Scrum.org

JUNE 26, 2023

TL; DR: Useless Agile Metrics Ideally, a metric is a leading indicator for a pattern change, allowing your Scrum team to analyze the cause in time and take countermeasures. What if these useless agile metrics lead you in the wrong direction while providing you with the illusion that you know where your team is heading?

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Agile Software Review 2021 Estimate 181

Scrum.org

JULY 14, 2021

This post is a non-technical version of an academic paper about Scrum teams that I wrote with Daniel Russo. I am an organizational psychologist and Scrum practitioner with a love for survey development and statistics. How can you make a Scrum team more effective? I created a free online app called the Scrum Team Survey.

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SCRUM Influencer Technical Review Software Review 242

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In a 2-day Scrum Course using Minecraft for Education, all these feelings are amplified. In those instances, there is a lot of complaints on the use of the game for teaching Scrum, they would rather have the class taught in the form of a lecture. . Everyone copes with these situations in different ways.

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SCRUM Technical Review Leadership Executing 203

Scrum.org

JANUARY 29, 2024

( Japanese version・日本語版 ) When picturing an effective and truly agile product development team, one often imagines a software development team, pushing some software to production every day, maybe multiple times a day, ala Amazon. This is a great place to be in and if that’s where you’re at, good for you.

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Agile Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review 175

Scrum.org

MARCH 7, 2023

Since I became a Professional Scrum Trainer in November, I have been asked a lot about the current state, and the future perspectives, for Scrum and agile development in Japan, where I’ve worked for the last six years. So much so that many consider the paper to be part of the roots of Scrum. Why is that?

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Agile Software Engineering 125

Scrum.org

JUNE 27, 2022

received a question: do you believe scrum and agility can be scaled and what’s the best approach to it? And I need to add flight levels to that article, but today I’m going to talk about LeSS, disciplined agile, scrum with scale, SAFe, Nexus. LeSS — Large Scale Scrum. Disciplined Agile.

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SCRUM Agile Underperforming Technical Team Lean 141

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2022

What is the business case for Agile teams? We think we do well to base our beliefs about Agile more on evidence. This allows us to test our beliefs and also makes our case stronger in case they are supported. This post is our attempt to bring an evidence-based perspective to the business case of Agile teams.

Agile 206

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

This is where you read a case study, complete a document template, upload it, and one of the other students assesses it. I don’t think they truly meant to be that specific, especially as there is nowhere in the case study where you get given the exact name in the marking scheme, so how would you even know it?

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Technical Review Certification Software Review PMI 340

Scrum.org

JUNE 8, 2022

Btw, have you noticed that the Scrum Guide described the Scrum Master as a true leader who serves ? This misunderstanding often manifested into turning the Scrum Master as the team personal assistant who only works at the team level. I personally think we don't even need to come up with the term agile leadership.

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Techno-PM

MARCH 15, 2022

The agile scrum master certification provides a way for people to get trained in the latest project management techniques. The Agile Scrum Master certification is the first step to becoming a certified agile coach. What is scrum? Who is a scrum master? How to become a scrum master?

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SCRUM Agile Technical Review Software Review 68

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM The quest for methodologies that offer efficiency and agility has never been rockier. Agile methodologies stand at the forefront of this quest, providing the blueprint for rapid, responsive, and customer-centric project execution. Agile methodologies offer a path to mastering these challenges.

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Software Review Technical Review Agile SCRUM 52

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 11, 2022

In a 2-day Scrum Course using Minecraft for Education, all these feelings are amplified. In those instances, there is a lot of complaints on the use of the game for teaching Scrum, they would rather have the class taught in the form of a lecture. . Everyone copes with these situations in different ways.

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SCRUM Technical Review Leadership Executing 143

LiquidPlanner

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Are you thinking about introducing agile processes to your project management methodology? You’ve a few case studies, you’ve perhaps even seen agile working effectively at other companies. Additionally, it may not be enough for you to know that agile methods are a logical addition to your toolset at work.

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Agile Cadence Estimate Risk Management 174

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. Retro board view.

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SCRUM Agile Cadence Lean 64

Henny Portman

APRIL 26, 2022

There are not that many books on agile portfolio management, so I am curious what the book Agile Portfolio Management – A guide to the methodology and its successful implementation “knowledge that sets you apart” written by Klaus Nielsen, offers. What I am missing are the real agile portfolio risks. I miss structure.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 9, 2018

By now, most organisations are using Scrum, however, many of them feel like the agility of their organisation has degraded, and they might be right! Inclusive Scrum is about looking at the full value chain and organizing your Product development effort around that. Whereas low agility Scrum might actually hurt your agility.

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SCRUM Agile Development Team Review Software Review 135

Scrum.org

JANUARY 12, 2024

An unusual article featured in the latest edition of the Harvard Business Review titled "Case Study: Should I Pitch a New Project-Management System?" raised several concerns and demonstrated misconceptions about Scrum. However, such handoffs are contrary to Scrum, which advocates for creating a done increment within each Sprint.

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2024 SCRUM Software Review Software Developers 154

Leading Answers

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

On Friday, September 30, I will be presenting a session on Beyond Agile at the HTEC Project Management Virtual Conference. A colleague recently described Beyond Agile as a “Yes, And, And” toolkit, and I thought it was a great way to summarize the two elements of combining hybrid agile with the Theory of Constraints, and value stream view.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 16, 2020

"Scrum and Organizational Design in practice" is my contribution to Gunther Verheyen book "97 Things Every Scrum Practitioner Should Know" published by O'Reilly Media and resumes my latest experience as Scrum Practitioner on how to make a company's transformation implicit rather than explicit. .

