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In-Depth: How Coherence And Cohesion Are Critical To Scrum

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Do your Daily Scrums feel like a pointless ritual where everyone just lists what they’ve done yesterday, and what they do will do today? In our work with Scrum teams, we’ve been part of teams that had it. So Scrum was doomed from the start. We also explore how these insights create a strong foundation for the Scrum framework.

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Using OKRs with Scrum and Evidence Based Management

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When used with Scrum and the value-based metrics of the Evidence Based Management (EBM) framework, the ability for the enterprise to inspect and adapt its initiatives in order to meet the challenges of disruptive change increases both the relevance and outcomes driven by OKRs supported by Scrum's empiricism. . References. Forester, G.,

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Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype

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Scrum has been around for a while, they say. The Scrum Guide holds the definition of Scrum, they say. The first, official version of the Scrum Guide was released in February 2010. So, how was Scrum defined before 2010 then? What else happened along the road to the way that Scrum is defined and represented?

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Five reasons why Scrum is not helping in getting twice the work done in half the time

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Scrum doesn’t help complete the product faster rather than how quickly a team can release a product. I worked as a product owner for my first product in 2007–08 to manage the insurance lifecycle for a major insurance company in America. They got training on Scrum, understood concepts, and formed teams, but struggle to commit.

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Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype

Gunther Verheyen

Scrum has been around for a while, they say. The Scrum Guide holds the definition of Scrum, they say. The first, official version of the Scrum Guide was released in February 2010. So, how was Scrum defined before 2010 then? What else happened along the road to the way that Scrum is defined and represented?

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The Illusion of Velocity

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Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ?️ Exclusively on my Substack Newsletter : Product Owner Anti-Patterns — An Excerpt from the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide (2). ? Join 575-plus peers and help create the next edition of the Scrum Master Salary Report ! Collins, T., Snowden, D.

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How I ended up becoming a (Professional) Scrum trainer

Gunther Verheyen

In October 2003 my life of Scrum started, albeit not with Scrum. My life of Scrum actually started with eXtreme Programming which we then wrapped in Scrum. Fast forward >> In December 2010 I traveled to Zurich (Switzerland) to attend a PSM class (“Professional Scrum Master”) by Ken Schwaber.

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