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The Bad Apple Effect: How Negativity Can Sabotage Teams’ Performance

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This led me to explore any published research on how negativity impacts teams, which is when I came across a 2006 study known as the " Bad Apple effect ". While practices and tools like Scrum or Kanban help teams live those values, no amount of process can overcome unchecked negative behaviours.

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Scrum Methodology: Roles, Events & Artifacts

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The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. We’ll explore the scrum methodology in-depth, but before that, let’s start with a simple scrum definition. The Scrum Framework.

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Why Great (Scrum) Teams Have A Mind Of Their Own

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How team cognition helps us understand what cross-functionality should look like for Scrum teams. What team cognition looks like for Scrum teams, and what signs tell you whether it's there or not. Butler et al, 2006, Tolin, 2010) are based on this approach (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT).

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

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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? In our work with Scrum teams, we’ve been part of teams that had it. So Scrum was doomed from the start. We also explore how these insights create a strong foundation for the Scrum framework.

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In-Depth: How Scrum Motivates Teams Through Goals And Autonomy

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When people first look at the Scrum framework, they often see the roles and the events first. They see only the structure of Scrum; who wears the hats and when. But Scrum and the Agile methodologies it builds on are so much more. Scrum is a great example of a motivation framework. And that makes sense.

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Systems Thinking in Organizational Coaching

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This paper is geared toward Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and change agents that work with large change initiatives. Small changes can produce big results—but the areas of highest leverage are often the least obvious (Peter Senge, The Fifth Discipline, 2006). Misunderstanding of the Scrum Master Role.

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A Scrum Certification: Is It a Sound Investment for Your Career?

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TL; DR: Is a Scrum Certification a Sound Investment Advice? Do you need a Scrum certification to become good at what you do? What are the benefits then of having a Scrum certification? Scrum certificates are hence an affordable way of signaling competence and dedication. Scrum Certification Entities: Which One to Choose?