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Escaping the Feature Factory

Scrum.org

Justify investing in technical excellence to the leadership by demonstrating the long-term cost savings and increased speed of future feature development due to a more robust and flexible codebase. Exercise Empirical Process Control : In your Retrospectives, identify instances where the feature factory mindset prevailed.

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The Three — Wait: Four — Elements of Empiricism

Scrum.org

Let’s start with what the Scrum Guide says about empiricism: “Scrum is founded on empiricism and lean thinking. Lean thinking reduces waste and focuses on the essentials.”. The answer to that question is feeding a whole industry; think servant leadership, radical candor, or psychological safety, to name a few. Empiricism.

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Scrum Master Power-Ups

Scrum.org

To do this, team members engage in participative leadership, use minimal process, collaborate well, respect each other and their differences, trust one another, work with urgency and focus, manage healthy conflict, share a high sense of morale, and succeed or fail as a team.” Then, open it up for their comments.

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Project Management Artifacts: Essential Tools to Enhance Project Management

Project Pulse Journal

Possessing a toolkit that makes complex project management easier to handle and raises the success rate of the project and its leadership is undoubtedly advantageous. The project objectives, the nature of the tasks involved, and the preferences of the project team influence the method choice.

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What is a Stakeholder in Project Management?

Planio

No matter how agile and lean you try to run your projects there are inevitably going to be a lot of people involved in getting you from project proposal to launch day. Project team members: The group working on the project and following the project manager’s leadership. Who wants to influence this project (positively or negatively)?

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Tips for Women Entrepreneurs

ProjectManager.com

Know when to “lean in” or “lean back.” Sometimes you have to lean in and lean back at the same time, depending on the situation. Don’t ignore them or listen to them exclusively, but put them in the pot with all your other influences for action. When should you be aggressive? How do you rely on your gut?

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Agile Consulting

Leading Answers

The Work: Helping your Clients Agile consulting involves instilling and applying a few lean thinking concepts such as: Prioritizing for value. It is almost always people focused, and why the skills of empathy and influence are critical. Exercise coaches exist, not just at an elite level, but also at a domestic level.