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10 Keys to Successful Scrum Adoption

Overview Scrum is a project management approach for Agile software development and is the most commonly adopted Agile approach in the industry today. Construx has worked with hundreds of organizations to implement Agile approaches including Scrum, and has helped numerous organizations adopt the core principles of Scrum and adapt it based on their unique situations and challenges. This paper discusses ten keys to successful Scrum adoption that have been identified during Construx's consulting and training work with clients.

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Publisher	Construx Software Builders	File Format	PDF
Date Published	September 2008
Format	White Papers
Topics	Software Project Management, Software Engineering, Methodology, Services, Application Development

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