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Free project management certifications

Moira Alexander

Founded by Harvard University and MIT in 2012, edX is one of the biggest MOOC (Massive Open Online Courses) platforms available and offers many project management (PM) courses. Agile Software Development - goes over fundamental agile concepts to enhance your software development skills. Related Video.

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

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Edmondson (2012) argues that dynamic teaming is important to share and encourage learning. This is also what inspired Edmondson (2012) in her academic work on “teaming”. They also tend to perform better (Evans & Dion, 2012), are better able to deal with stress and pressure (Salas, Driskell & Hughes, 1996). R., & Dion, K.

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T-shirt sizing in Agile and Waterfall Projects

Project Pulse Journal

Whether managing a software development project in an Agile framework or overseeing a service delivery project in a Waterfall context , T-shirt sizing offers a versatile and efficient approach to estimating work, setting the stage for successful project execution and delivery. Based on team feedback, adjust any sizes as needed.

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In-Depth: The Science On Sustainable Pace, Stress, And Motivation

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The initial practice was for developers to work no more than 40 hours a week. This is the pace that can be sustained over a long period of time without burning developers out. Self-Determination Theory (Deci & Ryan, 2012) provides a great perspective on what creates intrinsic motivation. What is a sustainable pace?

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Managing Project Delays in the COVID-19 Age

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Richard Reynolds, senior engineer at consultancy firm E&M West, has over 30 years of experience in the construction industry, including leading the multi-disciplinary design team for the Media Center at the London 2012 Olympics. He says, “If it’s a short delay, you’ll likely have the same people on the project team when it resumes.

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In-Depth: How Easily Biases Distort What We Believe (In The Workplace)

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Initially coined by Wason (1960), this bias manifests when we only look for confirmation of our beliefs. When organizations start initiatives or change programs and only see or look for evidence that supports the belief that it is working, but fail to see where it doesn’t work or even causes damage. Confirmation bias.

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Thinking By Sprinting: What Cognitive Science Tells Us About Why Scrum Works

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Software development is (generally speaking) very complex. Nevertheless, the motto of software development is often ‘first solve the problem, then write the code’. Retrieved from [link] on December 17, 2012; Gigerenzer, G. Retrieved from [link] on December 17, 2012; Heylighen, F. and Heylighen, F.

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