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Scrum For Startups: Finding the Sweet Spot

Scrum.org

In the Winter of 2016 - 2017, I changed jobs. For example, high effort, steering committeesand highly detailed status reports are replaced with some combination of effective Sprint Reviews and lightweight portfolio governance techniques. If you inch too far to the right, Professional Scrum will make it obvious that you’ve gone too far.

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Managing Virtual Teams: Strategies for Project Managers

Project Pulse Journal

In this article, we will explore the actions PMs can take to manage virtual project teams effectively, addressing common challenges and providing practical insights to enhance collaboration, governance, and performance. Define Roles and Responsibilities Clarifying roles and responsibilities is essential for governance.

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Working Remotely? This Will Hit You Next!

Scrum.org

During the Ebola outbreak 2013-2016, people exhibited anxiety-invoked behavior to a large extent. Fear-driven actions may escalate and reach a tipping point when compounded by a collapse of the individual’s or the community’s values and cultural references, and/or an erosion of systems of governance and public order. 2] Shultz, J.M.,

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Managing Project Assumptions and Risks

The IIL Blog

Context and environmental factors should govern process requirements, specificity, and formality. 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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Is Kniberg’s Aligned Autonomy matrix still relevant?

Scrum.org

The management discussion on team mandate has shifted toward determining the degree to which teams are self-organizing, self-directing, or self-governing. Thanks to the work of Scrum Masters, many teams moved from A2 to A3, from incomplete teams with dependencies to (more) autonomous end-to-end teams.

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5 Steps to Finding the Path to Business Agility

International Institute for Learning

Tactec guides are our Disciplined Agile Value Stream Consultants, Coaches and Senior Team Leads (SCRUM Master+) to facilitate experimentation and innovation. Brent started Tactec in 2016 with the vision of building world-class products and services that support his mantra of focusing on value at velocity.

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Essential SAFe 4.0 – How is it Different from SAFe 4.0?

Digite

in 2016 as a method to help organizations scale up their existing agile practices. An RTE is to a Train (ART) what a Scrum Master is to a Sprint. In other words, the RTE is responsible for the governance of an Agile Release Train, which is the basic unit around which the SAFe framework is organized. Essential SAFe 4.0

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