Scrum.org

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Scrum celebrated its 25 year anniversary last year with an update to the Scrum Guide and lots of socially distanced parties. Over that quarter of a century, Scrum has gone from a niche method used by software developers to mainstream adoption with many millions of people using Scrum or at least parts of Scrum every day.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 4, 2024

One of the secrets to unlocking your team's full potential lies in embracing the core values of the Scrum Framework. These are not just ideals but the foundation of Scrum that empowers teams to navigate the complexities of their projects with agility and integrity. What is the Scrum Framework?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 10, 2023

Photo by Alora Griffiths on Unsplash The Ultimate Litmus Test: Go on Vacation If the outcome of an effective Scrum Master is to create a high-performing, self-managing team, the litmus test may be — what happens when you are not there? Retrospective: “Doing Scrum or Kanban is not the goal. Do they work at this level without you?

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Scrum.org

MAY 30, 2022

Although research shows that these activities are useful in any Scrum team, we also recognize that teams usually start with this as they become more experienced with Scrum. Design The Box’ is a fun, creative exercise to help Scrum teams step into the shoes of their users. Give this workshop a try during the next Sprint Review!

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

When most people think about Agile Coaches, they tend to think about a person who comes in and assists the teams with things like: Learning Scrum, SAFe, LeSS. The fact is that Transformation requires more than Agile Coaches teaching people the ceremonies of Scrum or how to do SAFe and LeSS. Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc.

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Scrum.org

MAY 20, 2022

Together with Craig Larman, Bas developed Large-Scale Scrum (LeSS). A framework for scaling Scrum to medium to large products while staying true to the original Scrum principles. Contrary to what you might expect from me, I’ve minimized the use of Scrum terminology. Your focus is mostly on writing code.

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Scrum.org

MAY 4, 2023

By Lavaneesh Gautam , Professional Scrum Trainer Effective Stakeholder Engagement is key to the success of the product and one of the essential skills all product people should have. By Lavaneesh Gautam , Professional Scrum Trainer Question 1: What Message Do We Want To Provide? What should be the frequency of the message?

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 17, 2024

This concept is vital across methodologies like Agile and Waterfall , where its application significantly influences project outcomes. From individual coding tasks to large-scale releases, the DoD sets the bar for quality and completeness, ensuring everyone - from developers to stakeholders - is on the same page.

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Scrum.org

MAY 12, 2019

I am influencing the CxOs at the moment. Can I discuss with you about running UX process in Scrum? Since you are the Scrum Master, tell us the best way to do this. That is just a snapshot of one day of my life as a Scrum Master. These days more and more people are asking me "What does the Scrum Master do all day?".

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

While everyone will appreciate the effort, participating in a 2-day workshop does not mean that they mastered navigating the waters of dual-track Scrum, for example. The ‘where is my report’ mentality : The manager expects to receive reports regularly instead of participating in events, for example, the Sprint Reviews.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 7, 2020

For a long time the agile framework influenced teams outside of the software development sector from which it originated. Scrum is a framework for an agile workflow. In scrum there are daily scrums , which are short meetings at the beginning of the work day. An agile workflow can help.

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Henny Portman

JANUARY 6, 2021

The book contains ten sections and an epilogue: Section I: Factors of Success describes the three factors (good sponsor, good team and good place) the Standish Group has determined most seriously affect the outcome of a software project. The Epilogue takes a look at 60 years of software development. It’s all about the human factor.

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NimbleWork

MARCH 7, 2024

This is partly due to well-established security and reliability performance of legacy machines, growing skills gap in COBOL systems and lack of stakeholder buy-in for migrating these systems to a modern alternative. Common Agile frameworks include Scrum, Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP).

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2018

Hence, it’s important to know all possible constraints, their influences on each other and the project management tools that address those constraints. Let’s assume you’re running out of time and need to meet a certain due date. For instance, you could decide to avoid the risk and insist on the review step. Sustainability.

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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

JANUARY 17, 2023

TL; DR: ChatGPT Prompts for Scrum Practitioners. Last week, I ran an “interview” with ChatGPT as an applicant for a fictitious Scrum Master position based on questions from Scrum Master Interview Guide. Zur deutschsprachigen Version des Artikels: ChatGPT-Prompts für Scrum Master, Product Owner und Entwickler. ?

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

It is a method of automating some important phases in the software development process. Other agile software development success factors, such as build automation, version control, and automated deployments, serve as inspiration. The backbone of modern DevOps is the continuous delivery pipeline (or CI/CD pipeline). CI/CD Description.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Here are some tips to get an Agile conversation going, even if in the background: Apply Agile changes to your team and speak to these changes in status reports and during project reviews. Metrics around the success and progress of a software development project are many and varied. It’s not good for business.

