The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Whether you are just starting out, developing your project manager resume, or a seasoned professional, mastering the Project Management Buzzwords is non-negotiable. Agile A flexible and dynamic approach to project management that allows for iterative updates during defined time blocks, which allows for incremental value.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 7, 2019

TL; DR: Faking Agile Metrics — An Eye-Opening Exercise. Imagine you’re a Scrum Master and the line manager of your team believes that the best sign for a successful agile transformation is a steady increase in the Scrum Team’s velocity. Cooking the Agile Books — A Simple Exercise.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. If you are looking to fill a position for a Scrum Master (or agile coach) in your organization, you may find the following 54 interview questions useful to identify the right candidate. Scrum Anti-Patterns: From Product Backlog to Sprint Review.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 9, 2023

Can a large language model, not specializing in anything “agile,” pass a screening interview for a Scrum Master position? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 36,000-plus other subscribers. ? ? ?? Follow-up question : Why is it beneficial that the team adheres to the values and practices of Scrum?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

On the one side, they address typical Scrum events such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and the Sprint Retrospective. November 19, 2020 : If you use Scrum then join the free Hands-on Agile meetup—it will be worth your time ! Generally, insisting that the team achieve specific KPI, e. The Role of the Scrum Master.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 2, 2020

Learn how individual incentives and outdated organizational structures — fostering personal agendas and local optimization efforts — manifest themselves in Scrum stakeholder anti-patterns which easily can impede any agile transition. The early majority of organizations are already adopting BDD/DDD or Pragmatic Agility.).

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Leading Answers

JUNE 22, 2022

This is part one in a series on leading agile teams from the Beyond Agile book. We will examine what leadership entails and how it applies to agile teams. Leadership is focused on creating the pull from the team and giving the team the goal and tools to overcome obstacles.

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Digite

MAY 15, 2018

In the most recent post in Steve Porter’s series, Yuval Yuret presents Scrum in a manner that is intended to educate Kanban teams. It also encourages everyone to review/adopt the values (in Scrum language) that can help software development teams succeed in building software. Disclaimer. You should go read it now.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 27, 2019

Scrum requires self-organizing teams that can quickly solve problems in unpredictable environments. Scrum ceremonies are meetings that are unique to scrum teams. Scrum ceremonies ensure that everyone (the scrum master, product owner and development team) is in-sync. It’s a way to ensure transparency across the team.

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Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2020

Regularly, we find articles from developers detailing why ‘Agile’ in general and Scrum’s nature, in particular, deserve our collective disdain. Join the 25th Hands-on Agile meetup on August 20, 2020, to explore the virtual Ecocycle Planning. That’s simple; let me help you: Write something about how awful “Agile” and Scrum are.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

This latest update to the interview guide addresses Product Owner anti-patterns from Product Backlog management and refinement to the Sprint Review. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 33,000-plus subscribers. ?? How this is done may vary widely across organizations, Scrum Teams, and individuals.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 19, 2023

I wanted to determine whether ChatGPT 4 is superior to its predecessor, which left a good impression in recent months; see my previous articles on Scrum, Agile, and ChatGPT. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 45,000-plus other subscribers. ? ? ? ?? Read on and learn what happened.

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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 encourages teams to improve by reflecting on their success and losses. . So, read on to know about scrum.

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Project Bliss

MAY 24, 2017

Agile is a popular term these days, and you likely hear it a lot. But what is it and what’s the difference between agile vs waterfall methodology? By the end, you’ll have a high-level understanding of each and how work is done in agile vs waterfall. In this post I’ll do the following for you: Explain Agile.

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nTask

AUGUST 22, 2019

As an Agile project manager, I have seen my fair share of so-called “Scrum Masters” and “Agile Experts” claiming to be masters of their craft. The truth, however, is that they don’t know a lot of things about Scrum and Agile. Scrum Project Management is a framework from the Agile project management methodology.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

What event could better embody Scrum’s principle of empiricism than the Sprint Retrospective? The Scrum Master encourages the Scrum Team to improve, within the Scrum process framework, its development process and practices to make it more effective and enjoyable for the next Sprint. TL; DR: Sprint Retrospective Anti-Patterns.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Hence, if you recognize some anti-patterns in your daily work, why don’t you ask the rest of the Scrum Team for support? The Product Owner is responsible for maximizing the value of the product resulting from work of the Development Team.” Remember: user story creation is a team exercise.). Source : Scrum Guide 2017.

