Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

This post is for anyone who wants to inspire, change or influence others through their efforts as professionals, with emphasis on the latter. How should leadership interact with autonomous teams? I think you should read this post, and take it to heart when you write content that is aimed at influencing others. That is great!

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

It’s too bad that this shift undermines Agile principles and hampers long-term success and innovation. This approach stifles agility and innovation, leading to a feature factory mindset that focuses on executing predefined plans rather than adapting to change.

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Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Sustainability 171

Leading Agile

DECEMBER 7, 2021

An Agile Transformation Consultant who wants to lead a successful Transformation is going to need more than a deep understanding of Agile. In a recent blog post, we discussed the various types of Agile Transformation Coaches needed to run a sustainable Transformation. Agile Transformation Consultant: Team Attributes.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 21, 2023

Explore a series of carefully curated collections of essential books, newsletters, podcasts, and tools to elevate your agile expertise. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 48,000-plus subscribers. ? The Minimum Viable Library — Leadership Edition.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 26, 2021

Leaders and managers are critical enablers in helping their organizations be successful, yet the role of leaders and managers in an agile organization can be quite different from what they are used to. The workshop provides a foundation for the role that leaders play in creating the conditions for a successful agile transformation.

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Inloox

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

This type of risk is easier to control, since the project team can exert a direct influence on the project environment. External risks, on the other hand, originate outside the sphere of influence of the project team. Agile methods can help minimize operational risk. This is the critical point in this context.

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Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 1, 2016

As companies begin the journey of transforming their delivery practices from traditional to agile approaches, role transitions can be challenging. Some might argue that project managers are no longer required once an organization has fully institutionalized agile. But let’s not ignore the role of the project manager.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 10, 2023

To do this, team members engage in participative leadership, use minimal process, collaborate well, respect each other and their differences, trust one another, work with urgency and focus, manage healthy conflict, share a high sense of morale, and succeed or fail as a team.” Then, open it up for their comments.

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Leading Answers

JUNE 9, 2017

April’s theme at ProjectManagement.com where I write a monthly column was “Consulting,” and in this article, I examine the world of Agile Consulting and coaching. Depending on where people are in their careers, their agile adoption and their corporate culture, some people want a consultant, others a coach and sometimes they want a blend.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 42,000-plus subscribers. ? The Idea of a Scrum GPT Exploring Scrum in the real world often uncovers a tangle of anti-patterns—those practices that, despite best intentions, stray from agile principles and hinder progress.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 16, 2023

Some time ago, I had an interesting conversation with an Agile Coach from a large car manufacturer in Germany. As an Agile Coach, he’s responsible for about 50 Scrum Masters. Regardless if you’re an Agile Coach or Scrum Master, servant leadership is the desired mindset, behavior, and attitude.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 35,000-plus subscribers. ?? September 27, 2022 : Join 200-plus peers at the 45th Hands-on Agile Meetup: FAST: An Innovative Way to Scale with James Shore. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! ?? ?? ????

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 12, 2023

Goal setting is an essential tool supporting agility in complex environments. Even though I help agile teams to learn about and embrace uncertainty, I need to remind myself regularly to let go of trying to have control. You can start exercising better goal setting wherever possible, including in your life outside of work.

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Infrastructure Cadence Agile Influencer 201

Scrum.org

JUNE 6, 2022

Learn how individual incentives and outdated organizational structures — fostering personal agendas and local optimization efforts — manifest themselves in Scrum stakeholder anti-patterns that easily impede any agile transformation to a product-led organization. ???? Update : Join the poll and its lively discussion on LinkedIn. ??

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This is true whether our organization uses a stage-gate approach, an agile approach, or some hybrid of the two. Their influence was believed to be essential for the creation of great works and the advancement of civilization. The project manager and the organization’s leadership must create the environment. Deadlines loom large.

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Leading Answers

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

This is the first in a multi-post series about emotional intelligence (EI) as the foundation for team leadership. The material comes from my Beyond Agile book and explains why a firm basis of EI is critical to becoming an effective Scrum Master, team lead, or project manager. This first post introduces EI and explains its significance.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 15, 2019

Last week, the biggest conference in the Agile industry took place in Washington DC at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. Creating a Culture that Supports Agility w/ Rachel Howard. We’ll talk about how to create a culture that not only supports Agility but also helps people thrive. w/Erika Massie.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 15, 2024

Possessing a toolkit that makes complex project management easier to handle and raises the success rate of the project and its leadership is undoubtedly advantageous. Incorporating models, methods, and artifacts can transform your approach, thus promoting agility, informed decision-making , and effectiveness.

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nTask

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Being an Agile team is all about adopting the Agile frameworks to the core – both in project management and team collaboration. But whether you adopt Scrum, Kanban, XP or any Agile framework, in the end, it all depends on the teams involved, the leaders managing the project and the customers at the receiving end.

