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

Scrum.org

And we share results from our own analyses based on actual data from stakeholders and Scrum teams that we collected through the Scrum Team Survey. We collected the data through our Scrum Team Survey. Fortunately, the Scrum Team Survey allows teams to ask their stakeholders to evaluate their outcomes.

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

Scrum.org

Data from our Scrum Team Survey may shed a light on this. Kristinsdottir, Larusdottir & Cajander (2017) followed and interviewed Product Owners at Spotify. Illustration by Thea Schukken We see this pattern too in the data from the Scrum Team Survey. Where does this discrepancy come from? So what do they communicate about?

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Project Management Trends: 2018 Topics to Watch

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It feels to me like 2017 passed by in a flash. I’ve spoken to dozens of project managers this year and surveyed more than 200. Industries like construction, software engineering, and consultancy probably see this as less of an issue. Resource Management Takes a Seat at the Table.

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Are Scrum Masters Sufficiently Focused On Valuable Outcomes?

Scrum.org

I also ran analyses on the data we’re collecting with the Scrum Team Survey and another dataset that was offered to me by Rishi D Markenday and Dave West from Scrum.org. I recently had the opportunity to analyze anonymized survey data from 67 Agile practitioners. The survey consists of 23 multiple-choice questions. References.

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How to Start a Career in Project Management: Answers to FAQ

Epicflow Blog

According to PMI’s Job Growth and Talent Gap in Project Management 2017-2027 , organizations’ need for project talent has significantly increased since their previous investigation in 2008. What Are the Best Software Tools to Use for Project Management and What Tools Are the Worst? million project experts by 2027. Leadership skills.

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Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for Software Development

Herding Cats

If we look at the discipline of software engineering, we see that the microeconomics branch of economics deals more with the types of decisions we need to make as software engineers or managers. Software engineering economics." IEEE Transactions of Software Engineering, 1 (1984): 4-21.

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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,