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The Agile Fluency Model with Diana Larsen

Scrum.org

Delivering teams deliver on the market cadence. Diana co-authored several influential books: Liftoff: Start and Sustain Successful Agile Teams, 2nd ed. The Agile Fluency® Model is based on four zones reflecting a team’s progress in becoming agile. Quote: Focusing teams produce business value.

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Recharge to Reach the Finish Line: A Leader’s End-of-Year Strategy

The IIL Blog

This rhythm of exertion and recovery resonates deeply with the cadence of leadership in business. Just as the runner needs to rest to prevent injuries, we, as leaders, need to champion moments of respite to sustain our teams and ourselves.

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 Executive’s Guide To Large-Scale Agile Transformation & Sustaining An Adaptive Enterprise w/ Mike Cottmeyer

Leading Agile

The three systems include a System of Delivery, a System of Transformation, and a System of Sustainability. – [Announcer] This is Mike Cottmeyer’s talk from Agile Arizona, The Executive’s Guide to Large-Scale Agile Transformation and Sustaining an Adaptive Enterprise. And so sustainable business agility.

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The Rhythmic Dance of Agile with Cadence

MPUG

Now, you might be thinking what exactly a dance has to do with cadence in Agile? Let’s start first with the definition of cadence. Cadence – Definition and Basics. One can define cadence in Agile as follows: Cadence is a regular, predictable pattern of development work in Agile. Working with Single Cadence.

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Troubleshooting in Lean-Agile Development

MPUG

It’s usually based on a cadence. As shown in the above figure, there is no regular timeboxed iteration, but incremental delivery can happen in cadence. With a correct Agile/Lean coach, this understanding will be needed to sustain the project. When the feature is complete, it can be delivered. Some are noted below.

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Cultivating the Kind of Culture Employees Crave

Leading Agile

We take pride in being fearless, adaptive, sustainable, and egalitarian, and we admire attributes like integrity, respect, teamwork, and passion for continued learning. . The Pods meet on an agreed-upon cadence, and everyone in each Pod knows that they can reach out to other Pod members for questions, help, and a friendly voice.

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Agency utilization rate: 9 steps to increasing billable time

Resource Guru

If your utilization rate shows that project owners responsible for the account are consistently overbooked, it might be why projects are lagging, missing deadlines, or double booking appointments. A rising, sustainable rate might signal it’s time to outsource work, hire more staff, or expand services. Make it a priority.