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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

Scrum.org

One consistent pattern in studies about Product Owners is that there is a gap between the theory of the Scrum framework and how it is practiced. . Van Waardenburg & Van Vliet (2013) offer a case study in a large organization and conclude that “The Project Manager focuses on the ’how’ of a project, the Product Owner focuses on the ’what’”.

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

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We will share results from scientific studies that we located through Google Scholar. 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. We worked with Prof.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

“Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. Norton, The Systems Engineering Process Office, MITRE Corporation, 6 June 1999.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

“Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. Norton, The Systems Engineering Process Office, MITRE Corporation, 6 June 1999.

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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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Without a Root Cause Analysis, No Corrective or Preventive Action is Credible - Part 1

Herding Cats

Root Cause is the fundamental initiating cause on a causal chain leading to a failure of a process which results in a recurrence of the problem. Root Cause Analysis is a systematic documented approach to arrive at the true Root Cause of the process problem. A Case Study in Root Cause Defect Analysis,” Marek Leszak, Dewayne E.

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Resources for Cone of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

The planned uncertainty not only needs to decrease over time passing, but this reduction diminishes any impacts of risk on the decision-making processes. Seems there is still some confusion (intentional or accidental) about the Cone of Uncertainty and its purpose and its use in software development. 37-48, 2007. Related articles.

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