Leading Answers

JUNE 19, 2019

If success goes to those who can innovate the fastest, how do we nurture innovation? To innovate faster than our competitors, we need to maximize our learning potential. Developing new products or services is a maze-solving exercise. These teams need support and coordination services throughout the process.

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The IIL Blog

JANUARY 11, 2023

Five exercises to get you started with mentalization. There are many tools and exercises that enable the development of mentalization. Below, I will walk you through five exercises you can use in your own workplace. Exercise 1: Coaching or supervision. Exercise 2: Collegial sparring. Exercise 3: Check-ins.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 19, 2023

Unfortunately, some Scrum Masters fall into the trap of using the same Retrospective agenda repeatedly, stifling the team's creativity and hindering their ability to generate innovative solutions. The team's enthusiasm waned as they found it increasingly challenging to come up with new ideas or identify novel ways to improve their processes.

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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. Excessive Planning and Control : The illusion of control among managers results in a tendency to over-plan and control every aspect of the development process.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 12, 2020

Regular readers will know that I’m not an expert in Agile, by any means. Because after a few weeks I realized that the energy levels weren’t what they should be for such a creative, innovative agency. If you work with Agile methods , you will likely be attending standup meetings every day. Elisa, over to you…. Elisa Cepale.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2022

What is the business case for Agile teams? We think we do well to base our beliefs about Agile more on evidence. This post is our attempt to bring an evidence-based perspective to the business case of Agile teams. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams.

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The IIL Blog

JANUARY 17, 2024

As we step into 2024, the dynamics of project management continue to shift, demanding professionals to be agile, skilled, and strategically focused. Develop Advanced Project Management Skills The skillset required for project management has expanded beyond traditional and predictive vs. agile boundaries.

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International Institute for Learning

JANUARY 11, 2023

Five exercises to get you started with mentalization. There are many tools and exercises that enable the development of mentalization. Below, I will walk you through five exercises you can use in your own workplace. Exercise 1: Coaching or supervision. Exercise 2: Collegial sparring. Exercise 3: Check-ins.

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Scrum.org

JULY 7, 2020

TL; DR: Agile Laws and Remote Agile. On many occasions in the recent past, working with distributed agile teams has amplified existing organizational, technical, and cultural challenges in many organizations. In that respect, the current issues that many distributed teams face may also act as accelerants to become more agile.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 8, 2021

Instead, they will reorganize themselves around autonomous teams to deal with the complexity and pace of innovation of the 21st century. In such an agile world, recruiting will become a team decision, and the “human resources” department’s role will change into a supportive one. This first article will cover the Scrum Master role. ??

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Leading Agile

JULY 3, 2023

Today, Agilists must have a plan for incorporating DevOps practices into the early stages of Agile Transformation. But what if we told you there’s a whole class of DevOps considerations that no one is talking about that’s secretly killing your ability to unleash the potential of Agile? We’ll also discuss the lack of automation.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 15, 2020

TL; DR: Remote Agile Transitions. Since the pandemic has forced many of us to work remotely, this unique capability has been kicked into overdrive regarding remote agile transitions. Here are my top-10 challenges of organizational change that remote Agile has made more urgent to address than ever before. ??

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Scrum.org

JUNE 6, 2023

On agile teams, catharsis allows team members to openly express their thoughts, frustrations, and concerns in a safe and supportive environment. A cathartic experience: the silent retrospective Michelle Brud, a leading executive agile coach, recently spearheaded a unique approach by facilitating a silent retrospective.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The Scrum Master should exercise empathy and patience, understanding that change can be challenging and that people and organisations progress at different rates. 3. Don't change people, change teams Focus on building strong, cohesive teams, where members support and complement each other rather than trying to change team members.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 19, 2023

Agile Team Engagement is Not Always Easy Here are a few tips for engaging stakeholders and team members in product development: Involve stakeholders in the planning process. It’s important to involve them in the planning process so that they can provide input and feedback. Communicate regularly with stakeholders.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 4, 2023

Lose weight and increase agility. That was the primary purpose of their Agile transformation. That was the primary purpose of their Agile transformation. And instead of increasing agility, they only become more rigid, slow, and sluggish. That would be a good New Year's resolution for many organizations.

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Leading Answers

JUNE 9, 2017

April’s theme at ProjectManagement.com where I write a monthly column was “Consulting,” and in this article, I examine the world of Agile Consulting and coaching. Depending on where people are in their careers, their agile adoption and their corporate culture, some people want a consultant, others a coach and sometimes they want a blend.

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Leading Agile

MAY 16, 2023

What if, instead of focusing on all the Agile practices, we started applying some of the things we know about systems engineering to help large companies become the kind of organization that can leverage those practices? Video Transcript Agile is a way of enabling work cells in that factory. How does workflow across the Agile world?

