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Scrum Methodology: Roles, Events & Artifacts

ProjectManager.com

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. Scrum is a simple project management framework that facilitates team collaboration on complex product and software development projects.

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

Scrum.org

Most of us perceive and interpret a dark alley as a dangerous place due to the potential for robbery, and so we avoid them behaviorally. Butler et al, 2006, Tolin, 2010) are based on this approach (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT). The empirical status of cognitive-behavioral therapy: a review of meta-analyses. References.

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Microsoft Project Alternatives for 2020

Binfire

To say the market for project management software is crowded in 2020 is the understatement of the century. By the last count, there are around 120 vendors who sell some type of project management software. Due Time in addition to the start date and Due date . Due Time. ?. That is a huge number! Ease of use.

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

Scrum.org

Kozlowski & Ilgen (2006) describe this reciprocity as “process begets structure, which in turn guides process”. Wang et al (2006) studied software teams tasked with ERP implementations and found that cohesive teams performed significantly better than less-cohesive teams. In turn, this facilitates further collaboration.

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Top PM 10 Articles of All Time

Rebel’s Guide to PM

For more up-to-date software reviews, see my complete list here. In case you’ve only just stumbled across this blog, in 2021 I celebrated 15 years of blogging about project management. I thought it was time to look back and see what the stand-out articles were over the years. Here are the top 15 articles year by year.

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Estimating Agile Projects.Or Not

Leading Answers

For software projects following an agile approach, the team is often asked to estimate the development effort for stories in the backlog. However, before we dismiss this approach as unworkable, let's examine some of the things that can go wrong with traditional estimates on a software project. Of course, there are shades of grey.

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