Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 11, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Are you ready to transform the way you manage projects and lead your team? Dive into the world of Scrum, the Agile framework that is revolutionizing project management across industries. Scrum emphasizes team collaboration, regular reflection on work processes, and continuous improvement.

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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. The scrum team discusses what can be done based on the definition of done and crafts the Sprint Goal and forecast their work.

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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 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. Question 02: Success Factors of “Agile”.

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Proofhub

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Turn to instruments like Google Analytics, Facebook Pixel, and heat mapping software to keep tabs on user behavior, sources of traffic, and conversion patterns. CTA- Easily communicate and collaborate with your team, clients, and stakeholders in real-time with ProofHub’s Chat.

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Planio

DECEMBER 18, 2023

In fact, an annual product survey found that over 30% of teams plan their roadmaps a year in advance, dispelling the myth that agile teams shouldn’t waste their time planning far into the future. If you’re a project manager or team leader gearing up to build a long-term product roadmap, this article is for you.

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Leading Answers

JANUARY 16, 2021

Agile projects typically prioritize the backlog based on business value or perceived needs. That could take two weeks and cost $100,000 when factoring in the new software license, the team's burn rate, and the cost of delay to the organization. What is a Risk-Adjusted Backlog? Risks Actions in the Backlog.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe™) is one of the most popular approaches to applying agile at scale out there. SAFe's perspective is that "Nothing beats an Agile Team" and it doesn't try to reinvent the wheel or even innovate too much when it comes to the Team level. But we can't ignore the differences in lingo.

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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. How much time should they spend with their team or with stakeholders? Which activities can be fulfilled by others in the team, and what is needed for that? Data from our Scrum Team Survey may shed a light on this.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe™) is one of the most popular approaches to applying agile at scale out there. SAFe's perspective is that "Nothing beats an Agile Team" and it doesn't try to reinvent the wheel or even innovate too much when it comes to the Team level. But we can't ignore the differences in lingo.

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Wrike

MAY 26, 2023

Each cycle involves planning, executing, and reviewing the work performed, with the goal of making continuous improvements to the project as a whole. Flexibility and adaptability: By breaking a project down into smaller cycles, teams are able to adjust their approach when project requirements shift.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2018

If you’re a veteran of the software industry, you probably remember those days where we released to production/GA every couple of months. When we say “Working Software” in the Agile Manifesto, we don’t mean just “It is working and we tested it meets our acceptance criteria and our definition of Done”. The Increment Got Us Here.

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Cadence Development Team Review Software Review Technical Review 134

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2018

If you’re a veteran of the software industry, you probably remember those days where we released to production/GA every couple of months. When we say “Working Software” in the Agile Manifesto, we don’t mean just “It is working and we tested it meets our acceptance criteria and our definition of Done”.

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Cadence Development Team Review Software Review Technical Review 126

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. By providing clear guidelines and principles, Safe Scrum enables teams to collaborate more effectively, communicate transparently, and ultimately deliver higher-quality projects.

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SCRUM Cadence Development Team Review Software Review 36

Scrum.org

MAY 7, 2019

One of the responsibilities of a Scrum Master is to coach the Development Team in self-organization. Therefore, it’s up to the Development Team to determine the best way to accomplish its work and build ‘Done’ Increments. Sprint Review. But there’s no working software at the end of the Sprint. Presentation

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Wrike

JULY 29, 2023

Analyze Current State: Assess current processes and performance to gain a thorough understanding of strengths, weaknesses, and inefficiencies. Generate Ideas: Encourage employees to contribute ideas and suggestions for improvement, via brainstorming sessions, suggestion boxes, or Kaizen workshops.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 42,000-plus subscribers. ? The Idea of a Scrum GPT Exploring Scrum in the real world often uncovers a tangle of anti-patterns—those practices that, despite best intentions, stray from agile principles and hinder progress.

