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

Scrum.org

Some find the process of creating them “childish” or “a waste of time”. Butchibabu and her colleagues (2016) performed an experiment with 13 teams. In fact, Bushe & Chu (2011) reviewed research on fluid teams and concluded that, for this reason, fluid teams may never have the same potential for high performance as more stable teams.

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Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype

Scrum.org

In the end, the sources I used for describing the evolutions of the definition of Scrum are: The paper “SCRUM Software Development Process” by Ken Schwaber (1995, 1996). The Scrum Guide” by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland (2011, 2013, 2016, 2017). The book “The Enterprise and Scrum” by Ken Schwaber (2007).

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The Project Manager’s Agile Transformation Journey

The IIL Blog

Their agile journey started in 2011 with Scrum. They started in 2016 with the first Business Unit Home & Garden and finished in 2019 with the transformation of all 6 Business Units. process optimization as well as with Mercedes-Benz in the field of supply change management. They have a sales revenue of 5.9

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

Scrum.org

But adherence to a framework or prescribed process does not guarantee agility. Adherence to a framework or prescribed process does not guarantee agility.”. I prefer a process-based definition of agility. Although we used Scrum teams for our investigation, these processes are generic enough to apply to Agile teams in general.

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Software Review: Roadmap Planner [2017]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Roadmap Planner creates a strategic plan aligned in swim lanes so you could adapt it for recording any process if you wanted. It is flexible, but I expect if you were doing a lot of process mapping you’d find other process mapping products specifically designed for that purpose would be more use. Read my complete review of.

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Software Review: Roadmap Planner [2017]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Roadmap Planner creates a strategic plan aligned in swim lanes so you could adapt it for recording any process if you wanted. It is flexible, but I expect if you were doing a lot of process mapping you’d find other process mapping products specifically designed for that purpose would be more use. Read my complete review of.

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In-Depth: What a Social Systems Perspective Teaches us About Change

Scrum.org

The mechanical perspective draws attention to the structure and processes of organizations. In the end, the internal logic of the mechanical perspective rests on checklists, managerial plans, rules, processes, and numbers. From the mechanical perspective, change is defined in terms of modifications to structures and processes.

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