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All technical debt is a risk to the product and to your business

Scrum.org

I hear the phrase “but not all debt is bad” a lot, usually coupled with “some level of debt is manageable” and, as a software developer, it makes me cringe. This commercial product was built using traditional project management practices and delivered on a two-yearly cadence. But, not all debt is bad!” Subscribe to A Wee Dram!

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Release planning and predictable delivery

Scrum.org

Once you accept this, and quality becomes non-negotiable, your Dev e lopers can focus on creating usable increments of working software. Once you have usable increments of working software, you can then start to look with interest at the progress being made on features and goals. Professional Developers create working software.

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Project Management: Principles, Practices & Context

Velociteach

Traditional project management practices are grounded in engineering. The Agile Manifesto The Agile Manifesto is a set of 4 value statements and 12 principles created for software. Pioneering software development thought leaders collaborated to create the Manifesto (2001).

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Are These DevOps Obstacles Getting in the Way of Your Agile Transformation?

Leading Agile

Dealing with Packaged Software The first one, it came up, right? Different change cadences. The package is changing at one cadence and maybe you’re trying to innovate and change at another cadence, right? And, you know, ultimately the thing that slows software development down is fear of change.

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The Roles and Responsibilities of a SAFe Agilist You Never Knew

Agilemania

Apply cadence, synchronize with cross-domain planning. Kanban is a preferred framework for implementing Agile and DevOps software development. Release Train Engineer, Scrum Master. Team Lead, Engineer, Business Analyst. Build Incrementally with fast, integrated learning cycles. Decentralize decision-making.

Lean 98
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Enhancing Team Performance with Safe Scrum

Wrike

Cadence and synchronization: Teams should work in fixed iterations, known as sprints, and synchronize their work to deliver a consistent flow of value. This cadence allows for regular feedback and course correction, so that teams stay on track and deliver high-quality results. Ready to enhance your team performance?

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New PM, New Choices

Leading Answers

We have a combination of creative goals (produce something new and appealing) and engineering goals (meet specifications, constraints). We are looking to build consensus between stakeholders, who include sponsors (concerned with value, schedule, quality), designers (aesthetics, features) and engineers (performance, practicality).