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How the 12 principles in the Agile Manifesto work in real life

Scrum.org

Agile is an umbrella term encompassing a variety of frameworks and approaches to value delivery in complex environments. The word agile came into widespread use following the creation of the Agile Manifesto in 2001. The Agile Manifesto includes four values and 12 principles that describe a better way to approach complex work.

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How to Build Your Project Backlog In 5 Steps

ProjectManager.com

In agile, this is called a user story, which is the general explanation for a feature from the perspective of the customer. It is a term that comes from working in an agile, iterative environment. You should have a list of conditions or capabilities that must be met by the project’s final delivery.

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From the Trenches: Small Batches for the Win

Scrum.org

I asked how they felt about the fact that NASA had a laboratory in space but no way to transport scientists to the station. (A I then asked how they’d feel about spending their budgets to launch a new product but be stuck with a development organization that couldn’t transport new features into the marketplace? The lights went on.

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Top 11 Cities for Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

With more transport links moving underground, the plan is that in the next 10 years this old road becomes a planted walkway through the city. The Agile project management community is very strong,” he says. Organizations of all sizes are using Agile to deliver value quickly.

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Go slow (to go fast later)

Kiron Bondale

The January 2020 issue of PM Network provide a case study for one of the 2019 PMI Project of the Year finalists, the Société de transport de Montréal’s (STM) eight-year project to modernize the underground Montréal rail system. The post-project outcomes are also in line with expected benefits.

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A practical approach to improve the performance of your agile teams

Scrum.org

We can help the user by offering a product that will allow them to select a mode of transport based on relevant selection criteria (time of itinerary, cost, scheduled departure or arrival times, etc). However, customers do not think about application features, they have a “job to be done”, a need to be met.

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How Agile Coaching plays a role in unlocking the Future of Work

Scrum.org

Since 1995, Scrum, and since 2001, Agile, have become ubiquitous for how to combat these challenges as they provide paths for innovating and creating value in a complex and ever-changing world. We are mired in a pattern of applying the industrialized mindset in our pursuit of agility. We will know the future of work has arrived when….

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