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Using Root Cause Analysis When Your Project FailsVenkatesh Krishnamurthy explains how root cause analysis (RCA) can be used to help your team members avoid personal conflicts and resentment when a project fails. Conducting an RCA session can help to divert attention from people to process improvement. | 
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Why Both Agile and Math Can Be Difficult to LearnAgile software development can be hard, but many of the challenges may be more about perception than actual constraints. Many teams find an agile environment to be both more productive and more pleasant. This sounds similar to current research studying people's math ability. | 
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Seven Steps for Starting ScrumProject taking a long time to get out of the analysis phase? Is there ambiguity and a lack of transparency in all moving parts? Is your project on its way to becoming a money pit? If you answered yes to any of these questions, it might be time to start using Scrum to save your project. Read on. | 
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Three Simple Tips to Improve Your Agile Leadership Whether you are new to managing an agile project or just looking to beef up your skill set, there are three simple tips for improving your leadership in agile. By getting back to basics, you can increase your chances for success and help your team grow at the same time. |
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Using Points and Hours for EstimatingSteve Berczuk writes that if you decide that there is some value to estimating, you have to decide which unit to measure with points, hours, or something else. Without estimation of any kind, it's difficult to understand how effective you can deliver. |
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Gossip: The Thin Line between Useful and Destructive CommunicationAgile values—such as communication, feedback, and trust—are essential to making teams work. While all communication is equally valued, the line between useful and destructive communication may be fuzzier than you think. |
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What in the World Is Wagile Software Development?Joe Townsend explores the meaning of the term wagile. Apparently, this word is a result of what occurs when a team slips from agile development into waterfall development. In this story, Joe lists several organizations that have gone wagile and what we can learn from them. | 
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How Agile Teams Can Deal with Estimation Agile teams often struggle with estimation. As essential as the concepts of measurement and feedback are to agile software development, the concept of "estimation" seems to stir memories of non-agile projects, and it provokes fears of excessive process. |
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