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Lean Startup and Scrum

Scrum.org

I remember the first time I heard about Lean Startup. A member of the audience asked, “What do you think about Lean Startup?”. Honestly, I had not heard of Lean Startup. This phase of Lean Startup is about customers using a product and providing feedback on its use.

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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? XP, scrum, lean, etc.) Second, the use of lean and agile tools and methodologies beyond IT, software and manufacturing. Visual, lean tools that truly engage all team members are going to become essential.

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Scrum requires Psychological Safety

Scrum.org

In a recent Scrum.org webcast (1) I mentioned that Scrum by its nature, assumes psychological safety exists in order for Scrum as a practice to function. But without psychological safety Scrum and the essential people who enact the framework, may function, but cant’t flourish. .

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Upcoming Webinar Series: Practical Scrum with MS Project Agile

MPUG

Scrum is one of the most used frameworks in Lean-Agile space , among others such as Kanban, eXtreme Programming (XP), or Scrum combined with XP. The Scrum framework comes mainly with three artifacts. Many also consider Sprint, the iteration within Scrum, as another event.

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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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Scrum as a Mental Model

Agilemania

For many years Scrum has been one of the go-to frameworks for teams adopting or trying to adopt agile ways of working. Some teams have been successful, while others struggle to leverage the benefits of Scrum, achieve agility and deliver value to their stakeholders. Scrum Master.

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How much Product Discovery Is Enough?

Scrum.org

Guaranteed : Professional Scrum Master Training w/ PSM I Certificate — Live Virtual Class: February 7-10, 2023. Related Videos Hands-on Agile 42: Lean Roadmapping and OKRs with Janna Bastow.

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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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What Is Agile Product Management?

Agilemania

At its foundation, agile product management is a reaction to the widespread usage of agile software development approaches such as scrum or kanban. Scrum Master The scrum master is a servant-leader who is in charge of guiding the team via agile techniques.

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Theory of Constraints - What to Improve and What Not to Change

Scrum.org

Although it may not sound as glamorous as Scrum or Kanban, it's definitely a topic worth exploring. I bring this up because just like The Predator, every project manager, Scrum Master, Product Owner, director, consultant, or Agile Coach should also have different perception modes.

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46 Best Trello Alternatives For Your Project Management in 2023

Workzone

Leankit This is one of the leading lean project management companies that emphasize optimization and eliminating waste. Swip Lean, Lean, Lean. VivifyScrum is an easy-to-use Scrum and Kanban visualization tool with Sprint, Product Backlog and Burndown charts built right in.

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The Agile Facilitation and Facilitation Mindset

Agilemania

The Facilitation Mindset When your organization chooses to transition to more agile and lean ways of working you quickly discover that this effort needs to address multiple aspects within the organization, within the teams.

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An introduction to Organizational Topologies

Scrum.org

This dimension is closely related to what Scrum calls the "Definition of Done" and the DevOps call techniques of "Continuous Delivery". Lean production requires multi-trained individuals in cross-functional teams to improve delivery and learning. What is Org Topologies?

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What is the Rationale for Scrum Teams Implementing Short Sprints

Agilemania

Scrum is a framework used in the Agile product development process for creating complex products. The daily standup meetings during a sprint are referred to as “scrum” sessions. Sprints are the most minor and dependable time intervals for scrum teams. Scrum Master.

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Improve Your Project Schedule

International Institute for Learning

Lean-Agile teams often use Kanban to prioritize, organize, and manage work. He also holds multiple Agile certifications from Disciplined Agile, Scrum Alliance, and Scaled Agile. By Alan Zucker Let’s be honest, most project schedules disappoint.

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Accelerating Value Flow

Agilemania

Furthermore, brand new SAFe Scrum, SAFe Team Kanban, Built-in Quality, and Value Stream Management articles incorporate flow directly into the teams’ daily work. SAFe Scrum replaced Scrum XP, and the XP-inspired practices were moved into Built-in Quality and other articles.

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Who Creates the Definition of Done and How to Create One?

Agilemania

It is typically used in Agile development methodologies such as Scrum. If there are multiple Scrum Teams working together on a product, they must mutually define and comply with the same Definition of Done.

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Empowering Teams and Clarifying Responsibilities

Agilemania

Agile Release Train Agile teams Business Owners Enterprise Architect Epic Owners Lean-Agile Center of Excellence Product Owner Product Management Release Train Engineer SAFe® 6.0 Organizations can choose the role name Scrum Master, or Team Coach, whichever is best suited for their context.

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Top 8 Importance Of Leadership In Management

Agilemania

Find Our Upcoming Trainings Beginners Intermediate Advanced Scrum Master (PSM) Training Leading SAFe® 5.1 Agilemania, a small group of passionate Lean-Agile-DevOps consultants and trainers, is the most trusted brand for digital transformations in South and South-East Asia.

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How Is Agilemania Different From Others?

Agilemania

Our trainers are accredited to teach Scaled Agile, scrum.org, IC Agile, Kanban University, and Scrum Alliance. They decided to go ahead with scrum considering its popularity which led to the inception of agilemania. For a scrum alliance and IC agile training partner.

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The new project manager’s survival guide: 20 expert tips to follow

Planio

Lean into risk management straight away. Lean into risk management straight away. Whether it’s waterfall project management, Agile project management, Scrum, or Kanban. Scrum meeting template. There’s no denying that project management is hard work.

