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

Scrum.org

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”. This post is ideal for developers with some experience, and for people who support developers in the development of their technical skills.

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9 Essential Project Management Competencies

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Soft skills include: Communication Leadership Self-awareness Confidence Resilience Teamwork Business acumen Influencing and negotiating Networking Stakeholder engagement. One in five projects is unsuccessful due to ineffective communication, according to research by PMI (The Essential Role of Communications, 2013). Networking.

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Test First approach sounds simply enough, right?

Scrum.org

This can be the first confusion in its understanding and actual meaning today, for either technical or non-technical folk. Then we have all these practices you hear about residing under this Test First banner - TDD, BDD, and ATDD. Test Driven Development (TDD). But let us leave that for another day. Add a test.

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

Scrum.org

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 includes training, technical support, and preparation for new releases. Gatekeeper : Approving completed items for a release.

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The unbreakable bond: How outstanding service = brand loyalty

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This overwhelming majority demonstrates that service excellence transcends other considerations and has a big influence on brand views. Offer the human touch for exceptional service beyond automation As technology advances, there is a greater emphasis on automation and AI-powered solutions.

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

Scrum.org

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. So we went to Google Scholar and searched for review articles. SCRUM and productivity in software projects: a systematic literature review.

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9 HR Challenges That Will Be Prevalent In The Digital Age

Proofhub

Many companies did not encourage remote working due to concerns over productivity, communication, and collaboration. In fact, a 2013 Gallup study found that poor leaders are the number one reason why people quit. It must account for rapidly changing technical skills and long-term transferable skills. T ry ProofHub.”

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