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How To Make 2023 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Would you like to make 2023 a successful year for your projects? Leadership : ethical, authentic leadership is what helps get work done and set you apart from your peers. Successful project managers will be those that embrace the mantle of leadership. XP, scrum, lean, etc.)

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Scrum Master Interview Guide 2023: The Scrum Master Role

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Guide 2023: The Scrum Master Role If you want to fill a Scrum Master position in your organization, you may find the following interview questions helpful in identifying the right candidate. Scrum is a team sport.

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Leadership Tips for Project Managers – Part 2

International Institute for Learning

By Mike Griffiths Welcome to part two of this four-part series introducing basic leadership ideas that any project manager or Scrum master can employ. Make sure you listen to your employees and provide leadership opportunities. Servant leadership is a mindset and value system.

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10 Project Meetings to Guide Your Project Management Team

ProjectManager.com

Scrum is an agile way of working in which projects are broken into blocks, which are called sprints. The sprint planning meeting involves the scrum master, scrum product manager and the scrum team. This is a collaborative effort called a scrum ceremony.

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Raising Climate Awareness in Scrum Teams - a Scrum Master’s Journey

Scrum.org

One of the most exciting outcomes of Scrum being adopted by a team is innovation. The following interview is with Marjolein Pilon , a Scrum Master from the Netherlands. But I know you have some practical ideas for how Scrum and Teams can help.

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The Stoic Scrum Master

Scrum.org

TL; DR: The Stoic Scrum Master – Making Your Scrum Work (30) Can wisdom from the past still be relevant to today’s VUCA-determined world? In other words: is there something like a Stoic Scrum Master? Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available !

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How To Lead Scrum Masters With Liberating Structures?

Scrum.org

As an Agile Coach, he’s responsible for about 50 Scrum Masters. For about one hour we talked about how to be a servant leader for such a group of Scrum Masters. Regardless if you’re an Agile Coach or Scrum Master, servant leadership is the desired mindset, behavior, and attitude.

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Der Stoische Scrum Master ??

Scrum.org

In Kürze: Der Stoische Scrum Master – Making Your Scrum Work #30 Können Weisheiten aus der Vergangenheit in der heutigen VUCA-bestimmten Welt noch relevant sein? Mit anderen Worten: ist der stoische Scrum Master Realität? April 2023 ?

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Leadership Tips for Project Managers

International Institute for Learning

By Mike Griffiths Welcome to part three of this four-part series introducing basic leadership ideas that any project manager or Scrum master can employ. This article examines leadership styles, motivation, and psychological safety – all critical skills for today’s project manager.

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ChatGPT 4: A Bargain for Scrum Practitioners?

Scrum.org

TL; DR: ChatGPT 4: A Bargain for Scrum Practitioners? I wanted to determine whether ChatGPT 4 is superior to its predecessor, which left a good impression in recent months; see my previous articles on Scrum, Agile, and ChatGPT. That has been at the core of Scrum from its beginnings.

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Scrum Master Power-Ups

Scrum.org

Photo by Alora Griffiths on Unsplash The Ultimate Litmus Test: Go on Vacation If the outcome of an effective Scrum Master is to create a high-performing, self-managing team, the litmus test may be — what happens when you are not there? Retrospective: “Doing Scrum or Kanban is not the goal.

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Club Scrum: ChatGPT, was machst Du den ganzen Tag als Scrum Master? ??

Scrum.org

In Kürze: Club Scrum — Auch Du, ChatGPT? Vor ein paar Jahren habe ich eine Umfrage durchgeführt, um herauszufinden, was Scrum Master, die ein einzelnes Scrum Team betreuen , den ganzen Tag tun. Garantiert: Professional Agile Leadership Essentials Schulung PAL I Zertifikat — 20.

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Improving Your Scrum with the Agile Kata (Part I)

Scrum.org

In this blog series, I will take a very focused approach on how the Agile Kata can help increase the radius and quality of Scrum in your organization or team alike. The definition of Scrum is defined in the Scrum Guide.

