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All technical debt is a risk to the product and to your business

Scrum.org

But, not all debt is bad!” I hear the phrase “but not all debt is bad” a lot, usually coupled with “some level of debt is manageable” and, as a software developer, it makes me cringe. From 2005 (first beta) until 2012 they worked, successfully delivering a new version every 2 years. NKDAgility can help!

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Why do projects fail? (Includes examples!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Here are some high-profile failed projects: Following an internal review, Multiplex, the Australian development company responsible for the reconstruction of the Wembley Stadium, became aware that costs for the project were escalating to the point that the company would make a loss of £750 million on the project. billion to £10.9

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Burnout in Project Management

The IIL Blog

Techniques have been developed describing ways to recover all or part of the expected business value from a distressed project [Morais-Storz et al., This requires identification of potential causes of poor performance and preventing them from reoccurring during recovery. The focus was on burnout in people who were working.

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Leadership Lessons

Herding Cats

I wrote a paper in 2005 for our Program Management Office Project Managers about Shackleton's ventures from the book Shackleton's Way. In 1914 the explorer Earnest Shackleton boarded the Endurance with his team of seamen and scientists, intent on crossing the unexplored Antarctic continent. Developing Leadership Skills.

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Why Your Teamwork Sucks… and How To Improve It

Wrike

Anyone who’s ever watched children playing team-based games will understand. They are too distracted about their status as leaders to work harder as team players! Research consistently shows that teams underperform, despite all the extra resources they have. Teamwork is just that — it’s WORK.

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How to Improve Your Project Interpersonal Skills

Project Risk Coach

Perhaps you’ve faced situations like these: A team member constantly treated other team members with disrespect. Your team was in trouble, but your sponsor was unavailable to help. A problem team member continually failed to complete their activities causing adverse impacts to the project schedule. Team building.

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Overcoming the Obstacles to Cultural Change

Leading Agile

I’m not going to introduce myself again, but basically a little bit of my backstory, I never really got to do agile in the small professionally, I was never part of a scrum team. And so as I kind of developed my point of view, I went from that. And so what a system means to me is how do we get encapsulated teams?

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