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5 Whys to Explore Scrum with an independent Scrum Caretaker

Gunther Verheyen

I embarked on my Agile journey in 2003 when we wrapped eXtreme Programming in Scrum. Besides having engaged with many teams and organizations I have also created and facilitated many Scrum workshops and classes about various topics for various audiences since then. Warm regards Gunther independent Scrum Caretaker What?

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Agile Beyond IT: Lean Thinking

The IIL Blog

It developed the just-in-time delivery model, which freed up working capital. Companies innovate and develop new products. They quickly abandon “bad” ideas and pursue valuable ones. Their teams are more productive, creative, and innovative. At regular intervals, teams review their performance and identify ways to improve.

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A Review Of Scrum For Kanban Teams

Digite

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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Myth: Velocity is Productivity

Scrum.org

One of our goals is to increase velocities across all our teams by X%. A company known for developing “Agile” products surveyed more 18,000 customers and Software development professionals, which is what they discovered. . 77% practice Agile Development. Atlassian Survey,2016. 77% practice Agile Development.

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Project Management and Artificial Intelligence: Bring It On!

The IIL Blog

However, the project manager, resource managers, and team members would still be required to review and validate the plan. Imagine a tool that takes requirements, develops test conditions, and automatically execute the tests. But the weak link in the reporting chain still exists—people. Status is subjective.

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Working Remotely? This Will Hit You Next!

Scrum.org

Despite the rapidness of the change, moving to remote worked surprisingly well for many teams, because they were used to some degree of remote work before. Especially development teams and technology firms in general have many years of experience with allowing their workforce to do their jobs from wherever and whenever they like.

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Project Success: Implementation AND Adoption

The IIL Blog

The development team was devastated. In my consulting practice, I see development teams struggling with their users. A primary reason is poor stakeholder engagement. Poor alignment with project objectives and expectations. Develop mitigation strategies. This experience is not unique.