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Scrum.org

MAY 23, 2021

Metrics aim at influencing behaviour and therefore have a tight relationship with an organisation's culture. But simply the act of implementing metrics influences the system. For example, knowing that velocity is monitored influences the estimation of story points by the team. Lines of committed code. Team velocity.

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Agilemania

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Everyone who knows about the Scrum framework is aware of how it has benefited the software development industry. Understanding this framework is crucial for both individuals and groups due to Scrum’s global success and popularity. Who is a Scrum Master? Roles and Responsibilities of a Scrum Master.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 26, 2023

TL; DR: Useless Agile Metrics Ideally, a metric is a leading indicator for a pattern change, allowing your Scrum team to analyze the cause in time and take countermeasures. Join your peers for an advanced Scrum Master class: August 29-30, 2023: Professional Scrum Master II. ? However, what if you picked the wrong metrics?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Planning poker® is a great technique for scrum teams. The organization consists of several software dev teams that develop different parts of our product. The website recommends that the scrum master view is displayed on a big screen, like a TV or projector, and everyone else joins by smartphone. What we chose. What we also use.

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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. 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. The Scrum Guide seems pretty clear about what Product Owners are accountable for.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 8, 2020

A Day in a Life of a Scrum Master. The Scrum Team gather around their team desk to hold the Daily Scrum. Jamie, one of the team members, highlights a problem that he faced yesterday: "I cannot deploy the code into the staging environment due to pipeline issues. Daniella is their Scrum Master. It's 9:30 am.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2022

And we share results from our own analyses based on actual data from stakeholders and Scrum teams that we collected through the Scrum Team Survey. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. We collected the data through our Scrum Team Survey. We worked with Prof.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Scope creep is the more common term but you might hear both, especially if you are working in software development. Change control or change management is the process of managing unplanned but desired influences on the project. Changes could be approved, rejected or put on hold to review later. Example of scope creep in Scrum.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

TL; DR: Scrum Sprint Planning Checklist. Read more about why Scrum checklists are a handy tool if applied at an operational, hands-on level, reduce your cognitive load, and free up time for more relevant things. Do you want to get articles like this one from the Scrum Master Survival Guide in your inbox?

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 19, 2018

In the previous article, we have discussed how Scrum Masters need to master many things. In this article we are going to discuss one of the stances that the Scrum Master need to master, that is the facilitation stance. So we can also say that the Scrum Master is partly responsible for poor decision generated by the group of people.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Fluid is award-winning PPM software that influences your whole business for the better. In a hybrid environment, the Scrum Master can be leading on the agile task delivery using the sprint features. When you’re starting out with new software, it’s important to know the product has got your back. I was impressed.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

These past few years have seen an incredible evolution in the way software is built. In these next years, we’re going to see a new wave of what software can do with the growing capabilities of machine learning, artificial intelligence and data pipelines across enterprises. XP, scrum, lean, etc.)

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

In Scrum classes we often ask the attendees to draw a picture of the Scrum framework, in order learn what their current understanding of the framework is. But they also bring forward many related elements that are important or even indispensable to support the Scrum framework, but are not roles, artifacts nor events.

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Planio

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

This might mean people who experience downtime as the project is being completed or who lose service due to the work being done. While anyone who is impacted by the project is technically a stakeholder, key stakeholders are those who have influence and authority to dictate whether a project is a success is not. That’s the what.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 1, 2022

Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. You can observe implicit coordination in Scrum teams when you look at how work moves across a Scrum board, or on- and of the Sprint Backlog. This is also why the Scrum framework includes the Definition of Done.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2020

Scrum, in its more general definition, is a simple framework to help us address complex challenges. Product development is the subset of complex problem domains where Scrum took root first; by explicitly acknowledging software and new product development to be complex work, serving to deliver complex products in complex circumstances.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 8, 2024

Each approach establishes the development of project deliverables as influenced by the delivery cadence, defined as the number and timing of deliveries based on the type of deliverable. 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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 13, 2022

Summary review of Chpokify: If you struggle with planning poker and agile estimating in a virtual environment, Chpokify is the answer. Have you ever tried to estimate as a team with some of you around a screen, others remote, or using tools where only the Scrum Master can see what’s happening and you’re voting from your mobile phone?

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Business representatives assume the product owner role but only check in with their team at the sprint review. According to the Scrum Guide, a scrum team has only a few roles by design – Scrum Master, Product Owner, and the Team. 2 Managing the outsourced vendor with their own software methodology.

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