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nTask

OCTOBER 14, 2021

But when it comes to construction risk management, you need to be extra careful, because a software project going bad might not be as life-threatening as a construction project going bad. The development team is more focused and it remains focused because they know what they are up against. Assessment. Mitigation.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2020

If you are looking to fill a position for a Scrum Master (or agile coach) in your organization, you may find the following 47 interview questions useful to identify the right candidate. These should allow an interviewer to deep dive into a candidate’s understanding of Scrum and her agile mindset.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 30, 2020

Those meetings aren’t working sessions that are moving us forward and creating new insights as a team; instead they feel like a waste of time. This problem shows up in Scrum Teams, and it shows up well beyond Scrum Teams. Consensus means that individuals can disagree and still commit to and support the team decision.

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The IIL Blog

AUGUST 2, 2023

The development team was devastated. In my consulting practice, I see development teams struggling with their users. A primary reason is poor stakeholder engagement. Poor alignment with project objectives and expectations. Develop mitigation strategies. This experience is not unique.

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Binfire

MARCH 6, 2018

I am sure by now you have heard about agile, companies big and small like Amazon and Google are using agile to manage work. You may be forgiven if you wonder why agile is used more and more for managing work and projects. If you still think Agile is good for managing software projects only, you are making a big mistake.

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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. Agile projects typically prioritize the backlog based on business value or perceived needs. ' In deciding which feature to develop first, those with the highest economic value are selected.

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Wrike

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

When it comes to managing teams and projects effectively, managers can choose from many project management frameworks and methodologies. The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is an Agile project management framework focused on flexibility, continuous iteration and improvement, and cross-functional collaboration between teams and stakeholders.

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Velociteach

AUGUST 3, 2023

The development team was devastated. In my consulting practice, I see development teams struggle with their users. A primary reason is poor stakeholder engagement. Poor alignment on project objectives and expectations. Misalignment can occur within the leadership team, and between leaders and their staff.

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Planio

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Have you ever had one of those bad dreams where you keep making the same mistake over and over again? Now, what if that dream became your team’s reality? If you feel like your team keeps making the same mistakes over and over, they probably are. Significant events. Hopefully, everyone’s still wearing pants!). Dot voting.

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Planio

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Project deliverables refer to any project-related output your project generates, including your team meetings and ceremonies , project artifacts, and the final products or services you deliver. But while anything can be a deliverable, the best teams are purposeful and specific with what they want to deliver.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Nexus group of teams is very similar to the Agile Release Train (ART) construct. In both SAFe/Scrum it is a self-managing team of self-managed teams with a couple of key roles at the team of teams level. . Lean/Agile Leadership. Nexus Integration Team (NIT) - System Team.

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Planio

APRIL 24, 2023

Assessing and mitigating project risks 7. Planning sprints and running agile ceremonies 8. Updating project management software to keep their team on track 9. In everyday terms, a project manager’s job is to oversee, coordinate, and lead their team from project kickoff to handoff. Getting approval for new projects 4.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 5, 2023

The primary objective of negative testing is to identify and rectify weaknesses within the system by simulating scenarios that are likely to occur in a real-world environment. This allows developers to optimize the application’s performance and ensure it can handle heavy usage without compromising its functionality.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 4, 2019

The 2019 Scrum Master Trends Report by scrum.org and the State of Agile 2018 shows numbers that provide insight in the maturity of agile adoptions. I have seen agile transitions in many organizations and I have been through numerous learning experiences myself, deepening my understanding of Scrum and Agile.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 4, 2019

They run from ill-suited personal traits and the pursuit of individual agendas to frustration with the team itself. Read on and learn in this post on Scrum anti-patterns how you can identify if your Scrum Master needs support from the team. The Scrum Master is a servant-leader for the Scrum Team. The team composition is wrong.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 25, 2022

How sustainable is your pace as a developer? This has always been a huge struggle for us and most of the teams we’ve been part of. Unfortunately, many developers and development teams still burn more hours than are probably good for them. The initial practice was for developers to work no more than 40 hours a week.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Our Business Lending product is being developed by more than 20 teams spread across 3 sites. Each team contains business, IT and operations skills. Previously, I was involved in setting up a retail bank from scratch and in the development of mortgages solutions. My talk was about programmers in large scale development.

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Scrum.org

JULY 1, 2019

Scrum makes clear the relative efficacy of your product management and work techniques so that you can continuously improve the product, the team, and the working environment.”. By consequence, teams will ultimately abandon Scrum in such environments. . Ask yourself how successful your Scrum in reaching those two objectives.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Indeed, the range from a Monte Carlo forecast can be more accurate and useful to a team in Sprint Planning than an absolute value, such as an average velocity or burn rate projection. In our earlier example, we knew the team velocities for seven Sprints, which were 114, 143, 116, 109, 127, 153, and 120 points. So, what can a 54.3%

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Teamweek

MAY 13, 2021

Without a website project plan, you’ll have a website that yields poor results, disappoints clients, and frustrates the development team. Yet website development planning takes a back seat. Here’s what happens when you fail to plan: Your design and development team is forced to make assumptions. Priorities.

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