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The Scrum Master Role is Misunderstood

Scrum.org

They were likely to have had 10 to 20 years of software engineering experience. Join me for a Scrum.org course: scrum.works/classes And consider adding my recent book to your library: betterteams.academy/phoenix It was common they had a well-established career. They had been a manager of teams for many years.

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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

ProjectManager.com

The book laid out the principles of lean manufacturing, which focuses on reducing waste, creating customer value and seeking continuous process improvement, and kanban. For software development , kanban fosters dynamic task management, speeds up delivery cycles and improves customer satisfaction, all of which align with agile.

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How to Become a More Productive Software Engineer (Productivity Tips & Workflows)

Planio

So how can you become a more productive software engineer? In his book Smarter Faster Better , author Charles Duhigg defines productivity as “making certain choices in certain ways” that change our focus from being “merely busy” to “genuinely productive”. In her book, 168 Hours , time management expert Laura Vanderkam suggests.

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Scrum and Lean Thinking - What's the relation?

Scrum.org

What I learned from this book is The purpose (goal) of Lean is to get to the shortest sustainable lead time with quality and value. Lean Software Development As Scrum is typically utilized by Software Engineering teams, I will shift the focus to Lean Software Development. The acronym is DEBASED.

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5 Steps to Get the (Right) Software Engineering Job on a Top Technical Team

Planio

So you want a software engineering job at Facebook/Apple/Amazon/Google/Netflix? It’s every software engineer’s dream to work with one of the top technical teams in the world. So how do you get a software engineering job at one of these companies? How to build a portfolio site for software engineering jobs.

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Review of Product Development Books

Leading Answers

This is where product development books can help. As I was working with clients experiencing the transition from projects to products I was lucky to engage with several authors of product-first, #NoProjects books and chat about the challenge areas and potential solutions. Allan Kelly, Software Strategy Ltd.; October 2018.

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Five reasons why Scrum is not helping in getting twice the work done in half the time

Scrum.org

When I saw the book “Art of doing twice the work in the half time,” Dr. Jeff Sutherland wrote, my reaction was like how someone can claim that? I went through the book and loved it. It is not only because the book is good, but I felt connected with one of the case studies. You can read the original post here.