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Project Delivery through the Definition of Done

Project Pulse Journal

This concept is vital across methodologies like Agile and Waterfall , where its application significantly influences project outcomes. This helps the project team define what needs to be delivered and prevent potential scope creep. Extreme Programming (XP) - The DoD includes passing all unit tests, code reviews, and integration tests.

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

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It is no surprise that the researchers conclude that “Product Owners perform a wide range of challenging activities which require experience and high-status in order to be able to exert influence”. Product Owners perform a wide range of challenging activities which require experience and high-status in order to be able to exert influence.”.

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Working Remotely? This Will Hit You Next!

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Despite the rapidness of the change, moving to remote worked surprisingly well for many teams, because they were used to some degree of remote work before. Especially development teams and technology firms in general have many years of experience with allowing their workforce to do their jobs from wherever and whenever they like.

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21 Sprint Retrospective Anti-Patterns

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Source : Scrum Guide 2017. No matter the frequency of your retrospectives you should always watch out for the following Sprint Retrospective anti-patterns from the Scrum Team, the Development Team, the Scrum Master, as well as the organization: Sprint Retrospective Anti-Patterns of the Scrum Team.

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DoD EvoCycle, a simple technique to effectively manage your Definition of Done

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The Scrum Team must have a shared understanding of what it means for work to be completed to ensure transparency. This is the definition of "Done" (often abbreviated as DoD) for the Scrum Team and is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment. Both inside and outside out influences, the sky is the limit.".

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Scrum Master Anti-Patterns — 20 Signs Your Scrum Master Needs Help

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The Scrum Master helps everyone change these interactions to maximize the value created by the Scrum Team. Source : Scrum Guide 2017. See also the detailed lists of services rendered to the Product Owner, the Development Team, and the organization by the Scrum Master as defined by the Scrum Guide.). The Sprint Planning.

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Why Great (Scrum) Teams Have A Mind Of Their Own

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At the end of this post you will have learned: How team cognition is essentially the “mind of a team”, with its own memory and perception of the world. What team cognition is and how substantial its influence is on the effectiveness of teams according to large-scale research efforts. A., & Salas, 2017).

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