International Institute for Learning

APRIL 19, 2023

By Alan Zucker Disciplined Agile® (DA) and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) are two popular, second-generation agile methodologies. They build on lean-agile thinking, and standard Scrum, Kanban, and DevOps practices. They emerged about a decade after the Agile Manifesto.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

TL;DR: Agile Workspace Means Choice Among a Diversity of Spaces . If you want your organization to become agile, adding more whiteboards to the workspace will not suffice. The Agile Workspace: A Worthwhile Investment. Agile Workspace Anti-Patterns. You need to let go Taylorism. Copyright notice : (c) Gensler.

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Scrum.org

JULY 24, 2023

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 48,000-plus subscribers. ? ? ?? Why the Scrum Guide Lacks Product Discovery as a Concept The Scrum Guide 2020 emphasizes the role of the Product Owner in managing the Product Backlog but does not define the product discovery process.

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International Institute for Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Servant leadership and self-organizing teams are foundational Agile characteristics. However, defining these principles is like explaining gravity to a child—clear, tangible descriptions are elusive. Formal Definitions of Agile Teams. Disciplined Agile favors semi-autonomous, self-organizing teams. By Alan Zucker.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

“We want to be more agile in our delivery.” “We The good news is, agility has mechanisms, mindsets and ideals already built in to motivate team members and give them purpose in their everyday work. Before we dive in any further, let’s define our terms. Taking an Agile approach. So how does this apply to Agile?

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 18, 2020

So, how was Scrum defined before 2010 then? What else happened along the road to the way that Scrum is defined and represented? The book “Agile Software Development with Scrum” by Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle (2002). The book “Agile Project Management with Scrum” by Ken Schwaber (2004).

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The IIL Blog

MAY 31, 2023

By Alan Zucker The Milestone-Kanban Schedule (MKS) is a hybrid project scheduling and management technique that combines traditional and agile best practices. The underlying assumption that the work is well-defined, and the required effort can be easily estimated is a shortcoming of these approaches.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Scrum Values were added to Scrum Guide in 2016. At least it helps to define the first step and then reiterate on problems using Values as a decision-enabling constraints. Above helping organizations and teams become more agile using Scrum I am practicing philosophy. Values are what makes Scrum fully uncover it's potential.

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International Institute for Learning

DECEMBER 7, 2022

The definition of an Agile Community of Practice (CoP) is a group of people who share a passion for agile, such as Agile Coaches who formally hold an agile title, or agile champions who are affiliated with agile due to their interest or knowledge. By Brent Reed. Prepare your Pitch by Writing a Purpose.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Agile ) methods together. However, this finding is markedly different to what VersionOne found in their 14 th Annual State of Agile report in 2020. Their research found that only 9% of Agile practitioners were using hybrid methods. Managing a business that wants agile development against waterfall commitments.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Well-defined and standardized processes are the backbone of effective project management. They actively involve team members in process refinement, leading to more agile and adaptable PMOs. Employee engagement, reduced turnover, and improved performance are tangible benefits of servant leadership within PMOs. Case Study.

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Elements in the assumptions log can include: Describe the assumption using the most specific and definable information available. The plan should provide well-defined steps to respond to the risk should it occur. He also holds multiple Agile certifications from Disciplined Agile, Scrum Alliance, and Scaled Agile.

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Leading Answers

AUGUST 29, 2017

Changes for this edition include an Agile Appendix and Agile Introductions to each of the Knowledge Areas. I believe some agile approaches can be used on every project. I believe some agile approaches can be used on every project. From August to December last year we wrote the new Agile Practice Guide as a team.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 28, 2022

Whether you’re managing a traditional, agile or hybrid project, they all have one thing in common: documentation. Let’s define what records management is, explore what is the role of a records manager and outline the life cycle of records management. Review and consultation lasted three years and a revised version was issued in 2016.

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Inloox

DECEMBER 4, 2019

However, we all want to become faster - more agile and ready to react to our complex environment at any time. Of course, agile project management methods are very well suited for this, but MVP can also be implemented in classic time planning. Germany is known as the industrial nation with the 99.9% Author: Dr. Andreas Tremel

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Gunther Verheyen

DECEMBER 17, 2020

So, how was Scrum defined before 2010 then? What else happened along the road to the way that Scrum is defined and represented? The first, official version of the Scrum Guide was released in February 2010. How did its definition evolve before and after 2010 and become the framework that we know today?

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 12, 2016

The paper Agile Base Patterns in the Agile Canon , Daniel R Greening, 2016 49th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences is an important contribution to the discussion of agile at scale in organizations beyond 5 developers at the table with their customer. The Agile Cannon is composed of 5 elements.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 13, 2024

Agile Adaptability Dynamic work environments online, hybrid, and virtual project teams offer flexibility and agility, allowing for rapid adaptation to changing project requirements and market conditions. Define Roles and Responsibilities Clarifying roles and responsibilities is essential for governance.

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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. Some Product Owners are highly involved with their teams, whereas others consider their work done when the product “is defined”. They are responsible for setting priorities, defining goals, and clarifying which work needs to be done.

