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

Scrum.org

How sustainable is your pace as a developer? What is a sustainable pace? The notion of “sustainable pace” is closely tied to Extreme Programming practices. But that recommendation was updated to “sustainable pace” by Ron Jeffries later. Pace should be sustainable over a long time. .

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How We Made Our Customer The Product Owner

Scrum.org

From 2010–2015 I worked as a Scrum Master for a web agency. We developed software solutions for external clients. In this article, I’ll share how we addressed this challenge, what experiments we tried, and what insights I gained from the period after 2015. When I started, Scrum wasn’t used at all. Not every customer liked it.

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Artificial Intelligence and Project Management: The First Step

The IIL Blog

It is able to (with proper prompting) write poetry, generate code, plan vacations, translate languages and do much more. AI enables predictions that are more accurate than traditional software solutions in determining risk responses, probabilities, and their impact. Risk Management. Effective risk management has to be proactive.

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

Scrum.org

So we went to Google Scholar and searched for review articles. 2010) reviewed 28 scientific studies that investigated how Scrum is associated with overall business outcomes. A strength of such a review is that it allows for the identification of patterns across many studies. Journal of systems and software , 81 (6), 961–971.

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Agile Unplugged EP04 | Mike Cottmeyer and Matt Van Vleet

Leading Agile

And in that we grew the company where originally, we did a mixture, as you know, between transformation and building custom software solutions. Over time, we grew to focus more, mainly on customer soft, custom software solutions, and eventually Accenture purchased us. – Interesting. – So it’s interesting.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. A Critical Review Of Risk Management Support Tools,” Irem Dikmen, M. 5, September/October 2011.

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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. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol.