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On Technical Debt And Code Smells: Surprising insights from scientific studies

Scrum.org

In this post, I summarize the insights from the study by Tufano and draw in more recent research. It also ties well into a recent post where we discussed a scientific study that showed how critical the socio-technical skills of developers are to the success of Agile transformations. An interesting study by Søberg et.

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Top 9 Project Management Word Templates (Updated Nov. 2019)

ProjectManager.com

But there’s more, because this plan notes the goals, stakeholders and strategies associated with your project, at least as these relate to communications. This will all then be delivered to a senior management person, usually the business sponsor, after you’ve also completed a business case and feasibility study. Who will receive it?

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How The PMP Exam is Changing in 2020

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In the past these have been Role Delineation Studies (RDS). It was going to change at the end of 2019 but now the date is 1 July 2020. 30 June 2020 is the last day to take the test under the current version so if you are currently studying and you don’t want to have to think about these changes, crack on and book your exam before then.

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Strategy vs. tactics: How to use both to build better products

Planio

If you asked your team to explain your company’s overall strategy, how many of them would get it right? According to a study from the Project Management Institute (PMI), for most companies, the answer would be somewhere around one in three. Having a product strategy often isn’t the issue. Strategy and tactics work hand-in-hand.

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Encouraging Innovation in an Established Product Culture

Speaker: Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies

Join Richard Cardran, Chief Creative Officer and VP Strategy, HIA Technologies, as we assess some case studies to see how to lead with a clear strategy well-defined tactics, and an unbiased understanding of the fundamental question: "why are you innovating?". May 9, 2019 11:00 AM PDT, 2:00 PM EDT, 7:00 PM BST

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PMI-RMP® Training for the New Exam

Project Risk Coach

And the Reference Materials include two new PMI® Standards: The Standard for Project Management (found in the PMBOK® Guide, Seventh Edition 2021 ) The Standard for Risk Management in Portfolios, Programs, and Projects (2019) So, why do these new standards matter? In December 2021, PMI® conducted a pilot of the new exam.

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Chess and Business Strategy

International Institute for Learning

Undoubtedly the chess game is fascinating because it implies deep thinking, strategy, and prediction ability. It is often seen analogous to a business strategy. Each player fervently studies the board, patiently waits their turn, anticipates the opponent’s next move, and runs through potential scenarios in their head.

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