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International Institute for Learning

JUNE 22, 2022

We simply need to start judiciously applying the principles of lean-agile management. The foundational practices of Lean, Kanban, Scrum, and SAFe (Scale Agile Framework) were designed to create the space for us to focus on “real work.”. Both traditional and agile project management measures progress by creating items of value.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 30, 2018

There have been some recent posts about managing scope, defining needed Features, determining how to release software to stakeholders - in both traditional and agile processes. This document is all but unknown in the Enterprise IT domain and completely unknown in the agile software development world. Lizotte, C. Nécaille, C.

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International Institute for Learning

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Traditional project scheduling follows a logical, linear set of operations: Define the project scope. Critical assumptions undergird this process: The project scope is well-defined and stable. Lean-Agile teams often use Kanban to prioritize, organize, and manage work. Navy’s Polaris submarine program.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 28, 2018

Thanks to the evolution of modern business practices, Agile , an iterative approach to planning and guiding the project process, is on the mind of nearly every manager. ” Let’s begin by briefly defining Scrum. In 2016, the Scrum Values were added to the Scrum Guide. What Is Scrum? The Product Owner.

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 12, 2023

By Tactec Team Scrum Masters are an important part of an agile team as they are responsible for mentoring, teaching, coaching, and facilitating teams on how to be high performing and self-organizing by applying Scrum practices, values, and principles. Some people prefer a clearly defined career path, but others may embrace the ambiguity.

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Meisterplan

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The strict adherence to traditional project management makes it difficult for hospitals to even consider other types of project management, particularly the Agile method and Agile project portfolio management. So how do hospitals even begin to adopt more Agile methods? . These projects ha d clearly defined responsibilities.

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Binfire

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

How was 2016? If you are similar to me, then 2016 did not go as expected. Hybrid Project Management will become a more recognized methodology for project management. Hybrid includes both elements of Agile and traditional processes. However, this is the season that we take out the crystal ball and look to 2017.

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Epicflow Blog

APRIL 25, 2024

” Eli Schragenheim The lesson is: when you ask for a clear one-number estimation, without defining the level of common and expected uncertainty, then you either might face big surprises or face frequent occurrences, where the project/mission finished exactly on time. 2] The TOC contribution to Healthcare , Eli Schragenheim (2016). [3]

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Workamajig

JANUARY 2, 2022

This post was originally published on February 26, 2016, and was updated with new information on January 3, 2022. As creative projects increased in complexity and outcomes became harder to define, Waterfall's inflexible process fell out of fashion.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 7, 2019

As millennials continue to enter the job market and define a new era in professionalism, their needs are being addressed by the organizations that are recruiting them. A 2016 survey by Deloitte found that 16.8 How Is Startup Culture Defined? You can’t define the culture if you’re not clear on the mission.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 8, 2016

Andrea Fryrear, Agile marketing guru at MarketerGizmo , agrees. Step 2: Involve Users In Defining Requirements. Define the users based on what data you want in your tool,” says Maxime. Think about the business problem you defined in Step 1 and the data you need to manage it. Step 5: Measure The Change Impact.

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Digite

JANUARY 14, 2018

It has been abundantly clear that in the last 3-4 years, the world of Agile has gradually come to be occupied by Kanban. Amongst the Agile folks looking at Kanban – and evaluating it for their purposes, Kanban is the solution to a range of what might be termed as limitations or constraints of the ways in which teams have adopted Scrum.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 18, 2024

Leadership, psychological safety, and project governance define how structure, mentality, and culture impact achieving success through projects and organizational objectives. Project planning involving agility and adaptability involves stakeholder communication at another level.

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PM Times

APRIL 7, 2021

Most companies now seek project managers who follow the PMO processes like Waterfall or Agile and many C-Level executives support the PMO process. 2016) synthesized views from 42 relevant papers on the subject matter and was able to classify them into 17 categories. 2016)” as explained by Chapman. & Sense, A. & Sense, A.,2016)”

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 10, 2016

The American Statistics Association defines statistics as, “the science of learning from data, and of measuring, controlling, and communicating uncertainty.” VersionOne, maker of agile project management software, incorporated Monte Carlo simulation into their software two years ago. So what does the S offer? I like the sound of that!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

Project management practitioners are looking for new lean and agile project management tools to support their day-to-day work and often seek them outside the tools that their organisations offer them. The implementation strategy requires having a plan with the final objectives defined. Click To Tweet. Implementation Issues.

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Planview

JULY 3, 2018

Guide your organization to create an actionable plan that embraces the uncertainty of strategy and, in turn, creating business agility. Define achievable metrics such as: What is the number of customers you want to interact with digitally? Creates agility allowing for corrections or shifts as needed. Number of transactions? .

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 16, 2023

” Eli Schragenheim The lesson is: when you ask for a clear one-number estimation, without defining the level of common and expected uncertainty, then you either might face big surprises or face frequent occurrences, where the project/mission finished exactly on time. 2] The TOC contribution to Healthcare , Eli Schragenheim (2016). [3]

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