Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM The quest for methodologies that offer efficiency and agility has never been rockier. Agile methodologies stand at the forefront of this quest, providing the blueprint for rapid, responsive, and customer-centric project execution. Agile methodologies offer a path to mastering these challenges.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 16, 2020

This is a guest contribution from Monica Georgieff, Agile Coach and Trainer at AgileSherpas. However, beyond the bad news we’ve had to deal with since the beginning of this year, these changing circumstances have ushered in a different kind of enthusiasm for making process improvements in how we work together as well. Monica Georgieff.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2021

Some time ago, someone on Reddit asked whether there would be any other profession that requires attending a 2-day training class and would then pay as well as a Scrum Master job. This attitude is precisely why the 47 Scrum Master Interview Guide exists: Prevent imposters from slipping through the hiring process and causing damage.

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The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Insights from Bosch By Johannes Köber Agility, dynamic, and flexibility are trendsetting words, with good reason. These challenges impact project management practices and project managers, spurring much-cited Agile Transformation. billion euros and is already implementing agile transformation in many units.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

TL; DR: The Successful Scrum Master Meetup. During the 19th Hands-on Agile meetup, 30-plus people addressed the path to becoming a successful Scrum Master or agile coach, following up on the “ Scrum Master Career 2020 — Using Ecocycle Planning to Identify Opportunities ” meetup we had in December 2019.

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International Institute for Learning

JULY 7, 2022

2009), include eXtreme Programming (XP) (Beck and Fowler, 2001) and Scrum (Schwaber and Beedle, 2002). This family of methods are now commonly known as Agile , and it has been through the formation of the Agile Alliance and the publication of the Agile Manifesto (Fowler and Highsmith 2001).

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In 2017 I was talking to the head of the Agile Coach Group of a large bank. The birth of spreadsheet Agile adoption. The result is what I call spreadsheet Agile Adoption and the approach usually goes like this: Step 1. Smart people come up with the best process that the teams, groups, and branches should follow.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 15, 2019

Last week, the biggest conference in the Agile industry took place in Washington DC at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center. Creating a Culture that Supports Agility w/ Rachel Howard. We’ll talk about how to create a culture that not only supports Agility but also helps people thrive. w/Erika Massie.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Over the last years, I have spent some amount of time obtaining the highest of Agile Pokemon badges: the Professional Scrum Trainer. I already obtained my Professional Scrum Master I (PSM I) certificate. The requirements for step one are as follows: 4+ years of experience as Scrum Master. Even if it was just a ripple.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

A very interesting (and sad) piece of news made headlines in Spain recently that provides some lessons about agile product development and incremental delivery. Agile teams face these problems all the time. Agile organizations accept that they don’t know everything. But I think the problem runs a little deeper than that.

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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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Leading Agile

MARCH 16, 2020

Becoming Agile isn’t simple. Although many think all that’s needed is a System of Delivery, like Scrum or SAFe, in large organizations, it’ll take much more than a new process, or culture shift to Transform. But without the right foundational ecosystem and systems in place to enable Agility, achieving it is nearly impossible.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 20, 2020

Investing in agile would underpin this approach by introducing ways of working that reduce complexity, improve collaboration and bring the customer to the forefront of each decision. Reaching Agile Maturity Ahead of Plan. Company-wide agile awareness and engagement activities established a strong foundation for change.

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MPUG

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

The process can be quite complex. Hybrid-Agile projects are a reality nowadays, rather than exceptions. As an Agile practitioner, sound understanding, management, and tracking of Hybrid projects will be key skills in your arsenal. This article will build and enhance your skills in Hybrid-Agile management.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 31, 2019

I was reminded by Ken Schwaber’s statement when he told me the reason why he chose the term Scrum Master rather than Scrum Coach because mastery is about the “being” and not the “doing”. As a master, the being is more important because if the Scrum Master gets the being right, the doing will be manifested right by itself.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 10, 2022

A Sprint is considered to be a mini-project within a Scrum project. However, many Agile practitioners do not follow this practice. In this article, we will take a scenario for Sprint in a Scrum project and follow the steps needed to close a Sprint Project. The Daily Scrum events are not all complete. Our Project Scenario.

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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. Download the latest Gensler’s survey from 2019 for free. Agile Workspace Anti-Patterns.

