Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Questions (1). Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. Scrum is not a methodology, but a framework.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

TL; DR: ChatGPT Product Owner Job Interview A few weeks ago, I ran a simulated job interview with ChatGPT for a fictitious Scrum Master position. Admittedly, I would not have invited this “interviewee” for an interview with other team members; however, the interview produced some remarkable answers.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

SAFe includes Scrum - so how come many Scrum practitioners and thought leaders consider it unsafe? SAFe's perspective is that "Nothing beats an Agile Team" and it doesn't try to reinvent the wheel or even innovate too much when it comes to the Team level. SAFe's Scrum Master is more of an Agile Team Lead.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2019

As project managers, it’s important that we know how to best support our development teams (and vice versa), especially in Agile environments. Here is what we learned from an invaluable brainstorming session with our Tech Lead. At White October, we encourage direct communication between the development team and clients.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 11, 2024

Dive into the world of Scrum, the Agile framework that is revolutionizing project management across industries. With its core values of commitment, courage, focus, openness, and respect, Scrum is not just a methodology— it is a pathway to creating highly effective, adaptive, and cohesive teams.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

SAFe includes Scrum - so how come many Scrum practitioners and thought leaders consider it unsafe? SAFe's perspective is that "Nothing beats an Agile Team" and it doesn't try to reinvent the wheel or even innovate too much when it comes to the Team level. SAFe's Scrum Master is more of an Agile Team Lead.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 11, 2019

Intended audience: Scrum masters, Product owners, Managers and Agile coaches. I advise to start finding one person to be the single Product Owner for all teams. The other “fake PO’s” should be moved inside the development teams as subject matter experts so they can provide detailed requirements. Lack of product focus.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

As per Scrum Guide – The Sprint Goal is an objective that will be met within the sprint by implementing the Product Backlog , and it guides the Development Team on why it is building the Increment. The scrum team discusses what can be done based on the definition of done and crafts the Sprint Goal and forecast their work.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. How much time should they spend with their team or with stakeholders? From our own quantitative research with 1.200 Scrum Teams , we know that teams are more effective when they are more aware of the needs of their stakeholders.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Last week, someone on Reddit asked whether there would be any other profession that requires attending a 2-day training class and would then pay as well as a Scrum Master job. This attitude is precisely why the 47 Scrum Master Interview Guide exists: Prevent imposters from slipping through the hiring process and causing damage.

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Scrum.org

MAY 5, 2020

Being an effective and successful Scrum Master requires a wide variety of skills, knowledge, and experience. This variety is captured in the stances of a Scrum Master. The Scrum Master is expected to act as a teacher, impediment remover, facilitator, coach, mentor, and change agent. Create a virtual Scrum Quiz.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

Most Scrum Teams that I encounter don’t do refinement of their Product Backlog and try to work on things that they don’t understand correctly. Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide! Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide! Although the Scrum Guide does not define Refinement as an event, you should be doing it.

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2020 Technical Review Development Team Review SCRUM 238

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Professional Scrum Master (PSM-I) workshop has a module that talks about the Definition of DONE (DoD) and Technical Debt. As stated in Scrum Guides the Definition of Done (DoD) is –. This is the definition of ‘Done’ for the Scrum Team and it is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment.

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Resource Guru

MARCH 20, 2023

Last week, Brett Harned shared his story about the importance of assessing project scope and involving the right people. Earlier in my career, I was a technical program manager and worked in a smaller company. The day of the workshop arrived. The dev team appreciated the workshop because they felt seen and valued.

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Scrum.org

MAY 7, 2019

In August 2018, Scrum.org launched the Professional Scrum Master II class. The intention of this class is to offer the Scrum community an advanced class designed to support Scrum Masters in their professional development. What is the value of Liberating Structures for Scrum Masters?”. Coach : Heard?—?Seen?—?Respected

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 8, 2024

Enhanced stakeholder engagement enriches the project's development process and ensures that the outcomes align with stakeholder visions, enhancing satisfaction and support throughout the project life cycle. Increased Flexibility The project's ability to adapt to changes with agility is due to a framework imbued with flexibility enhancements.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

TL; DR: Scrum Product Owner Anti-Patterns. Hence, if you recognize some anti-patterns in your daily work, why don’t you ask the rest of the Scrum Team for support? The Role of the Product Owner According to the Scrum Guide. Source : Scrum Guide 2017. You can sign up here and join 25k other subscribers.

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Proofhub

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Since the digital landscape is always evolving, you need to periodically review and refine your site’s design, ensuring it remains fresh, user-friendly, and in line with current trends. CTA- Easily communicate and collaborate with your team, clients, and stakeholders in real-time with ProofHub’s Chat.

