Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 8, 2024

This domain facilitates strategic alignment, optimized delivery cadence, methodology customization, increased flexibility, and improved risk management. The desire for a project management framework that sustains deliverability, supports the required cadence, and remains faithful to an adaptable methodology is now within reach.

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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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International Institute for Learning

MAY 16, 2022

Another article written more from an Agile Practitioner’s perspective is RGP’s How Business Agility Helps You Thrive in the Age of Disruption. Brown, Director and Agile Coach at the Hartford Insurance. Business agility mindset begins with a mental shift. I recommend both pieces as must-reads.

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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. The cadence of development of multiple teams.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 30, 2021

Build internal capability to innovate or improve time to deliver value. Embedding OKRs into Scrum's Inspect/Adapt Cadence. Remote or otherwise, goal clarity is key to business agility. Zen Ex Machina is an enterprise agile consultancy specialising in agile transformation. About Zen Ex Machina. References.

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Henny Portman

MAY 30, 2019

The Agile Fluency model, developed by Diana Larsen and James Shore in 2012 and substantially updated in 2018, is a framework to help teams understand their current position and to help them develop an individual road map. Agile teams pass through four distinct zones of fluency as they learn ( fluency evolves).

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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. To help with inspection, Scrum provides cadence in the form of its five events.”.

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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

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe™) is one of the most popular approaches to applying agile at scale out there. SAFe's perspective is that "Nothing beats an Agile Team" and it doesn't try to reinvent the wheel or even innovate too much when it comes to the Team level. SAFe's Scrum Master is more of an Agile Team Lead.

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The Strategic Project Manager

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Agile is a broad term, and there are many ways to look at it. From a strategic project management perspective, this post examines some key agile methods and there impact of strategy and project management. An Agile Methods List Overview. Are there more agile methods? Applicability of Each Agile Method.

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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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International Institute for Learning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Facilitating Innovation in a Post COVID-19 World . Has COVID-19 made you see the need to adopt a more agile way of thinking? Find out how to be a catalyst for change (facilitating innovation) and NOT an antagonist (frustrating innovation). Estimating and Applying Points with Agile – How to apply, and when is it done?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe™) is one of the most popular approaches to applying agile at scale out there. SAFe's perspective is that "Nothing beats an Agile Team" and it doesn't try to reinvent the wheel or even innovate too much when it comes to the Team level. SAFe's Scrum Master is more of an Agile Team Lead.

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Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2020

This directly relates to the Agile values : “Individuals and Interactions Over Process and Tools”. They have these conversations at the appropriate cadence, for appropriate duration's in order to elevate the transparency in their work. They need some slack to fuel their innovation and creativity.

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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. Software and IT teams delivering in an agile way alone isn’t enough.

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This is true whether our organization uses a stage-gate approach, an agile approach, or some hybrid of the two. Embrace Creativity and Innovation (Polyhymnia): Polyhymnia, the Muse of Sacred Poetry and Dance reminds us of the importance of creativity in problem-solving. We do not wave our hands and say, “Yeah, verily, I say innovative.”

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2020

No sustainable agility is achieved. Open offices kill innovation and creativity, even more when combined with clean wall policies. Organizations discover that fighting complexity with complexity is not helping. Organizations discover that they have been seeking for (or were pointed to) universal truths where there are none.

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Inloox

JULY 1, 2021

Agility should no longer be a new term for most project managers. High flexibility, adaptability and increased communication are just a few of the benefits that have led to significant improvements through the introduction of agile work processes in organizations. So agility in itself is nothing new for many companies.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 19, 2020

Agile isn’t ever really about Agile. In our Business Drivers of Agility webinar series hosted by LeadingAgile CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, Mike dives deep into six key business drivers to uncover how Agile can enable organizations to connect these drivers to better business outcomes. It’s about creating business outcomes.

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Digite

JUNE 13, 2018

We’re honored to republish this blog post ‘Beginner’s Guide to Kanban for Agile Marketing’ by Andrea Fryrear which was originally published in the Agile Sherpas blog! As a result, After Meetings tend to be fertile ground for ideas to improve the process and generate innovations. Origins of Kanban.

