Scrum.org

JULY 5, 2021

What Are The Roots Of Agile Suffering AGILE SUFFERING. After more than a decade of helping organizations travel on the path of Agility, it feels more like traveling on the path of Agile Suffering. Agile Coaches like me often suffer as we complain that management doesn't get it, teams don't get it, my clients don't get it.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 16, 2024

These innovative agile practices are a departure from the Taylorist traditions of the defense industry, which is grappling with continuous inflation and delays, impacting national security and human lives. Agile contracts are effective but still constitute an additional layer of complexity that is generally best avoided.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 14, 2023

In the Oxford Diary, the word agility is defined as the ability to move quickly and easily. It is therefore understandable that many people relate agility to speed. The term “agility” is often used to describe “a change of direction of speed”. Agility involves the ability to react in unpredictable environments.

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Leading Agile

JULY 18, 2023

Agile needs to be tied to business-driven results. If not, then we start measuring things like people trained, teams doing Scrum, or the organization’s sentiment toward Agile to tell us if we’re succeeding. If your Agile isn’t helping you do that, then it’s not really Agile at all. First, how are we forming teams?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In this article, I’ll explore the need for and the attributes of an agile business operating system related to Private Equity (PE) portfolio companies. Dealing with common business challenges through agility. Business/Organizational Agility - The New Business Operating System.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 4, 2022

TL; DR: Business Agility, Scrum and Generative AI’s Take on Getting There. A few days ago, OpenAI made a new model available that “interacts in a conversational way. I thought it might be fun to ask ChatGPT a few questions about business agility in general and Scrum in particular. . ???? OpenAI’s ChatGPT on Business Agility.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

It’s a lot to read, so here are some spoilers drawn from common themes I heard time and time again in the interviews: Agile : if you don’t know enough about it, you need to start learning. It can serve as a baseline, but most project managers ought to layer some sort of agile certification on top of it. Find her on Twitter.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 2, 2023

When people say they have a culture problem that’s preventing them from sustaining change in an Agile Transformation, what they’re really saying is that they have a cognitive dissonance problem. You have an inability to help people see how Agile is going to improve the organization.

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Leading Agile

JULY 22, 2022

When working toward becoming an Agile Organization, many companies begin by applying Agile methodologies at the team-level and then call the Transformation done. The problem is that even when you do it perfectly, establishing a team-level Agile Delivery Model is almost always insufficient. Do you see the problem?

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Project Risk Coach

MARCH 21, 2022

What project lifecycle—predictive/plan-driven, adaptive/agile, iterative, incremental or hybrid—will you use? There are numerous requirements management tools on the market that can help you manage the history and versions of your requirements. One way to mitigate this risk in agile projects is to use a requirements backlog.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 22, 2023

In today's fast-paced and highly competitive markets, the ability to adapt and innovate quickly is not just desirable – it's essential. The conversation starts with a fundamental question: In a highly competitive market, how does Scrum product development help acquire and retain customers? Enjoy this video? Just ask!

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 24, 2024

Foster product mindset : Having a product mindset helps the Scrum Master enable the Scrum Team to effectively bridge the gap between agile principles, scrum values, and product development. It's about guiding the team to create done increments and contribute to a product that resonates with customers and succeeds in the market.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 7, 2023

Since I became a Professional Scrum Trainer in November, I have been asked a lot about the current state, and the future perspectives, for Scrum and agile development in Japan, where I’ve worked for the last six years. Yet, Scrum and the principles of agile development are not as common in Japan as they are in other parts of the world.

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The IIL Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

By Alan Zucker Agile seems like a mystery to many. However, when we step back and inspect agile, we see that it follows common, recognizable patterns from our daily lives. Let’s explore how agile practices can be applied to this common predicament. Feature stories are intended to generate a conversation about the best solution.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The term “ agile product management ” means precisely what it sounds like. At its foundation, agile product management is a reaction to the widespread usage of agile software development approaches such as scrum or kanban. How Agile Can Product Management Benefit Your Business?

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Leading Agile

MARCH 3, 2022

Let’s be Agile” isn’t as simple as snapping our fingers. Or, maybe we do, and any conversations with leadership or colleagues make it seem like we can’t get aligned on how changes should be made, and if they should be made at all. Will Installing Agile Practices or Culture Make us Agile? But dependencies kill Agility.

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Binfire

MARCH 11, 2024

For businesses, they provide access to a larger audience, reduced marketing costs, and streamlined operations. Market Analysis and Conceptualization Identifying Market Needs and Target Audience Before embarking on the development of a marketplace platform, thorough market research is essential.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 12, 2023

True Business Agility requires a lot more than team-level Agile. It requires an integrated operating model across the entire organization, where all the different parts of the business are plugged into an Agile System of Delivery, and it operates as an integrated whole. What does it take to achieve Enterprise Agility?

