Scrum.org

JULY 7, 2020

TL; DR: Agile Laws and Remote Agile. On many occasions in the recent past, working with distributed agile teams has amplified existing organizational, technical, and cultural challenges in many organizations. In that respect, the current issues that many distributed teams face may also act as accelerants to become more agile.

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Technical Review Agile Software Review Software Engineering 132

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 — Agile Coaching Edition.

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Sustainability SCRUM Software Developers Software Development 150

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2022

What is the business case for Agile teams? We think we do well to base our beliefs about Agile more on evidence. This post is our attempt to bring an evidence-based perspective to the business case of Agile teams. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 10, 2023

Mike Cohn describes a high-performing team as one that “sustainably exceeds expectations in achieving clear goals. You feel your Product Owner understands and honors the concepts of sustainable pace, the importance of setting the vision and Product Goal, and the radical collaboration that Scrum encourages.

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SCRUM Technical Review Sustainability Software Review 144

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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Consulting Underperforming Technical Team Agile Energy 128

Scrum.org

JUNE 19, 2023

To truly foster a culture of continuous improvement, Scrum Masters must recognize that Retrospectives should not be treated as routine exercises but rather as opportunities to ignite the team's creativity. This exercise pushes teams to envision extreme scenarios and consider the potential negative outcomes.

Innovation 189

Innovation SCRUM Agile Sustainability 189

NimbleWork

DECEMBER 10, 2023

A retrospective meeting, often associated with agile methodologies like scrum and kanban , is a crucial opportunity for a team to reflect on their recent work and identify areas for improvement. Mindful of time constraints, it’s crucial to maintain a reasonable duration for these meetings to sustain engagement and stave off fatigue.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

The result of this buzz session was, of course, the Agile ‘Software Development’ Manifesto. Yet as we have subsequently discovered, agility meant -- or came to mean -- something different to each of them. Yet as we have subsequently discovered, agility meant -- or came to mean -- something different to each of them.

Lean 142

Lean Agile Sustainability 2001 142

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 20, 2020

It also focuses on the technical project management environment, life cycles in a technical environment and IT exercises to better lead projects. For the agile enthusiast, this scrum gathering takes place twice a year since 2013. Agile & Beyond . GOTO Chicago. April 27-29, Chicago, IL. Global Scrum Gathering.

2020 264

2020 PMO PMI Underperforming Technical Team 264

Scrum.org

AUGUST 6, 2020

How does Scrum framework help us develop and sustainable deliver complex products? No mindset, culture, or increased agility change? Are you NOT delivering a “Done” Releasable Increment at least once per sprint, therefore enabling transparency, trust, and greater business agility? What is complexity? What is empiricism?

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SCRUM Certification Sustainability Agile 165

Scrum.org

MAY 9, 2019

When organizations begin their journey toward agility, they think the business outcomes will become instantaneous. Moving towards agile from a more traditional way of working changes so many things about how we work. Agile teams need to learn new skills?—?both Agile is a new game with new rules.

Agile 147

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 6, 2020

How does Scrum framework help us develop and sustainable deliver complex products? No mindset, culture, or increased agility change? Are you NOT delivering a “Done” Releasable Increment at least once per sprint, therefore enabling transparency, trust, and greater business agility? What is complexity? What is empiricism?

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SCRUM Certification Sustainability Agile 141

Scrum.org

APRIL 17, 2023

TL; DR: Jira Anti-Patterns If you ask people to come up with popular attributes for “Agile” or “agility,” Scrum and Jira will likely be among the top ten featured. Moreover, in any discussion about the topic, someone will mention that using Scrum running on top of Jira does not make an organization agile.

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ChatGPT Technical Review 2023 SCRUM 178

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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2020 2022 SCRUM Cadence 185

Planview

JULY 26, 2022

In business, dynamic planning is more complicated – but no less essential, especially in times of sustained economic uncertainty. But Agile businesses apply this more frequently (dynamically) and learn from their own delivery performance to inform their next actions. Plan for tomorrow, today.

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The Strategic Project Manager

MARCH 11, 2024

Environmental Impact: XYZ Electronics prioritizes sustainability and uses eco-friendly materials in its smartphone production, appealing to environmentally conscious consumers. Part of the exercise – not shown – is to include a plot for industry competitors (aggregate) or multiple individual competitors. Value: Moderate.

Technical Review 105

Technical Review Innovation Sustainability Retail 105

MPUG

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Let’s apply this by thinking of a team of Agile practitioners working on a software product. Retrospectives and intraspectives in Agile development do exactly that. They provide a better understanding and also help us to work sustainably over a long period. Retrospectives. The plan is preferably acted-upon in the next Sprint.

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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. Let’s begin.

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Agile Technical Review Sustainability SCRUM 89

Scrum.org

JANUARY 13, 2020

The Steps and Exercises of the Product Mindset Workshop. Once the Product Owner has refreshed the team’s understanding of what the product vision is, we move on to the product box exercise. Allocate about 45 minutes to the product box exercise. . Allocate approximately 30 to 45 minutes to the exercise. .

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SCRUM Lean Closing Sustainability 132

Project Risk Coach

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

Here’s a simple exercise I suggest you try. Will the team use a change-driven, agile approach? Starting, Sustaining, and Recovering Projects. You can tell your team members what to do every day, but until they understand why, your team members will lack motivation. You may be shocked at the different responses.

