ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 20, 2020

This project management conference covers topics such as the project management framework and its terminology, process groups and the nine knowledge areas of the PMBOK. Global Scrum Gathering. For the agile enthusiast, this scrum gathering takes place twice a year since 2013. Agile & Beyond .

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MPUG

MAY 10, 2022

According to the 15 th State of Agile Report, 94% of companies are practicing Agile. This statistic is somewhat misleading as it does not mean that all of these companies are receiving benefits or even successful with their Agile approach. That said, many companies are trying to find ways to incorporate Agile methods.

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Gunther Verheyen

DECEMBER 26, 2023

We have three kids (2001, 2003, 2013) of which the two oldest (sons) have a disability ( Duchenne and Down Syndrome ). My work as an independent Scrum Caretaker via my one-person company Ullizee-Inc is the sole source of money for our family. Scrum is what I do for a living. Let there be no misunderstanding: money is important.

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Gunther Verheyen

APRIL 24, 2020

Apparently, it is easy to get stuck at interpreting the rules of Scrum. In the publication “ Moving Your Scrum Downfield ” I have described the six essential traits of the game to help you get unstuck and up your game. These six essential traits are indicative of Scrum coming to life. Every case of Scrum is unique.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

"There's no predictability/commitment in Agile/Scrum". Product Management keeps telling me in this Agile way of doing things there is no committed scope, no plan, only 'Responding to change'. They are either already victims of "Bad Scrum" or are basing their concerns off of a lot of "Bad Scrum" going on out there.

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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. This post is part of our “in-depth” series.

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Digite

JUNE 13, 2018

We’re honored to republish this blog post ‘Beginner’s Guide to Kanban for Agile Marketing’ by Andrea Fryrear which was originally published in the Agile Sherpas blog! Compared to Scrum, Kanban is a young work-management method. In fact, many Scrum teams use this type of visualization to manage their work.

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Digite

JANUARY 2, 2017

Since the arrival of Scaled Agile Framework in the world market, there have been comparisons ad nauseum between the Scrum and SAFe frameworks. Many industry experts have come out and pointed possible flaws in the Scaled Agile Framework. However, the Scaled Agile Framework indeed subscribes to the ethos of the Agile manifesto.

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Gunther Verheyen

MARCH 27, 2018

While developing my book “ Scrum – A Pocket Guide ” (2013) I described how there is value in the Scrum Values. In 2016 the Scrum Values were added to the Scrum Guide. Find the slightly updated description of the Scrum Values as a separate section on this website. Scrum is a tool.

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Digite

MAY 15, 2018

This article is the fourth in a series of “Kanban and Scrum – Stronger Together”. In the most recent post in Steve Porter’s series, Yuval Yuret presents Scrum in a manner that is intended to educate Kanban teams. Values shouldn’t be expressed as goals like they are in the Scrum Guide. Disclaimer.

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Project Management Essentials

AUGUST 3, 2019

Experienced agile coaches and practitioners develop a sixth-sense. They can quickly assess the health of an agile project or team just as doctors do with their patients. In 2013, Mike Cohn coined the term scrum smells to describe the signs that a scrum team is in trouble. Who is the Scrum Master or Product Owner?

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 25, 2022

The neurological processes for this are also well-understood. It is very similar to work engagement (Schaufeli & Salanova, 2014), which we also measure in both the Scrum Team Survey and TeamMetrics (as “team morale”). It is also the reason why the principles of the Agile Manifesto can create such motivating environments.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 4, 2022

The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. We’ll explore the scrum methodology in-depth, but before that, let’s start with a simple scrum definition. Scrum Values.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 31, 2020

During the Ebola outbreak 2013-2016, people exhibited anxiety-invoked behavior to a large extent. Research concluded, this happened for at least six reasons [2]: Fear and stress interfere with cognitive processing. Agile processes help you to establish a high level of transparency. Which is true for most of us right now.

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Gunther Verheyen

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

I don’t remember when it was exactly, but it was when smart businessmen assumed it was better for sales, as commonly used terms like methodology or process got burned. Most likely they guessed it explained the wide adoption of Scrum, and aspired the same ’success’. At least, that can be seen as an achievement too. Language matters.

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2013 SCRUM Defining Agile 68

Gunther Verheyen

FEBRUARY 3, 2018

I am excited to announce that Michael Forni is working on an Italian translation of my book “Scrum – A Pocket Guide” We aim at releasing “ Scrum – La Guida Tascabile ” (working title) in 2018, hoping it brings value to many Italian Scrum practitioners. Daily Scrum (sost. Scrum (sost.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 11, 2024

It's more than just meeting deadlines—it's about aligning your projects with strategic objectives and maximizing their impact, thus supporting the business value creation process through projects. But how exactly can you harness or manage the value-creation process in your projects? What is Value Creation?

