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How to improve the release frequency of your team?

Scrum.org

Goal-setting theory (Locke, 1981) shows that people are more motivated by short-term, tangible goals than by long-term goals, especially when they can influence the goals being set. Chow & Cao (2008) surveyed 109 Agile projects. Each iteration then provides a clear short-term that teams can work towards.

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

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It is no surprise that the researchers conclude that “Product Owners perform a wide range of challenging activities which require experience and high-status in order to be able to exert influence”. Product Owners perform a wide range of challenging activities which require experience and high-status in order to be able to exert influence.”.

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The Maturing Project Sponsorship

The IIL Blog

While many companies have achieved and maintained high levels of project management success, other companies have limited the continuous investment needed in project management practices to make the success sustainable (Chandler & Thomas, 2015; Thomas & Mullaly, 2008). The customer could be internal or external to the organization.

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In-Depth: How Easily Biases Distort What We Believe (In The Workplace)

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Initially coined by cognitive psychologist Lee Ross (1977), it happens when people underestimate the influence of the situation on the behavior of others while overestimating the influence of their personal traits and beliefs (Berry, 2015). Research (Janiszewski & Uy, 2008) even shows that precise offers (e.g. Anchoring bias.

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14 Common Project Risks (+ more)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

As such, you may have a bit more influence on these if appropriate actions are taken early. External risks can occur due to a variety of factors, often caused by influences more outside of our immediate control. It is an unpredictable but catastrophic event – something like the housing market crash in 2008. Lack of support.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

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Another approach is to track many organizations over time as they adopt Agile methodologies, while also measuring anything else that could influence their results other than agility itself. 2014 ; Young & Jordan, 2008 ; Russo, 2021 ). But how can one feasibly do that? It would be wonderful to have such data! Chow, T., & Cao, D.

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Leveraging Evidence-Based Management and Achieving Organizational Change through Larman’s Laws

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Understanding the organization’s core Before initiating organizational change, you will need to understand the underlying factors influencing an organization's functions. The ROWE Experiment In late 2008, the Gap Inc. Culture over strategy The saying "Culture eats strategy for breakfast" wasn't coined without reason.