Scrum.org

OCTOBER 29, 2023

TL; DR: Scrum Team Failure This post on Scrum team failure addresses three categories from the Scrum anti-patterns taxonomy that are closely aligned: Planning and process breakdown, conflict avoidance and miscommunication, and inattention to quality and commitment, often resulting in a Scrum team performing significantly below its potential.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Whether you’re making the move to Agile project management in your development group or creating an Agile process for your in-house project management methodology, chances are you’re going to have to sell this change to executives in your organization. Align Agile project management with your organization’s strategy.

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Agile Executing Development Team Review Technical Review 755

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2019

As part of the Scrum.org webinar “Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer - Martin Hinshelwood - Answering Your Most Pressing Scrum Questions” I was asked a number of questions. In case you missed it, here is the recording of yesterday's Ask a Professional Scrum Trainer webinar with Martin Hinshelwood! The Scrum Master, Scrum Guide.

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Technical Review Software Review SCRUM Engineering 132

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 not all industries, business models or technologies allow for this to happen.

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Agile Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review 173

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In many large organizations, Scrum teams fall into the ‘feature factory’ trap, focusing more on churning out features than creating real value. It’s too bad that this shift undermines Agile principles and hampers long-term success and innovation. Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024!

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Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Sustainability 180

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 17, 2022

As project managers, it’s important that we know how to best support our development teams (and vice versa), especially in Agile environments. Here is what we learned from an invaluable brainstorming session with our Tech Lead. Approaches you might consider in an Agile environment are Scrum, Kanban or Scrumban , but there are others.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 12, 2019

These days, it seems like everybody is all about doing things agile. So if a foundation of agile is working fast and changing rapidly and often, while continuing to iterate on the project, what’s the definition of done in agile? But first, let’s get some more background on agile and its methods.

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Software Review Agile Technical Review 2001 321

Scrum.org

APRIL 23, 2022

In this article you will learn: Why enabling Scrum Teams with UX Design capabilities is important. Why introducing UX capabilities to Scrum team is frequently hard. The job of a Scrum Team is not just to deliver a product, but to solve user problems. The narrative around Scrum is centered on delivering products.

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Technical Review Software Review 225

Scrum.org

AUGUST 1, 2022

My most successful projects have one thing in common; I used an agile approach to deliver them. Tips for agile delivery: If you plan to use a predictive (waterfall) project approach, the charter will contain detailed scope and high-level requirements. In my experience, agile project teams typically combine these two phases.

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Agile Monitoring SCRUM Technical Review 235

Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2024

TL; DR: The Rise of the Scrum GPT Fewer Jobs for Scrum Masters, and now we see the universal Scrum GPT entering the competition: Will Scrum Masters change from essential practitioners to a niche role? The job market is currently challenging for many agile practitioners, particularly Scrum Masters.

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ChatGPT SCRUM Artificial Inteligence Agile 151

ProjectManager.com

MAY 29, 2020

Scrum is a flexible framework that’s designed to help self-organized teams execute projects quickly in an agile environment. Thus, successful agile sprints make use of scrum software and scrum artifacts to convey key information, deliver transparency and keep the project rolling on time. Product Backlog.

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SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Estimate 253

Scrum.org

JUNE 26, 2023

TL; DR: Useless Agile Metrics Ideally, a metric is a leading indicator for a pattern change, allowing your Scrum team to analyze the cause in time and take countermeasures. What if these useless agile metrics lead you in the wrong direction while providing you with the illusion that you know where your team is heading?

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Agile Software Review 2021 Estimate 180

Scrum.org

JUNE 1, 2020

TL; DR: Remote Agile Event Planning — a Cheat Sheet. My solution to this challenge is going the extra mile regarding the remote agile event planning. The concept I describe below is tested, proven, and modeled after my virtual Professional Scrum training classes. The Remote Agile Event Planning Phases.

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Technical Review Agile Planning SCRUM 135

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

A very interesting (and sad) piece of news made headlines in Spain recently that provides some lessons about agile product development and incremental delivery. Consequently, the delivery of the trains is delayed for a few years due to the fact that the designs that were delivered are for the wrong size of trains.

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Technical Review Infrastructure Aerospace Underperforming Technical Team 166

Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2021

Some time ago, someone on Reddit asked whether there would be any other profession that requires attending a 2-day training class and would then pay as well as a Scrum Master job. This attitude is precisely why the 47 Scrum Master Interview Guide exists: Prevent imposters from slipping through the hiring process and causing damage.

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SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review Technical Review 227

Scrum.org

JANUARY 17, 2023

TL; DR: ChatGPT Prompts for Scrum Practitioners. Last week, I ran an “interview” with ChatGPT as an applicant for a fictitious Scrum Master position based on questions from Scrum Master Interview Guide. Think twice if you still believe this technology is a fad or a toy. ChatGPT Prompt for Scrum Masters.

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ChatGPT Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Technical Review 171

Scrum.org

JANUARY 9, 2024

This article will review a few different thoughts on the DOD, relate the DOD to acceptance criteria, and show an example of a DOD. In the 12 years that I've been a Professional Scrum Trainer through Scrum.org, I've taught many classes on Scrum and seen many misunderstandings related to the DOD.

