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Chapter 6. Overcoming Resistance

| August 30, 2009 | 0 Comments

In a 1969 article in the Harvard Business Review, Paul Lawrence noted that change “has both a technical and a social aspect. The technical aspect of the change is the making of a measurable modification in the physical routines of a job. The social aspect of the change refers to the way those affected by [...]

Chapter 5. Your First Projects

| August 30, 2009 | 0 Comments

Unless you are operating in stealth mode, all eyes will be on the first project to try Scrum, especially during the first sprints. Selecting the right project and team is critical. Your initial Scrum project should be one that is considered important and significant, so that the results are not discounted, yet not so large [...]

Chapter 2. ADAPTing to Scrum

| August 10, 2009 | 0 Comments

Lori Schubring was among the first to realize that things had to change. An application development manager for a large manufacturing company, Lori realized that its development process had become “so formalized that we hindered our ability to remain flexible for the business. It got to the point where we weren’t turning around project requests [...]

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| July 20, 2009 | 0 Comments

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