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. I once had the opportunity to work with a Scrum Master who followed an identical Retrospective agenda for over a year.

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Innovation SCRUM Agile Sustainability 187

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. Yet, Scrum and the principles of agile development are not as common in Japan as they are in other parts of the world.

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Agile Software Engineering 121

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Delivering innovative products on time, on budget. Supporting the implementation of agile approaches across the organization. Provide a channel of communication for project status, financial health, and mitigation of issues, risks, and dependencies across projects, departments, and/or divisions. Innovation.

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PMO Technical Review Information Technology Governance 354

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

"There's no predictability/commitment in Agile/Scrum". Product Management keeps telling me in this Agile way of doing things there is no committed scope, no plan, only 'Responding to change'. Why didn't I just say "Agile/Scrum provides great predictability" and get it over with? Back to the roots. Let's make it clear up front.

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Underperforming Technical Team Risk SCRUM Executing 126

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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2024 Certification Leadership Innovation 167

Project Risk Coach

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Undertake a team-building exercise. Wise leaders know how and when to inject team-building exercises. Facilitate a problem-solving exercise, develop a work breakdown structure , or identify ways to improve project communication. The post 10 Simple Ways to Improve Your Project Meetings appeared first on Project Risk Coach.

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Underperforming Technical Team Energy Innovation Monitoring 259

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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Agile Technical Review SCRUM Software Review 164

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 9, 2023

However, in our rapidly evolving business landscape, sticking rigidly to traditional Scrum by the book could be a straightjacket stifling innovation, user focus, and adaptability. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 49,000-plus subscribers. ? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 141

MPUG

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Risk Identification Techniques At the start of every project, you as a project manager (PM) have a lot of important things to do, and you don’t want to forget any of them. The risk management process is core to our practice of Project Management. Some will, rightly, want to minimize all scope for risk.

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Risk Risk Management Innovation Energy 59

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. Does the organization want to become (or stay) agile?

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SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Agile Engineering 187

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 176

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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Technical Review Innovation Sustainability Retail 105

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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Agile Development Team Review Software Risk Management 62

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. Use facilitation techniques such as design thinking exercises, affinity mapping, or innovation games to encourage active participation and creativity.

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Innovation 2023 Agile Estimate 78

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. Artifacts that have low transparency can lead to decisions that diminish value and increase risk.”.

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2020 2022 SCRUM Cadence 183

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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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation PMI Cadence 52

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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Engineering Agile Software Review SCRUM 69

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

TL; DR: How to Make Agile Work in Fast-Growing Startups. For years, I worked in several Berlin-based, fast-growing startups in my capacity as Scrum Master, agile coach, and Product Owner. These are my lessons learned on making ‘agile’ — including Scrum as a framework — work in a fast-growing startup. Participation is free.).

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Agile Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 126

Planio

AUGUST 1, 2022

For most development teams and startups, ‘becoming Agile’ starts and ends with how you build software. But a full Agile transformation isn’t just about the development process you use — it’s a way to bring creativity, innovation, and lean operations to every aspect of your business. What does an Agile organization look like?

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Agile Technical Review Leadership Infrastructure 78

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 163

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. We can cultivate this sense of presence through simple mindfulness exercises.

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Innovation Technical Review Agile Closing 83

Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Undertake a team-building exercise. Wise leaders know how and when to inject team building exercises. Facilitate a problem-solving exercise , develop a work breakdown structure, or identify ways to improve project communication. Feeling stagnant? Invite another subject matter expert to provide a different perspective?

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Underperforming Technical Team Energy Innovation Monitoring 218

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

A Product Owner is an innovator at heart and thus a value creator for customers and organizations if given a chance to work in an agile manner. The following interview questions are neither suited nor intended to turn an inexperienced interviewer into an agile software development expert.

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SCRUM Lean Technical Review Agile 191

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. Don’t forget to include a risk management plan. Discern the risks and issues associated with each solution. Now, it’s not just an exercise to appease senior leadership.

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Underperforming Technical Team Project Life Cycle Leadership Initiating 464

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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Leadership PMI Technical Review Innovation 59

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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SCRUM Agile 2020 Innovation 110

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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Aerospace Agile 2018 Information Technology 84

Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Undertake a team-building exercise. Wise leaders know how and when to inject team building exercises. Facilitate a problem-solving exercise, develop a work breakdown structure, or identify ways to improve project communication. Feeling stagnant? Invite another subject matter expert to provide a different perspective?

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Underperforming Technical Team Energy Innovation Monitoring 150

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 2, 2024

From harnessing the innovative pulse of your culture to riding the dynamic waves of market trends, the key to elevating your projects from good to great lies in mastering the project environment. Regulatory requirements are not optional; alignment with them should always be a vital part of your risk management. The result?

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Governance Government Influencer Technical Review 40

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Scrum defines some boundaries for the exercise of figuring out Scrum Teams. Identifying Products (whether they are real Products or other valuable internal/external services) is a key leadership exercise. They can empower the Product Owner to innovate with their team. Scrum Teams have a certain effective size. In Summary.

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SCRUM Leadership Defining Risk Management 215

Epicflow Blog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

January 28-29 — International Conference on Software Project Management and Project Scheduling (Australia) is expected to bring together leading academic scientists and researchers to share their experience and research results, discuss recent innovations, trends, and concerns in the field of software project management and project scheduling. .

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2022 Artificial Inteligence Construction Healthcare 98

Scrum.org

JUNE 6, 2022

Learn how individual incentives and outdated organizational structures — fostering personal agendas and local optimization efforts — manifest themselves in Scrum stakeholder anti-patterns that easily impede any agile transformation to a product-led organization. ???? Update : Join the poll and its lively discussion on LinkedIn. ??

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SCRUM Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Agile 191

Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 15, 2024

Incorporating models, methods, and artifacts can transform your approach, thus promoting agility, informed decision-making , and effectiveness. Setting up communication plans and feedback mechanisms such as RACI charts and stakeholder communication plans are basic exercises in project management to achieve effective communication.

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Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team 2024 Lean 52

Henny Portman

AUGUST 10, 2023

Influencers get things done without exercising formal authority over a person or team. Experimenter Here we get what it means to drive inside-out, outside-in product innovation or business model innovation. Collaborator Product owners are affected by agile governance. How can we design and evaluate experiments and test.

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Technical Review Influencer Governance Government 52

Scrum.org

MARCH 16, 2023

Some time ago, I had an interesting conversation with an Agile Coach from a large car manufacturer in Germany. As an Agile Coach, he’s responsible for about 50 Scrum Masters. Regardless if you’re an Agile Coach or Scrum Master, servant leadership is the desired mindset, behavior, and attitude.

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SCRUM Leadership Consulting Defining 184

The IIL Blog

APRIL 27, 2018

Building High-Performance Teams necessitates that we utilize innovative tools and techniques to engage the audience. Tuckman model of forming-storming-norming-performing), they can benefit from a Simple Interactive Meaningful Practical Learning Exercise (SMILE). Evolution of Learning Exercises for Collaboration. Role Plays.

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Software Review 2004 2012 PMI 121

Scrum.org

JUNE 1, 2022

Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. High cohesion also comes with risks, such as groupthink and conformity to group opinions (McCauley, 1998). Although this is a fun exercise, there is a lot of team identity building going on. The social nature of agile teams.

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