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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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Five Critical Aspects of A 21st-Century Digital Enterprise

The IIL Blog

The model uses the four aspects of innovation to make incremental changes to its existing capabilities, substantial or sustaining changes for more changes that require more than an incremental adjustment, adaptive changes to strategic policies, and disruptive changes to the overall organizational strategy.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

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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.

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Risk Management Resources

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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.

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

Scrum.org

So teams need to develop a good understanding of who their stakeholders are and what they need. 2015) collected data from 141 team members, Scrum Masters, and Product Owners from 40 projects. They found that the ability of teams to develop a shared sense of value contributed significantly and strongly to project success.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Software Engineering Institute, January 1996.

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The Agile Cannon

Herding Cats

Organizational culture largely determines if teams and individuals embrace and sustain collective responsibility. Alleman, "Product & Process Development Kaizen for Software Development, Project, and Program Management, LPPDE, Denver Colorado, April 2008. [5] Feel obligation to keep doing our job. Understanding.

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