Scrum.org

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Based on my experience working in agile environments since 2010, I did some research and had general observations on the topic. Regardless of the business domains or product area, there are some common rules that may devastate your efforts toward agility. . First of all, we need to underline that the Agile Transformation never ends.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2023

TL; DR: Employing Agile Coaches next to Scrum Masters? Often, when organizations employ agile coaches and Scrum Masters, we can observe that agile coaches work at an organizational level. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? However, if you take Scrum seriously, this approach has no upside.

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 18, 2023

Sometimes a team is new to agile and just wants to know if they are on the right track. In some cases a consultant, coach, or colleague may be saying, “you’re doing it wrong.” A blog article describing “fake Agile” may be resonating a bit too much for comfort. It turns out that “agile” isn’t really a process.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 30, 2021

In this highly engaging speaker session from the Agile Camp Berlin 2021, Dave West talks about why orienting to value rather than work is a crucial requirement for building an agile capability: Velocity of Value. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Speaker sessions of the Agile Camp Berlin 2021.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

And this article is a summary of what they replied. It’s a lot to read, so here are some spoilers drawn from common themes I heard time and time again in the interviews: Agile : if you don’t know enough about it, you need to start learning. Mark Phillips runs a consultancy focused on high performing projects.

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Scrum.org

JULY 15, 2021

TL; DR: Sustainable Agility at the Enterprise Level w/ Jorgen Hesselberg — ACB21. Do we dare to say: Sometimes, agility is a solution looking for a problem? ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 32,000-plus other subscribers. ??

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 3, 2023

Scrum Certifications are also increasingly in demand as agencies begin to explore a hybrid of agile and waterfall methodologies. Dave Prior , agile consultant for Leading Agile ran an agile retrospective at the Summit with 100 attendees, 63% of which claimed to be practicing both scrum and waterfall in the same organization.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 15, 2022

In this energizing 43rd Hands-on Agile session on outcome-based product planning, Jeff Gothelf clarified one thing: “Roadmapping is a flawed concept in the age of Agile. Watch the video now: Jeff Gothelf: Outcome-Based Product Planning — Hands-on Agile 43. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 16, 2024

This article was published in the AskScrum.com newsletter in the previous weeks. Subscribe to AskScrum.com to be the first to receive articles like this. It allows for broader organisational influence, fostering agile principles across different organisational layers and business units. © 2024 wowefy.com

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

TL; DR: Diana Larsen on the Agile Fluency Model. On October 12, 2022, agile innovator Diana Larsen delved into the Agile Fluency® Model. After a short introduction to the model, we shifted to an ask-me-anything-style discussion of the groundbreaking view of agile and teams. ?? The Agile Fluency® Model.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

When I coach, consult and teach classes, I often get questions about creating an agile maturity tool or defining agile maturity metrics. I also noticed that the purpose and value of agile maturity metrics are misunderstood. Agile comes at a price. Going agile costs money. Two Main Agile Metrics.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

In this article, I'll share an alternative to traditional organizations’ top-down structures - DAOs. As an agile coach, I support Scrum teams and leaders from different industries who are working hard to improve the transparency of their work environment. We are evolving into a new paradigm where the more agile win.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In this highly engaging talk at the Agile Camp Berlin 2021, Jimmy Janlén addresses the core element of “Agile,” it’s key to speed, innovation, and success: team autonomy. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 34,000-plus subscribers. ??

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Scrum.org

JULY 8, 2021

TL; DR: How to Win with Agile Resistant Teams w/ Scott Weiner — ACB21. In this highly engaging speaker session from the Agile Camp Berlin 2021, Scott Weiner shares a case study on how to master an agile transition by creating agile resistant teams based on common sense, team autonomy, and the psychology of metrics. ??

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

He has also written articles for a wide variety of print publications and websites. Mike Cohn is a well-recognized author and expert on agile and Scrum project management topics, and the owner of a large and engaged Twitter account with over 42,000 followers. Susanne Madsen. Robin Kwong. Bernardo Tirado. Jennifer Bridges.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

One approach that has gained significant attention is operational excellence consulting. By partnering with experienced consultants, businesses can drive success by optimizing their processes, increasing efficiency, and achieving sustainable growth. What Consultants Do?

