Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

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. Especially as the last few years haven’t been exactly stellar years for many of us! But what does it take to get there?

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Scrum.org

JUNE 24, 2021

In this highly engaging speaker session from the Agile Camp Berlin 2021, Viktor Cessan shares lessons learned as an agile coach when working with systems, resulting in evidence-based interventions. ?? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 31,000-plus other subscribers. ??

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Scrum.org

JULY 22, 2021

In this highly engaging speaker session from the Agile Camp Berlin 2021, John Cutler delves into the advantages of linking strategy to everyday work: Motivation, inspiration, seeing the big picture despite working on a small iteration. ?? Join us on August 10, 2021 : Hands-on Agile #33: Adapt How You Lead for Agile Success—Johanna Rothman.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 30, 2020

TL; DR: Mastering Zoom — Remote Agile (Part 3). In this third post of the Remote Agile series, we address the tool at the heart of working with a distributed team as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or Product Owner: Zoom. Let’s have a look at what mastering Zoom is all about. Do you want to get this article in your inbox?

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Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2021

The ability for organizations to be agile is what will help them pivot and sustain. Ultimately, organizations increase their business agility by being relevant to customer needs, reducing waste and non-value added work, and empowering teams to improve their delivery capabilities.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 36,000-plus subscribers. ? Overall, 1,143 Scrum Masters and agile coaches participated in the survey. The main acquisition channel was the Food for Agile Thought newsletter. TL; DR: The Scrum Master Salary Report 2023 — How Do You Compare?

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Scrum.org

MAY 27, 2021

. . How Agile Practices Enable Remote Working. We’ve already discussed the importance of decentralised command and decision-making in an earlier blog, outlining how managers need to be able to train, mentor and teach their teams. We know Agile is not just for software teams.

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Agilemania

AUGUST 24, 2022

Is DevOps a subset of Agile? There is a common myth that Agile and DevOps cannot work together. Enterprise solution development can be managed effectively by combining Agile and DevOps. What is Agile? The term ”iteration” is often used when talking about Agile. Agile is an iterative approach to managing projects.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 17, 2020

TL; DR: Remote Agile, Part 1: Practices & Tools for Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and Product Owners. Agile has always been about colocation, about direct communication, physical boards, and all the other haptic and analog moments to create value in the digital realm. Moreover, admittedly, I love index cards.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 24, 2022

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 34,000-plus subscribers. ?? Overall, 1,113 Scrum Masters and agile coaches participated in the survey. The main acquisition channel was the Food for Agile Thought newsletter. TL; DR: The Scrum Master Salary Report 2022 — How Do You Compare?

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Agilemania

MAY 3, 2022

Agile product management is the most preferred approach to developing new products, services, or solutions. It should come as no surprise since the Agile adoption rate increased from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021. . How does agile adoption start? And, how do you start learning Agile? Through Agile certifications! .

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Scrum.org

JUNE 22, 2020

TL; DR: The Agile Movers & Shakers Interview w/ Ryan Ripley. He hosts the Agile for Humans podcast and most recently co-wrote Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions for Common Scrum Problems with Todd Miller for PragProg. If so, you can subscribe here and join 26k agile peers. What brought you to ‘agile?’. “I

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Growing Agile

JULY 6, 2020

This is the second part of the blog series were we discuss the 12 Agile Principles. Agile people have for years been preaching the need for teams to be co-located, and whilst it definitely does have its benefits, technology has enabled us to work remotely, and a certain virus has forced us to at least give it a try.

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The IIL Blog

MARCH 20, 2024

Throughout my career, I’ve had the opportunity to personally coach leaders and executives across a range of industries. By Dr. Elissa Farrow March 20, 2024 Leadership futures are where change is not a challenge but an opportunity. I am seeing a new generation of leaders emerging and am getting excited by the possibilities.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 4, 2022

The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. Scrum is part of agile software development and teams practicing agile. What Is the Scrum Methodology? Learn More! Scrum Values.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Carsten is an Agile Coach at the LEGO Group and the founder of Agile Ideas. He has a passion for improving teams, facilitating powerful learning moments, and is an experienced graphical facilitator and professional Solution-Focused Coach. What does Agile at the LEGO Group look like? Check the video! Zombie Scrum?

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The IIL Blog

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

It reviews each of the key offerings, from the globally acclaimed Project Management Professional (PMP®) and PRINCE2®, to the more agile -minded certifications like ScrumMaster and Product Owner. Key Benefits Globally recognized certification, though notably more prevalent within the United Kingdom and Europe.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Lean portfolio management is a process by which strategy is aligned with execution using a lean approach and agile portfolio operations and governance. Lean project management is part of an agile methodology that aims to increase customer value by removing project waste. Having many projects to manage in a portfolio can be daunting.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

The term “ agile product management ” means precisely what it sounds like. At its foundation, agile product management is a reaction to the widespread usage of agile software development approaches such as scrum or kanban. How Agile Can Product Management Benefit Your Business?

