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The Agile Manifesto, Explained

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More along the lines of project management, though, is the Agile Manifesto. Agile is a bit of a controversial topic in the field. Either way, agile offers a fast and nimble way to work that first benefited software development before expanding its reach to almost every industry. What Is Agile? You’re not alone.

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

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What is the business case for Agile teams? Is it really that important that they are autonomous, able to release frequently, interact closely with stakeholders and spend all that time on continuous improvement? We think we do well to base our beliefs about Agile more on evidence. Or is all that just hype? We worked with Prof.

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Current State and Future Prospects of Scrum and Agile Development in Japan

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Since I became a Professional Scrum Trainer in November, I have been asked a lot about the current state, and the future perspectives, for Scrum and agile development in Japan, where I’ve worked for the last six years. Yet, Scrum and the principles of agile development are not as common in Japan as they are in other parts of the world.

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How To Base Your Beliefs About Agile On Evidence

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There are dozens of high-quality academic works to draw from, there are dozens of academic journals dedicated to (agile) software development (ASD) and change management. I quickly found hundreds of academic papers that investigated Scrum and Agile teams. Closing Words. So where do you find it? That is great!

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Guide to Building a Career as a Scrum Master

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In fact, in my first job, at Hewlett Packard, I was a Software Engineer. You have to locate a team that is new to the Agile framework and try out few things such as: . Showing the stakeholders the functionalities and attributes of working software and getting their feedback. Introducing the fundamental ideas of Sprint .

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What Makes Scrum Teams Effective? A scientific investigation of 1.200 Scrum teams

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Daniel is a Professor at the University of Aalborg and is specialized in empirical software engineering. How can Scrum Masters and Agile coaches support this through exercises and workshops? Daniel Russo to write an academic paper that has been submitted to the academic journal “T ransactions of Software Engineering ”.

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What makes the difference between a GOOD Scrum Master and a GREAT Scrum?Master?

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Even though the global Scrum adoption is now at 75% ( source: 14th State of Agile report 2020 ), the Scrum Master profession is still difficult to grasp for many. A Scrum Master needs to learn about processes, change, frameworks, practices, soft-skills, psychology, software engineering, agile engineering practices and so forth.

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