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On Technical Debt And Code Smells: Surprising insights from scientific studies

Scrum.org

Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. Why do software teams?—?despite So I was pleasantly surprised when Carsten Grønbejrg Lützen pointed at a peer-reviewed academic paper by Michele Tufano and his colleagues (2015), called “When and Why Your Code Starts To Smell Bad”.

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The 23 Best Project Management Books For Upgrading Your Career in 2020

Planio

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. The best books for building better habits (for yourself and your team). Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good habits & Break Bad Ones. Executing: Managing teams and stakeholders and ensuring you hit your deadlines.

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Sustain Your PMO: Nine Easy Lessons

The Lazy Project Manager

And it may be that your consideration is towards the project management community and your focus is drawn towards the people (projects are all about people after all) and so you direct your efforts as a PMO leader towards training and team building, etc., but this ignores the project mechanics. Lesson Four: Lock the Value In.

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We are Not Alone: The Intersection of Project Management and Content Strategy

The IIL Blog

By Debra Khan Practitioners of content strategy do not have to go it alone when developing a strategy for a content project. Align with the Business Need A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge ( PMBOK ), the bible for project managers, states that “projects are initiated due to internal business needs or external influences”.

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Stakeholder Analysis Matrix: Simplifying Complexity and Maximizing Success of Stakeholder Management

Project Pulse Journal

Not having any idea about complexity management and risk management techniques for stakeholders could burden the project team. Imagine if you could accurately identify every stakeholder's needs and influences and strategize your communication and engagement.

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Being Strong: Motivation

The IIL Blog

From growth mindset to cultivating courage, from neuroplasticity to the influence of language on our thinking, the field grabbed my attention. For example, a coaching client refers to Heat culture when he wants to remind himself about being determined, hardworking, collaborative, and putting the needs of the team ahead of personal needs.

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Peter Taylor on Overcoming 7 Top Project Management Challenges (Book Review)

Wrike

We’ve collected seven of Taylor’s tips for project managers to give you a peek at what lies between the pages of Real Project Management : Challenge 1: Poor Communication. With remote teams on the rise, it’s important for project managers to understand that who you’re communicating to is just as important as the message itself.