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Lack of Education is a Root Cause of Poor Agile Performance

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Last week I was invited to give a lecture at the Free University of Amsterdam at the faculty for Digital Business Innovation. The first paper was a 2012 study on the tensions with remote (off-shoring) teams (Ramesh et al Ambidexterity in Agile Development ISR2012). Even in institutions where they teach (software) development.

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Balancing Operational Excellence with Innovation

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How many people struggle with juggling Business as usual (BAU) operations as well as delivering products to customers and well as investing in innovation? Some teams even use their BAU workload as a reason that they can’t go agile? BAU activities means many things to many people, KTLO, Maintenance, Enablers, sustainment and DevOps.

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Celebrating Women in Project Management

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Even after all that time, women in project management are still a hidden key to our global and economic sustainability. Stevens is a podcaster, author, speaker and works with women in project management to reinforce within themselves their true value to their team, company and industry. Invest in your network.

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Why Skipping a Sprint Retrospective Is a Bad Idea?

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An effective Sprint Retrospective ensures the team remains cohesive and aligned, leading to sustainable development and innovation. Still, the decision to skip a single Sprint Retrospective can adversely affect the team and the product's development process.

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Risk-aware Product Development (a.k.a. Scrum)

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Over the years I've heard my share of these kinds of statements from various levels of executives: "When my guys run a product development release I really want to know what I will get at the end so I can make business plans accordingly". "In Types of Uncertainty in Product Development. Let's make it clear up front.

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Top Project Management Conferences of 2020

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It’s not a bad practice, but why save it for once a year? One of the largest series of conferences for project managers in North America, the Project Summit has industry innovators who help professionals be more productive, and learn best practices, skills and strategies to succeed. Multiple Dates & Locations. The Project Summit.

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Escaping the Feature Factory

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In many large organizations, Scrum teams fall into the ‘feature factory’ trap, focusing more on churning out features than creating real value. It’s too bad that this shift undermines Agile principles and hampers long-term success and innovation.