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

Scrum.org

The neurological processes for this are also well-understood. Clinical burnout is a very severe condition that can put people out of work for the rest of their lives and is often indistinguishable from clinical depression (Bianchi, Schonfeld & Laurent, 2015). This increases blood pressure, heart rate, and tenses muscles (McEwen, 2017).

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Mentorship and Global Face-to-Face #49

Scrum.org

A year later, in 2014, I learned about Scrum.org. I entered the process of becoming a Professional Scrum Trainer (β€œPST”). In 2015, as part of the process of becoming a PST, I attended a Train-the-Trainer class in Stuttgart (Germany). See my post β€œ Finding Passion by Teaching Scrum ”). Gunther who?! I was grateful.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Managment Processes. Integrated Master Plan: The Foundation of Program Success , College of Performance Management, May 21, 2014. Making the Impossible Possible: Applying Heliotropic Abundance for creating Program and Project Management Processes. Using Technical Performance Measures to Inform Earned Value Management , IPM 2014.

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Top 10 Lean/ Kanban Books for IT, Software and Knowledge Work!

Digite

Several good books have been written on Kanban and its application to various business processes, especially to Scrum, since David Anderson published his original Kanban β€œblue book”. hours, Published 2014 by Blue Hole Press). 290 pages, Published 8 May 2014 by Celeritas Publishing). Kanban from the Inside. By Mike Burrows.

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Artificial Intelligence and Project Management: The First Step

The IIL Blog

An interesting report by PwC [5] highlights that AI-enabled project management tools give greater support and accuracy to the decision-making process and could be crucial in achieving successful project management in the near future across the following five key areas: Business Insights.

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In-Depth: What a Social Systems Perspective Teaches us AboutΒ Change

Scrum.org

The mechanical perspective draws attention to the structure and processes of organizations. In the end, the internal logic of the mechanical perspective rests on checklists, managerial plans, rules, processes, and numbers. From the mechanical perspective, change is defined in terms of modifications to structures and processes.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

This quote demonstrates a lack of understanding of making decisions in the presence of uncertainty and the processes and events that create uncertainty. There is naturally occurring variability from uncontrolled processes. Aleatory uncertainty is expressed as a process variability. First, let's establish a principle.

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