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Agile Laws & Distributed Teams: From Conway to Goodhart to Parkinson

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The following article addresses some of the most current impediments to achieving agility by revisiting several agile laws that are particularly relevant to distributed agile teams. ?? Do you want to get this article in your inbox? Join the 25th Hands-on Agile meetup on August 20, 2020, to explore the virtual Ecocycle Planning.

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

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So we went to Google Scholar and searched for review articles. Ultimately, the role of (top) management is to keep their business healthy and economically sustainable. SCRUM and productivity in software projects: a systematic literature review. A survey study of critical success factors in agile software projects.

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Agile Laws to Help with Transformation

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TL; DR: Agile Laws in Software Development On many occasions, working with agile teams has amplified existing organizational, technical, and cultural challenges in many organizations. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Starting to change always requires the acceptance that there is a problem that needs attention.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

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Hybrid–Agile Software Development Anti–Patterns, Risks, and Recommendations,” Paul E. McMahon, Cross Talk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering , July/August 2015, pp. Architecting Large Scale Agile Software Development: A Risk–Driven Approach,” Ipek Ozkaya, Michael Gagliardi, Robert L. Kirkeboen, G., &

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Agile project management- A tutorial

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The Agile project management methodology has been used by software engineers and IT professionals for the past sixteen years. In the late twenty century, many software engineering researchers in academia were studying the disturbing fact that most software and IT projects finish late or fail to finish at all.

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Risk Management Resources

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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. De Meyer, C. Loch, and M.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

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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. De Meyer, C. Loch, and M.