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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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How to Become an IT Project Manager

ProjectManager.com

Jennifer described an IT project manager as one who oversees the process of planning, executing and delegating responsibilities around an organization’s IT pursuits and goals, often with the help of IT project management software. Technical understanding including hardware, software, network, infrastructure, security, etc.

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Project Manager Job Description (with free copy+paste examples!)

ProjectManager.com

Try Our Award-Winning Project Management Software Free! That means that project managers work in virtually all fields, from software development and IT to human resources, from advertising and marketing to construction, and everything in-between. Knowledge of project management software. Organizational skills. Hard Skills.

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What Is Agile Product Management?

Agilemania

At its foundation, agile product management is a reaction to the widespread usage of agile software development approaches such as scrum or kanban. However, the high failure rate of large-scale and time-consuming software development initiatives necessitated a more flexible approach.

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Reflection and Takeaways on Agility from the SMC-IT 2018 Space Mission Design conference

The IIL Blog

The 6th International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology, held in Alcala de Henares, Spain, brought together scientists, engineers, and researchers from NASA, the European Space Agency, universities and industry. Representing Scrum, Inc. Representing Scrum, Inc.

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The Extreme Programming Life Cycle and Strategic PM

The Strategic Project Manager

XP is uniquely designed to streamline the software development process – but it can be leveraged and used in other pursuits! On the surface the Extreme Programming (XP) life cycle appears to be a unique approach to managing software development projects. This post examines the agile method called Extreme Programming (XP).

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2022 Online and In-Person Events for Project/Resource Managers and Industry Professionals

Epicflow Blog

January 28-29 — International Conference on Software Project Management and Project Scheduling (Australia) is expected to bring together leading academic scientists and researchers to share their experience and research results, discuss recent innovations, trends, and concerns in the field of software project management and project scheduling. .

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