Scrum.org

JULY 27, 2023

It baffles me how some agile teams, who claim to be the pioneers of modernity, are living in archaic times where usable working products are as rare as unicorns! Just a heads-up, my dear agile practitioners: the linchpin of Agile is a Usable Working Product. Automation is king in Agile. Yes, you read it right!

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The Strategic Project Manager

OCTOBER 12, 2022

This post reviews the basics of agile scrum roles, ceremonies, and their impact on developing strategy and managing projects. Agile Scrum Roles. There are a number of specific regular ‘ceremonies’ that are part of the ongoing agile scrum process. Agile Scrum Ceremonies. Agile Scrum and Strategy.

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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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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

46% of the organizations reported inconsistencies in practices and processes as their main challenge with agile transformation. Source: 15th State of Agile Report. There sure is an Agile framework called SAFe. SAFe is a scaling agile framework, so referring to it as just an agile framework may not be appropriate.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 24, 2022

What is Agile governance? Simply put, Agile governance is a way to maximize the flow of value within an organization in the fastest way possible. In small, lean startups, there aren’t a lot of legacy processes and systems in place to overcome, and your teams are small and conducive to an Agile governance model.

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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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NimbleWork

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Many teams lean into retrospectives to help uncover areas where processes could be slicker, where engagement hasn’t been as effective as it could and to look for areas of improvement. The Place for Retrospectives Retros happen regularly during the project management lifecycle for agile and iterative projects.

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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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Agilemania

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Recognized as one of the world’s foremost authorities on Lean-Agile best practices, Dean Leffingwell took it on himself to do something about it. He introduced the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). SAFe is based on following 10 Lean-Agile principles-. Apply cadence and synchronize with cross-domain planning.

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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.”. Empiricism.

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Leading Agile

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

“Technical agility is the underlying precondition for process agility, which is the underlying precondition for organizational agility, which is the underlying precondition for business agility. Musical Interlude) Preconditions for Business Agility Okay, everybody, how are you guys doing today?

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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

APRIL 24, 2019

If those worlds are not connected, then there’s a limit to the level of business agility the IT department can support. Business agility is what organizations are looking for; agile software development may be one enabling factor in achieving it, but it isn’t the point of a transformation. Half-Agile Transformations.

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Planview

JUNE 1, 2021

It can be challenging to expand Agile practices beyond IT and development teams. Planview is committed to helping our customers with this transition and to that end, Chief Product Officer Patrick Tickle and I recently presented a webinar on “ Leading an Agile Transformation.”. First, why scale Agile in the first place?

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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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Scrum.org

MARCH 18, 2019

The topic of Agile Metrics inevitably comes up in many situations and conversations. Those numbers that matter, the Agile Metrics. Starting Our Agile Metrics Engines. The heart of this plot are the percentiles that are calculated automatically - these are the core of Agile Metrics. I have been hiring Scrum Masters lately.

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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.”. Die Theorie der Scrum Empirie.

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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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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. For Scrum , it happens at the end of the Sprint , whereas for Kanban , it can be based on cadence. We will take the following steps.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Create a Cadence of Accountability. Lean-agile practitioners thrive on these kinds of challenges, but most teams find daunting. Because you don't just need agility, you need Naked Agility. BHAG (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) : A long-term, visionary goal that is more strategic and inspiring than a standard goal.

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Henny Portman

MARCH 15, 2019

ambler and Mark Lines are the creators of the Disciplined Agile Delivery framework and the authors of the book Introduction to Disciplined Agile Delivery – a small Agile Team’s journey from Scrum to Disciplined DevOps ( 2 nd edition). Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) is one of the four elements of Disciplined Agile (DA).

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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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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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Scrum.org

MARCH 18, 2019

The topic of Agile Metrics inevitably comes up in many situations and conversations. Those numbers that matter, the Agile Metrics. Starting Our Agile Metrics Engines. The heart of this plot are the percentiles that are calculated automatically - these are the core of Agile Metrics. I have been hiring Scrum Masters lately.

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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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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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International Institute for Learning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Has COVID-19 made you see the need to adopt a more agile way of thinking? Estimating and Applying Points with Agile – How to apply, and when is it done? We will then spend time in groups discussing and evaluating approaches to help increase the quality focus of our agile teams. Presenters: Keynote. Dr. Joe Perez. Tony Johnson.

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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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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. Why then after the first day of training with us would he comment “I realise now that we are not Agile at all!”? Without the Agile mindset, Scrum just adds unnecessary overhead.

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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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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. To download: QRC (Leadership for agility, 200725) v1.0.

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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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Agilemania

OCTOBER 27, 2022

The agile philosophy is at the core of Product Management. Teams can build products faster and more efficiently by utilizing agile methodologies from the Product Management perspective. Many agile teams can benefit from SAFe®’s alignment, collaboration, and delivery strategies. The inspection makes the process delayed.

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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! They must happen at regular intervals, but their cadence doesn’t need to be tied to any other cycle of Kanban. Origins of Kanban.

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Leading Agile

MAY 12, 2020

Teams delivering on a predictable cadence earn the trust of the business. Pretty soon, business and IT leaders join forces to orchestrate dependencies and implement Lean pull systems. Hold Teams, as well as overall organization, accountable for producing a working tested increment of product on a regular cadence.

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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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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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