Scrum.org

JULY 25, 2023

As Scrum.org trainers, we often come across common misconceptions from course attendees about Agile and Scrum. We tend to hear red flags of misalignment when we explore folk's current definitions and understanding of Agile and Scrum at the start of our courses. Agile eliminates the need for planning or documentation.

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NimbleWork

MARCH 7, 2024

As the Agile project management framework reaches adoption maturity at lean, progressive and disruptive startup firms, many teams at established organizations are struggling to fully embrace the Agile project management framework at scale. How to migrate from Traditional PM to Agile?

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Planview

JUNE 28, 2019

This blog is part of a series on Lean portfolio management. If you haven’t already, we recommend reading part one first, “ What is Lean Portfolio Management ,” which you can find here . In this post, we’ll discuss a fundamental component of Lean portfolio management: funding. This is where Lean budgeting comes in.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 6, 2022

These organizations offer a variety of certifications that focus on different project management methodologies such as agile or scrum, or specific project management knowledge areas such as project scheduling, resource management or risk management. Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP). CompTIA Project+ Certification. Price: $300.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 28, 2018

There has been some backlash against Six Sigma over the recent years, some of which is warranted and will be discussed, but overall the process proves a valuable tool in reducing defects in product manufacturing, especially when paired with Agile thinking, lean manufacturing and capable project management tools. Lean Six Sigma.

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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. Product development evolves through the collaborative effort of self-organizing and cross-functional teams and their customers and end-users with these frameworks. .

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 4, 2022

TL; DR: Business Agility, Scrum and Generative AI’s Take on Getting There. I thought it might be fun to ask ChatGPT a few questions about business agility in general and Scrum in particular. . ???? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 36,000-plus other subscribers. ??

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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

JULY 8, 2019

TL; DR: Agile Leadership. I recently started aggregating my notes, links, and references related to agile leadership to understand better what it — in the context of an agile transition — may look like. In the end, becoming agile is not the goal of a transition; surviving as an organization is. Agile Mindset.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

It is a method of automating some important phases in the software development process. Other agile software development success factors, such as build automation, version control, and automated deployments, serve as inspiration. Why is a Continuous Delivery Pipeline Needed in Agile? PSPO) Training.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Agile and Scrum are the two most popular names in the industry. Most organizations think all Agile frameworks come with a one-size-fits-all approach. As a result, they set unrealistic expectations when using Agile practices in their organizations. More than 44% of Agile projects fail due to a lack of experience.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

That means that project managers work in virtually all fields, from software development and IT to human resources, from advertising and marketing to construction, and everything in-between. Knowledge of related software development and project management tools. Experience in Agile project management teams.

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Digite

JANUARY 7, 2018

This book comprehensively describes the underlying principles that create Flow and facilitate Lean Product Development processes, principles that have produced 5x to 10x improvements, even in mature processes. 31 pages, ET to read: 50 min, Published July 19th, 2012 by Lean-Kanban University). Stop Starting, Start Finishing.

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International Institute for Learning

APRIL 1, 2022

Whether you are working in an environment where just a few teams have begun using adaptive practices, or one where the entire company is years deep into Agile transformation, your organization is likely facing various implementation challenges. And that’s because the meaning of Agile can differ greatly between teams and departments.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 21, 2024

Adaptive project management equips you with the agility to meet evolving demands and enhances stakeholder satisfaction through timely and relevant deliverables. Whether developing new software or launching a marketing campaign, this approach ensures that your projects are as adaptive as the project environment.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 7, 2020

Scrumban: An Agile Hybrid. Scrumban is part of an agile framework, a hybrid of scrum and kanban. The hybrid combines the best features of both and is well-suited for product and development projects. Scrum comes from a software development background, and the switch to kanban for these teams can be problematic.

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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.

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Leading Agile

MAY 16, 2023

What if, instead of focusing on all the Agile practices, we started applying some of the things we know about systems engineering to help large companies become the kind of organization that can leverage those practices? Video Transcript Agile is a way of enabling work cells in that factory. How does workflow across the Agile world?

