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. identify items such as benefits and costs).

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Scrum.org

MARCH 31, 2019

One of the most important things we can do to help individuals and teams improve is coach them to embrace the agile mindset. The Manifesto for Agile Software Development provides values and principles to help guide teams in navigating the complexities of product delivery. product training video).

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 13, 2020

Ask a dozen people what agile is and you’ll get a dozen different answers. But it’s best defined by scrum as a model. Scrum is a way to manage a project within an agile framework and is made up of three roles: product owner, scrum master and team. Also, involved in the sprint planning is the scrum master.

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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. Three symptoms that indicate low-agility Scrum.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Scrum is a lightweight agile framework that encourages team members to work on a problem together. It helps teams to gather knowledge from experience and learn self-organization through working on an issue. . Scrum is based on Empiricism, which means knowledge comes from experience. So, read on to know about scrum.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

What is a Scrum Master? What are the differences between a Scrum Master and Project Manager? Isn’t a Scrum Master some kind of an Agile Project Manager? There is almost no overlap between the role of Scrum Master and the position of Project Manager. What is a Scrum Master? What a Scrum Master does.

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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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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? Daily scrum ceremony.

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Project Bliss

MAY 10, 2017

Everybody’s talking about agile software development these days: project managers, software developers, IT directors, small startups and big corporations. What is Agile Software Development? Agile software development is an approach that promotes delivering value quickly to the customer.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing business landscape, organizations are increasingly turning to agile methodologies to drive innovation and achieve their goals. At the heart of agile teams is the Scrum Master, a role that plays a crucial part in ensuring the team’s success.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2019

As project managers, it’s important that we know how to best support our development teams (and vice versa), especially in Agile environments. A lot of the points below relate to teams in Agile environments , but can apply to any type of project team. Secret #6: Managing Reports and Documentation.

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Planio

MAY 8, 2023

On average, IT projects come with more complexity and risk, and can quickly fall to pieces without proper due diligence, management, and leadership. Similar situation: IT projects are still risky, with project managers facing the threat of development bugs, failed deployments, and system downtime. And that’s no simple job.

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Leading Answers

JULY 10, 2020

How does work from home impact our use of agile approaches? If co-location is no longer possible, can we still be agile? Yes, of course we can, and in many ways, now we need to be more agile than ever as we try new approaches, learn and adapt how we work. The Agile Manifesto and Agile Principles do not mention co-location.

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MPUG

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The Scrum meeting is an essential part of every project’s management, especially one following Agile methodology. It’s considered a valuable source of getting real-time updates, information, and feedback from the development team. It also serves to help keep the field team aligned with the company’s goals and deadlines.

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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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Scrum.org

JUNE 23, 2020

The practice of describing requirements with user stories is widely accepted in agile community. User stories motivate developers to solving user problems, not just performing technical tasks. Many important aspects bypassed the developer’s attention turns into re-work of existing features. How to Fill a User Story Canvas.

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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. Understanding the Concept of Safe Scrum Safe Scrum is an extension of the Scrum framework that focuses on scaling Scrum to larger teams and organizations.

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Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2020

TL; DR: Scrum’s Nature: It Is a Tool; It Is Not About Love or Hate. Regularly, we find articles from developers detailing why ‘Agile’ in general and Scrum’s nature, in particular, deserve our collective disdain. Seriously, how hard can Scrum be if the manual comprises of 18 pages, right?).

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

Agile means a lot of different things to different project teams. Many teams I meet describe themselves as “Agilish” or use “Scrumerfall”. These teams struggle with Agile practices as business analysts author reams of business requirements only to have a development team write the user stories.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 4, 2019

TL; DR: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns. Scrum Master anti-patterns: The reasons why Scrum Masters violate the spirit of the Scrum Guide are multi-faceted. They run from ill-suited personal traits and the pursuit of individual agendas to frustration with the team itself. The Scrum Master According to the Scrum Guide.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 9, 2023

In today’s fast-paced business environment, agility has become a fundamental principle for success. To truly excel in this field, product managers must master the art of agile product management. In this article, we will explore the key concepts, challenges, and strategies involved in becoming a skilled agile product manager.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 8, 2024

Cadence adjustment optimizes the flow of deliverables and enhances the project's agility and responsiveness to change. Enhanced Stakeholder Engagement This aspect promotes deeper stakeholder involvement by leveraging engagement strategies tailored to various development methodologies.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 19, 2018

Agile coaching is a journey into irony. Agile practice isn't really about doing projects faster and cheaper", you have come to learn, and now try to explain to others. You warn that agile development could actually prove more expensive, at least to begin with, as any new practices will take time to bed in.

