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Myth: Velocity is Productivity

Scrum.org

. - Atlassian Survey,2016. The well-known Contributor of this game-changer is “Scrum” – A framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value. Velocity is just a Complementary & Optional Practice in Scrum.

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Everyday Agile Practices

The IIL Blog

Story Sizing We use story points to estimate work size and complexity instead of hours. Relative sizing tools, like t-shirt sizing, are generally reasonable and more accurate than duration estimates. Story points are used to estimate each backlog item’s size and the team’s velocity. Then the family estimates its capacity.

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5 Lektionen, die ich im ersten Jahr als Product Owner gelernt habe, die Dir viel Zeit und Frust ersparen können

Scrum.org

Anfang 2016 übernahm ich das erste Mal Verantwortung für ein Produkt. Die natürliche Folge meiner Unerfahrenheit waren Fehler und Lektionen, die mir in meinem ersten Jahr mehr über Product Ownership und Scrum beibrachten als die darauf folgenden Jahre zusammen. Zu Beginn hatten wir noch keinen Scrum Master im Team.

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Milestone-Kanban: A Hybrid Project Scheduling Technique

The IIL Blog

The underlying assumption that the work is well-defined, and the required effort can be easily estimated is a shortcoming of these approaches. Work packages are small enough to be estimated and assigned. MKS creates a roadmap depicting major milestones and deliverables with their estimated completion dates.

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Project Management and Artificial Intelligence: Bring It On!

The IIL Blog

Gartner estimated that AI may replace 80% of project management activities by 2030. In 2016, Alan founded Project Management Essentials to share his passion for and experience in project management, leadership, and Agile. He also holds multiple Agile certifications from Disciplined Agile, Scrum Alliance, and Scaled Agile.

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Improve Your Project Schedule

International Institute for Learning

Work packages are small deliverables that are assignable and estimable. Estimate the time needed to execute each task. It is possible to estimate each task’s resource needs and effort. Traditional tools allow us to model task interdependencies and estimate the critical path. Decompose the scope into work packages.

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Busy, But Not Productive

International Institute for Learning

Despite our rudimentary technology, we were (in my estimate) at least as productive and less stressed out than most people are today. 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.”. Create Value and Measure Progress. Website: [link].