog

Carrying an Umbrella (Risk Buffer). Keeping a Spare Tire (Risk & Resource Buffer). Having Insurance (Risk Buffer). While time buffers are most common, there are several types to know, each targeting specific risks. Most vehicles come with a spare tire. Dressing in Layers (Flexibility Buffer).

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