Scrum.org

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Misstep of Focusing on Story Points and Velocity in Agile Teams As someone working in the realm of Agile, I've observed a common yet troubling trend among many teams: an overemphasis on story points and velocity. This practice not only undermines the essence of Agile but also hampers transparency and honesty within teams.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 15, 2024

The Illusion of Precision: Debunking Agile Banditry in Say-Do Metrics Starting from the basics, let's understand what say-do metrics really entail. One example I encountered vividly illustrates this conundrum. Agile, in its true essence, is about delivering value and not just meeting pre-set targets. Enjoy this video?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 13, 2024

Are Special Sprints in Agile Truly Beneficial? In my journey with Agile, I've often encountered teams embroiled in what I term 'special sprints' – Sprint zeros, refactoring sprints, and bugfix sprints. At first glance, these sprints appear as a savvy adaptation of Agile. The result?

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NimbleWork

MARCH 27, 2024

The Agile project management methodology encourages organizations to empower teams with clear responsibility and authority, so they can work together to autonomously develop ingenious and innovative solutions. Much of the Agile mindset requires change from traditional ways of project management.

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Scrum.org

JULY 17, 2023

Agile has become more than just a buzzword in our complex world. Agility is a mindset, a skillset, a culture, and a driving force behind successful, flexible, and responsive organisations. The Agile Leader's commitment goes beyond mere lip service to the Agile Manifesto. In the Agile world, this couldn't be truer.

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International Institute for Learning

JULY 7, 2022

This family of methods are now commonly known as Agile , and it has been through the formation of the Agile Alliance and the publication of the Agile Manifesto (Fowler and Highsmith 2001). We can say the Agile methods have well-interpreted the so-called Copernican Revolution in management.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 29, 2022

The role of the project manager has long been shifting away from someone who can tick off tasks as complete on a Gantt chart and towards a strategic leadership position for effecting change in an organization. Project managers still provide an irreplaceably human combination of leadership, integration of specialists, and ethical behaviour.

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NimbleWork

MARCH 7, 2024

As the Agile project management framework reaches adoption maturity at lean, progressive and disruptive startup firms, many teams at established organizations are struggling to fully embrace the Agile project management framework at scale. How to migrate from Traditional PM to Agile?

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Planio

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Unfortunately, 77% of organizations say that they lack great leadership. So, it only makes sense that to keep your team together and happy (and avoid project failure ), you need to level up your leadership game. That’s where servant leadership comes in. Jump to a section: What is servant leadership? How is it unique?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In this article, I’ll explore the need for and the attributes of an agile business operating system related to Private Equity (PE) portfolio companies. Dealing with common business challenges through agility. Some examples of the challenges I’m called in to help with: .

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 30, 2024

However, the Scrum Master role is evolving rapidly to be more capable and standing for true leadership in an ever-changing work environment. Being a Scrum Master today represents the first step towards higher leadership in a product focused organisation. The Scrum Master accountability is not fading.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Before we talk about the comparison and contrast between Scrum Master and Agile Leader, people often compare and contrast Scrum Master and Agile Coach, and they often ask me, what’s the difference? They should be well versed on product management, design, other agile and lean agile approaches.

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Velociteach

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

As a team leader, you can develop the leadership skills to foster that type of healthy team. Effective project leadership is a combination of multiple leadership styles. Today, we will dive deep into these team-leadership styles to help you pick your ultimate combo. Incorporate emotional intelligence into team leadership.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In this highly engaging talk at the Agile Camp Berlin 2021, Jimmy Janlén addresses the core element of “Agile,” it’s key to speed, innovation, and success: team autonomy. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 34,000-plus subscribers. ?? Jimmy Janlén is an agile coach and teacher.

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Scrum.org

JULY 25, 2023

As Scrum.org trainers, we often come across common misconceptions from course attendees about Agile and Scrum. We tend to hear red flags of misalignment when we explore folk's current definitions and understanding of Agile and Scrum at the start of our courses. Agile eliminates the need for planning or documentation.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 18, 2023

Organizations have been taking their efforts toward Agility for many years. This question is often asked when I discuss the results or ongoing endeavors of the Agile Transformation with Management in organizations. The most common reason for such a situation is the lack of answers to the simple question: Why do we want to be Agile?

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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. Leadership : ethical, authentic leadership is what helps get work done and set you apart from your peers. Find her on Twitter.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 7, 2021

TL; DR: Essential Agile Failure Patterns — When Noise Interferes with Signal. When Scrum becomes an element of an agile transformation, the following three common essential agile failure patterns prove to be an exceptionally tough nut to crack for any Scrum Master. Is Agile a Fad or a Trend?

