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Useless Agile Metrics

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TL; DR: Useless Agile Metrics Ideally, a metric is a leading indicator for a pattern change, allowing your Scrum team to analyze the cause in time and take countermeasures. What if these useless agile metrics lead you in the wrong direction while providing you with the illusion that you know where your team is heading?

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The Illusion of Velocity

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TL; DR: The Illusion of Velocity In this article, I explore the pitfalls of ‘The Illusion of Velocity’ in agile contexts, peeling back the layers of traditional metrics as leadership tools. Contrastingly, agile practices, born from the need to accomplish work in uncertain and complex environments, emphasize adaptability and responsiveness.

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What Is A Project Task? And How to Get Things Done In an Agile Environment

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Scrum is a sub-category of the Agile framework , where you do not need to plan exhaustively. Scram uses story points to estimate the length of a task wherein a one-story point is equal to a workday. Agile: Agile is not a specific methodology but an umbrella term for a variety of methodologies. Organizing Project Tasks.

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The Audio Version of the Scrum Guide 2020 Reordered Is Available

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You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 30,000-plus other subscribers. Join us on March 9, 2021 , for a live virtual workshop to create actionable recommendations on how to deal with the outcome of a forensic Product Backlog analysis. Estimating, Sizing. Cross-Functionality. Definitions.

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Project Management Artifacts: Essential Tools to Enhance Project Management

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Incorporating models, methods, and artifacts can transform your approach, thus promoting agility, informed decision-making , and effectiveness. Process improvement strategies and lean principles like Just-In-Time (JIT) Production and 5S Methodology might be some methods that project managers would be familiar with.

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Product Discovery Anti-Patterns Leading to Failure

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You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 30,000-plus other subscribers. In the attempt to fill Scrum’s product discovery void, product delivery organizations regularly turn to other agile frameworks like lean UX, jobs-to-be-done, lean startup, design thinking, design sprint—just to name a few.

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What is Lead time in Inventory Management- A Getting Started Guide

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Correctly estimating lead time also helps eliminate these dependencies. You May Also Like: A 2021 Guide to Kanban Cadences to help Align Your Business Communication. Make Agile Better with Hybrid Approach in Project Management. What is An Agile Project? Example of Lead Time in Inventory Management.