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

Scrum.org

How sustainable is your pace as a developer? Unfortunately, many developers and development teams still burn more hours than are probably good for them. Although this is often the result of “death marches” and similar requests from management, there are also many situations where developers do this out of their own will.

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Top Project Management Conferences of 2020

ProjectManager.com

A software development conference with workshops on the theme of Our Digital Tomorrow. For the agile enthusiast, this scrum gathering takes place twice a year since 2013. The event focuses on sustainability in projects, programs and portfolios, with a long-term and enterprise-level view. GOTO Chicago.

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

Scrum.org

Many studies have identified high autonomy as an important prerequisite for Agile teams ( Moe, Dingsøyr & Dybå, 2010 ; Donmez & Gudela, 2013 ; Tripp & Armstrong, 2018 ; Melo et. Ultimately, the role of (top) management is to keep their business healthy and economically sustainable. Journal of systems and software , 81 (6), 961–971.

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Moving Your Scrum Downfield [Paper]

Gunther Verheyen

Scrum was instrumental in embracing software development as a form of new product development, and thus as complex work. Software and (new) product development are a subset of complex challenges, but the use of Scrum is not limited to it. The rules of the game are well documented. Gunther Verheyen.

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Regarding the matter of speaking out publicly (on some things ‘Agile’)

Gunther Verheyen

Regardless whether free-floating opportunists like it or not, there is no denying that the source and roots of all things ‘Agile’ is the “ Manifesto for Agile Software Development ”, or the “ Agile Manifesto ” in short. Regarding the question whether a process or framework (whatever name they chose for themselves) is “Agile”.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

Hybrid–Agile Software Development Anti–Patterns, Risks, and Recommendations,” Paul E. McMahon, Cross Talk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering , July/August 2015, pp. Architecting Large Scale Agile Software Development: A Risk–Driven Approach,” Ipek Ozkaya, Michael Gagliardi, Robert L. 12, 2008. “A

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Project risk management: lessons learned from software development environment,” Young Hoon Kwak and Jim Stoddard,” Technovation , 24(11), pp. Examining the Value of Monte Carlo Simulation of Project Time Management,” Goran Avlijas, Management: Journal of Sustainable Business Management Solutions in Emerging Economies , March 2018.