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Performance Appraisal Systems Are Perceived as Unfair One of the most common complaints employees have regarding performance appraisal systems is the perception of fairness. Anuj Magazine looks at how that perception can influence one of the basic human needs for employees—getting acknowledged for effort from other human beings. |
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Managing the Stream of Features in an Agile Program If you keep a stream of features moving in a program—even with many feature teams—you are OK as long as the project teams keep talking to one another. You are not OK, however, if someone decides, “I own this code and no one else can touch it.” Johanna Rothman says how agile programs should operate. |
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The Benefits and Challenges of Agile Development Rituals Agile practices come with rituals and habits that facilitate collaboration and free the team to focus on creative work. However, it can be hard for an agile team to keep up with the rituals. Steve Berczuk writes on the benefits and challenges of following rituals. |
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Empowering Global Collaboration among Teams Collaboration continues to be one of the major parameters in enabling successful project execution in organizations across domains—more specifically the IT industry where multiple disciplines work closely to deliver a comprehensive product or service to the end user. |
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What to Do about a Workplace Culture of Blame A blaming culture is one in which people are reluctant to speak out, take risks, or accept responsibility at work because they fear criticism, retribution, or worse. It’s no easy matter to reverse a blaming culture, but if you’re in one, read on for some ideas about changes that could make it better. |