Leading Answers

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Many traditional project management deliverables have agile alternatives. Yet we rarely see agile communications management plans. Given the high rates of change often experienced on agile projects, we might expect more emphasis on communications to keep everyone on the same page. These are valid questions, so let me explain.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 35,000-plus subscribers. ?? September 27, 2022 : Join 200-plus peers at the 45th Hands-on Agile Meetup: FAST: An Innovative Way to Scale with James Shore. Lean thinking reduces waste and focuses on the essentials.”. Source : Scrum Guide 2020.

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Velociteach

MAY 10, 2023

Lean manufacturing influenced the quality movement, Agile , and DevOps. Multiple and ever-evolving agile practices contribute to that colorful tapestry. Lean Lean principles originated in Japan’s manufacturing sector after World War II but have since been adopted by various industries worldwide.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

Stakeholder communication: It is simply not enough for an agile product development organization to create great code and ship the resulting product like a clockwork. Join the free virtual BarCamp of the 27th Hands-on Agile Meetup on October 1, 2020. Stakeholder Communication Channels During an Agile Transition. Scrum Events.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Sie können sich hier für den Newsletter „Food for Agile Thought“ anmelden und sich über 35.000 Abonnenten anschließen. ?? Beginnen wir damit, was der Scrum Guide über Empirie besagt: “Scrum is founded on empiricism and lean thinking. Lean thinking reduces waste and focuses on the essentials.”. Inspection enables adaptation.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Nexus group of teams is very similar to the Agile Release Train (ART) construct. Lean/Agile Leadership. The Nexus Sprint Review and the System Demo are similar events happening on a similar cadence - every several weeks (Sprint/Iteration). Nexus and SAFe - Similar Concepts. Nexus - ART. Sprint - Iteration.

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MPUG

JANUARY 31, 2022

Many times, managing a Hybrid-Agile project with a sole Lean-Agile approach doesn’t meet the needs of an organization, the expectations of stakeholders, required delivery frequency of customers, or address uncertainties associated with engineering work. The large Developmental phase employs both Predictive and Agile approaches.

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Agilemania

MARCH 23, 2021

Some Agile experts are not hard-core fans of SAFe. And this makes SAFe more complicated, bureaucratic than the Agile manifesto recommends. They also have this opinion that SAFe is so heavy, maybe it is not Agile at all. Most of us started our Agile journey with one framework, and that is Scrum. Let us dig deeper.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The Product Owner theses also address the Product Owner’s part in Scrum events from Sprint Planning to Sprint Review to Sprint Retrospective, and the Daily Scrum. A Product Owner is an innovator at heart and thus a value creator for customers and organizations if given a chance to work in an agile manner. Those two are natural allies.

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MPUG

MARCH 8, 2024

In Agile, we reframe these as “inspect and adapt.” Retrospectives in Agile provide such opportunities to inspect, adapt and grow. Indeed, it’s the most important event in Agile frameworks. With the recurring event of the retrospective , we explore work accomplished and improve based on the results.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 6, 2021

It was circa 2011 when Dean Leffingwell decided to conceptualize the Scaled Agile Framework. SAFe is a knowledge base of proven, integrated principles, practices, and competencies for achieving business agility using Lean, Agile, Systems Thinking, and DevOps. You need business agility. Let’s get kickstarted.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

At a recent training class one of the delegates spoke about their present company, about how it was the most “Agile” place he had ever worked. They have regular Sprint Planning and Retrospective events, and hold their Sprint Reviews with stakeholders from the business in attendance. Welcome to Lean Startup.

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Wrike

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is an Agile project management framework focused on flexibility, continuous iteration and improvement, and cross-functional collaboration between teams and stakeholders. What is the Scaled Agile Framework? However, it is flexible and can be tailored to fit each organization’s needs.

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Henny Portman

JULY 26, 2020

Levine wrote with People Over Process – Leadership for Agility a very pragmatic and down to earth book about leadership and agile projects. The classic formulation of agile in the Agile Manifesto has no role for leadership. Architecture simulation meeting (event). It’s a participative learning event.

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Digite

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

was launched by Scaled Agile Inc. in 2016 as a method to help organizations scale up their existing agile practices. But isn’t that also the reason behind organizations adopting Scaled Agile framework in its glorious entirety? What was the need for Scaled Agile Inc. What was the need for Scaled Agile Inc.

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Digite

JANUARY 2, 2017

Since the arrival of Scaled Agile Framework in the world market, there have been comparisons ad nauseum between the Scrum and SAFe frameworks. Many industry experts have come out and pointed possible flaws in the Scaled Agile Framework. However, the Scaled Agile Framework indeed subscribes to the ethos of the Agile manifesto.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 26, 2021

Two frequently and widely used charts in projects using Agile frameworks are the Burndown and Burnup Charts. These charts are important because, in Agile approaches, emphasis is on getting the work done and having working increments in every iteration or a timebox as much as possible. Building a Sprint Burndown Chart. Conclusion.