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Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 2024 174

Scrum.org

JUNE 1, 2021

They are derived from my fourteen years of practical experience with XP and Scrum, serving both as Product Owner and Scrum Master and interviewing dozens of Product Owner candidates on behalf of my clients. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 31,000-plus other subscribers.

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Technical Review Software Review Planning SCRUM 215

Scrum.org

JANUARY 18, 2021

TL; DR: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns from Job Ads. Job ads for Scrum Master positions reveal great insight into an organization’s progress on becoming agile. I analyzed more than 50 job ads for Scrum Master positions to gain these. Analyzing a Job Advertisement for a Scrum Master Position.

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SCRUM Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Agile 204

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Or a critical part of a Scrum team’s journey of continuous improvement? In my experience, Scrum teams start utilizing Retrospectives to their full potential when they embrace a short set of Retrospective first principles, outlining the essence of the Why, the What, and the How. The Scrum Guide on the Sprint Retrospective.

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Technical Review SCRUM 2022 Closing 221

Agilemania

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Although the year was full of surprises, the Agile adoption rate increased from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021. With the pandemic looming large, here are a few interesting statistics on Agile Adoption challenges-. Source: 15th State of Agile Report. What is Agile (how it works, and why it’s awesome)? Talk about growth!

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Agile SCRUM Technical Review Software Review 98

The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

When the Department of Defense (DoD) decided to expand the need for more technical projects following World War II, pressure was placed upon the aerospace and defense community to develop expertise in project management. First, the PM was expected to possess a command of technology rather than merely an understanding of technology.

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Aerospace Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Governance 147

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 11, 2022

It recreates the work environment in development organizations where people often face unplanned work, unknown technology, vague requirements and need to collaborate to succeed. . This is relatable to joining a new company, a new project, joining another team or onboarding a new technology.

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SCRUM Technical Review Leadership Executing 203

Henny Portman

MARCH 15, 2019

ambler and Mark Lines are the creators of the Disciplined Agile Delivery framework and the authors of the book Introduction to Disciplined Agile Delivery – a small Agile Team’s journey from Scrum to Disciplined DevOps ( 2 nd edition). Scrum offers only a development cycle. Full delivery cycle.

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Technical Review Agile Lean Cadence 53

Scrum.org

MAY 14, 2020

Technology alone won’t solve the problem. Spending months writing requirements documents then tracking via Gantt charts or Microsoft Project doesn’t deliver the goods. . Agile has been around for a while now, but many firms still see agility as a software development solution. Agile frameworks help us do that.

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Agile Technical Review Software Review Cadence 173

Scrum.org

MARCH 9, 2024

Let's have a look at the Scrum Guide. It essentially confirms the following statements from the Agile Manifesto. Working product over comprehensive documentation (value) and working product is the only measure of progress (principle). It states that in order to provide value, the Increment must be usable. Nothing else!

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Software Review Technical Review Engineering SCRUM 173

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. Working Software over Comprehensive Documentation.

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Agile Software Review Development Team Review Technical Review 149

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Many well-meaning practitioners have misconceptions about Scrum. Scrum is a framework for doing complex work, not a how-to playbook. This very incompleteness is one of the strengths of Scrum, but without specific guidance, some myths have evolved about the right way to run a Scrum Team. . Not all technical debt is bad.

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SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Technical Review 160

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. Here is what we learned from an invaluable brainstorming session with our Tech Lead. Approaches you might consider in an Agile environment are Scrum, Kanban or Scrumban , but there are others.

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Technical Review Development Team Review Risk Management Agile 397

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. with examples of IT projects) IT project management is the process of planning, organizing, running, and managing information technology projects. And that’s no simple job.

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Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review Infrastructure 78

Scrum.org

MAY 5, 2021

There are plenty of failure possibilities with Scrum. Given that Scrum is a framework with a reasonable yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. Turning the Sprint Retrospective into a Blame Game Retrospective demonstrates a Scrum team’s lack of skills and professionalism. Source : Scrum Guide 2020.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

It’s a lot to read, so here are some spoilers drawn from common themes I heard time and time again in the interviews: Agile : if you don’t know enough about it, you need to start learning. A well-documented plan? John is the co-author of Agile Project Management for Mobile Application Development. Proper briefs?

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2023 Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team 404

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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SCRUM Agile Technical Review Software Review 36

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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SCRUM Agile Development Team Review Software Review 135

Agilemania

NOVEMBER 27, 2022

A Product Requirement Document can be referred to as a brief summary of the requirements of a product. What is a Product Requirement Document? Often abbreviated as ‘PRD’, a Product Requirement document carries a brief description of the requirements for the product. It is prepared alongside other necessary agile documentations.

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Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Lean 52

Scrum.org

APRIL 17, 2023

TL; DR: Jira Anti-Patterns If you ask people to come up with popular attributes for “Agile” or “agility,” Scrum and Jira will likely be among the top ten featured. Moreover, in any discussion about the topic, someone will mention that using Scrum running on top of Jira does not make an organization agile.

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ChatGPT Technical Review 2023 SCRUM 181

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. Agile Principles.

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