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Resistance to Agile Transformations

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Resistance to Agile Transformations Stakeholders often revert to resistance to agile transformations due to fears about job security, perceived loss of control, comfort with established practices, and misconceptions about Agile. For them, embracing Agile might feel like admitting those sacrifices were in vain.

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Agile Principles - Become More Effective

Scrum.org

This post continues my ongoing series revisiting the principles behind the Agile Manifesto. This time we are focussing on the following Agile principle – β€œAt regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjust its behavior accordingly.” Pausing regularly to do this seems like common sense.

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The Agile Hangover

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Now Scrum is not just a smart way of delivering software, it is a fundamental part of any enterprise agility transformation. . A pattern I would like to label β€˜The Agile Hangover’. . First there comes the Agile party. Lots of passion, energy, and money were spent on the desire to improve. They are already agile.

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Emotional Agility

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Emotions are essentially energy in motion (e-motion). When our emotions are flowing freely, they can bring us energy and provide the fuel for us to transform and grow. I heard the term "emotional agility" on a meditation app, and it really resonated. So I wanted to riff on this concept from the agile coaching perspective. .

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Blog Series: From Scrum Master to Agile Leader - Part 1 - Exploring the Gaps in Scrum Mastery

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This stifles the advantage that Scrum and Agile can bring to teams and organizations. . Professional Scrum revolves around the accountabilities, events, and artifacts of Scrum, and recognizes that its foundation is built on values and principles of people who work together to optimize value, build discipline, and influence culture.

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What does it take to launch agile software? Q&A with Jordan Husney, CEO and Founder of Parabol

Rebel’s Guide to PM

And why focus on improving agile retrospectives? Jordan, what’s happening with the Agile world at the moment? The agile market is growing in size and diversity for a number of reasons, and principle among them is the rise in popularity of the agile way of working itself. This growth has seen a huge rise in agile tools.

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Building an Effective Agile Transformation Consultant Team

Leading Agile

An Agile Transformation Consultant who wants to lead a successful Transformation is going to need more than a deep understanding of Agile. In a recent blog post, we discussed the various types of Agile Transformation Coaches needed to run a sustainable Transformation. Agile Transformation Consultant: Team Attributes.