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

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Another approach is to track many organizations over time as they adopt Agile methodologies, while also measuring anything else that could influence their results other than agility itself. 2013, June). But how can one feasibly do that? It would be wonderful to have such data! Fortunately, we don’t need to put the bar that high.

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Working Remotely? This Will Hit You Next!

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During the Ebola outbreak 2013-2016, people exhibited anxiety-invoked behavior to a large extent. Individual actions are influenced by the actions of other individuals. Mass actions are influenced by the actions of the masses. The Role of Fear-Related Behaviors in the 20132016 West Africa Ebola Virus Disease Outbreak.

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

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Van Waardenburg & Van Vliet (2013) offer a case study in a large organization and conclude that “The Project Manager focuses on the ’how’ of a project, the Product Owner focuses on the ’what’”. Product Owners perform a wide range of challenging activities which require experience and high-status in order to be able to exert influence.”.

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The Human Experience in the Digital Age

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They] are obsessed with the pressure of new customer acquisition and meeting macro KPIs that represent little influence on customer behavior. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2013. Illuminating the Blind Spot “Most companies are still dominantly sales-centric and product-centric,” states Dr. Michael Lowenstein. Bibliography Fiske, Susan T.,

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

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Eduardo Miranda Institute for Software Research ASSE 2013 ‐ 14th Argentine Symposium on Software Engineering / 42 JAIIO (Argentine Conference on Informatics) September 16th, 2013, Cordoba, Argentina. Fixed price without fixed specification,” Magne Jørgensen, Simula Research Laboratory, 15 March 2016. Lien, and Siw E.

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Software Estimating Resources

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What the Data Say About IT project Risk in the Public Sector,” Alexander Budzier and Bent Flyvbjerg, in Commonwealth Governance Handbook, 2012/2013: Democracy, development, and Public Administration, Commonwealth Secretariat, December 2012. 5, October 2013. Minku and Xin Yao, Automated Software Engineering, 28 December 2016. “SW

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Risk Management Resources

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“A Complex Systems Perspective of Risk Mitigation and Modeling in Development and Acquisition Programs,” Roshanak Rose Nilchiani, Naval Postgraduate School, Thirtieth Annual Acquisition Research Symposium, April 30, 2016. 2128, International Technical Paper , 2016. Roeser et al (eds), Springer Briefs in Philosophy, 2013.