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Exclusively on my Substack Newsletter : The Importance of Quality for Agility — An Excerpt from the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide (7). ? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 49,000-plus subscribers. ? Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ?️

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

The role of the project manager has long been shifting away from someone who can tick off tasks as complete on a Gantt chart and towards a strategic leadership position for effecting change in an organization. Project managers still provide an irreplaceably human combination of leadership, integration of specialists, and ethical behaviour.

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Agile Coach

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Yesterday Adriana Girdler and I presented Timeless Leadership at the Toronto Agile Tour. Our intent was to show that everything we need to know about leadership has already been invented, we just need to stop and look around once in a while instead of jumping on the next agile fad.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 18, 2020

Based on my experience working in agile environments since 2010, I did some research and had general observations on the topic. Regardless of the business domains or product area, there are some common rules that may devastate your efforts toward agility. . First of all, we need to underline that the Agile Transformation never ends.

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Scrum.org

MAY 10, 2022

This stifles the advantage that Scrum and Agile can bring to teams and organizations. . This is where the Scrum Master’s leadership can help. . In this blog series, we’ll share the gaps that many Scrum Masters face as they work to become better agile leaders and Scrum professionals. The Scrum Master’s Leadership Opportunity.

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Teamweek

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Some examples of employee strengths include leadership skills , time management, decision-making skills, teachability, and communication skills. Examples of key employee strengths can be emotional intelligence, problem-solving, or communication skills. These employees tend to overcome challenges faster and with less friction.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 22, 2019

Early September a new book will be added to the Professional Scrum Series : Agile Leadership Toolkit - by Peter Koning. Traditional management and leadership practices were developed to manage work, to build the process, and to provide the intelligence for work to be done. Agility is turning the world upside down.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 7, 2023

Since I became a Professional Scrum Trainer in November, I have been asked a lot about the current state, and the future perspectives, for Scrum and agile development in Japan, where I’ve worked for the last six years. More recently, examples of successful Scrum adoptions in Japan have continued to emerge (² ³ ⁴ ⁵). Why is that?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 1, 2022

Agile implementations shift culture, yet many organizations limit themselves to the bare minimal execution of a framework and call that Agile. This article is based on the talk/mini-workshop I held with an enthusiastic group of participants at Agile with Ukraine. Agility is necessary for survival. To survive.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 12, 2023

As a professional in the field of Agile and Scrum, I often encounter organizations striving to enhance their team's abilities, particularly in roles such as Scrum Masters. For example, in an immersive training setting, a Scrum Master might be given an assignment related to the 'definition of done' - a core concept in Scrum.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 5, 2023

However, only 5% of businesses have included leadership development. Leadership is a critical success factor for any organization. Providing practical and inspiring leadership can differentiate between an organization thriving or failing. The most important thing is that leadership is about more than just one person.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2020

Completing an Agile Coaching certification doesn’t make you an Agile Coach. Just to be clear, this bare-bones guide isn’t the only way of becoming an effective Agile coach but does contain enough to give you a solid foundation so you can be useful, effective and deliver a ton of value to your clients and the organisations you serve.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

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. Moreover, I point to the advantages gained from leadership engaging directly with teams.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Join the Mastering Agility Discord community. Agile implementations shift culture, yet many organizations limit themselves to the bare minimal execution of a framework and call that Agile. This article is based on the talk/mini-workshop I held with an enthusiastic group of participants at Agile with Ukraine. To survive.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 1, 2024

For example, the kanban methodology can be implemented in manufacturing, software development, product management, construction and many other industries. It is especially used in agile or lean software development teams to define user stories , prioritization of tasks on the backlog, or as collaboration tools to provoke innovation.

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Proofhub

DECEMBER 22, 2020

So, what impacts does the digital transformation have on leadership strategies? Before delving deeper in understanding how digital transformation can affect leadership strategies , it would be a good idea to first understand what this entire concept entails. We find the answer to this and more in this post.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 8, 2019

Hearing a senior executive announce "We're committed to becoming agile!" In fact, if you were to read some of the interviews with managers in business magazines, or the guest articles and puff-pieces on agility in their companies, you'd think that their hearts and minds had been won decades ago. Yet it's also the sticking point.

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Wrike

JANUARY 12, 2024

This is a prime example of successful new product development (NPD). Today, we’re going to discuss the ins and outs of the NPD process, an effective method that can accelerate innovation, bring new ideas and designs to market, and propel you to success. Let’s take a look at several strategies that can accelerate innovation within NPD.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

It’s too bad that this shift undermines Agile principles and hampers long-term success and innovation. This approach stifles agility and innovation, leading to a feature factory mindset that focuses on executing predefined plans rather than adapting to change.

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