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Juggling Multiple Project Execution Methodologies? This is for you.

Planview

As a project management leader, you’ve likely encountered the challenges of using multiple project execution methodologies (such as: waterfall projects, as well as collaborative and Lean-Agile work delivery).

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Key Components of the DevOps Pipeline?

Agilemania

Find Our Upcoming Trainings Beginners Intermediate Advanced Scrum Master (PSM) Training Leading SAFe® 5.1 Agilemania, a small group of passionate Lean-Agile-DevOps consultants and trainers, is the most trusted brand for digital transformations in South and South-East Asia.

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Fast Feedback Loop in Agile: 7 Ways to Get It Right

Agilemania

The picture below describes the fast feedback approach you can use while writing the article: 0 Just like the above example, the agile team also uses this fast feedback loop in Scrum to ensure the product development process is heading the right way.

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What is the Difference Between an Agile Coach and an Enterprise Agile Coach?

Agilemania

Agile and Scrum are the two most popular names in the industry. In short, an Agile Coach’s goal is to help organizations or multiple teams improve their Scrum process for fast and quality results. Whereas, Agile coach mainly works with Scrum Masters, Product Owners, etc.

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Top 8 Importance Of Leadership In Management

Agilemania

Find Our Upcoming Trainings Beginners Intermediate Advanced Scrum Master (PSM) Training Leading SAFe® 5.1 Agilemania, a small group of passionate Lean-Agile-DevOps consultants and trainers, is the most trusted brand for digital transformations in South and South-East Asia.

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What to do when team performance tanks: 7 ways to boost team effectiveness

Planio

A lean product team knows when they need to grow and avoids the trap of having too many cooks in the kitchen. Team members who see their colleagues get blindsided by decisions that weren’t discussed in scrums can derail trust and psychological safety.

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What is Agile Testing? Approaches | Lifecycle

Agilemania

It is a lean and iterative process to ensure the continuous delivery of high-quality software. Scrum. Scrum is, without a doubt, the most popular of the several frameworks that support the Agile technique. Scrum Master. Professional Scrum with. SAFe® Lean Portfolio.

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Why Soul is the Key to Success for Any Leader

International Institute for Learning

That’s when the “lean in” would happen. Larry Robertson is a presenter for IIL’s Leadership & Innovation 2023 Online Conference. Browse IIL’s Agile and Scrum Courses here!

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Scaling Agile Practices – Improve Business Outcomes: Team and Technical Agility

Agilemania

The Team and Technical Agility competency describes the critical skills and Lean-Agile principles and practices that high-performing Agile teams and Teams of Agile teams use to create high-quality solutions for their customers. Scrum Master. Professional Scrum with.

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What is Pair Programming? Pros | Cons | Challenges

Agilemania

Scrum Master. Professional Scrum with. Advanced Scrum Master. SAFe® Lean Portfolio. Agilemania, a small group of passionate Lean-Agile-DevOps consultants and trainers, is the most trusted brand for digital transformations in South and South-East Asia.

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Value Creation in Scrum: Shift Left

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Value Creation in Scrum. As a tactical framework, Scrum is good at delivering Increments into customers’ hands. As a result, value creation in Scrum is not as straightforward as you might have thought. ?? The Context of Value Creation According to the Scrum Guide.

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How does an agile team maintain requirements? 6 Easy Ways

Agilemania

The most popular agile methodologies include Scrum, Kanban, and Lean. Find Our Upcoming Trainings Beginners Intermediate Advanced Scrum Master (PSM) Training Leading SAFe® 5.1

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Die 4 Elemente der Scrum Empirie

Scrum.org

In Kürze: Die 4 Elemente der Scrum Empirie. In seinem Theorieteil verweist der Scrum Guide auf die drei Elemente der Scrum Empirie: Transparenz, Inspektion und Adaption. Lesen Sie weiter und erfahren Sie mehr über das vollständige Bild des empirischen Modells von Scrum. ??

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Is Agile A Framework Or Methodology?

Agilemania

People and teams can work elegantly using agile frameworks like Scrum , providing structure in roles, events, and artifacts. Because of this, Scrum is more similar to an agile framework, but Extreme Programming (“XP”) is more like a software development approach.

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Agility and Scrum According to OpenAI’s ChatGPT — Be Surprised!

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Business Agility, Scrum and Generative AI’s Take on Getting There. I thought it might be fun to ask ChatGPT a few questions about business agility in general and Scrum in particular. . ???? Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! ??

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Scrum Tools and Practices to Enhance an Incomplete Framework, Part 1

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Scrum Tools, Part 1. The Scrum framework is purposefully incomplete, […].” ( Source.) This half-sentence is probably one of the more often misinterpreted statements of the Scrum Guide. Please note that the following Scrum tools and practices list is not complete.

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Top 11 Must-Read Project Management Books

Epicflow Blog

Epiphanized: A Novel on Unifying Theory of Constraints, Lean, and Six Sigma by Bob Sproull and Bruce Nelson This book explains in the business novel format how applying the Theory of Constraints in project management can increase the overall productivity of a company.

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Why I’m becoming a Professional Coach

Scrum.org

Since then, the market potential of agile coaching was projected at $500 million by 2023 and has moved firmly into the territory of organization transformation. We need professional coaching in scrum, kanban, agile leadership and in agile coaching.

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