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International Institute for Learning

JUNE 22, 2022

Transforming organizations to become Lean and Agile while maintaining high levels of performance within its teams requires a strong focus on people. After all, these high-performing teams are the ones that deliver change and growth. Transforming an organization and having high-performing teams goes hand in hand.

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Telecoms 2022 Lean Development Team Review 52

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 36,000-plus other subscribers. ? You are well familiar with Scrum and other agile product development practices. Join your peers on April 5, 2023 : Hands-on Agile #50: The Product Community of Practice w/ Petra Wille. Q 01: Why Become Agile?

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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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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

By APMG International September 6, 2023 Agile project management is a flexible approach to managing projects which involves taking incremental steps referred to as sprints or iterations. The History of Agile Project Management Agile project management emerged in the software development industry in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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Leading Answers

MAY 8, 2022

Agile approaches "Crossed the Chasm" a decade ago. As companies adopt agile because they have to / it's now expected / the industry norm / required to stay competitive / , we see more push-back and failures than ever. The image below, from Ahmed Sidky, shows agile as a mindset. This is Left-to-Right agile adoption.

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Scrum.org

MAY 5, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, chances are that everyone in your organization is working from home. This includes your Product Owner and Development Team. How does working remotely impact the collaboration with the Development Team? For example, the Daily Scrum is attended by the Development Team only.

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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. Scrum Teams are no exception.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 17, 2021

This is Mike Cottmeyer's talk from AgileIndy 2021 on The Executive's Guide to Why Agile Transformation Fails. Announcer] This is Mike Cottmeyer’s talk from AgileIndy, 2021 on “Why Agile Transformation Fails.” So I got involved with agile back in like 2003 and I was working in this company called CheckFree.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

Recently, the concept of “fluid teams”, “dynamic reteaming” or “ad-hoc teaming” has gained traction in the Agile community. Although the concept has many different definitions, a characteristic they share is that members move in and out of a team during its lifetime. It takes time to develop teams.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 11, 2019

Intended audience: Scrum masters, Product owners, Managers and Agile coaches. I advise to start finding one person to be the single Product Owner for all teams. The other “fake PO’s” should be moved inside the development teams as subject matter experts so they can provide detailed requirements. Lack of product focus.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 23, 2019

This is an ongoing process in which the Product Owner and the Development Team collaborate on the details of Product Backlog items. During Product Backlog refinement, items are reviewed and revised. The Scrum Team decides how and when refinement is done. The Development Team is responsible for all estimates.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 23, 2019

This is an ongoing process in which the Product Owner and the Development Team collaborate on the details of Product Backlog items. During Product Backlog refinement, items are reviewed and revised. The Scrum Team decides how and when refinement is done. The Development Team is responsible for all estimates.

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Development Team Review Technical Review SCRUM Estimate 159

Agilemania

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

What’s the difference between Agile and Scrum? Agile manifesto consists of values and principles to develop software iteratively and incrementally. Scrum is one of the foundations for agility. In general, we call Agile a mindset, and Scrum is a framework that helps adopt an agile mindset.

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Here's a collection of presentations, briefings, papers, essays, book content used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've written and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems and other domains. Agile Project Management (#APM). Agile Software Development (#ASD).

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

Previously, I was involved in setting up a retail bank from scratch and in the development of mortgages solutions. During my previous job I worked intensively in tuning the agile way of working into a model for the performance organisation. . The business people would point out that the IT people were not able to deliver quality code.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Tim Runcie’s Agile Series Part 2 webinar being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 11, 2019

Trying to shift the entire organisation to adopt a more agile mindset towards projects is daunting, but finding at least one Product Owner who sees the value in working incrementally is already a win. Participants agreed that “Done” software is the driver of change; software that is released to production and in the hands of users.

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Leading Agile

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Business agility means having the capability to “turn on a dime” at low cost and with low risk, to drive innovation, respond to market changes, and overcome the competition. In any enterprise that depends heavily on information systems, business agility is not possible without technical agility.

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Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Engineering 76

Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. Rarely are software engineers working on science experiments.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. We develop these reference classes using Agile Function Points.

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