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Tips from the trenches: How to Start Up Three new Scrum teams Simultaneously.

Scrum.org

Explanation of effort estimation and planning poker. Pokering a small and a large story, gives us two benchmarks for relative estimation of the whole PBL using the magic estimation technique. I purposely postponed the estimation during refinement to first keep focus on sharing knowledge and then on estimating the work.

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5 Tips to Build a Harmonious Project Team in 2023

LiquidPlanner

While there are many excellent tools available, the things that keep drawing me back to LiquidPlanner are features like real-time scenario planning, its use of ranged vs. fixed estimation , and automated schedule updates. Schedule a demo today. It’s the only solution I’ve found that delivers insights I can trust.

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Tips from the trenches: How to startup three new Scrum teams simultaneously.

Scrum.org

Explanation of effort estimation and planning poker. Pokering a small and a large story, gives us two benchmarks for relative estimation of the whole PBL using the magic estimation technique. I purposely postponed the estimation during refinement to first keep focus on sharing knowledge and then on estimating the work.

SCRUM 185
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Creating a Risk-Adjusted Backlog

Leading Answers

While profit is not their goal, usually an economic impact figure can be estimated for the outcomes they aim to achieve. Using a flip chart and engaging the team in estimating the probability and impact of the risks is an excellent way to tap into team members' insights and create an information radiator of opportunities and threats.

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How To Implement Lean Portfolio Management?

Agilemania

To synchronize and coordinate the planning and feedback loops, the leadership team makes choices at a fixed cadence that is followed by both the operations (the tasks they carry out) and the governance (the reviews they conduct). “Go see” the incremental value demonstrated in team demos and validate the value hypotheses.

Lean 98
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A modern (and easy) guide to the 5 agile ceremonies

Planio

Sprint review: At the end of each sprint cycle, teams meet to demo what they’ve shipped and get early feedback from stakeholders. Then, the development team works together to discuss each item and estimates how much effort will be required to complete them. Update user stories to properly estimate tasks. Sprint review ceremony.

Agile 88
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Is SAFe® (Scaled Agile Framework®) not Agile?

Agilemania

SAFe also adds additional interaction events to ensure collaboration happens across the teams and not just within the agile teams aligned to a common goal and work with a synchronized cadence. System Demo and PI Demo confirm this theory. Consistent estimation approaches across all teams. The lean economics.

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