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7 Hidden dangers of project management (Or why even well-planned projects sometimes fail)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Despite your efforts to clearly define the scope, time and resources necessary to successfully complete the projects, things simply don’t always go according to plan. Scope creep It’s imperative to clearly define: What the project will deliver When it will be complete How much it will cost Who will do the work How the project will be done.

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Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype

Scrum.org

The first, official version of the Scrum Guide was released in February 2010. So, how was Scrum defined before 2010 then? How did its definition evolve before and after 2010 and become the framework that we know today? What else happened along the road to the way that Scrum is defined and represented?

2010 232
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How to improve cross-functionality within your team?

Scrum.org

Cross-functional teams are defined as consisting of members with different functional backgrounds ( Keller, 2001 ). 2010) and Verwijs & Russo (2022) found that team effectiveness is inhibited when teams lack such cross-functionality. This is the essence of cross-functionality. For Scrum teams specifically, Moe et.

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Top PM 10 Articles of All Time

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It touched on the classic reasons for project failures – poor sponsorship and so on – but also focused on how we define failure on projects. My project alphabet was a popular post of 2010 and inspired Derek Huether to write a book about zombie project management. In September 2007 I published a guide to why projects fail.

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

Scrum.org

Before we begin, we need to define some of the terms we will use throughout this post. Throughout this post, we define them as “all users, customers, and other people or groups who have a clear stake in the outcomes of what this team produces, and invest money, time or both in making sure that happens”. 2010, April).

Agile 203
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How To Take A Sideways Step In The Job Market

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Nancy Mellard, executive vice president and general counsel for CBIZ Benefits & Insurance, puts it like this: “I define lateral career moves as when you can take on a new department, project, people or responsibilities. A version of this article first appeared on this website in 2010. These moves should always be made,” she adds.

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Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype

Gunther Verheyen

The first, official version of the Scrum Guide was released in February 2010. So, how was Scrum defined before 2010 then? How did its definition evolve before and after 2010 and become the framework that we know today? What else happened along the road to the way that Scrum is defined and represented?

2010 141