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Project Delivery through the Definition of Done

Project Pulse Journal

The "Definition of Done" (DoD) is a cornerstone in project management that ensures every task, feature, or phase meets established criteria before being considered complete. What is the Definition of Done? This definition ensures transparency and quality control as features pass the development process.

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

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A working definition of Agile and Stakeholders. I prefer a process-based definition of agility. This definition answers the question: “What kind of processes typically happen in Agile teams that distinguish them from non-Agile teams?”. Hoda & Noble (2017) identified learning processes as essential for teams to become Agile.

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What makes the difference between a GOOD Scrum Master and a GREAT Scrum?Master?

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The Scrum guide definition. Understanding the role became a little bit easier after the 2017 update of the Scrum Guide, when the Scrum master’s services to the Product Owner, the Development team and the whole organization were described more explicitly. The Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team. Scrum Guide.

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Are Scrum Masters Sufficiently Focused On Valuable Outcomes?

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Teams with Scrum Masters were more likely to have a Definition of Done, a Sprint Planning, measurement of velocity, and shorter iterations. Noll and his colleagues (2017) reviewed other studies on the Scrum roles and also concluded that Scrum Masters spend most of their time on process facilitation and hosting Scrum events. Shastri, Y.,

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Development Team Anti-Patterns

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Development Teams are hence essential to Scrum’s built-in checks & balances as the Development Team has the sole control over the Sprint Backlog and is watching over the Definition of Done. Source : Scrum Guide 2017. . Check out the complete Scrum Guide 2017 list on the Development Team by downloading the Scrum Guide Reordered.).

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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

“Cost Modeling Agile Software Development,” Maarit Laanti and Petri Kettunen, International Transactions on Systems and Applications, Volume 1 Number 2, pp. COSMIC Software Estimation Approach,” Alain Abran, ICEAA Workshop, Portland Oregon, June 6?9, Patnail, International Journal of Software Engineering, IJSE, 8.1,

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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. Software Engineering Institute, January 1996. February 2017. “A