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Definition of Done: Business Agility Abhors Technical Shoddiness

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TL; DR: The Definition of Done: Business Agility & Technical Excellence Most of the time, stakeholders are not interested in how we solve their problems as long as we ethically play by the rules. Instead, they are interested in the regular delivery of valuable Increments as these pave the road to business agility.

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15 Non-Academic Project Management Books to Earn PDUs

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I’ve read, I’m guessing, over 150 management books in my career, and you can read my book reviews if you want to trawl through the archives. Books that cover ways of working, technical project management, leadership , power skills, soft skills for the workplace, business acumen and also strategic and business management topics count.

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The Scrum Trap: How Unfit Practices Will Harm Return on Investment

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Upfront, long-term planning : This approach conflicts with the Agile principle of welcoming changing requirements, even late in development. Scrum’s fast-feedback-loop approach to risk mitigation, for example, during the Daily Scrum or Sprint Review, avoids loss aversion or falling victim to the sunk cost fallacy.

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The Peril of Adhering to Legacy Systems, Processes, and Practices

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TL; DR: Adherence to Legacy Systems, Processes, and Practices Administrative overreach and micromanagement in Scrum mainly arise from clinging to legacy systems and traditional (management) practices, leading to rigidity and misapplication of Agile principles. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Scrum Team Failure — Scrum Anti-Patterns Taxonomy (3)

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Learn how these Scrum anti-patterns categories manifest themselves and how they affect value creation for customers and the organization’s long-term sustainability. Last Week Exclusively on my Substack Newsletter : Welcome DALL•E 3 — Transformative Analysis for Agile Practitioners. ? A lack of attention to technical debt.

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Definition of Done Theses

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You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 35,000-plus subscribers. ?? If a Product Backlog item does not meet the Definition of Done, it cannot be released or even presented at the Sprint Review. Update : Join the poll and its lively discussion on LinkedIn. ??

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The Illusion of Velocity

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TL; DR: The Illusion of Velocity In this article, I explore the pitfalls of ‘The Illusion of Velocity’ in agile contexts, peeling back the layers of traditional metrics as leadership tools. Contrastingly, agile practices, born from the need to accomplish work in uncertain and complex environments, emphasize adaptability and responsiveness.