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

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So we went to Google Scholar and searched for review articles. 2010) reviewed 28 scientific studies that investigated how Scrum is associated with overall business outcomes. A strength of such a review is that it allows for the identification of patterns across many studies. Journal of systems and software , 81 (6), 961–971.

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Dependency Management – the Good, the Bad, the Ugly

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Dependencies are an epidemic in software development. Sutherland, Scrum Guide, 2013. Scrum Master or Tech Manager. No-one knows better than the development team the art of the possible when it comes to using technology to solve problems. Are there multiple levels of review? Schwaber and J.

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Microeconomics and Risk Management in Decision Making for Software Development

Herding Cats

Take for example the deployment of an ERP system, the installation, and startup of a process control system, the release of a suite of embedded software controllers for a car, aircraft, petrochemical plant. A recent survey of 600 firms indicated that 35% of them had at least one "runaway' software project. Now To Risk Management.

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

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However, several studies show that cohesion positively impacts performance only in later stages of team development (e.g. Since Tuckman, many models for team development emerged that don’t assume a linear progression through stages. This is probably due to the difficulty of measuring many teams over a long period of time.

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“Projects” Are the New Career Ladder. Here’s How You Can Benefit

Teamweek

Then came globalization, technological innovation and the gig economy. ” LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman talked about his agile, project-based hiring approach in a 2013 Harvard Business Review article , explaining that he hires employees on a four-year “tour of duty,” with a check in after two years. Will you embrace it?

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Without a Root Cause Analysis, No Corrective or Preventive Action is Credible - Part 1

Herding Cats

But before going further, let's establish the definitions we need to understand and apply Root Cause Analysis needed to discover the corrective and preventive actions to increase the probability of project success - especially Software Project Success. Why Do Information Technology Projects Fail?” All for the want of a nail.

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Misunderstanding Making Decisions in the Presence of Uncertainty

Herding Cats

So in the end, if we are to make a decision in the presence of uncertainty, we MUST make estimates to develop a reliable shipping date while producing an accurate and precise estimate of the cost, schedule, and technical performance of the product shipped on that date. Eggstaff, Thomas A. 12, 2008. “A

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