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SCRUM Engineering Agile Process 169

Scrum.org

JULY 8, 2021

TL; DR: How to Win with Agile Resistant Teams w/ Scott Weiner — ACB21. In this highly engaging speaker session from the Agile Camp Berlin 2021, Scott Weiner shares a case study on how to master an agile transition by creating agile resistant teams based on common sense, team autonomy, and the psychology of metrics. ??

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Underperforming Technical Team 2021 Agile Fractional CTO 169

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 23, 2023

There are also case study questions that you answer via the discussion prompts. The course does cover Agile methods , iterative and incremental planning, but again, it’s very high-level light-touch awareness rather than giving you the skills to be able to go away from this training and lead a Scrum team, for example.

Technical Review 471

Technical Review Planning Certification Risk Management 471

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 11, 2024

Dive into the world of Scrum, the Agile framework that is revolutionizing project management across industries. With its core values of commitment, courage, focus, openness, and respect, Scrum is not just a methodology— it is a pathway to creating highly effective, adaptive, and cohesive teams.

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SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Lean 52

International Institute for Learning

JULY 7, 2022

2009), include eXtreme Programming (XP) (Beck and Fowler, 2001) and Scrum (Schwaber and Beedle, 2002). This family of methods are now commonly known as Agile , and it has been through the formation of the Agile Alliance and the publication of the Agile Manifesto (Fowler and Highsmith 2001).

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Kiron Bondale

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

The January 2020 issue of PM Network provide a case study for one of the 2019 PMI Project of the Year finalists, the Société de transport de Montréal’s (STM) eight-year project to modernize the underground Montréal rail system. Courage is one of the values of the Scrum framework, but it applies to all delivery approaches.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 9, 2023

Several studies have investigated how (release) automation support organizations in becoming more Agile. However, many scientific case studies are available of successful automation in highly regulated environments (e.g. Why don't you give the Agile/Scrum Team Survey a try? Kuusinen et.

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2018 2017 2021 SCRUM 164

Scrum.org

AUGUST 21, 2023

Explore a series of carefully curated collections of essential books, newsletters, podcasts, and tools to elevate your agile expertise. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 48,000-plus subscribers. ? Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available ! ?

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Sustainability SCRUM Software Developers Software Development 150

Kiron Bondale

MAY 8, 2023

In the book, the authors provide many case studies supporting eleven heuristics derived from Prof. Whether we are looking to fill the role of a project manager, an agile lead (e.g. Scrum Master) or a product owner, relevant experience and knowledge are critical.

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Aerospace Construction Leadership Risk Management 177

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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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. From our own quantitative research with 1.200 Scrum Teams , we know that teams are more effective when they are more aware of the needs of their stakeholders. This post is part of our “in-depth” series.

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2014 2008 Technical Review 2019 212

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 31, 2023

However, the Introduction to Agile Development and Scrum course does recommend that you are comfortable using a computer and that you’ve had some involvement in software development or IT project management, perhaps as a team member or stakeholder in development projects. You don’t need any prior experience.

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Certification Technical Review Software Review 2023 338

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Join the Mastering Agility Discord community! Product Owners are accountable for maximizing the value that is generated by the product the Scrum Team creates. This one is related to the case study we use in the book to illustrate development, but this could change to any type of product or organization.

Software Review 165

Software Review SCRUM Defining Agile 165

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Are you aiming to achieve your PMI Agile Certified Professional ( PMI-ACP )®? Below, I list the best agile books for your certification studies. These are guides that support your learning but also help you go deeper into the world of agile. If you’re looking for those, check out my list of the best agile study guides.

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PMI Certification Estimate Software Review 195

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

What's the value of (Scrum) certifications? When it comes to Scrum, there are two simply two providers. Scrum Alliance and Scrum.org. For this blog, I'll be focussing on Scrum.org because I'm not fully familiar with Scrum Alliance. Knowing Scrum vs. understanding Scrum. Scrum grew lighter and lighter.

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Certification SCRUM Agile Process 131

Scrum.org

MAY 31, 2022

TL; DR: Hands-on Agile #40: Best Team Ever w/ David Burkus. In this energizing 40th Hands-on Agile ‘Best Test Ever’ session, David Burkus delved into the surprising science of high-performing teams. ?? Watch the video now: David Burkus: Best Team Ever — Hands-on-Agile #40. ?? Join 3,800-plus Agile Peers on Youtube.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2022

The Virtual Project Management Symposium gathers Project Management Professionals from all over the United States and across the globe to discuss trending topics, best practices, case studies, and academic research. Agile and Beyond: Detroit, Michigan, USA, 24-25 May 2022. Agile 2022: Nashville, Tennessee, USA, 18-22 July 2022.

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2022 PMO Innovation Sustainability 195

Scrum.org

JANUARY 5, 2021

In December 2020, my friend Adrian Galarza and I delivered a Scrum.org Scrum Pulse Webinar - A Cycle Time Journey: 164 to 8 Days in 6 Months that summarized the journey of Adrian’s Scrum Team. What adjustments were made in the entire organization as part of a 4 year Agile enablement? BACKGROUND. ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE LEADERSHIP.

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Cadence Software Review SCRUM Leadership 222

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 3, 2021

I am often asked what Scrum Teams and organizations should measure. Do you want to learn how to leverage EBM to improve business agility? It is called Professional Agile Leadership – Evidence-Based Management (PAL-EBM). It allows participants to use a case study to practice applying concepts in real-time.

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