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How to improve the self-managing capabilities & skills of your team?

Scrum.org

This is the essence of "self-management", and it is critical to Scrum teams and other kinds of Agile teams. Self-managing teams are central to Scrum and other Agile methodologies. High autonomy is an important contributor to successful Agile teams ( Donmez & Gudela, 2013 ; Tripp & Armstrong, 2018 ).

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Agile. Creativity. Innovation.

International Institute for Learning

This family of methods are now commonly known as Agile , and it has been through the formation of the Agile Alliance and the publication of the Agile Manifesto (Fowler and Highsmith 2001). We can say the Agile methods have well-interpreted the so-called Copernican Revolution in management.

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What is Agile Project Management?

MPUG

According to the 15 th State of Agile Report, 94% of companies are practicing Agile. This statistic is somewhat misleading as it does not mean that all of these companies are receiving benefits or even successful with their Agile approach. That said, many companies are trying to find ways to incorporate Agile methods.

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Back to Basics: What is Microsoft Project?

MPUG

Agile methodology). Microsoft Project 2019. Project Standard 2019 : Helps the single user stay organized and enables quick planning, tracking, and reporting. Designed to integrate with Microsoft Office 2019 and its advanced charting and graphing. Project Server 2019 : Project Server is Project Online with fewer features.

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

Scrum.org

Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. 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’”. This post is part of our “in-depth” series.

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Money is important, but it is not what drives me

Gunther Verheyen

We have three kids (2001, 2003, 2013) of which the two oldest (sons) have a disability ( Duchenne and Down Syndrome ). It wasn’t when I abandoned a position of Principal Consultant and a future higher-up the ladder function at a large international consulting company (2013). Let there be no misunderstanding: money is important.

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Cloudy Conditions: Clarifying MS Project’s Plans and Pricing Structures

MPUG

Microsoft Project (MSP) Standard 2019 ($620) doesn’t have collaboration or other advanced tools and is a light version of MSP Professional 2019 ($1,030). MSP 2013 and 2016 ran on Windows 7 or 8. My Recommendation: If you have MSP 2013 or 2016, I wouldn’t recommend upgrading to MSP 2019 because it is not worth the money.