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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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

On June 30th Christopher Handscomb and I presented a webinar based on our joint research on the topic of the value of enterprise agility. DW - That is true at the enterprise, department, product, and team level. Many of the core backbone processes of an agile organisation (e.g., CH - I’d like to add a couple of points.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

TL; DR: Agile Management Anti-Patterns. Learn more about agile management anti-patterns the aspiring servant leader should avoid during the organization’s transition: From applying the Stage-Gate® approach through the back door to the ‘where is my report’ attitude to other beloved signs of applied Taylorism.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 21, 2022

They work with development teams to track progress and identify potential risks, as well as liaise with other departments such as QA, ops teams, service management, and support. The release manager at my last job worked closely with the development team to review what code changes would be coming.

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NimbleWork

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

When the Agile methodology was first introduced, it was embraced as a welcome replacement to the rigid Waterfall approach. The community largely accepted Agile and Waterfall as mutually exclusive project management paradigms. This led to segmented fractions in the community, where either side presented opposing views with skepticism.

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nTask

DECEMBER 8, 2020

They will help improve the communication channels that are present in the company, resulting in improved communication and collaboration between the team leaders and project managers. And it is closely linked to the development of schedules and cost plans. Resource risks are not assessed. Resource use is not optimized.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 13, 2020

Ask a dozen people what agile is and you’ll get a dozen different answers. 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. A sprint is an iteration in the development cycle of a project. But it’s best defined by scrum as a model.

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Scrum.org

MAY 4, 2020

TL; DR: A Remote Daily Scrum with a Distributed Team. We started this series on remote agile with looking into practices and tools; we explored virtual Liberating Structures, and how to master Zoom. This eighth article now looks into supporting a distributed Development Team organizing a remote Daily Scrum.

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Leading Agile

JULY 28, 2022

The goal of adopting Agile is always about achieving the desired business outcome unique to the organization that is pursuing it. The Agile mindset can be adapted to fit many industries or businesses. They can negotiate the amount of work they accept into their sprint during sprint planning based on their team’s past velocity.

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Leading Agile

JULY 3, 2023

Today, Agilists must have a plan for incorporating DevOps practices into the early stages of Agile Transformation. But what if we told you there’s a whole class of DevOps considerations that no one is talking about that’s secretly killing your ability to unleash the potential of Agile? We’ll also discuss the lack of automation.

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nTask

DECEMBER 22, 2021

The Agile project management methodology is one of the most interesting and effective ways to manage your projects and get the most value out of them. They encompass everything from the software development process to construction management. But how does methodology work? How is it so effective? The answer is Sprints.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2021

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. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 30,000-plus other subscribers. Agile Metrics.

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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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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 3, 2020

There are simple drag-and-drop tools for organizing to-do lists, planning systems for agile teams and hybrid tools for robust project management. After reviewing dozens of these tools, we’ve found that there are four specific features of a kanban tool that are must-haves for any serious user. Your new columns would be: To-do.

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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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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.

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nTask

DECEMBER 2, 2020

With agile teams, this is usually done through retrospectives. In other words, with agile retrospectives, you can focus on how your work is going and take things that are learned from success & failure for further implementation. Such agile retrospectives help to improve processes, methods, and teamwork.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 27, 2019

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. A sprint employs four different scrum ceremonies to ensure proper execution: sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review and sprint retrospective.

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LiquidPlanner

OCTOBER 29, 2019

What the contractor did was apply the principles of agile methodology to your kitchen project. Agile project management allows you and your team to make observations and decisions during the process, and make iterations on what you imagine the final solution to be. Scrapping the product, and the team starts all over again.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

When I present the Scrum framework to a new team, I almost always hear someone cry out, “How can we get anything done with so many meetings?! ” The Scrum framework consists of five events (what the uninitiated refer to as meetings), three artifacts, and three roles. Scrum Teams actually PLAN more). .

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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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NimbleWork

MAY 1, 2024

In a software development project, email notifications, team meetings, and code reviews can be represented using symbols to visualize the communication and collaboration process. In this example, we will consider a software development team working on a web application for an e-commerce platform. Source: Medium 2.

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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. . Product Backlog.

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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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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Other agile software development success factors, such as build automation, version control, and automated deployments, serve as inspiration. Customers will receive the product immediately, and developers will be actively committed to developing software. Why is a Continuous Delivery Pipeline Needed in Agile?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

The Sprint Review lost its detailed recipe on how to run the event. There is no more Development Team : “Developers are the people in the Scrum Team that are committed to creating any aspect of a usable Increment each Sprint.” (I This is another good pointer at the Scrum Team’s empowerment.).

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Scrum.org

APRIL 1, 2022

Long has spoonfeeding solutions and off-the-shelf feature descriptions prevailed in many development teams. Although some issues might have been fixed, I rarely see the full potential of a Scrum Team being achieved. Agility is necessary for survival. Join the Mastering Agility Discord community To survive.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

A good product vision will be aspirational, offering reasons as to why the team is working on the product now, and for whom. It should motivate teams to see this not merely as another job but a mission that fulfills an important need. The product vision is also a way for a manager to stay present in the project without micromanaging.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Join the Mastering Agility Discord community. Long has spoon-feeding solutions and off-the-shelf feature descriptions prevailed in many development teams. Although some issues might have been fixed, I rarely see the full potential of a Scrum Team being achieved. Agility is necessary for survival. To survive.

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 16, 2018

If you’re fresh out of Certified Scrum Master training, you are likely invigorated to start applying the Agile and SCRUM based techniques to your next project. Then you get back to work and the real world hits you—implementing Agile isn’t going to be as easy as you thought. Adopting Agile is an Exercise in Change Management.

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MPUG

JUNE 19, 2023

Project managers must have a change management process to assess and evaluate potential changes. By proactively identifying and managing change requests through formal change orders, project teams can effectively respond to evolving project needs while maintaining control over scope, schedule, and budget.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

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. During the Sprint Planning , the product owner presents business objectives for the Sprint and an ordered Product Backlog.

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Leading Answers

JANUARY 16, 2021

Agile projects typically prioritize the backlog based on business value or perceived needs. Assessing the chances of loss or gain occur throughout all forms of business and relies on taking an economic view of decision making. I do not think the teams have been weak at threat avoidance. What is a Risk-Adjusted Backlog?

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Meisterplan

MAY 30, 2018

Are you using Jira for software development? Do you find that agile approaches are helpful? And are you trying to tackle all projects in the company using agile and Jira? Read on to find out how a misunderstanding arose between agile development and product management, and the solution we’ve found so far.

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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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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 26, 2024

Real-Time Collaboration - Digital project management tools facilitate instant communication and information sharing among team members, even if they are across different time zones. Adaptability The flexibility to adapt to new technologies, shifting project requirements, and varying project team dynamics is recommended.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 19, 2020

Agile isn’t ever really about Agile. In our Business Drivers of Agility webinar series hosted by LeadingAgile CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, Mike dives deep into six key business drivers to uncover how Agile can enable organizations to connect these drivers to better business outcomes. It’s about creating business outcomes.

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