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Virtual Leadership [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Since reading the first edition back in 2016 there is now an updated second edition that includes a completely new chapter on hybrid working. The new version is also packed with updated, relevant case studies. Virtual work is supported by communications technology that helps people to connect when far apart.

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15 Non-Academic Project Management Books to Earn PDUs

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I’ve read, I’m guessing, over 150 management books in my career, and you can read my book reviews if you want to trawl through the archives. Books that cover ways of working, technical project management, leadership , power skills, soft skills for the workplace, business acumen and also strategic and business management topics count.

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

Scrum.org

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’”. This includes training, technical support, and preparation for new releases. Gatekeeper : Approving completed items for a release.

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What Makes Agile Transformations Successful? Results From A Scientific Study

Scrum.org

And what about the socio-technical skills of Developers? In this post, I summarize the findings from an academic peer-reviewed publication by Daniel Russo (2021), a professor at the University of Aalborg. management support, technical skills) while everything else is kept equal. This is essentially what Russo did in his study.

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100+ Tech Conferences and Events to Attend in Europe 2020

Teamweek

If you want to go to one tech conference almost every week – we’ve got you covered. Tech conferences are where we gather and find inspiration. . The best annual tech conferences in Europe in 2020. Europe in 2020 promises to be a rich landscape for conferences. Our entire team at Toggl is remote. DLD Conference.

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4 Real-Life Tips For Choosing Collaboration Tools

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Do your due diligence and vendor comparisons, but don’t ignore that feeling either. Find out how your colleagues use technology on their projects, what they. Taming The Chaos With Integrated PM Tools [Case Study] Find out how one company managed to tame the chaos of disparate systems by using integrated project management tools.

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

Scrum.org

What do scientific studies have to say about the business outcomes of Agile methodologies, as well as the factors we just mentioned? 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. Cardozo et.

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