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Discovering the Diverse Sources Behind Innovation

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It’s not just limited to inventing something entirely new; innovation can also involve improving or significantly contributing to existing products, services, processes, or ways of thinking. When Nadella took over as CEO in 2014, he immediately began shifting the company culture towards one that embraces innovation and continuous learning.

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

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Sverrisdottir, Ingason & Jonasson (2014) interviewed Product Owners from different organizations that there are often multiple Product Owners for the same product, even though the Scrum Guide prescribes against this. . Sverrisdottir, Ingason & Jonasson (2014) also found no standard for how much time Product Owners spend with teams.

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

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The neurological processes for this are also well-understood. This increases blood pressure, heart rate, and tenses muscles (McEwen, 2017). It is very similar to work engagement (Schaufeli & Salanova, 2014), which we also measure in both the Scrum Team Survey and TeamMetrics (as “team morale”). Van Lange, A. Furuyama, T.,

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Product Discovery for Scrum Teams

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That would be the job of the process that feeds into the Product Backlog: product discovery. Why the Scrum Guide Lacks Product Discovery as a Concept The Scrum Guide 2020 emphasizes the role of the Product Owner in managing the Product Backlog but does not define the product discovery process.

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Artificial Intelligence and Project Management: The First Step

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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: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

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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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Burnout in Project Management

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2014), and Jugdev et al., DOI: 10.1108/IJMPB-02-2017-0020. 2014) Project management and burnout: Implications of the Demand-Control-Support model on project-based work, International Journal of Project Management. PMs must recognize the signs of stress and burnout as early as possible in the project’s life cycle. May2014, Vol.