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Integrating ‘Agile’ Approaches into ‘Waterfall’ Cultures

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This includes systems architecture, as well as specific hardware and software systems. Agile is a more recently developed process, first adopted as a term in the early 2000’s by software developers gathered in Snowbird, UT to represent a basket of flexible planning methodologies. Step 4 – System Testing : TEST!

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Workplace Culture: Productive People Make High-performing Teams That Produce Rapid Results

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Strong relationships within and among teams can lead to more productive communication in the workplace (Schwantes, 2017). You would be hard-pressed to find someone who has never written down a to-do list on a scrap of paper, and the market for task management software is steadily growing. Harvard Business Review. Schatsky, D.,

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Evidence that children are more creative than adults (and the opposite)

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Teenagers did show higher creativity on the social challenge though. A 2014 review, 2014 book and 2016 book indicate that higher levels of imaginative pretend play in childhood helps enhance creativity in adulthood. Another 2012 study showed that pretend play and creativity were also linked.