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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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Scrum.org

MAY 5, 2019

Scrum Masters are often understood mostly as “team coaches”. The Scrum Guide emphasizes that Scrum Masters are responsible for leading and coaching organisations in the adoption of Scrum and causing change that increases the productivity of the Scrum Team. No role that came before does what Scrum Masters do.

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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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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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MPUG

MARCH 13, 2023

A Sprint is a mini-project within a larger Scrum project, and it’s usually timeboxed for two to four weeks. Agile/Scrum, after all, is all about change. In fact, one of the principles in the Agile manifesto states: Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. A number of Daily Scrums are complete.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 6, 2020

For instance, in Scrum, a Sprint is a short cycle that should not exceed one calendar month. Finally, Bas Vodde and Craig Larman have already discussed the impact of using traditional project contracting for Agile software development initiatives here: Agile Contracts. A working product is the primary measure of progress.

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MPUG

MARCH 7, 2022

Like Sprint or Release Burndown charts in Scrum, cumulative flow diagrams (CFDs) are frequently used in projects using a Kanban framework. Imagine an Agile development team is delivering a number of features on-demand. Kanban emphasizes limiting this work progress for the purpose of smoothing the process flow. Conclusion.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

“We want to be more agile in our delivery.” “We How can we do Scrum well?” Instead of looking at processes, checklists or specific methodologies, let’s talk about what organizations and teams are made of: people. Taking an Agile approach. So how does this apply to Agile? We need to build up our teams.” “How

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

Scrum Master is a job rising in demand in the last decade. The search term ‘Scrum Master jobs’ grew in popularity by 37% in the last 5 years. Validating this fact is Glassdoor’s 50 Best Jobs of 2021 , where Scrum Master is ranked at 40 and received a job satisfaction rating of 4.0. . Who is a Scrum Master? Scrum Team.

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Gunther Verheyen

DECEMBER 26, 2023

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. Scrum is what I’ve been practicing for the past 20+ years. I’ve noticed how the term “Scrum Caretaker” resonates with people across the planet.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

When I started using Scrum as a software developer back in 2007 I noticed that this new ways of working really worked, then I decided to learn more about and I became a Scrum Master in 2012 and in 2015 I started to teach Scrum, overcoming my fear of public speaking. You love this!”. Step one - The interview. .

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In circa 2019, 5 friends who were also Agile practitioners decided to engage in a serious discussion about the challenges and the problems they faced. They decided to go ahead with Scrum considering its popularity, which led to the inception of Agilemania. . Organizations encounter a lot of challenges during Agile adoption.

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MPUG

JULY 15, 2019

The process is a complex one with many stakeholders involved over months, sometimes years. In this process, written requirements with written words are many times inadequate, sometimes even inaccurate, and most of the time said requirements don’t convey the real intent. Stories in Agile Development replace requirements.

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International Institute for Learning

MAY 16, 2022

Another article written more from an Agile Practitioner’s perspective is RGP’s How Business Agility Helps You Thrive in the Age of Disruption. Brown, Director and Agile Coach at the Hartford Insurance. Business agility mindset begins with a mental shift. I recommend both pieces as must-reads.

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Agilemania

MARCH 6, 2023

Agilemania is a dedicated team of passionate professionals focused on consulting organizations in transforming businesses with digital and Agile. Agilemania as a platform evolves out of the passion for agile and the training of the founding members for whom customer satisfaction is paramount. This reflects in our training too.

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Telecoms Retail Consulting Lean 52

Henny Portman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

(article) Project creatures that accelerate and enhance a portfolio of projects (article) Podcast: Directing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 (article) My “Bird’s eye view in the agile forest” article translated in Russian (article) PMWJ article: Are incremental and iterative the same phenomenon or not? Agile related books.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 21, 2020

Like many Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches and Agile Managers, I am beginning to understand organizations are complex adaptive systems. This overview was created at the 2019 WPI systems academic seminar: “What is Systems Thinking?”. Let’s look at a Scrum example. Image by D.

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2019

Would you like to make 2019 a successful year for your projects? I asked people two questions: What should people managing projects be aware of as we go into 2019 to make 2019 their most successful year ever? What will you be doing in 2019 to have your most successful year ever? I’m sure you do. So I made you an ebook.

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 20, 2024

This customization process involves a modification of methodologies and governance structures, transforming project management into a strategic asset as dynamic as the projects it aims to guide. Tailoring prevents teams from being overwhelmed by irrelevant procedures or documentation, fostering a more agile and responsive environment.

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