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Scrum.org

MAY 12, 2019

The company is now strategizing to scale agility throughout the company. . Ahmed: Did you get an invite for a meeting with the Senior Management to discuss scaling agility throughout the company? I am just not sure about the way the company is heading with scaling agility. I am influencing the CxOs at the moment.

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Planio

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

No matter how agile and lean you try to run your projects there are inevitably going to be a lot of people involved in getting you from project proposal to launch day. Project team members: The group working on the project and following the project manager’s leadership. Who wants to influence this project (positively or negatively)?

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International Institute for Learning

JANUARY 25, 2023

Influence and Trust as Leadership Building Blocks Effectively leading others requires that they trust you. This, in turn, enables you to influence the individual and help them achieve the desired product outcome. To make things worse, some of the stakeholders might be more senior than you.

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LiquidPlanner

MAY 24, 2022

Risk management is of limited worth if treated as a checkbox exercise. All project team members must do everything they can to manage uncertainty within their sphere of influence. A risk-intelligent organization will employ systems and project tools that protect resilience and value agility.

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Wrike

JUNE 11, 2023

Identifying Factors that Affect Work Performance Before implementing strategies to enhance productivity, it is crucial to identify the factors that influence work performance. Clear expectations also greatly influence work performance. High levels of stress can hinder productivity and lead to burnout.

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Planio

JANUARY 31, 2022

Why you need a roadmap (even as an agile team). Move your roadmap into software to keep it flexible and agile. Agile product roadmap example. However, you can use the same process for a leadership roadmap, sales roadmap, IT roadmap , or even an external customer-facing one with some minor adjustments.

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Development Team Review 2022 Technical Review Software Review 148

Velociteach

AUGUST 14, 2023

How can agile project managers create conditions for self-organizing teams to thrive? In the agile world of a self-organizing team, the trend is to empower the team so the individuals doing the work can make decisions. So what role does management play in the agile world of a self-organizing team? 18:29 … What’s in a Title?

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Agilemania

OCTOBER 14, 2022

In this article, we will focus on the Scrum Master Salary in India and the US and the factors that influence it. A Scrum Master is a qualified professional who guides a team through a project while practicing Agile project management techniques. SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) Scrum Master (SSM). Who is a Scrum Master?

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 2, 2024

Their needs, expectations, and influences are diverse. Effective Communication Recognizing cultural and social influences helps tailor communication strategies for diverse teams and stakeholders. Process Assets These are company policies, procedures, and records that influence success.

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Governance Government Influencer Technical Review 40

Scrum.org

MARCH 2, 2020

Learn how individual incentives and outdated organizational structures — fostering personal agendas and local optimization efforts — manifest themselves in Scrum stakeholder anti-patterns which easily can impede any agile transition. The early majority of organizations are already adopting BDD/DDD or Pragmatic Agility.).

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Leading Agile

MARCH 17, 2021

This is Mike Cottmeyer's talk from AgileIndy 2021 on The Executive's Guide to Why Agile Transformation Fails. Announcer] This is Mike Cottmeyer’s talk from AgileIndy, 2021 on “Why Agile Transformation Fails.” So I got involved with agile back in like 2003 and I was working in this company called CheckFree.

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Planio

JULY 22, 2020

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. The best books for crafting your leadership qualities. True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. Key lessons inside: Jeff Sutherland is one of the masters of Agile project management.

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2020 Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 148

The Strategic Project Manager

MARCH 11, 2024

Part of the exercise – not shown – is to include a plot for industry competitors (aggregate) or multiple individual competitors. Situations involving agile approaches , disruption , employing SAFe agile methods are ripe to leverage the Strategy Canvas. Value: Moderate.

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Leading Agile

MAY 13, 2022

Framing is a way to communicate the context they want to shape and influence how the organization perceives reality. A frame is a set of one or more related ideas that influence or structure how one thinks about a topic. Frame control is a powerful leadership tool for creating positive change within an organization.

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Leading Answers

MARCH 9, 2022

Finally, the self-reporting nature of many EQ assessments makes them susceptible to faking or unconscious influence. As with assessments of agility, if we get too caught up in trying to measure the outputs, we lose sight of the mindset and values that really dictate the outcomes. These traits form the bedrock of leadership.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 31, 2019

On my last year life retrospectives, I wrote about servant leadership. And I’ve learnt this important lesson when working with clients who are transitioning towards agility. I also need to encourage the whole company to not be tempted to copy-paste those templated scaled agile frameworks. Like many of you, I do the same.

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Wrike

DECEMBER 20, 2021

While we all want to see into the future of project management trends, these current industry ideas are sure to influence project management teams for months to come: Improving communication across blended teams. Embracing Agile as a means to combine strategy with output. What are the current trends in project management?

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

One way I like to think of the difference between Project Management and Project Leadership is that: Project Management gets things done. Project Leadership makes changes happen. Leadership: guiding and motivating the people around you. People and Project Leadership. Leadership is not easy. Leading Others.

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