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Leading Agile

MAY 3, 2023

If you could magically create a new world where large organizations had overcome the barriers to Business Agility and Agile came naturally, what would have to be true about that world, the organizations, and the people working there? And how would we know that this new Agile world was any good? What other conceptual gaps?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 25, 2022

The Sprint Planning is a core event that defines how your customers’ lives will improve with the following Product Increment. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 35,000-plus subscribers. ?? Read More : Why Engineers Despise Agile. ). ?? TL; DR: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Safe Scrum is a framework that has gained significant popularity in recent years for enhancing team performance in an agile development methodology. It is built upon the foundation of Agile principles and values, providing a set of guidelines, roles, and ceremonies that enable teams to work together seamlessly.

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Agilemania

MARCH 19, 2021

Scrum vs. Kanban is one of the most trending comparisons in the world of agile methodology! We often use these terms while talking about the agile way of solving problems. Though Scrum is one of the most popular methods in agile, organizations are recently choosing Kanban. Scrum is founded on empiricism and lean thinking.

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Leading Answers

JANUARY 16, 2021

Agile projects typically prioritize the backlog based on business value or perceived needs. Prioritizing based on business value is an example of the lean concept of 'Taking an Economic View of Decision Making.' A risk is an uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a negative or positive effect on the project.

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Leading Agile

JANUARY 21, 2021

Mike Cottmeyer explores the key attributes in each of the three systems necessary for making a success out of the otherwise complex tax of large scale Agile Transformation. And what we are is we’re a consultancy that’s focused on doing Agile Transformation specifically. Transcript. Like what are the networks of teams?

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Planio

APRIL 24, 2023

Planning sprints and running agile ceremonies 8. Learn from their mistakes and lean on them for insights. If you’re working on a complex IT project, you can lean on more detailed techniques such as the Critical Path Method or PERT to provide more granularity. Find the right meeting cadence for you and your team.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Scrum vs. Kanban is one of the most trending comparisons in the world of agile methodology! We often use these terms while talking about the agile way of solving problems. Though Scrum is one of the most popular methods in agile, organizations are recently choosing Kanban. Scrum is founded on empiricism and lean thinking.

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Digite

MARCH 1, 2017

I was learning several new concepts including Lean, Agile, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Project Program Management, etc. I was already aware of Lean principles and their techniques because I got Lean certified in my previous company. Events need scheduling and planning in more detail – and more follow-up.

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Velociteach

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

So everyone has to, one, know their part, but also really lean in and listen. So that book was about what I learned from playing in small ensembles, and how it would mimic the concept of agile work as a project manager. So we’re going to lean in, we’re going to listen, and wherever he wants to take this song, we’re going to go with it.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

Mike Cottmeyer was recently a guest on the Agile to Agility podcast with Miljan Bajic where he discussed Transformation, Business Architecture, and Scaling. Agile to Agility Website. So, I’m the CEO of a company called Leading Agile, started about 11 years ago, I’m based in Atlanta, Georgia. Listen now.

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Wrike

JUNE 15, 2023

You don’t have to spend time crafting documentation or process guidelines as you can lean on existing frameworks. Use Agile systems to boost productivity: Agile tools such as Kanban boards allow you to set your teams up for success. Once established, you can leverage automation to accelerate progress.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 31, 2020

Listen to the Agile Unplugged Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to Agile Unplugged on: Apple Podcasts. Remember to subscribe and listen to Agile Unplugged on Soundcloud, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Podbean—and watch each and every episode on YouTube , IGTV , and Facebook. . Soundcloud. – Yeah. When did we first meet?

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Leading Agile

APRIL 7, 2023

As a community, we have developed a handful of team-based Agile approaches over the years; some of which we would consider scaled. Implementing Agile, especially in larger, more complex organizations, still seems to be a black art. All the things we consider hallmarks of a small team, Agile methodology. But here we are.

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Digite

APRIL 20, 2018

–and– along with an absence of time-boxes or any other time-bound constraint (the Kanban cadences are not constraints). It is an indicator of bad behavior if the team violates a WIP limit, but it isn’t a law and we acknowledge that sometimes we have to violate our WIP limits due to unforeseen events.

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Workamajig

JANUARY 11, 2021

Agile: A project management methodology that focuses on delivering work in an iterative fashion. The agile approach is usually used in software projects where the scope is not always known and adaptability is prioritized. Events and milestones are represented as nodes. All work is divided into short bursts called "sprints".

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MPUG

JUNE 1, 2022

I mentioned the five star because I saw this event is up on PMI. Especially when they released the Sixth Edition, giving this agile guide. And they say, well, you know, if all else fails, you could try this agile guide as well. What’s deliverable, cadence, project phase? Jeff, a big MPUG welcome back.

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Digite

MARCH 2, 2018

We do product releases every 4-6 weeks, and these get deloyed to our SaaS servers – that cadence is well established. Some other factors affect this, especially key marketing events such as key conference or a customer meet, etc. for which we might either speed up or delay a release to accommodate the needs of that event).

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Digite

MARCH 2, 2018

We do product releases every 4-6 weeks, and these get deployed to our SaaS servers – that cadence is well established. Some other factors affect this, especially key marketing events such as a key conference or a customer meet, etc. for which we might either speed up or delay a release to accommodate the needs of that event).

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

When I first learned about Agile methods in 2002, the principles seemed to offer an ideal solution to many organizational issues common at the time. It’s time now to move forward to the next level of proficiency in software delivery; what we might call “post-Agile.” Stable Team. Dedicated Team. Team Spaces.

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