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In-Depth: How Scrum Motivates Teams Through Goals And Autonomy

Scrum.org

Specifically: Provided that goals are clear enough, and not too small, they serve a directive function that allows teams to spend energy and efforts on activities that help them achieve the goal, and avoid spending it on irrelevant activities. Daniel Pink popularized aspects of Self-Determination Theory in his book “Drive” (Pink, 2011).

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How I ended up becoming a (Professional) Scrum trainer

Gunther Verheyen

In April 2011, Ken came to Brussels for an event I co-organized for the Agile Consortium Belgium. Although it is not something I had planned for, it looks like in 2011-2012 I ended up being in the eye of the Scrum storm that was sweeping the Netherlands. It took a lot of energy but it happened on 11 July 2012.

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Can IBM’s Watson Improve your Organization’s Lessons Learned Process?

The IIL Blog

champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter on the game show back in 2011. Woodside Energy is Australia’s largest independent oil and gas company. As I see it, there certainly is a strong parallel between how Woodside Energy is using Watson and how it might be used for lessons learned in project management. I think so.

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5 Whys to Explore Scrum with an independent Scrum Caretaker

Gunther Verheyen

In 2011 I obtained my license as a Professional Scrum Trainer for Scrum.org from Ken Schwaber (co-creator of Scrum). Attendants of my classes have repeatedly mentioned going home with more energy than they had when they came. At the same time this feedback saddens me because it seems to be an exceptional experience.

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What’s Special About Xamarin?

Productivity Land

Since its inception in 2011, the Xamarin community has grown to 1.4 The framework is used by approximately 15,000 businesses in industries like energy, transportation, and healthcare. Xamarin is one of the most popular cross-platform frameworks. million developers in 120 countries.

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21st Century Leadership - Prologue

Scrum.org

It helps to have "the right people on the bus" and "in the rights seats on the bus" with the "right person driving the bus" (Collins, 2011), at the right time. . I am (usually) wasting my energy and the exec's time talking about anything more. The step for an executive could be dictated by the culture and the industry. Good to Great.

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Picking a Project Management Methodology

MPUG

Energy and utilities. In 2011, PMI introduced a new certification, the Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP). The answer is all types, from exceptionally large to small; from suppliers to manufacturers to retailers; from for profit to non-profit organizations. Here are some of the major industries: Automotive. Financial services.

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