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The Truth About Sprint Zero (and why Ken hates it)

Scrum.org

If you've heard of Scrum, you've likely heard of Sprint zero. This article explains what Sprint zero is and how it is used in Scrum. I'll also explain why the phrase 'Sprint zero' annoys Ken Schwaber, one of the co-creators of Scrum. How does Scrum use Sprint Zero? Scrum teams don't do big design up-front.

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Stop Blaming Frameworks, Improve Adoptions

Scrum.org

I have yet to meet an Agile practitioner who would say that the original Scrum idea and perfection vision it provides isn’t good. Would anyone refuse to have high-performing Scrum Teams being able to deliver value to the market? What I usually hear is “Scrum is great, but it doesn’t work in my organization, because.” and others.

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The PMP® Certification By Jacqueline E. Dennis, PgMP, PMP

International Institute for Learning

Dennis, PgMP, PMP Senior Executive Director, International Institute for Learning Jacqueline Dennis is a Senior Consultant with International Institute for Learning (IIL), a role held since 2008. Jacqueline has practiced project, program, and portfolio management, and brings over 30 years of experience in the project management profession.

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A Digital Service Canvas for Government and Enterprise

Scrum.org

Have you ever tried to kickstart a “Scrum of Scrums” in an organization? I suppose a Scrum of Scrums is a bit like a start-up: there has to be a real value proposition. The original is Alex Osterwalder’s Business Model Canvas , proposed in 2008. Lessons from a start-up. Two variations are most commonly encountered.

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Product Discovery Anti-Patterns Leading to Failure

Scrum.org

Scrum has proven to be an effective product delivery framework for all sorts of products. However, Scrum is equally well suited to build the wrong product efficiently as its Achilles heel has always been the product discovery part. How that is supposed to happen is nowhere described in the Scrum Guide.

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Key Components of the DevOps Pipeline?

Agilemania

Concerns were voiced in the IT operations and software development sectors from 2007 to 2008 about the old software development paradigm that split operations from developers regarding how code was distributed and supported. Find Our Upcoming Trainings Beginners Intermediate Advanced Scrum Master (PSM) Training Leading SAFe® 5.1

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4 Project Management Trends of 2020: What to Prepare for?

Epicflow Blog

The most popular PM methodologies are as follows: Agile (Scrum, Kanban). They use, for instance, so-called ‘Wagile’ (Waterfall + Agile), ‘Scrumban’ (Scrum + Kanban), or ‘Lean Six Sigma’ (Lean + Six Sigma) frameworks. Scrum is the most popular Agile methodology, which is applied by 58% of companies. Gig Economy.