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5 Ways Empiricism Can Make You a Better Scrum Master

Scrum.org

Successful Scrum Masters continuously find ways to improve their practice to have greater influence and impact on their teams and organizations. Scrum’s foundational concept, empiricism, which advances learning through experience and observation, can support this kind of growth.

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ChatGPT 4: Ein Schnäppchen für Scrum-Praktiker? ??

Scrum.org

Ich wollte herausfinden, ob ChatGPT 4 seinem Vorgänger überlegen ist, der in den letzten Monaten einen guten Eindruck hinterlassen hat; siehe meine früheren Artikel zu Scrum, Agile und ChatGPT. April 2023. ? März 2023 von OpenAI oder im OpenAI GPT-4 Technical Report.

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Leadership Tips for Project Managers – Part 1

International Institute for Learning

By Mike Griffiths Welcome to part one of a four-part series introducing basic leadership ideas that any project manager or Scrum master can employ. This first article explains how leadership differs from management and outlines five core leadership attributes for managing projects.

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[VLOG] How to start Scrum for Enterprise Transformation

Scrum.org

If Scrum is one of the options that your company has selected to start the journey towards agility, in this video I will share with you a structured process to start Scrum that I have used in several large scale transformation. What's good this week awesome people?

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The Fourth And Final Thing You Do To Prevent Value Delivery

Scrum.org

Example I was once called into an organization because a team had a sudden, catastrophic drop in ‘Velocity’, a container term used in Scrum to indicate how much work a Team can finish within a Sprint. This is the final article of this series, and I'm posting it now on Scrum.org because.

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[VLOG] How to start Scrum in a Large Scale Enterprise

Scrum.org

If Scrum is one of the options that your company has selected to start the journey towards agility, in this video I will share with you a structured process to start Scrum that I have used in several large scale transformation. What's good this week awesome people?

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Agile Transformation: ChatGPT or McBoston?

Scrum.org

Professional Scrum Master Training w/ PSM I Certificate — Live Virtual Class: February 7-10, 2023. How to Create ChatGPT Prompts Generally, ChatGPT prompts comprise several elements: I define in what capacity ChatGPT shall interact with the prompts; for example, as a Scrum Master.

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Can someone be a Product Owner and Agile Lead for a single team?

Kiron Bondale

Scrum Master). If so, leave a comment below… (If you liked this article, why not read my book Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice which contains 100 other lessons on project leadership?

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Top 8 Importance Of Leadership In Management

Agilemania

However, only 5% of businesses have included leadership development. Leadership is a critical success factor for any organization. Providing practical and inspiring leadership can differentiate between an organization thriving or failing.

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Current State and Future Prospects of Scrum and Agile Development in Japan

Scrum.org

Since I became a Professional Scrum Trainer in November, I have been asked a lot about the current state, and the future perspectives, for Scrum and agile development in Japan, where I’ve worked for the last six years. Many of them had never practiced Scrum or agile development before.

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Exploring the Differences Between a Professional and SAFe Scrum Master

Scrum.org

Yuval and Ryan discuss the role of the Scrum Master in the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) and how it may differ from the role of a Professional Scrum Master. In contrast, the Professional Scrum Master class focuses on introducing Scrum and Empiricism.

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2 Agile and Scrum Metrics That Will Guarantee Project Success

International Institute for Learning

By Dr. Harold Kerzner Growth of Agile and Scrum For the past two decades, companies began expanding the use of project management to non-traditional types of projects that were initiated based upon just an idea rather than clearly defined requirements, a business case, and a statement of work.

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Map Your Route to Mastering Agile Fluency

Scrum.org

In Scrum terms, this is about improving upon the Definition of Done. Agile Fluency® Model is a fantastic model. We just love it.