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Henny Portman

OCTOBER 8, 2019

There are now seven core competencies that enable business agility. Some are reframed and restructured and two new competencies to expand SAFe to encompass the entire enterprise and enable business agility. The two new competencies are: Continuous Learning Culture (CLC) and Organizational Agility (OA). See my review.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 30,000-plus other subscribers. In the attempt to fill Scrum’s product discovery void, product delivery organizations regularly turn to other agile frameworks like lean UX, jobs-to-be-done, lean startup, design thinking, design sprint—just to name a few.

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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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Planview

AUGUST 30, 2018

Having a regular cadence that allows you to measure value against new demand is incredibly valuable, as it isn’t disruptive when measured against the annual plan and allows you to forecast on a regular basis. Well, for one, you will receive the gift of time , as becoming more agile will increase your organization’s productivity.

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Agilemania

JANUARY 19, 2022

If you aspire to become an Agile Coach and then need to lead the SAFe implementation in your organization, becoming a SAFe Program Consultant is the right choice. Gather the Study Content: The first step is to go to the Scaled Agile Community website and download the workbook from the Learn > My Learning section. Business Agility.

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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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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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Agile Technical Review SCRUM Engineering 71

Velociteach

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

An agile backlash is underway. Some organizations have declared victory, fired their agile staff, and moved on. Others are agile in name only or are “doing” agile but have not fundamentally changed the way they work. We should not blame Agile for bad Agile. Agile teams are empowered and collaborative.

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Digite

MARCH 17, 2017

There is a quote introducing PI Planning content on the Scaled Agile Framework website. A Program Increment is a fixed timebox of 8 to 12 weeks (default being 10 weeks as recommended by Scaled Agile Inc.). The 10 weeks’ time-box encapsulates 5 Agile Sprints or Iterations with each spanning 2 weeks.

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Planning Engineering Cadence Risk Management 60

Herding Cats

APRIL 8, 2017

Much of the conversation in social media around agile techniques seems to be based on the differences between the variety of choices of a method, a process, or a practice and definitions of terms for those choices. In this domain innovative is also the basis of success. Design from a generalized perspective is purposeful.

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Gunther Verheyen

DECEMBER 20, 2019

No sustainable agility is achieved. Open offices kill innovation and creativity, even more when combined with clean wall policies. Organizations discover that fighting complexity with complexity is not helping. Organizations discover that they have been seeking for (or were pointed to) universal truths where there are none.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

An Agile Transformation Roadmap is all about getting people to change and having that change be sticky. Our Agile Transformation Roadmap, our change model, is all about getting everyone to see what’s possible, creating safety for the people and the business, and building trust at every step of the Transformation.

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Planio

AUGUST 1, 2022

For most development teams and startups, ‘becoming Agile’ starts and ends with how you build software. But a full Agile transformation isn’t just about the development process you use — it’s a way to bring creativity, innovation, and lean operations to every aspect of your business. What does an Agile organization look like?

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Added to this is the complex problem of managing multiple agile teams. The question still stands as to how to make an organization agile so that different functions within the organization can work together and not in silos? A SAFe agilist leads a Lean-Agile Enterprise with the help of SAFe®. Sounds too common?

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Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2023

Discover How to Elevate Your Scrum Implementation with UX In today’s hyper-competitive market, businesses constantly seek innovative ways to get ahead. One strategy that has proven to deliver a significant competitive advantage is incorporating User Experience (UX) into Professional Scrum.

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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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Leading Agile

MARCH 17, 2021

This is Mike Cottmeyer's talk from AgileIndy 2021 on The Executive's Guide to Why Agile Transformation Fails. Announcer] This is Mike Cottmeyer’s talk from AgileIndy, 2021 on “Why Agile Transformation Fails.” So I got involved with agile back in like 2003 and I was working in this company called CheckFree.

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