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Scrum Methodology: Roles, Events & Artifacts

ProjectManager.com

The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. Scrum is part of agile software development and teams practicing agile. Sprint Review. Scrum Events.

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

Scrum.org

Scientists call this shared understanding team cognition. 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).

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

The term scrum was introduced in a “Harvard Business Review” article from 1986 by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka. It became a part of agile when Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle wrote the book “Agile Software Development with Scrum” in 2001.

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Product Goal

Scrum.org

Think of Product Goals as a stepping stone in the river of complexity One of the more challenging aspects of Product Management is to create a tangible relationship between the work we do today and the business strategy. Well, they are not new, lets take a trip down memory lane to the year 2009 and the book “The Toyota Kata” by Mike Rother.

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How to Hybrid: Setting Up the Team

International Institute for Learning

The sponsor will review the schedule status, budget status, projected work for the next reporting period, and any new significant risks and issues. Whether it is working with difficult stakeholders, navigating political situations, or understanding organizational strategy , the sponsor can provide mentoring or coaching.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Product Development (#ProdDev). Strategy (#Strategy). Agile Software Development (#ASD). The following material comes from conferences, workshop, materials developed for clients. Project Success Assessment - A checklist for assessing the processes for project success. Balanced Scorecard (#BSC).

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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. Everyone is talking about agile, but are they implementing agile strategies on a daily basis? Make sure the team you choose is excited about using agile methodologies. Scrum is used by software development teams.

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