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

Scrum.org

Why is code quality so often an issue? Why do software teams?—?despite despite their best initial intentions?—?often 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”.

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Trello vs. Asana: Side-by-Side Comparison

ProjectManager.com

Trello vs. Asana is a likely matchup for anyone looking for the right project management software. ProjectManager is award-winning software that’s the winner in a contest between Trello vs. Asana because it’s true project management software. It was created in 2011 by Fog Creek Software. What Is Trello?

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Grateful Leadership™, Increasing Organizational Effectiveness in an Evolving Globally Connected World

The IIL Blog

The analytical process encompassed open coding for identifying initial concepts, axial coding for grouping related codes into categories, and selective coding for exploring core categories in depth. The initial findings contribute to the nascent body of knowledge on grateful leadership.

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Estimating Agile Projects.Or Not

Leading Answers

There has been a debate raging since 2012 about the use and value of estimates on agile projects. Initially, I thought I was firmly on the side of estimates—but not the wasteful kind of detailed estimates that other people make when there is only limited information available. This article sets out to unravel some of it.

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The project customer role

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This is an edited extract from my book Customer-Centric Project Management , co-authored with Phil Peplow (Routledge, 2012). Projects happen because someone – an individual or a committee – deems that this particular initiative will deliver some kind of business benefit. For example, they might attend gate reviews.

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

Scrum.org

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). Bradley et.

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How to manage team conflict (& 5 strategies for conflict resolution)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Project management conflict examples in the Concept Phase First up, the Concept or Initiation Phase. I have mentioned some causes of conflict above, but in 2012 I did some research into this at an event. Then you can be better prepared for the challenges when they come (because they will!). What causes conflict on project teams?