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Project Management – What is your “Bus Factor”

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[icegram campaigns=”412″] The bus factor is a common term in software development projects, but each and every project manager should be aware of it.  “Being a good project manager means I could get hit by a bus tomorrow and a colleague could pick up any project and run with it .” The statement is a […]

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Agile Scrum – A starter for 10 (steps)

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  Scrum is a framework for delivering value that requires a certain environment to manifest all of its benefits. Getting on board with the theory behind Scrum is easy. Actually putting it into practice? Sometimes that’s different story.Implementation of the method is neither quick, nor easy and as every investment it introduces some work and […]

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Tear down the silos? Try structure and communication first!

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Mention the words Silo mentality or Silos to a senior management team and the overwhelming response is that “they must be broken down”, that “they are innovation killers” and cause “communication issues through the organisations” The term “Silo” was created to indicate a similarity between grain silos that separate one type of grain from another […]

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