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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The IIL Blog

JULY 31, 2024

By Debra Khan Practitioners of content strategy do not have to go it alone when developing a strategy for a content project. Based on the needs analysis, project leadership typically develops a business case and charters a project. I like to do assessments from time to time, beyond the regular meetings and updates.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 17, 2025

Vision and Ideation: AI as a Creative Partner The product vision is the cornerstone of successful product development. For example, imagine a product owner for a meal-planning application using an AI tool to analyse thousands of customer reviews and support conversations.

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nTask

DECEMBER 8, 2020

These qualifications have evolved due to the challenges that are faced by the companies in the project management paradigm – and that too on daily basis. 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.

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Scrum.org

JULY 5, 2022

During the first year of the pandemic, Scrum adoption more than doubled for software development teams. According to the 15th Annual State of Agile Report, the use of agile approaches for software development grew from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021. It is, in essence, the plan for what the Scrum Team will do next.

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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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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Learn how individual incentives and outdated organizational structures — fostering personal agendas and local optimization efforts — manifest themselves in Scrum stakeholder anti-patterns which easily can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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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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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

In the fast-paced world of software development, agility and efficiency are paramount. This is where Scrum, an agile framework, comes into play. Within Scrum teams, the role of a Product Owner is pivotal. This includes not only their own role but also those of the Scrum Master and Developers.

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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

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Project Manager is typically concerned with day-to-day progress of the Development Team. They rarely (or never) miss a Daily Scrum, they’re involved during the Daily Scrum and it might just be that they’re asking individual team members what they’ve done, what they’re going to do and if there’s anything blocking them.

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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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Leading Answers

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Many traditional project management deliverables have agile alternatives. Yet we rarely see agile communications management plans. Given the high rates of change often experienced on agile projects, we might expect more emphasis on communications to keep everyone on the same page. These are valid questions, so let me explain.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 29, 2024

( Japanese version・日本語版 ) When picturing an effective and truly agile product development team, one often imagines a software development team, pushing some software to production every day, maybe multiple times a day, ala Amazon. But most teams that try it find out that the benefits exceed the costs.

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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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Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

There is no doubt now that Agile is not just a buzzword, but a really working methodology that takes software development to the next level. . How does it differ from the traditional approach to product development? Are there any disadvantages of the Agile methodology? Overview of Traditional SDLC vs Agile Approach.

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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. The need for fluid teams.

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The bad news is that this complicates the decision on which to choose. Clear Deadlines and Roles Each team member’s deadlines are listed clearly next to their tasks and they can see how those deadlines impact others’ deadlines [3]. It also makes it easier for the team to understand their tasks [4].

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Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 5, 2018

Good agile leads (a.k.a. toxic culture, poor compensation) which are preventing you from attracting them, and in a pinch, contracting might be the way to go. toxic culture, poor compensation) which are preventing you from attracting them, and in a pinch, contracting might be the way to go.

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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

JANUARY 9, 2020

I am actively forming the opinion that this is the wrong term to be used both in how various assessments assess understanding and by practitioners in the agile community. This poor choice then leads to a fragility within the solution. The Scrum Guide does not contain the term technical debt. Lean Principles Work Types.

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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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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In this blog post, I’ll explain how it’s possible for managers to work with Scrum Teams so no one has to worry about rebuilding their resume. Scrum leverages self-organizing and cross-functional Development Teams to maximize the amount of value that can be delivered. The kind of manager that unifies the team.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Not maintaining requirements in an Agile team can lead to several challenges, including scope creep, missed deadlines, low-quality deliverables, and dissatisfied stakeholders. This can cause frustration for both the team and the stakeholders, as the project may require additional work to fix these issues.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 18, 2020

A new product had been developed to replace an older, third party solution that was no longer tenable. The organization had to revert to the old, third party solution at significant cost, after several (costly) years of development. In my research, I found many issues throughout the development process, but one stuck out in particular.

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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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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

MAY 5, 2022

When working in an agile environment, teams take sprints, a short period of time in which you complete tasks. Scrum teams choose this work by looking over their backlog. A scrum framework allows teams to execute in agile project management, the backlog is very important and backlog refinement keeps work flowing.

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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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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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Scrum.org

JULY 29, 2019

In my role as an Agile coach and Scrum trainer, I get the chance to talk to a lot of Scrum Masters and teams. When I ask them about what their team is measuring, the most common answers I hear are velocity, story points, and burn-down charts. Team health? I often failed to help developers understand its true purpose.

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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

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

But many teams struggle with this rule. An increment is considered “Done” by the Development Team, but requires further testing and stabilization in the next Sprint. Or work is considered “Done” by the Development Team, but the install package still needs to be created. It is tempting to fall into “shades of Done”.

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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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Leading Agile

JANUARY 28, 2019

Once we’ve implemented X, we’re Agile. It’s all or nothing; either you’re fully Agile, or you’re nowhere. I’m not suggesting this degree of simplification is automatically or always a Bad Thing. It can become a Bad Thing when we lose sight of the larger context of our work.

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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

DECEMBER 6, 2019

With Scrum you have one and only one product owner for a given product – not a committee, but the effectiveness of the product owner will vary depending on the PO’s organizational enablement, understanding of the product, and involvement with the Scrum team. . . An Evaluation Matrix. Quadrant Q3: PO as the Empowered Strategist .

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