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Scrum.org

JULY 15, 2019

Since the beginning of 2019, the Hands-on Agile meetup in Berlin has been exploring how to apply Liberating Structures to Scrum. I designed the workshop as an analog experience: no electronic devices were needed, just paper, stickies, and markers — a 32-pages workbook provided to each attendee all information for the exercises.

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SCRUM 2019 Transportation Engineering 133

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Then sign up for the Food for Agile Thought newsletter and join 27k other subscribers. ?? November 19, 2020 : Hands-on Agile #28 on the Scrum Guide 2020. That should be a continuous exercise. Do Not Miss Out: Join the 8,500-plus Strong ‘Hands-on Agile’ Slack Team. Download the ‘Remote Agile Guide’ for Free

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SCRUM Estimate 2020 Agile 237

Scrum.org

AUGUST 22, 2022

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 35,000-plus subscribers. ?? There is no business agility to be earned without technical excellence and high product quality—both are reflected and supported by the Definition of Done. . Update : Join the poll and its lively discussion on LinkedIn. ??

Technical Review 162

Technical Review SCRUM 2022 2020 162

Gunther Verheyen

JANUARY 27, 2021

In April 2010, at an event of the Agile Consortium Belgium in Brussels, I asked Jeff Sutherland about this new organization founded by his former companion. In April 2011, Ken came to Brussels for an event I co-organized for the Agile Consortium Belgium. It wasn’t too sustainable (I guess). I take my work seriously.

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International Institute for Learning

MAY 3, 2023

This could mean taking time for exercise, meditation, or other activities that help you feel centered and grounded. By recognizing the signs of burnout, setting clear boundaries, prioritizing self-care, and offering support to our team members, we can create a workplace that is positive, productive, and sustainable for the long term.

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Energy Sustainability Agile SCRUM 52

Agilemania

OCTOBER 14, 2022

A Scrum Master is a qualified professional who guides a team through a project while practicing Agile project management techniques. As businesses begin to understand the true value of Agile and how much they may gain from it, the adoption of the Agile methodology has dramatically increased in recent years. Intermediate.

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2022 SCRUM Certification Software Review 75

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

"There's no predictability/commitment in Agile/Scrum". Product Management keeps telling me in this Agile way of doing things there is no committed scope, no plan, only 'Responding to change'. Why didn't I just say "Agile/Scrum provides great predictability" and get it over with? Back to the roots. Let's make it clear up front.

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Underperforming Technical Team Risk SCRUM Executing 127

The IIL Blog

APRIL 27, 2018

Tuckman model of forming-storming-norming-performing), they can benefit from a Simple Interactive Meaningful Practical Learning Exercise (SMILE). Sustaining motivation through the number of reported productive hours. Evolution of Learning Exercises for Collaboration. Types of Interactive Exercises. agile retrospectives).

Software Review 121

Software Review 2004 2012 PMI 121

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. Here are some specific examples.

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SCRUM Leadership Consulting Defining 186

Planio

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Fight or flight reactions require a lot of energy and aren’t sustainable over time. Planio combines all of your team’s critical tools into one place, including everything from task management and agile planning to team chat and time tracking. As part of this routine, prioritize regular breaks, exercise, and daily finish times.

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Underperforming Technical Team Energy Controlling Risk Management 88

nTask

DECEMBER 21, 2021

And it doesn’t stop there, because an oversized backlog affects the innovation that is embedded into the overall product, frustrates the agile product development teams that are working on the product development process, and also slows your time to market which we know is bad for business. How To Build A Successful Go To Market Strategy?-

2022 78

2022 Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Development Team Review 78

Scrum.org

JANUARY 28, 2024

TL; DR: Agile Laws in Software Development On many occasions, working with agile teams has amplified existing organizational, technical, and cultural challenges in many organizations. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 49,000-plus subscribers. edition ! ?

Agile 168

Agile Technical Review Sustainability Software Engineering 168

Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 15, 2024

Incorporating models, methods, and artifacts can transform your approach, thus promoting agility, informed decision-making , and effectiveness. Setting up communication plans and feedback mechanisms such as RACI charts and stakeholder communication plans are basic exercises in project management to achieve effective communication.

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Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team 2024 Lean 52

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 2, 2024

For example, projects such as the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan (ULSP) have shown the industry that fast-moving consumer goods companies have that “it” factor in sustainability projects. And the dynamics allowed the industry to act and improve its sustainability.

Governance 40

Governance Government Influencer Technical Review 40

Leading Answers

JUNE 14, 2018

Instead, we launch agile transformations, digital transformations and productization transformations.   Agile Transformations. The goal:  Agile transformations move organizations from working with traditional project management approaches to using agile approaches. Transformations are flavor of the month.

Technical Review 116

Technical Review Agile Lean Sustainability 116

MPUG

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Understanding variation is essential to engineering and a fundamental concept of lean; upon first blush, this exercise seems to demonstrate the idea of variation. This is not sustainable and is an example of overburden. The class began by asking the students to draw a pig. The variation in pigs produced was quite disparate.

Lean 64

Lean Transportation Engineering Software Review 64

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 31, 2019

And I’ve learnt this important lesson when working with clients who are transitioning towards agility. My personal challenge in a large scale transformation is to have the beginner’s mind knowing there are a plethora of templated agile scaling frameworks in the market.

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