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Understanding Project Management Complexity.

The IIL Blog

In most cases, the technology needed to support the requirements was also known and available. Some of the issues facing executives that appeared with strategic projects included: Unable to make informed decisions in a timely manner due to a lack of good metrics. Technical complexity. 2] Snowden, David J., and Boone, Mary E.

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Test First approach sounds simply enough, right?

Scrum.org

This can be the first confusion in its understanding and actual meaning today, for either technical or non-technical folk. Then we have all these practices you hear about residing under this Test First banner - TDD, BDD, and ATDD. Test Driven Development (TDD). But let us leave that for another day. Add a test.

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Thinking By Sprinting: What Cognitive Science Tells Us About Why Scrum Works

Scrum.org

Developing a new product requires understanding of the users, of the technologies involved and what makes something valuable (or not). A powerful example of the above can be witnessed in termite colonies (Camazine, 2003). Meyers (ed.), Encyclopedia of Physical Science & Technology, Vol. 155–170; Rogers, R. Monsell, S.

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In-Depth: Stable Or Fluid Teams? What Does The Science Say?

Scrum.org

For example, Mcgrath's (1991) Time-Interaction-Performance (TIP) Theory simply identifies four modes — inception, technical problem solving, conflict resolution, and execution — that teams generally go through, but in different and complex orders. This is probably due to the difficulty of measuring many teams over a long period of time.

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The Definitive Guide to Project Sponsors

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There is normally a need to review project requirements at this point. The role is predominantly assurance and governance, approving deliverables and making sure the work moves through any gate reviews and governance points as necessary. A sponsor may also need ‘training’ in the more technical elements of the project.

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In-Depth: How Coherence And Cohesion Are Critical To Scrum

Scrum.org

And does your Sprint Review consist of team members listing their individual accomplishments? Psychological review , 57 (5), 271. Information and Software Technology , 48 (4), 235–244. Do your Daily Scrums feel like a pointless ritual where everyone just lists what they’ve done yesterday, and what they do will do today?

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Can We Still be Agile?

Leading Answers

  Other Agile Approaches Rounding out our review of agile recommendations, the Scrum Guide does not mandate or even recommend co-location. It was not until 2003 that Skype and other applications provided widely used and low-cost options for getting some face time. It talks about teams working together to build a product.

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