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

Scrum.org

But adherence to a framework or prescribed process does not guarantee agility. Adherence to a framework or prescribed process does not guarantee agility.”. I prefer a process-based definition of agility. Although we used Scrum teams for our investigation, these processes are generic enough to apply to Agile teams in general.

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Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype

Scrum.org

In the end, the sources I used for describing the evolutions of the definition of Scrum are: The paper “SCRUM Software Development Process” by Ken Schwaber (1995, 1996). The book “Agile Software Development with Scrum” by Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle (2002).

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Top Project Management Conferences of 2020

ProjectManager.com

This project management conference covers topics such as the project management framework and its terminology, process groups and the nine knowledge areas of the PMBOK. A software development conference with workshops on the theme of Our Digital Tomorrow. GOTO Chicago. April 27-29, Chicago, IL. Global Scrum Gathering.

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In-Depth: The Science On Sustainable Pace, Stress, And Motivation

Scrum.org

Many studies have shown that stressed developers make more mistakes (Furuyama, Arai & Lio, 1996, Sonnentag et. High-stress environments are also more likely to burn developers out (Sonnentag et. The neurological processes for this are also well-understood. al, 2013), healthcare professionals (Papathanasiou et.

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Agile. Creativity. Innovation.

International Institute for Learning

During the last two decades there has been the emergence of a number of software development methods as a response to the inefficiency of existing software development methods in rapidly changing environments (Highsmith, 2004). July 2013). ” Software Development 9(8): 28-32. By Luigi Morsa.

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Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype

Gunther Verheyen

For every source I have described the same three topics to show what Scrum consisted of at the time (regardless the different terms used), what the ‘definition’ of Scrum was at the time: Roles, responsibilities, accountabilities Controls, deliverables, artifacts Phases, meetings, time-boxes, events.

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Top 5 Best Slack Alternatives

Productivity Land

And despite all remote work challenges , software developers have much to offer. This popular collaboration software offers multiple features and free and paid plans. Taken from: [link] What Is Slack Software? Slack is a messaging program for bringing work communication into one place, launched in 2013.