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But then, love is always complicated!

This is a topic that will probably not catch a lot of attention. Because those who do Agile don’t want to hear about PMOs (too rigid, tend to kill agility, useless, etc.) and those in PMOs don’t want to hear about Agile (no planning, no documentation, no management, etc.). Bad news for all of you! The world has changed and you have to work together. An example of how world has change is that the stereotypes mentioned above apply less and less.

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Although most people need no clarification on the two terms – silos and cross-functional teams – we’ll start with some explaining just to make sure we’re on the same page.

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Too often people believe in magic. And, considering the amount and size of unreal expectations, the land of magic is called projects. It’s when we realize that magic doesn’t exist that we turn to terms like “over budget”, “behind schedule” or “unsuitable methodology”. You know what they say, a tool is just as good as the people using it? Let talk about tools, also known as methodologies! Especially about our approach when it comes to learning to use a new one.

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