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Today, Agile practices are no longer confined to software development and have become popular in a wide variety of industries in which organisations need to be flexible and responsive. The Benefits of Agile Project Management Agile project management often results in the early release of benefits due to its incremental nature.

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Leading Answers

MAY 8, 2022

The organizations we see adopting it today are in the "Late Majority" and "Laggard" categories of Geoffrey Moore's Technology Adoption Life Cycle. Let's review some popular techniques often seen on Scrum teams. Agile approaches "Crossed the Chasm" a decade ago.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 22, 2019

For years, I’ve fulfilled the role of Scrum Master for many different organizations and Scrum Teams. These teams were mostly focused on software development. These organizations were able to attract the smartest developers and create products customers loved. That’s not going to be a technical perspective.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Imagine you’re a Scrum Master and the line manager of your team believes that the best sign for a successful agile transformation is a steady increase in the Scrum Team’s velocity. Moreover, if the team fails to deliver on that metric something is wrong with the Scrum Team.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Nehmen Sie an einer von Stefans kommenden Professional Scrum-Schulungen teil ! Executives that are not close to the customer problems make the decisions at the portfolio level, and teams execute, which can lead to disengaged teams. SAFe is for compliance and contacts, Scrum for performance. Die Daten der Umfrage.

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Lean Software Review 2022 Technical Review 167

Scrum.org

JUNE 23, 2019

Scrum is a simple, yet sufficient framework to build emerging products, provided you identify in advance what is worth building. The following article points at 28 Product Backlog anti-patterns — including the Product Backlog refinement process — that limit your Scrum Team’s success. TL; DR: 28 Product Backlog Anti-Patterns.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 23, 2019

Scrum is a simple, yet sufficient framework to build emerging products, provided you identify in advance what is worth building. The Product Backlog According to the Scrum Guide. This is an ongoing process in which the Product Owner and the Development Team collaborate on the details of Product Backlog items.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2018

If you’re also an experienced Scrum practitioner, you probably associate the time you started to use Scrum with the time you started to release more frequently. Transcending Scrum and the Increment? Before you recycle your copies of the Scrum Guide – can I ask you a couple of questions though? You were pretty proud.

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Cadence Development Team Review Software Review Technical Review 134

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! Executives that are not close to the customer problems make the decisions at the portfolio level, and teams execute, which can lead to disengaged teams. SAFe is for compliance and contacts, Scrum for performance. Survey Data.

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Lean Software Review 2022 Technical Review 139

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2018

If you’re also an experienced Scrum practitioner, you probably associate the time you started to use Scrum with the time you started to release more frequently. Transcending Scrum and the Sprint Increment? Before you recycle your copies of the Scrum Guide – can I ask you a couple of questions though?

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Cadence Development Team Review Software Review Technical Review 126

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

I had various conversations and workshops with the development teams and the leadership. For example there were IT chapter leads for specific technologies like Pega or Java. They did not promote mutli-skill growth of people, which is required for creating adaptive teams. Output driven development.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

Considering just how popular the notion of fluid teams has become, I think it is important to weigh the evidence that supports it or contradicts it. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. It takes time to develop teams. This post is my attempt to do this.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management Briefings and Presentations. Technical Performance Measures (#TPM). Cost, Schedule, and Technical Performance Management (#CSTPM). Product Development (#ProdDev). Agile Software Development (#ASD). Business, Technical, Systems, Risk, and Project Management.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

What’s the difference between Agile and Scrum? Agile manifesto consists of values and principles to develop software iteratively and incrementally. Scrum is a framework that consists of accountabilities, artifacts, and events that helps in creating and sustaining complex products. Scrum is one of the foundations for agility.

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2022 Estimate Software Review SCRUM 98

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

Somewhere between the CEO and 1st line management level, "you do Scrum, just get it done, how much money you need, and what kind of people you need." "It's just another framework." Salespeople were saying, "you're doing Scrum magic and making it faster." Lucy was wearing three hats, developer, manager, and scrum master. "I

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Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review SCRUM 20

Herding Cats

AUGUST 22, 2018

This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. We were on of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . I suspect the latter. .

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." .

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. We were one of the first users of eXtreme Programming, long before Scrum was around and presented that early work in 2003, " Making Agile Development Work in a Government Contracting Environment, Measuring velocity with Earned Value." . 6, No 5, October 2014. [3]

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Leading Agile

MARCH 17, 2021

And business architecture kind of a nebulous term, but how do you form teams? How do you form teams across the enterprise? What do you organize those teams around? What responsibilities do those teams have? Do they own the technology or do they have dependencies with tons of teams around them?

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