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Escaping the Feature Factory

Scrum.org

Short-Term Focus : Driven by quarterly results or immediate performance metrics, these organizations push for quick deliveries, often at the expense of long-term value or sustainable development. Exercise Empirical Process Control : In your Retrospectives, identify instances where the feature factory mindset prevailed.

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Minimum Viable Library (2) — Product Owner Edition

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Jeff Patton presents a practical approach, guiding you through story lifecycles and offering exercises for quick understanding. It introduces a sustainable approach to product discovery, addressing the challenge of aligning customer value with business value.

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Scrum Master Power-Ups

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Mike Cohn describes a high-performing team as one that “sustainably exceeds expectations in achieving clear goals. You feel your Product Owner understands and honors the concepts of sustainable pace, the importance of setting the vision and Product Goal, and the radical collaboration that Scrum encourages.

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Benefits Of The Strategy Canvas Tool For Strategic PM’s

The Strategic Project Manager

Environmental Impact: XYZ Electronics prioritizes sustainability and uses eco-friendly materials in its smartphone production, appealing to environmentally conscious consumers. Part of the exercise – not shown – is to include a plot for industry competitors (aggregate) or multiple individual competitors. Value: Moderate.

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How to Navigate the Project Environment Even if You’re New to Project Management

Project Pulse Journal

For example, projects such as the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan (ULSP) have shown the industry that fast-moving consumer goods companies have that “it” factor in sustainability projects. And the dynamics allowed the industry to act and improve its sustainability.

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Engaging Successfully: How To Use the Stakeholder Engagement Assessment Matrix

Wrike

Stakeholders, including individuals or groups who are affected by or have an interest in a particular endeavor, can greatly influence its outcomes. Contributes to social and environmental sustainability. Assessing stakeholder interests and influence requires careful analysis and consideration.

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The Three — Wait: Four — Elements of Empiricism

Scrum.org

At the team level, most important is one thing where the Scrum team exercises decisive influence: the regular delivery of valuable Increments within the given constraints while contributing to the organization's sustainability. Everyone trusts a successful team. .

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