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20 Years of The Agile Manifesto

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Can you believe the Agile Manifesto has been around 20 years? The Agile Manifesto has probably had the greatest impact on how projects are done – even how non- agile projects are done. The Agile Manifesto date was 11-13 February 2001. It has been 20 years since the Agile Manifesto, and that’s a moment worth marking.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

What is the business case for Agile teams? We think we do well to base our beliefs about Agile more on evidence. This post is our attempt to bring an evidence-based perspective to the business case of Agile teams. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams.

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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

ProjectManager.com

Kanban & Project Management Kanban project management works in an agile framework. Kanban & Agile Software Development Kanban proved a good fit for the burgeoning software development field, especially those projects that worked in an agile environment that was responsive to change.

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Why Agile Transformations sometimes fail

Scrum.org

Based on my experience working in agile environments since 2010, I did some research and had general observations on the topic. Regardless of the business domains or product area, there are some common rules that may devastate your efforts toward agility. . Agile is not designed for us."). What could happen?

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How to improve cross-functionality within your team?

Scrum.org

2010) and Verwijs & Russo (2022) found that team effectiveness is inhibited when teams lack such cross-functionality. It also explains why so many Agile methodologies emphasize the use of shared goals to encourage collaboration over the division of work. Why don't you give the Agile/Scrum Team Survey a try?

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Lessons in agility from wine tasting…

Kiron Bondale

After enjoying a glass of their 2010 Reserve Meritage I came to the conclusion that wine tasting and agile have more in common than you might think. Similarly a coach can help steer a team past anti-patterns so that they have a chance to appreciate what agility truly is. It helps to have a guide. Start small and grow from there.

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Scrum: A Brief History of a Long-Lived Hype

Scrum.org

The first, official version of the Scrum Guide was released in February 2010. So, how was Scrum defined before 2010 then? How did its definition evolve before and after 2010 and become the framework that we know today? The book “Agile Software Development with Scrum” by Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle (2002).

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