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5 kinds of Agile bandits. Story Points & Velocity Bandits

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The Misstep of Focusing on Story Points and Velocity in Agile Teams As someone working in the realm of Agile, I've observed a common yet troubling trend among many teams: an overemphasis on story points and velocity. This practice not only undermines the essence of Agile but also hampers transparency and honesty within teams.

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Embrace a Scrum Revolution: Your New Year's Resolution Guide

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At your next Sprint Retrospective, why not work with your Scrum team to identify a New Year's Resolution? Focus on improving your Scrum game in 2024 with one of these five resolutions to enhance collaboration within your team and deliver value sooner to your customers. 4) Try Scrum. 3) Try Flow Metrics What is it?

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Could a Scrum GPT Challenge Scrum Masters?

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TL; DR: The Rise of the Scrum GPT Fewer Jobs for Scrum Masters, and now we see the universal Scrum GPT entering the competition: Will Scrum Masters change from essential practitioners to a niche role? The job market is currently challenging for many agile practitioners, particularly Scrum Masters.

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Agile Revolution in the Defense Industry

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These innovative agile practices are a departure from the Taylorist traditions of the defense industry, which is grappling with continuous inflation and delays, impacting national security and human lives. How can Scrum principles be applied in the defense industry? However, not all is lost.

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Overcoming Product Backlog Management Traps

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During the 54th Hands-on Agile meetup, David Pereira shared tried and tested practices to avoid the feature factory fate. ? Hands-on Agile. ? Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ?️ Join 575-plus peers and help create the next edition of the Scrum Master Salary Report !

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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. Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ?️

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LeadingAgile’s Top 10 Field Notes 2023

Leading Agile

Now, we turn our attention to 2024. Four Common Misconceptions About Agile Transformation In this article, our CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, explores why focusing on practices and culture isn’t the right place to start an Agile Transformation. Is SAFe Agile? And we tell everyone this is the way to do Agile or Agile at scale.

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