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LiquidPlanner

APRIL 2, 2020

When I joined LiquidPlanner as the Director of Marketing toward the end of 2019, I was pleased to find that our blog features many strong, independent, and talented female authors. And with that, here are some of my favorite posts by women authors on the LiquidPlanner blog: 4 Lessons on Knowing Your Worth as a Woman in Tech.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 11, 2021

The Product Owner is a critical role in Agile and Scrum. And although the Scrum Guide doesn’t give much guidelines around great product ownership, the role is still absolutely necessary for great Agile and Scrum Teams. A Product Owner guides the efforts of their Scrum or Agile Teams. Scrum (or another Agile framework).

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 20, 2022

To meet these demands, many companies have adopted new ways to integrate development, operations, and other departments as well as use Agile and DevOps principles. But there are many misconceptions about Agile and DevOps not only in the general public but also within businesses that have adopted them.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

In this blog post, we will discuss five key strategies for digital transformation projects. Outline the steps for implementation Why is agile methodology important in a digital transformation project? Microsoft predicts that every company will become a tech company. PMI predicts that nearly half of companies will be using AI by 2026.

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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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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Project managers in 2024 will adopt more forward-thinking strategies, emphasizing scenario planning and agile responses to mitigate unforeseen challenges. Agile Transformation Beyond ICT: Agile methodologies, traditionally prominent in ICT projects, will expand their footprint into diverse industries beyond software development.

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Agilemania

JANUARY 24, 2022

What is Scaling in Agile? Agile is a set of values and principles. Agile is an umbrella term for a group of iterative product development frameworks. Most organizations started their Agile journey with one of the frameworks mentioned above, and Scrum is the most popular one. Scaling Agile Frameworks.

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Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 22, 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

AUGUST 16, 2021

Around 14 years ago, my Coach - Peggy Reed changed my life by sending me to Scrum Training. Since then, I have trained thousands of students in Scrum and completed hundreds of hours of coaching. I have been a Scrum Coach for companies from ten people to ten thousand people. Who will benefit from these outcomes?

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Scrum.org

JUNE 1, 2023

Getting everyone on the same page Every Scrum Team member needs to understand the framework and its benefits. Beyond the team, for organizations to support an agile approach to developing products, everyone in the organization needs familiarity with how the Scrum framework will impact and interact with their work.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Isn’t a Scrum Master some kind of an Agile Project Manager? Before we dive into an overview of the differences between a Scrum Master and a Project Project Manager, let’s start with the conclusion, which is: The Scrum Master is not an Agile Project Manager. What is a Scrum Master? What a Scrum Master does.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 4, 2022

In this energizing 38th Hands-on Agile session, Roman Pichler delved into your questions on the role of the Product Owner. Watch the video now: Roman Pichler: The Product Owner — Hands-on-Agile #38. ?? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 34,000-plus subscribers. ?? What do you think?

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Scaled Agile Framework has taken the corporate world by storm. 37% of the respondents reported that their organizations used SAFe to scale agile. 37% of the respondents reported that their organizations used SAFe to scale agile. Source: 15th State of Agile Survey. Scaled Agile Framework: What is it?

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Scrum.org

JULY 10, 2021

In my view, leaders are expected to have coaching skills to build competent and agile organisations that are fully resilient. I am sharing my experience in this blog post on how leaders can leverage coaching to unleash collective intelligence. The motive of providing coaching is to improve the thought process.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 18, 2023

In our training and coaching sessions, we're frequently asked, " Where do we start? In this blog series, drawing from our vast experience, we'll guide you through it. Even if a team is driven by value, agility is compromised when validation and value realization take excessively long. Welcome to the first post.

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International Institute for Learning

MAY 19, 2020

[This post is a sneak preview of Jesse Fewell’s talk at IIL’s Agile & Scrum 2020 Online Conference , and is based on his upcoming book Untapped Agility ]. We’ve been told that to achieve more innovation, more collaboration, or more agility, we need to adopt modern practices. Tailoring was always core to Agility.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

In the context of agile teams and Kanban adoption, I'm reminded of 'The Princess Bride,' a classic film where Vizzini frequently exclaims 'Inconceivable!' Much like Vizzini's misuse of the word ' Inconceivable ,' many teams often misunderstand or misuse terms like 'Kanban,' 'Scrum,' and 'Agile.'

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 7, 2019

Also, key to their findings was the insight that “the future of value delivery is a spectrum of approaches — predictive, iterative, incremental, agile, hybrid and whatever will come next to change how we work.”. Many of these tools in the chart below can benefit teams that are local, distributed, remote and virtual.

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