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The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Insights from Bosch By Johannes Köber Agility, dynamic, and flexibility are trendsetting words, with good reason. These challenges impact project management practices and project managers, spurring much-cited Agile Transformation. billion euros and is already implementing agile transformation in many units.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

The consultant business model has become increasingly popular in recent years, providing professionals with the opportunity to utilize their expertise in various industries and offer valuable insights to businesses. Companies are faced with complex challenges and are often in need of specialized knowledge and expertise to overcome them.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 29, 2022

The best Scrum teams that I have worked with were supported by management leaders focused on removing impediments, providing resources, and promoting an agile mindset and culture that supports the Scrum values. Making it more challenging are the agile leadership myths out there that can get in the way of being effective.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 15, 2024

TL; DR: Sunsetting Scrum Masters In this article, I uncover indicators that a Scrum Master’s or Agile Coach’s journey is coming to a close; they are sunsetting Scrum Masters. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 49,000-plus subscribers. ?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 24, 2020

TL; DR: Remote Agile (Part 2): Virtual Liberating Structures. Last week, we addressed basic practices and tools of remote agile with distributed teams. Based on that article, I also ran a live virtual class, the recording of which will be made available soon on the Age-of-Product’s Youtube channel. Liberating Structures.

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The IIL Blog

JUNE 7, 2023

By Monika Muddamshetty Agile emphasises that self-organizing teams have a greater chance of success. But what happens to the project manager as firms move towards agility and the product owner, team facilitator/Scrum master, and team members perform their roles? So, where can project managers go to stay relevant in an agile world?

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Velociteach

JUNE 7, 2023

Agile seems like a mystery to many. However, when we step back and inspect agile, we see that it follows common, recognizable patterns from our daily lives. Let’s explore how agile practices can be applied to this common predicament. Agile ceremonies (meetings) are time-boxed, which creates focus and a sense of urgency.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 28, 2021

TL; DR: The Lack of Agile Leadership Qualities — When Change Agents Don’t Act as Role Models. When Scrum becomes an element of an agile transformation, a lack of agile leadership qualities on the incumbents’ side may impede its overall progress significantly despite the best efforts of all other change agents.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Scaled Agile Framework, SAFe® is the world’s leading framework for Business Agility. The seven core competencies each have three dimensions making it a total of twenty-one dimensions to enable Business Agility. These dimensions contain some of the practices, patterns, and guidelines to Scale Agility across the enterprise.

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Scrum.org

MAY 4, 2020

We started this series on remote agile with looking into practices and tools; we explored virtual Liberating Structures, and how to master Zoom. We had a look at common remote agile anti-patterns; we analyzed remote Retrospectives, Sprint Plannings as well as remote Sprint Reviews based on Liberating Structures.

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 19, 2023

By Alan Zucker Disciplined Agile® (DA) and the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe®) are two popular, second-generation agile methodologies. They build on lean-agile thinking, and standard Scrum, Kanban, and DevOps practices. They emerged about a decade after the Agile Manifesto.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 7, 2023

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. Yet, Scrum and the principles of agile development are not as common in Japan as they are in other parts of the world.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

This article dives deep into the heart of Scrum team operations, offering clear-cut strategies and innovative visualisation techniques to help you understand and manage your Sprint work and Refinement processes effectively. Agile #TeamWork #Productivity NKDAgility can help! Which you can do right now.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 19, 2021

Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. What makes Agile transformations successful? The paper presents and tests a model that identifies success factors for Agile transformations. So what does scientific research already tell us about Agile transformations?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 21, 2022

In this article, I’ll explain what a release manager does and what skills you need to make a success of this role. The comms may come from the project team or a functional consultant, or via the minutes of the CAB, or another mechanism. It’s no longer necessary for agile teams to be co-located, either. Could you do the job?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 6, 2024

Martin, former dean at Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto, gives an example of how work is a series of projects in an article in the Harvard Business Review: Think of a freshly hired assistant brand manager for Olay at P&G. He points to consulting companies and Hollywood movie studios as examples.

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Velociteach

JULY 6, 2023

Large enterprises and government agencies increasingly turn to Agile for their software projects. This is a difficult shift, with many struggling to fit their new round agile pegs into their existing square waterfall holes. Cultural, structural, and procedural impediments make “being agile” a challenge.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 7, 2021

TL; DR: Essential Agile Failure Patterns — When Noise Interferes with Signal. When Scrum becomes an element of an agile transformation, the following three common essential agile failure patterns prove to be an exceptionally tough nut to crack for any Scrum Master. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This is the second of three articles analyzing the 183 anti-patterns from the upcoming Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book. The third article will address failures and breakdowns in planning, process, collaboration, and alignment within the Scrum framework. ? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 12, 2023

So, is the answer for everyone to just use Agile methods? There’s a phrase out there: “Doing Agile vs Being Agile” It’s used to describe organizations and groups who are using the ceremonies and artifacts, but not much else. And that will lead our organizations to achieve true business agility.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

First, however, you might wonder how Disney implements its agile framework at such a large scale. This article will discuss how Disney can use the Scaled Agile Framework® to address the challenges a large organization will face when implementing it in its software development process. The movie business calls it Storyboarding.

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