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On Technical Debt And Code Smells: Surprising insights from scientific studies

Scrum.org

So I was pleasantly surprised when Carsten Grønbejrg Lützen pointed at a peer-reviewed academic paper by Michele Tufano and his colleagues (2015), called “When and Why Your Code Starts To Smell Bad”. Technical Debt and Code Smells. Technical debt is easily introduced, but not always repaid quickly.

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Bridging the PM Competency Gap [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This article, Bridging the PM Competency Gap [Book Review] , first appeared on Girl's Guide to PM. These courses are strong on the technical elements of project management. Pin this review for later: Read more great articles about project management at Girl's Guide to PM - Project Management Skills Made Easy.

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Complete Collection of Project Management Statistics 2015

Wrike

Keys to Project Success: 48% say the team’s technical skills. Lean & Test Driven Development (TDD) – 11%. Technology. Shifting requirements/technical complexity. Information/Technology – 67%. 55% of organizations surveyed review project portfolios monthly, 23% review them quarterly. [13].

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How to Make a Disaster Recovery Plan

ProjectManager.com

In Review – How to Make a Disaster Recovery Plan. It enables the recovery and continuation of critical technology, infrastructure and systems. It focuses on the information and/or technology systems of supporting critical business continuity. Review this process regularly. Disaster Recovery. Always backup and confirm.

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Introduction to Jira

MPUG

I ventured from a military manufacturing background into the tech industry, initially in a support capacity. By 2015, Atlassian went public. For instance, ‘sprint planning’ is a dedicated time where teams review the backlog and decide which tasks to tackle in the upcoming sprint.

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Review 12.5 years AGILE in the Netherlands

Henny Portman

It all started with the agile transformation in 2015 at ING Bank in the Netherlands where they moved away from functions and function houses, and match craftsmanship with the organizational strategy. The interview with Maarten van Beek, HR Director ING, is about trying and pioneering, fintech and bigtech as role models.

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7 Must Read Books on Stakeholder Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

William Dow & Bruce Taylor, Dow Publishing, 2015. Phil Simon, Wiley, 2015. A well-researched book for prompting thinking about how we communicate with a focus on how to simplify communication and make the best use of technology. Jake Holloway, David Bryde & Roger Joby , Gower, 2015.

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