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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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International Institute for Learning

MAY 15, 2020

Use “verbal anchors” to ensure clarity and understanding – comparisons, analyses, processes and steps, examples, repeating information for emphasis. . One more tip I have for you is implement “enjoyment time” for each meeting, demonstrate your trust in your team, and exercise some creativity in your meeting management.

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The Strategic Project Manager

MARCH 11, 2024

By plotting these factors and the corresponding value offered by the company and its competitors on the canvas, businesses can gain insights into their competitive positioning and identify areas where they can innovate and differentiate themselves. known for its innovative products like the iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers. Value: High.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 35,000-plus subscribers. ?? September 27, 2022 : Join 200-plus peers at the 45th Hands-on Agile Meetup: FAST: An Innovative Way to Scale with James Shore. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! ?? ?? ???? Empiricism.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 20, 2020

One of the largest series of conferences for project managers in North America, the Project Summit has industry innovators who help professionals be more productive, and learn best practices, skills and strategies to succeed. For the agile enthusiast, this scrum gathering takes place twice a year since 2013. Agile & Beyond .

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Agilemania

JANUARY 19, 2022

If you aspire to become an Agile Coach and then need to lead the SAFe implementation in your organization, becoming a SAFe Program Consultant is the right choice. We’ve broken down the process into 3 steps to help you with the SPC exam-. Thriving in the digital age with business agility (7%). Business Agility.

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This is true whether our organization uses a stage-gate approach, an agile approach, or some hybrid of the two. Embrace Creativity and Innovation (Polyhymnia): Polyhymnia, the Muse of Sacred Poetry and Dance reminds us of the importance of creativity in problem-solving. We do not wave our hands and say, “Yeah, verily, I say innovative.”

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Planio

MAY 18, 2021

Agile product development has a chicken and egg problem. Agile planning is a process for reconciling your long-term product vision with the inevitable near-term iterations that will influence its development. What is long-term Agile Planning (and why is it so hard to get right?). Jump to a section. Plan long-term!

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Leading Agile

MARCH 15, 2023

Companies that adopt Agile never do it just for the sake of adopting Agile. They do know that Waterfall wasn’t working, so Agile will fix those problems, right? They think if they do the “Agile stuff,” they will make quicker progress to achieve their goals.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 17, 2023

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 36,000-plus other subscribers. ? ? ?? Your suggestions include surveys, talks, interviews, team meetings, games, exercises, or including other parties like stakeholders or line managers, and other useful practices.

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ChatGPT Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Technical Review 175

Scrum.org

JANUARY 25, 2021

Read on and learn how to employ search-engines, LinkedIn’s people search, reaching out to peers in the agile community, and analyzing the event markets in the quest for your next Scrum Master job. ?? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 29k other subscribers.

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Growing Agile

OCTOBER 15, 2021

While there are differences between them, invention, innovation and creativity are part of the same WhatsApp group, and all of them are becoming increasingly necessary in a disruptive world. Innovation is about stopping, collaborating and listening. Innovation is about stopping, collaborating and listening. Alright Stop.

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Inloox

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

In addition, risk management in the project should not be a one-time task, but rather an iterative process must be established to continuously identify and appropriately handle emerging risks. Both an unsuitable organizational structure and a deficient process organization can ensure that project goals are missed.

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Scrum.org

MAY 17, 2021

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 31,000-plus other subscribers. ?? Join more than 210 peers from May 27-29, 2021 , for the Virtual Agile Camp Berlin 2021, a live virtual Barcamp using open space technology principles and practices. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Software Review SCRUM Technical Review 2021 176

International Institute for Learning

MARCH 15, 2023

The image below shows how team member productivity contributions can vary from net-negative Undermining or Resistance on the left-hand side all the way to Passionate Innovation on the right. Agile projects often use a vision/kick-off exercise called Design the Product Box to co-create the project vision statement.

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The IIL Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

By Tom Friend – Agile Consultant / LtCol USAF (Ret). Case studies on how agile methodologies have been applied to mission planning and how scrum has been used in spacecraft construction were discussed, as well as topics such as developing and delivering software, reliability and reuse of software, onboard processing, and communication.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 8, 2020

Last week, 30-plus participants in the 23rd Hands-on Agile meetup had a virtual strategy session where they explored Liberating Structures’ Critical Uncertainties microstructure. They identified robust and hedging strategies for Scrum Masters and agile coaches regarding the challenges of remote work and distributed agile teams.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In fact, in some lean or agile organizations, over-reliance on documentation is seen as a clear impediment to innovation and collaboration. Again, you’ll want to have this process also documented in your business case. Now, it’s not just an exercise to appease senior leadership. Before You Start Your Business Case.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Innovators showcase their ideas or products and gather meaningful feedback in short cycles. This blog post will describe how we’ve experimented with a twist in this exercise during a recent Scrum.org PSM II class. In the first part of the exercise the participants generate a list of all must-do and must-not-do activities.

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