In reaction to this observation, Schwaber created Scrum, a method of managing the communication in a complex software development project and removing distractions that could push a project off course.

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The Sakai Project is a community source software development project founded by the University of Michigan, Indiana University, MIT, Stanford, the uPortal Consortium, and the Open Knowledge Initiative (OKI) with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

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From 2003 to 2006 Andera lived project to project, pouring its proceeds into software development.

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