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Techno-PM

JUNE 6, 2023

Agile methodology is a popular approach to project management that emphasizes flexibility, collaboration, and iterative development. Within an Agile team, there are various roles assigned to different individuals, each with unique responsibilities and contributions. What is Agile?

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Wrike

OCTOBER 12, 2022

Agile project management is an iterative, feedback-driven approach to completing and delivering successful projects. Agile management fosters a collaborative work environment where teams can tackle projects in a fast-paced yet informed manner. This article discusses all you need to know to implement Agile in your organization.

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Techno-PM

OCTOBER 10, 2022

What Is Agile Release Planning? Agile Release Planning is a process that helps organisations to plan and manage agile software development projects. The Agile Release Planning process is an important part of agile software development because it helps organisations to create a road map for the project.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

I got the idea of writing this blog while hosting a webinar on the same topics when multiple people told us to document our discussion. As per Scrum Guide – The Sprint Goal is an objective that will be met within the sprint by implementing the Product Backlog , and it guides the Development Team on why it is building the Increment.

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Binfire

AUGUST 27, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used by software engineers and IT professionals for the past sixteen years. The reason for this surge in popularity is quite understandable, the majority of projects benefit when managed using lean concepts promoted by Agile project management methodology.

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Kiron Bondale

JANUARY 13, 2019

The Scrum Guide states that a sprint backlog “ is the set of Product Backlog items selected for the Sprint, plus a plan for delivering the product increment and realizing the Sprint Goal. Remember that one of the three pillars of Scrum and a key principle of most agile approaches is transparency.

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Resource Guru

MARCH 20, 2023

Last week, Brett Harned shared his story about the importance of assessing project scope and involving the right people. Meanwhile, my company was completely new to Agile development and there was an unspoken expectation that I would also fill the product manager role and the program manager role.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 4, 2022

The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. We’ll explore the scrum methodology in-depth, but before that, let’s start with a simple scrum definition.

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Techno-PM

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Scrum is an agile methodology that provides a framework for planning, organizing, communicating, committing, and tracking work over time. The scrum process relies on the following three principles: A cross-functional team of self-organizing specialists works together closely throughout the entire life cycle of a product or service.

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Scrum.org

JULY 1, 2019

In many organisations I see Scrum not producing its anticipated value. But there also is a universal anticipated value of Scrum. The Scrum Guide says about Scrum's purpose: “A framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value.”.

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Binfire

APRIL 7, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used in the software development and IT industry for the past sixteen years, but recently it has gained wide acceptance by many number of industries and organizations. But the tide is turning and Agile is gaining wide acceptance as a valid process for many projects.

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Techno-PM

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Scrum is an agile methodology that provides a framework for planning, organizing, communicating, committing, and tracking their work overtime. Elements of Scrum Product backlog A product backlog is a list of potential features, enhancements, and improvements that can be added to an already existing product.

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Techno-PM

AUGUST 20, 2021

What is Agile? Agile is a well-known process that many businesses are implementing to increase their productivity. Agile produces more flexibility, efficiency, and higher quality results than traditional methods. Download Project Management Templates What Is an Agile Team and How to Form Them? What is Scrum?

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Henny Portman

MARCH 1, 2020

Scream is a framework built as an imitation of Scrum, giving unwitting observers the appearance that the organization might be using Scrum. Scream Teams appear self-organizing and cross-functional when indeed the entire show is run by the manager. Conclusion: Scream isn’t a new tree in the agile forest.

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