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What Makes Agile Transformations Successful? Results From A Scientific Study

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Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. What makes Agile transformations successful? In this post, I summarize the findings from an academic peer-reviewed publication by Daniel Russo (2021), a professor at the University of Aalborg.

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Useless Agile Metrics

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TL; DR: Useless Agile Metrics Ideally, a metric is a leading indicator for a pattern change, allowing your Scrum team to analyze the cause in time and take countermeasures. What if these useless agile metrics lead you in the wrong direction while providing you with the illusion that you know where your team is heading?

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Agility for a Sustainable World: Why We Need to Redefine The Meaning of Agility

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This year was the 20th anniversary of the Agile Manifesto for Software Development, and in many sectors, agile ways of working have long since become the standard. There are also many explanations of what agility really means, but there is agreement on the core meaning: focus on customers and their needs.

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Fluid.work Software Review [2021]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Fluid is award-winning PPM software that influences your whole business for the better. In a hybrid environment, the Scrum Master can be leading on the agile task delivery using the sprint features. What if creating a pack of status reports went from 5 days of effort to 10 seconds? I was impressed. Read on to find out why!

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“Agile Is Just for Software” and other Scrum Myths

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Scrum is the most popular Agile framework. According to the latest State of Agile survey from Digital.ai, 90% of teams who are using an Agile framework are using Scrum. SAFe is a separate framework designed for scaling Agile practices to larger organizations. Scrum is a framework, which means it’s not a rulebook.

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[Podcast] How Scrum Master Can Bring Change By Being A Role Model For Agility

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Early last year (2021), I wrote a blog post on what does it mean for the Scrum Master to be a true leader who serves. In the comment section, one of the reader asked me an example (or more) how the Scrum Master can be the mirror of agility. Enjoy folks and have a great weekend. .

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Why We Need to Redefine the Meaning of Agility

Scrum.org

This year was the 20th anniversary of the Agile Manifesto for Software Development, and in many sectors, agile ways of working have long since become the standard. There are also many explanations of what agility really means, but there is agreement on the core meaning: focus on customers and their needs.

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