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The IIL Blog

JULY 19, 2023

The wage and salary activities for the assigned workers were the responsibility of their functional managers and project managers often had very little input if any in the performance review processes. Engagement activities do not end at the completion of the staffing process or shortly thereafter. Mar 2013, Vol. Jan2023, Vol.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

This quote demonstrates a lack of understanding of making decisions in the presence of uncertainty and the processes and events that create uncertainty. There is naturally occurring variability from uncontrolled processes. Aleatory uncertainty is expressed as a process variability. First, let's establish a principle.

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Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Project Risk Management: A Combined Analytic Hierarchy Process and Decision Tree Approach,” Prasanta Kumar Dey, Cost Engineering , Vol. 3, March 2002.

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Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Project Risk Management: A Combined Analytic Hierarchy Process and Decision Tree Approach,” Prasanta Kumar Dey, Cost Engineering , Vol. 5, September/October 2011. 3, March 2002.

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LiquidPlanner

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Sigmon gives project managers a defined process to not only break bad news, but also improve communication over the long-term. He explains how to succeed or fail fast for projects that are too uncertain to use waterfall project management and too complex to succeed with agile project management. Scrum Certifications.

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Henny Portman

JULY 17, 2020

With the book True lean – Your guide to the fundamentals connecting purpose, process and people written by Rudy Gort you get a concise but complete and clear overview of and insight into lean. Eiji Toyoda (1913-2013): build the new car factory based on just-in-time concept (JIT) and a kanban system.

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Planio

JULY 9, 2020

Agile Project Management out of the box. The process is a little more complicated than simply installing an app, but as long as you’re familiar with database configuration and can follow instructions, you should be okay. (If For some people, the process we just outlined for setting up Redmine might sound like a walk in the park.

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International Institute for Learning

JULY 28, 2022

I hear people often talk about Scrum projects, but what does Scrum have to do with project management? These are process driven organizations. They are more adaptive to changes , and besides being process driven , they are also product focused. In Scrum , we have three roles.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 24, 2022

When people first look at the Scrum framework, they often see the roles and the events first. They see only the structure of Scrum; who wears the hats and when. But Scrum and the Agile methodologies it builds on are so much more. Scrum is a great example of a motivation framework. And that makes sense.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Everybody wants to Scale Scrum. So you have a couple of Scrum Teams that are working in adjacent areas and you're starting to face some challenges in delivering value in a coordinated integrative way. This is more or less the time you started searching for "scaling agile" "scaling scrum" and exploring your options.

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nTask

AUGUST 22, 2019

“Scrum” is a phenomenal subject – i.e. if you are familiar with it. As an Agile project manager, I have seen my fair share of so-called “Scrum Masters” and “Agile Experts” claiming to be masters of their craft. The truth, however, is that they don’t know a lot of things about Scrum and Agile.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

See how approaches like the Scrum Framework and Liberating Structures can prevent some of these biases by bringing in diverse voices and by validating your assumptions against reality. For me personally, it's one of the reasons why I like the Scrum Framework , as it gives guide-rails to help us think and validate our assumptions with data.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

Recently, the concept of “fluid teams”, “dynamic reteaming” or “ad-hoc teaming” has gained traction in the Agile community. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. This post is my attempt to do this. This post is part of our “in-depth” series. Bradley et.

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Agilemania

APRIL 20, 2021

Agility at scale topics appears in most of the conversation nowadays, either to solve multiple teams coordination issues working on the same initiative, in the name of business agility, or enterprise agility. There are numerous frameworks those claim to solve or provide solutions for agility at scale.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Tim Runcie’s Agile Series Part 1 webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Kyle: Hello everyone and welcome to today’s MPUG training series, part one, Understanding and Incorporating Agile Project Management. It’s not all or nothing.

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Agilemania

APRIL 20, 2021

Agility at scale topics appears in most of the conversation nowadays, either to solve multiple teams coordination issues working on the same initiative, in the name of business agility, or enterprise agility. There are numerous frameworks those claim to solve or provide solutions for agility at scale.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

DECEMBER 13, 2018

Moonpig was founded in 1999, before Lean and Agile approaches had become mainstream in the UK. It was not until about 2013 that Moonpig first began to adopt Agile practices. In this post Amanda Colpoys – a Lean, Agile and Growth Coach, shares her experiences as she set out to introduce business agility at Moonpig.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 23, 2021

Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. It also ties well into a recent post where we discussed a scientific study that showed how critical the socio-technical skills of developers are to the success of Agile transformations. This post is part of our “in-depth” series.

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Gunther Verheyen

DECEMBER 22, 2017

Driven by the prospect of an Italian translation of my book “ Scrum – A Pocket Guide ” I decided to revise it slightly; minor tweaks of words and terms, although a lot of them. Daily Scrum : a daily event, time-boxed to 15 minutes or less, to re-plan the development work during a Sprint.

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Agile Project Management. Having a knowledge transfer process in place boosts the chance of project success by over 20%. [6]. 19% say Agile techniques. Agile Project Management. 38% of organizations report using agile frequently. [6]. Most Popular Agile Tools and Processes: Scrum – 43%.

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