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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

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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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How to Replan When Project Goals Are Unrealistic

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Studies show only 2.5 This article first appeared in 2014. Check out our top tips for time management. Are you doing too much? The other possibility might be harder to fix. There is a good chance you have bitten off more than you can chew at the moment. Going back on your word isn’t easy, fun, or smiled upon.

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

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Many studies have shown that stressed developers make more mistakes (Furuyama, Arai & Lio, 1996, Sonnentag et. One of the most studied factors in stress-related research is motivation. It has been thoroughly tested and verified through experiments, case studies, and field research (Deci & Ryan, 2020). Papathanasiou, I.

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In-Depth: How To Create Better Work Agreements For Your Team

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DeChurch & Mesmer-Magnus (2010) combined the results from 58 scientific studies and found that teams benefit greatly from knowing the skills of each of their members and knowing how to effectively combine those skills for the tasks at hand. Another important area is how to coordinate the use of skills. A., & Mesmer-Magnus, J. Edmondson, A.

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Was sind die größten Fehler, die eine Product Owner:in machen kann?

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Ja die letzte Studie der Standish Group war 2014, aber ich glaube wir sind nicht viel besser geworden. Auf dem Desktop habe ich viel mehr Funktionen um Termine zu bearbeiten, die ich aber nur selten und gar nicht nutze. Ich behaupte, dass immer noch im Schnitt 50% aller Funktionen bei den meisten Produkten gar nicht benutzt werden.

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A short explanation of why “asking questions” usually works better than giving advice.

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In this short post, I’ll introduce an objective truth resulted from a scientific study and that could explain why “asking questions” is an effective approach. How you introduce a piece of information is more important than its scientific credibility.

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Burnout in Project Management

The IIL Blog

2014), and Jugdev et al., 2014) Project management and burnout: Implications of the Demand-Control-Support model on project-based work, International Journal of Project Management. Stress and coping: a study of project managers in a large ICT organization. Dawood, Shariffah; Pinto , Mary Beth., May2014, Vol. 2013.09.003.