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On Technical Debt And Code Smells: Surprising insights from scientific studies

Scrum.org

So I was pleasantly surprised when Carsten Grønbejrg Lützen pointed at a peer-reviewed academic paper by Michele Tufano and his colleagues (2015), called “When and Why Your Code Starts To Smell Bad”. This post is ideal for developers with some experience, and for people who support developers in the development of their technical skills.

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How to Make Agile Work in Fast-Growing Startups

Scrum.org

TL; DR: How to Make Agile Work in Fast-Growing Startups. Join us on March 9, 2021 , for a live virtual workshop to create actionable recommendations on how to deal with the outcome of a forensic Product Backlog analysis. This “way” is what every other organization needs to figure out on its own: How to become an agile organization?

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5 Ways To Use Visual Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

That has always been the case, but today, technology makes it even easier for us to pull out the data that’s required and present it in a way that is simple to understand. How to incorporate visual communication preferences in projects. I use this a lot and teach how to do the same in my workshop on visual comms. And why not?

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The 7 Habits of Successful Project Managers

ProjectManager.com

This is about technical competence, at the least, and technical excellence if you want to really succeed. Successful project managers have two habits that complement one another: Looking for problems and planning how they will deal with them. They review outstanding risks on a regular cycle and push constantly for progress.

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In-Depth: Stable Or Fluid Teams? What Does The Science Say?

Scrum.org

Research has linked team cognition 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). It takes time to develop teams. Bradley et.

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How to Navigate the Project Environment Even if You’re New to Project Management

Project Pulse Journal

The project environment is a complex relationship of internal and external facets consisting of organizational structure, culture, industry dynamics, regulatory frameworks, technological advancements, and market trends. Technological Advancements The rapid pace of technological innovation can offer both opportunities and challenges.

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Top Six SaaS Tool Marketing Tactics To Follow In 2022

Proofhub

Software as a service has been the fastest-growing segment since 2010, and businesses are now investing 50% more in these cloud-based technologies than they did a couple of years ago. Use the Power of Customer Reviews And Testimonials How good is your SaaS tool? Customers understand marketing gimmicks very well.

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