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Seven Priorities for Project Managers in 2023

ProjectManager.com

Anyone who tells you, with 100 percent certainty, what 2023 will look like at the start of the year is bonkers. If you want to know what your priorities should be for 2023, look at the way your world was at the end of 2022 and at the start of this year. Courageous Leadership.

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Top 8 Importance Of Leadership In Management

Agilemania

However, only 5% of businesses have included leadership development. Leadership is a critical success factor for any organization. Providing practical and inspiring leadership can differentiate between an organization thriving or failing.

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The Future of Agile Roles != The Future of Agility

Scrum.org

See the Scrum Guide for Leaders. One example is the VP of Engineering in a growing startup, who decided to take on the SAFe RTE role (Chief Scrum Master for the Agile Release Train) since they felt it was up to them to provide this sort of leadership.

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ChatGPT Product Owner Job Interview

Scrum.org

TL; DR: ChatGPT Product Owner Job Interview A few weeks ago, I ran a simulated job interview with ChatGPT for a fictitious Scrum Master position. So, I took a few questions from the Hiring: 82 Scrum Product Owner Interview Questions guide and ran a ChatGPT Product Owner job interview.

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Breaking Barriers: How Shifting Mindsets Unlocks AI’s Potential in Project Management

International Institute for Learning

Project managers will have the opportunity to move away from technical and administrative project management tasks and instead focus on the strategic direction and leadership of project teams. Thought Leadership

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Let’s be grateful

Kiron Bondale

Scrums, standups or huddles). If you liked this article, why not read my book Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice which contains 100 other lessons on project leadership? I’m in the middle of Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton’s book Leading with Gratitude.

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Why You Should Use Ranged Estimation for Your Projects

LiquidPlanner

Creating accurate project schedules, schedules you can commit to, that meet the expectations of customers, company leadership, project managers, and peers, is daunting. Deadlines are an inevitable part of project work. The definition of a project includes having a defined end.

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Uncovering What a Product Owner Does: A Comprehensive Guide

Scrum.org

If you’re interested in learning more about Product Ownership excellence or Scrum Mastery, see our courses below! Further Agile Scrum Training. Professional Scrum Master Training I (PSMI). Professional Scrum Master Training II (PSMII). Applying Professional Scrum (APS

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How to Hybrid: Setting Up the Team

International Institute for Learning

You may also need to figure out how to balance project management needs and scrum master needs. We do this by balancing leadership behaviors and good management practices for achieving outcomes. Leadership behaviors include: Establishing a supportive environment for team members.

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Why Saying ‘Thank You’ Matters: The Role of Gratitude in Client Intimacy

International Institute for Learning

Leadership is about more than just steering a company to success. Early Registration is now open for Agile & Scrum 2023 Online Conference! Thought LeadershipBy Ben Chodor In the world of business, it’s no secret that clients are the lifeblood of any company.

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I’m too agile! (with apologies to Right Said Fred)

Kiron Bondale

If you liked this article, why not read my book Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice which contains 100 other lessons on project leadership? A Mastodon post inspired me to ask ChatGPT to compose a song about agility in a Weird Al Yankovic take on Right Said Fred’s “I’m too sexy” Hope you like it!

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The Agile Facilitation and Facilitation Mindset

Agilemania

It demands a change in leadership, communication, and decision-making practices. They should also have strong communication and leadership skills and be able to adapt their approach to meet the needs of the team.

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Develop Enterprise Agility With Product Groups

Scrum.org

Cross-functional team is the basic structural block in Scrum. When multiple cross-functional teams are working on the same product we call it a scaled Scrum and there are different implementations of it, for instance, Nexus and LeSS.

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?? Facilitazione

Scrum.org

PRINCIPI DI FACILITAZIONE I Valori di Scrum sono il cuore di un Team Scrum professionale e lo guidano nel lavoro, nelle azioni e nel comportamento. I valori di Scrum sono complementari ai principi di facilitazione: partecipativo, sano, trasparente, processo e finalità.

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