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Current State and Future Prospects of Scrum and Agile Development in Japan

Scrum.org

Since I became a Professional Scrum Trainer in November, I have been asked a lot about the current state, and the future perspectives, for Scrum and agile development in Japan, where I’ve worked for the last six years. So much so that many consider the paper to be part of the roots of Scrum. Why is that?

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Adopting Agile Practices Isn’t Agile Transformation

Leading Agile

Agile needs to be tied to business-driven results. If not, then we start measuring things like people trained, teams doing Scrum, or the organization’s sentiment toward Agile to tell us if we’re succeeding. If your Agile isn’t helping you do that, then it’s not really Agile at all. First, how are we forming teams?

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4 Key Drivers For Team Engagement

Rebel’s Guide to PM

A white paper by Workfront talks about the fact that 40% of people don’t think that their managers have an understanding of the contribution that individual team members make. Ever done a fantastic job on a project and then no one bothered to say thank you? It doesn’t make you feel great.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Here are my collected works, presentations, briefings, journal papers, articles, white papers, and essays, used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've developed and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems domain. Agile Project Management. Risk Management.

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43 Learning Resources for New and Experienced Project Managers

LiquidPlanner

He explains how to succeed or fail fast for projects that are too uncertain to use waterfall project management and too complex to succeed with agile project management. Cost: Coursera: Agile Development Specialization. This course provides a beginner overview of the Agile methodology, specifically within software projects.

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Real Options and Decision Making for ICT Projects

Herding Cats

This is the same paradigm of Agile software development where responding to change over following the plan is part of the original manifesto. If you google "Real Options software development" or "real options ICT" you'll find these and many dozens more. Where there is a public link, it's included.

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How To Create A Marketing Project Plan: A Step-by-Step Guide

Teamweek

Within the market research example, you might have tasks like “put together focus groups”, “white paper”, or “case study.”. Another important step in preparing for risk factors in your marketing project is to utilize an agile planning model. Break each work phase into tasks.