Scrum.org

MAY 12, 2025

You might think agility is something you apply uniformly. And if you are working in a large org, you have probably heard someone propose that we all should have one way of working. A standard way across the entire company. I am here to share that, in my experience, this does not make much sense most of the time. Different Flavours of Adaptability Different parts of a business move at different speeds, operate under various constraints, and require different types of adaptability.

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Brett Harned

MAY 12, 2025

Custom training, coaching, and frameworks to uplevel your team. 📣 Coaching spots available for new PMs, rising leads, and in-house teams Let’s build real leadership skills—not just certifications. 👉 Book a free consult Your PMs don’t need another certification. They need someone who’s been in the room. The high-pressure client call.

Technical Review 52

Technical Review Certification Leadership Consulting 52

ActiveCollab

MAY 12, 2025

Choosing the best project management tool for your agency or consultancy business is a tiring venture. It takes time to do the research, create a shortlist, and test out the ones that seem like a good fit. With a heap of project management tools on the market, most try to cater to every business type. This creates a problem for buyers because every tool and feature is generalized and displayed as a one-size-fits-all solution.

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Sandeep Kashyap

MAY 12, 2025

Are your team members constantly looking stressed, struggling to meet deadlines, or appearing disengaged in meetings? As a manager, it can be tough to spot the signs of overwork before it starts to take a toll on productivity and morale. However, ignoring these signs could lead to burnout, poor work quality, and ultimately, higher turnover. An employees well-being is not a luxury, it is a priority.

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Speaker: Jason Chester, Director, Product Management

In today’s manufacturing landscape, staying competitive means moving beyond reactive quality checks and toward real-time, data-driven process control. But what does true manufacturing process optimization look like—and why is it more urgent now than ever? Join Jason Chester in this new, thought-provoking session on how modern manufacturers are rethinking quality operations from the ground up.

Manufacturing

Scrum.org

MAY 12, 2025

One of the biggest mistakes Ive seen in Agile adoption is the separation of design and development into different teams, each with their own Product Owner and their own Product Backlog. On paper, it sounds organized - possibly even efficient. In practice, its a nightmare. Let me tell you what happened. A Tale of Two Teams (and Two Product Owners) I once worked with a Scrum Team that outsourced their UX design to a third-party vendor.

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Scrum.org

MAY 12, 2025

What if I told you that despite your team's packed calendars and busy status indicators, they're only truly productive for 2.8 hours in an 8-hour workday? Would you believe me? Research from UC Irvine, Harvard Business Review, and the American Psychological Association confirms this troubling reality. Here's what's consuming the other 5+ hours: Context switching: 23 minutes lost to refocus after each interruption Meeting overload: 62 monthly meetings for managers (50% considered unnecessary) Dig

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Energy Leadership Innovation Defining 112

Sitetracker

MAY 12, 2025

Learn how fiber operators streamline deployment with Sitetrackers automation, boosting speed, visibility, and efficiency across the full network lifecycle. The post From Complexity to Control: Scaling Fiber Deployment with Full-Lifecycle Automation appeared first on Sitetracker.

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Controlling 59

Scrum.org

MAY 12, 2025

Today, we published a whitepaper describing the Agile Product Operating Model (APOM). This paper was developed over the last year, working with companies transitioning to a product approach and Professional Scrum Trainers (PSTs) who are helping them. I am proud of the work that has gone into this set of ideas. I'm sharing what I have learned over the last year concerning APOM.

Agile 199

Agile SCRUM Controlling Governance 199

Brett Harned

MAY 12, 2025

Bring on a calm, strategic operator—without the full-time overhead. ⚡ Availability now open for short-term and fractional engagements Get senior-level project ops support—without adding headcount. 👉 Book a 30-minute consult You don’t need another coordinator. You need a confident, experienced leader who can walk into the chaos, steady the team, and make projects actually move.

Leadership 52

Leadership Consulting Process Planning 52

Speaker: Gareth Webb & Phil Selley, Founding Partners at Intouch Business

For many nonprofit organizations and NGOs, managing grants and monitoring projects with spreadsheets and manual processes feels familiar—but is it holding your organization back? As funding requirements become more complex and stakeholder expectations for transparency grow, relying on outdated methods can lead to inefficiencies, missed opportunities, and compliance risks.

Risk Management

Scrum.org

MAY 12, 2025

Today, we published a whitepaper describing the Agile Product Operating Model (APOM). This paper was developed over the last year, working with companies transitioning to a product approach and Professional Scrum Trainers (PSTs) who are helping them. I am proud of the work that has gone into this set of ideas. I'm sharing what I have learned over the last year concerning APOM.

SCRUM 178

SCRUM Controlling Governance Government 178

Brett Harned

MAY 12, 2025

A 6-week sprint to streamline your projects and calm the chaos—without hiring a full-time ops lead. Now booking June starts I have space for 1–2 new teams. Want to see if it’s a fit? 👉 Book a free 30-minute consult You don’t need a new platform. Or another all-hands. Or an overpriced consultant who takes six months to tell you what you already knew.

Process 52

Process Consulting Executing Planning 52

Scrum.org

MAY 12, 2025

Jeder Scrum Master kennt diese Probleme: Im Refinement erzeugt das Team in einer Stunde nur eine Lsungsidee. Beim Sprint Planning stehen die Entwickler nicht hinter dem Sprint-Ziel. Im Sprint Review dreht sich die Diskussion mit den Stakeholdern schon seit Ewigkeiten um die gleiche User Story. In der Retrospektive lehnt der Product Owner den Verbesserungsvorschlag ab.

2005 147

2005 2011 SCRUM Planning 147

Musings on Project Management

MAY 12, 2025

A lot of great outcomes are directly from emergent innovationEmergent meaning the properties were not predictable from analyzing the constituents; they surprise us all when the integrated constituents all came together and something new appears!

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Innovation Risk 150

Speaker: Jady West, VP of Hospitality & Chris Bennett, Head of Sales & Engineering

The modern hotel room is no longer just a place to stay—it’s an experience to remember. Today’s guests expect seamless 5G connectivity, personalized comfort, and high-tech convenience. From AI-powered smart room controls to in-room entertainment and app-based services, technology is redefining hospitality from the inside out. In this new session featuring industry pros Jady West and Chris Bennett, we’ll explore how high-speed, high-bandwidth connectivity powers the innovations that are enabling

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