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Agile A flexible and dynamic approach to project management that allows for iterative updates during defined time blocks, which allows for incremental value. Agile Manifesto The fundamental document that outlines the values and principles of Agile project management. Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g.,

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Agilemania

APRIL 14, 2021

Business Agility is the new talk of the town. You cannot have business agility by training the senior management and leadership on Lean thinking or a set of Agile values and principles. To enable business agility, the proper foundation has to be in place. Working software is the primary measure of progress.

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Moira Alexander

JANUARY 12, 2017

If you're new to project management and the agile methodology, the answers to these 10 questions will arm you with the information you need to get started. And if you're a project management veteran, these frequently asked agile questions are a good refresher. What is agile? How long as agile been around?

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Be it monitoring and control, collaboration, stakeholders onboarding, change management, and governance methods, the problems only keep increasing. It was circa 2011 when Dean Leffingwell decided to conceptualize the Scaled Agile Framework. Software and IT teams delivering in an agile way alone isn’t enough.

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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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International Institute for Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Since the Agile Manifesto was written in 2001 by a group of software practitioners, Agile approaches have been taking over the project management scene at a steady pace. Some say Agile is a mindset, not a methodology. Source: The Agile Practice Guide, PMI and Agile Alliance. What’s the Big Picture?

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Leading Agile

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Most organizations we visit have complicated procedures in place to control just about every aspect of the work they do. Lean Thinking starts with identifying customer-defined value, and proceeds from there by focusing on ways to maximize the delivery of that value. Take a fresh look at your process from a Lean point of view.

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Inloox

DECEMBER 4, 2019

However, we all want to become faster - more agile and ready to react to our complex environment at any time. The Minimum Viable Product concept , which we know from product development, meets precisely this challenge. This is why most large companies cannot be transformed into a lean start-up.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

“We want to be more agile in our delivery.” “We How do we even begin to find, develop and retain motivated individuals? The good news is, agility has mechanisms, mindsets and ideals already built in to motivate team members and give them purpose in their everyday work. Taking an Agile approach. How can we do Scrum well?”

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Scoro

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Traditional project management models tend to follow a more linear step-by-step pattern: define the objective > develop a plan to reach the objective > execute the plan > evaluate success at the end. Traditional versus agile management. Read on: Scoro Named Leader in Project Management Software.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 25, 2021

Read on and learn how to employ search-engines, LinkedIn’s people search, reaching out to peers in the agile community, and analyzing the event markets in the quest for your next Scrum Master job. ?? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 29k other subscribers.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 15, 2019

In lean manufacturing, kanban helps save inventory space and overcapacity. Kanban was embraced by software developers who used an agile approach to their projects, as it aligns with Scrum in many ways. Kanban Board Software. Columns on the kanban board represent where that task is in the process. History of Kanban.

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Techno-PM

OCTOBER 6, 2022

What is agile planning? Agile planning is a process that helps organisations adapt to change and respond to market demands quickly and efficiently. It is a framework that supports the iterative development of products and services. Agile planning is used to plan and execute projects iteratively and incrementally.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. Then sign up for the Food for Agile Thought newsletter and join 26k other subscribers. TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Questions (1).

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Moira Alexander

APRIL 24, 2017

Agile Software Development - goes over fundamental agile concepts to enhance your software development skills. Software Testing and Verification - teaches methods and techniques to test and verify software to advance your career as a software tester or software developer.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 17, 2024

This concept is vital across methodologies like Agile and Waterfall , where its application significantly influences project outcomes. Due to their different approaches to project management, this definition varies significantly between Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 4, 2024

These are not just ideals but the foundation of Scrum that empowers teams to navigate the complexities of their projects with agility and integrity. Dive deeper into understanding and applying Scrum's lightweight, agile framework in your leadership practice. What is the Scrum Framework?

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Resource Guru

JUNE 7, 2023

Examples of project management methodologies (some of which we’ll take a closer look at later in this article) include Waterfall, Agile (Scrum, Kanban), Lean, PRINCE2 (PRojects IN Controlled Environments), and PMBOK (Project Management Body of Knowledge). Agile PMs achieve gradual improvements through repetition.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

“What are the metrics by which you measure your agile development process?” . For this reason, we have written a comprehensive guide on the meaning of agile metrics, types, selecting the right metrics, and much more. . What are Agile Metrics or useful metrics in agile software development?

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