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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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Scrum is the most popular Agile framework. According to the latest State of Agile survey from Digital.ai, 90% of teams who are using an Agile framework are using Scrum. SAFe is a separate framework designed for scaling Agile practices to larger organizations. Scrum is a framework, which means it’s not a rulebook.

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Leading Answers

JANUARY 16, 2021

This article explains what a risk-adjusted backlog is, why they are useful, how to create one and how teams work with them. What is a Risk-Adjusted Backlog? A risk-adjusted backlog is a backlog that contains activities relating to managing risk in addition to the usual features associated with delivering value.

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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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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 8, 2024

Malinawan, PMP Navigating the complexities of modern project management demands a sophisticated comprehension of the Development Approach and Life Cycle Performance Domain. Your pursuit of streamlining and enhancing project management processes led you to a pivotal crossroads.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 30, 2023

TL; DR: Agile Transformation with ChatGPT or McBoston? I was interested in learning more about a typical daily challenge many agile practitioners face: How shall we successfully pursue an agile transformation? Or shall we embark on an agile transformation with ChatGPT providing some guidance?

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Leading Answers

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Many traditional project management deliverables have agile alternatives. Yet we rarely see agile communications management plans. Why We Have Communication Management Plans Projects can be time-consuming and costly, and tie-up valuable employees for long periods with no guarantee of the outcome initially hoped for.

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Scrum.org

MAY 14, 2020

In an effort to curb productivity leakage, some managers are turning to software to monitor their people. But, we will most surely not overcome the challenges we face by turning our management layer into the company police force. . To achieve business outcomes, managers and teams still need to know what work to complete.

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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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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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Scrum.org

JANUARY 5, 2021

What adjustments were made in the entire organization as part of a 4 year Agile enablement? What challenges was this specific Agile Team facing when this journey began? What 4 key sets of adjustments made by the specific Agile Team that is the subject of this case study? CADENCE & RELIABILITY. How can you learn more?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 4, 2022

The duration of the Sprint is timeboxed to a maximum of one month, establishing a cadence within which the Scrum team works together to deliver value. Here’s why: To deal with the risk inherent in complex environments, Scrum uses an iterative, incremental approach. Below are five of the most common misconceptions about the Sprint. .

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Kiron Bondale

MARCH 15, 2020

Sufficient capacity, knowledge and empowerment are needed to succeed in this role, but every time I teach an agile foundations class and ask the participants whether their companies are able to meet all three of these requirements for assigning product owners to their most important value streams, very rarely do I get an unqualified “Yes!

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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. Artifacts that have low transparency can lead to decisions that diminish value and increase risk.”.

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Kiron Bondale

MAY 26, 2019

When I teach agile fundamentals classes, I frequently emphasize the importance of inspection and adaptation. Teams which don’t use feedback loops with their products and their processes should not consider themselves to be very agile. Poor risk management. Insufficient dependency identification.

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Kiron Bondale

JULY 25, 2021

Whether a team uses a scheduled cadence for reviewing their WoW such as the use of retrospectives in Scrum, or they use a just-in-time approach they will come up with improvement ideas. But what about changes to the team’s way of working (WoW)? Some of those ideas will be all or nothing.

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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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Leading Agile

APRIL 20, 2023

As the world of business increases in complexity, it will take more than user stories, estimation, and OKRs to build a trustworthy system that management can delegate into. But if managers want a trustworthy system, it’ll be up to them to create it. You haven’t created the conditions to be able to delegate to that team.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 11, 2024

This article covers the three Scrum accountabilities (formerly roles) and addresses interferences of stakeholders and IT/line management with this crucial Scrum event. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 42,000-plus subscribers. ? This habit also puts reaching the Sprint Goal at risk.

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Digite

MAY 26, 2017

The concept of Agile Release Train is central to understanding the constructs of SAFe and to implement them. The Agile Release Train is the primary value delivery construct in SAFe. An Agile Release Train typically consist of 50-125 people. Principles governing the Agile Release Train. So, what is an ART? What is an ART?

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Scrum.org

MAY 24, 2022

I think of the Sprint as the heartbeat of Scrum because it sets the cadence and frequency for the other events. In high-risk environments (say with unknown technology needs or rapidly changing customer requirements) it’s better to select a shorter Sprint. Planning for longer than one month takes more time and comes with more risk. .

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MPUG

MARCH 8, 2021

Many project managers utilize a Lean-Agile approach when there is high change or churn in project requirements, significant lack of clarity in scope, high complexity to their projects, and/or a larger number of risks associated with such. Two Lean-Agile Types. Iteration-based Lean-Agile. Flow-based Lean-Agile.

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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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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? As a manager or a leader, getting started in SAFe® is not as complex as it seems.

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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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Leading Agile

JUNE 29, 2023

What do we have to do to make Agile tangible for our executives? Are Executives Getting in the Way of Agile? One of the challenges we face is the perception that executives don’t care about Agile. There’s a belief that executives are the number one obstacle to successful Agile transformation in organizations.

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Herding Cats

JULY 12, 2017

In the Agile world the phrase deliver early and deliver often is good advice. In the traditional project management world, that phrase is deliver as planned. . If the business has a needed Capabilities, that Capability has a bookable value from a financial management point of view. But how early and how often?

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International Institute for Learning

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

PMI has become and continues to be the leading professional association in project management. The goal of the Metrolina chapter is to advance the mission and objectives of the Project Management Institute. Has COVID-19 made you see the need to adopt a more agile way of thinking? Presenters: Keynote. Dr. Joe Perez. Tony Johnson.

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Imagine you’re a CIO, CTO, IT Leader, or Finance Manager. You are given unfunded mandates related to risk, compliance, and cyber security. ESSENTIALS FOR AGILITY: TEAMS, BACKLOGS, AND WORKING TESTED PRODUCT. The fundamental unit of agility is a stable, cross-functional Team that has everything it needs to deliver.

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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. Jump to a section: What is an Agile transformation?

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2020

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. Lastly, there is an overlap with the product manager role. Product Owner Theses: Internal Stakeholder Management. The role requires that Product Owners act like product managers.

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Agilemania

MAY 17, 2021

What is SAFe agile. Scaled Agile is an agile framework for developing or delivering large products or solutions produced by multiple teams working in parallel at an enterprise level. SAFe is designed to give teams flexibility and help manage some of the challenges larger organizations have when practicing agile.

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Now imagine that a senior executive starts off his day and decides first to have a quick look at the project dashboard expecting to see metrics such as the current status of projects, earned value indices in terms of money and performances, and top risks. Welcome to the concept of the Project Management Office or PMO. PMO Definition.

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Planio

APRIL 24, 2023

Creative features, successful product ideas, wild marketing stunts, full rebrands, or massive IT projects — none of them work without the project managers that tirelessly make sure everyone’s on the same page and making progress towards a shared goal. Assessing and mitigating project risks 7. But there’s a problem.

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Agilemania

MAY 17, 2021

What is SAFe agile. Scaled Agile is an agile framework for developing or delivering large products or solutions produced by multiple teams working in parallel at an enterprise level. SAFe is designed to give teams flexibility and help manage some of the challenges larger organizations have when practicing agile.

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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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Planio

JULY 4, 2022

Agile ceremonies are the fuel that keeps your development team moving forward. But what if you’re not entirely comfortable managing and running Agile ceremonies? Agile ceremonies get abandoned when teams stop seeing the value in them. What are Agile ceremonies? A ‘quick-start’ guide to the 5 Agile ceremonies.

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