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

Scrum.org

So we went to Google Scholar and searched for review articles. 2010) reviewed 28 scientific studies that investigated how Scrum is associated with overall business outcomes. A strength of such a review is that it allows for the identification of patterns across many studies. 2013, June). Cardozo et. Chow, T., & Cao, D.

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

Scrum.org

For example, Mcgrath's (1991) Time-Interaction-Performance (TIP) Theory simply identifies four modes — inception, technical problem solving, conflict resolution, and execution — that teams generally go through, but in different and complex orders. This is probably due to the difficulty of measuring many teams over a long period of time.

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Project Management Worker Engagement

The IIL Blog

The wage and salary activities for the assigned workers were the responsibility of their functional managers and project managers often had very little input if any in the performance review processes. Team members relied upon their functional managers for encouragement, support, and performance reviews.

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Team Management: The Key of to Success

International Institute for Learning

Managing a team is definitely something really difficult because in addition, for instance, to the technical complexity of the topic, there is the challenge to coordinate people with different personalities, knowledge, background and even culture with the purpose of making the team work in an efficient way. Innovation. Schwaber, K.

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A Step-By-Step Guide to Improving Your Resource Management

The IIL Blog

Review which resources are available in your company, capability, and number, or if you need a supplier to hire or buy them: Pay special attention to the people or technical suppliers that have more demand in the company or the times that you need to accomplish the procurement or bidding process, in order to schedule and reserve them on time.

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“Projects” Are the New Career Ladder. Here’s How You Can Benefit

Teamweek

Then came globalization, technological innovation and the gig economy. ” LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman talked about his agile, project-based hiring approach in a 2013 Harvard Business Review article , explaining that he hires employees on a four-year “tour of duty,” with a check in after two years.