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Leading Answers

JULY 10, 2020

How does work from home impact our use of agile approaches? If co-location is no longer possible, can we still be agile? Yes, of course we can, and in many ways, now we need to be more agile than ever as we try new approaches, learn and adapt how we work. The Agile Manifesto and Agile Principles do not mention co-location.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 8, 2021

I’ve noticed a shift towards agile ways of working. Elizabeth: Agile is certainly used in healthcare. For us it was within the IT and Marketing teams as part of a hybrid environment, and they worked with sprints to manage their work. Is this also the trend in healthcare? Elizabeth: The same way as in any other industry.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 12, 2020

Regular readers will know that I’m not an expert in Agile, by any means. If you work with Agile methods , you will likely be attending standup meetings every day. Some teams that don’t use Agile still do standups because they are a good way to catch up with everyone, especially on fast-moving projects. Elisa, over to you….

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Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2021

The ability for organizations to be agile is what will help them pivot and sustain. Traditional metrics like “on time” and “within budget” are also especially not useful when markets and customers are constantly changing because that type of focus potentially results in delivering solutions to problems that no longer exist.

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Leading Agile

JANUARY 30, 2022

Once we get started on the journey toward becoming Agile—whether we’re at the start or further along in the process—we often notice there’s conflict between different parts of the organization. This is usually because we start with team-level Agility thinking that’s all we need. Ultimately, our goal isn’t just to be Agile.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2024

The job market is currently challenging for many agile practitioners, particularly Scrum Masters. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 49,000-plus subscribers. Exciting news for Agile enthusiasts! a game-changer in the world of Agile. What Is a Scrum GPT? But don’t worry!

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 11, 2022

There is a very sad joke about Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters regarding work at organization level – “an Agile Coach is a person who works with the organization and makes sure the Scrum Master doesn’t ”. It is both very wrong towards some of the Agile Coaches and unfortunately very right in other cases. . It clearly states .

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Leading Agile

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

There’s been a divide in the Agile community for a while now. On the other side, you have the camp that sees Agile more of a social movement; this side is all about empowering the teams and building a culture or a mindset of Agility. So, how do we get these leadership teams back on board with Agile? ” Why? .”

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The Strategic Project Manager

JANUARY 3, 2024

This post looks in depth at the piece parts of agile portfolio management. After defining agile portfolio management, it delves into some of the specific agile principles at work. Then it looks at the role of strategy in agile portfolio management. What is Agile Portfolio Management?

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Cost savings is a tricky subject with Agile. But it’s not because Agile can’t impact cost savings. It’s because Agile has very little impact on direct and immediate cost savings. The problem is, most people think the wrong way about how to save on cost with Agile. Transcript.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2020

Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches have been quick to point out one of the principles from the Manifesto for Agile Software Development that states, "The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation". It is a topic that many people feel strongly about.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 20, 2020

Investing in agile would underpin this approach by introducing ways of working that reduce complexity, improve collaboration and bring the customer to the forefront of each decision. Reaching Agile Maturity Ahead of Plan. Company-wide agile awareness and engagement activities established a strong foundation for change.

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Velociteach

JUNE 7, 2023

Agile seems like a mystery to many. However, when we step back and inspect agile, we see that it follows common, recognizable patterns from our daily lives. Let’s explore how agile practices can be applied to this common predicament. Agile ceremonies (meetings) are time-boxed, which creates focus and a sense of urgency.

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Leading Agile

JULY 3, 2023

But as companies scale, as the market shifts and more parts of the business become software-focused, there’s been an increase in demand for an end-to-end solution to help large organizations build infrastructure around sound technical practices. Career incentives may discourage people from being agile, and then we ask them to be agile.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 15, 2023

This proactive approach ensures that you are well-informed about the emergent team needs, enabling you to be part of team that develops market relevant products. This approach not only propels the team towards excellence but also solidifies the Scrum Master's role as a pivotal element in the overall team and organisation success.

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Leading Agile

APRIL 17, 2023

Agile Transformation isn’t about a big-bang rollout of Agile, and then Presto! It’s about meeting the organization where it is today, and iteratively and incrementally rolling out Agile capabilities over time. We are continuing our conversation around common misconceptions around Agile Transformation. You’re done.

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Leading Agile

JULY 26, 2023

The Agile industry seems insistent that practices, agile methodologies, and frameworks will be how large organizations achieve Business Agility. Many of them are saying, “yeah, we tried Agile. Is the Agile industry in a rut? Is the Agile industry in a rut? Everyone knows Agile works. It didn’t work.”

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Proofhub

MARCH 2, 2021

The market for startups is growing drastically, so is its failure rate. These rising entrepreneurs either fail in creating a space for their product in the market or die with premature scaling. This is where Agile comes to the rescue. They presented services or a product that was not needed in the market.

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Scrum.org

JULY 6, 2021

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 32,000-plus other subscribers. ?? Join more than 3,000 peers and become a member of the vibrant Hands-on Agile Meetup community. The questions have proven helpful in 1-on-1 conversation, in group discussion, and the form of an anonymous survey.

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