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

Scrum.org

日本語版はこちら ) The state of Scrum and agile development In 1986, professors Takeuchi and Nonaka published the famous white paper entitled, "The New New Product Development Game" (¹). In other words, for most people in Japan, software development was and remained an exercise in box checking. Why is that?

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Six Characteristics of a Great Project Leader

LiquidPlanner

Does leadership success hinge on soft skills like good communication, empathy, and charisma? There are probably as many opinions on leadership styles as there are fish in the sea. Delegating important work represents an excellent opportunity to train a high performer to develop skills, capability, and confidence.

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How to be a Superhero Project Manager

LiquidPlanner

Your project could be delivered on time and within budget, but your teammates and leadership may not be satisfied with the outcome for a few different reasons. Another reason a project may be unsatisfactory to leadership may be missing key components that leadership or the client was expecting. Lead to a great outcome.

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3 Project Planning Considerations for the New Year

LiquidPlanner

Looking ahead is an important component of good leadership and project management. Brad Egeland is a Business Solution Designer and IT/PM consultant and author with over 25 years of software development, management, and project management experience. New Year, New Projects, New Directions = a New Plan.

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Falling in Love with Your Project Plans

LiquidPlanner

You can provide company leadership the assurance that everyone is 100% utilized or at least being utilized as much as planned in your resource plan, revealing that all of us required a bit of down time to remain fully productive. Leadership admiration. All these are illustrations of a good project plan and competent leadership.

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Small business tips for managing projects with a lean team

LiquidPlanner

I engaged the team, managed work according to our capacity, limited work to what we could reasonably deliver and earned the trust of leadership and the team. Brad Egeland is a Business Solution Designer and IT/PM consultant and author with over 25 years of software development, management, and project management experience.

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Luck has Little to Do With Achieving Positive Project Outcomes

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Brad Egeland is a Business Solution Designer and IT/PM consultant and author with over 25 years of software development, management, and project management experience. Brad is married, a father of 11, and living in sunny Las Vegas, NV. .