Scrum.org

OCTOBER 9, 2023

From ensuring cultural compatibility to facing technical debt challenges and emerging technologies, discover ten compelling reasons why augmenting Scrum isn’t just okay—it’s necessary for modern teams. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 49,000-plus subscribers. ?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Supporting the implementation of agile approaches across the organization. The PMO’s mission statement should be reviewed and updated on a regular basis to ensure that it remains relevant and aligned with the organization’s values and vision. State of Maine Office of Information Technology. Engaging customers.

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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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Agile Technical Review SCRUM Software Review 164

Scrum.org

APRIL 19, 2020

We started this series on remote agile with looking into practices and tools, followed by exploring virtual Liberating Structures, and how to master Zoom. We had a look at common remote agile anti-patterns, and we analyzed remote Retrospectives based on Liberating Structures. TL; DR: A Remote Sprint Planning with a Distributed Team.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 17, 2023

Think twice if you still believe this technology is a fad or a toy. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 36,000-plus other subscribers. ? The technology your Scrum team has built over time is increasingly less reliable, and technical debt is notably increasing.

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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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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 16, 2024

Whether you are maneuvering through the dynamic sprints of Agile or the structured phases of Waterfall, T-shirt sizing adapts seamlessly, offering a versatile tool across industry landscapes. Review and Adjust - Once all items are sized, review the assignments to ensure consistency across the backlog.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 3, 2023

TL; DR: Workshop Design with ChatGPT The following article explores whether we can use ChatGPT-4 to create workshops for agile practitioners; for example, Scrum Masters. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 45,000-plus other subscribers. ? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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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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Henny Portman

APRIL 21, 2020

The second part puts the people and organizational dimension in the spotlights and the last part emphasizes on technology and architecture aspects. Every part contains four chapters and at the end of each chapter you get some steps to exercise to make it more practical. Amazon Lambda). Conclusion.

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The Strategic Project Manager

MARCH 11, 2024

Features: XYZ Electronics includes innovative features in their smartphones, such as advanced camera technology and long-lasting battery life. Brand Reputation: While XYZ Electronics is relatively new in the market, it has been gaining positive reviews and is building a strong brand reputation. Value: High. Value: High. Value: High.

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Scrum.org

MAY 2, 2022

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 35,000-plus subscribers. ?? These decisions are visible in the content and ordering of the Product Backlog, and through the inspectable Increment at the Sprint Review. Due to a lack of refinement, it is likely to leave a lot of value on the table.

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Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review SCRUM 241

Scrum.org

JANUARY 23, 2023

While I find ChatGPT a fascinating technology, I want it to fail in this interview challenge. ? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 36,000-plus other subscribers. ? ? ?? These should allow an interviewer to dive deep into a candidate’s understanding of Scrum and their agile mindset.

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2023 SCRUM Technical Review ChatGPT 156

Scrum.org

APRIL 11, 2022

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 35,000-plus subscribers. ?? There are ample opportunities to deal with the left part of the process, for example, Lean Startup, Design Thinking, Design Sprint, Lean UX, Dual-Track Agile , just to name a few. . Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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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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Henny Portman

AUGUST 10, 2023

Influencers get things done without exercising formal authority over a person or team. Collaborator Product owners are affected by agile governance. Stances are attitudes and behaviors that product owners display at times. They state hypotheses and assumptions instead of stories and requirements.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2021

I was blessed with a partner who, on top of his skills as Agile coach, is a gifted graphic facilitator. This simple exercise revealed so much of the participants' mindset. And a forth group selected a Hedgehog that due to his long nose represents curiosity and willingness to learn new things. . . Capturing Atmosphere .

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Technical Review SCRUM Risk Management Agile 152

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

On the one side, they address typical Scrum events such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and the Sprint Retrospective. November 19, 2020 : If you use Scrum then join the free Hands-on Agile meetup—it will be worth your time ! Keeping technical debt at bay. Read more: Technical Debt & Scrum: Who Is Responsible ?).

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Epicflow Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Besides the specific requirements in the technical background, all employers bank on soft skills. Therefore, you should be able to communicate effectively and build trust with multiple technical and non-technical business units, as well as across other cultures and geographies while managing multiple projects. . Soft Skills.

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Project Pulse Journal

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

By: Dr. Michael Shick, MSPM, PMP, CSM Are you a project manager struggling to predict the risks in your projects accurately during planning? This is where Monte Carlo Simulation transforms the art of project risk management into a more precise science, as part of quantitative risk analysis.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 13, 2022

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 35,000-plus subscribers. ?? Also, Developers enjoy complete autonomy regarding the technical side of their work: For each selected Product Backlog item, the Developers plan the work necessary to create an Increment that meets the Definition of Done.

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Technical Review Software Review 139

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. Jump to a section: What is an Agile transformation?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The Risk Of Assumptions. Every assumption represents a risk. The risk that you misunderstood what a user asked for and need to rework it. The risk that you run into technical limitations when you start writing the code. The risk is that the feature performs much worse than expected. How To Manage Risk?

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SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Risk Management 164

Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

If you are looking to fill a position for a Scrum Master (or agile coach) in your organization, you may find the following 47 Scrum Master interview questions useful to identify the right candidate. Then sign up for the Food for Agile Thought newsletter and join 26k other subscribers. Question 02: Success Factors of “Agile”.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

This latest update to the interview guide addresses Product Owner anti-patterns from Product Backlog management and refinement to the Sprint Review. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 33,000-plus subscribers. ?? Remember: Product Backlog item creation is a team exercise in most cases.).

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Technical Review Development Team Review 184

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

And there is a very powerful, compelling reason behind this: the Scrum Framework only helps to reduce the risk of wasting money and effort when you deliver “Done” software every Sprint. Many teams starting out with Scrum are unable to do this because of technical and organizational impediments. An increment is “Done” or it isn’t?—?there

Software Review 144

Software Review Technical Review SCRUM Software 144

Leading Answers

MARCH 7, 2019

When our projects undertake defined, repeatable work using technologies and approaches our organizations have experience in, then uncertainty and change rates are typically low and manageable. Designing something is typically a consensus-gathering and problem-solving exercise. Consider the process of designing a new car or home.

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Software Review Technical Review Risk Management Software Developers 101

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

International Institute for Learning

MARCH 22, 2023

Improved risk management – A wider range of experiences allows for identifying a broader set of scenarios that may happen. Review job post wording – watch for masculine type language such as “ambitious” and “dominate.” Let’s review each competency in more detail. These terms may be less appealing to female applicants.

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Leadership Technical Review PMI Consulting 63

MPUG

JULY 15, 2019

Stories in Agile Development replace requirements. Specifically, while writing user stories, Agile practitioners use a form which provides units of value to the end user: “As a <role>, I want <need>, so that <business value> ”. This leads to the concept of epics in Agile development. Stories in Backlog.

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Planio

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Hunt down additional milestones in approvals and review points 5. Depending on your team, project, and project management style, you could include everything from the start and end of the project, a new phase, a key deliverable, a review, a budget check, or even just a crucial meeting as a project milestone. Stage reviews.

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Technical Review Software Review Risk Management Project Life Cycle 88

Planio

JULY 22, 2020

Swipe to Unlock: The Primer on Technology and Business Strategy. Risk Up Front: Managing Projects in a Complex World. Technical documentation. Key lessons inside: Jeff Sutherland is one of the masters of Agile project management. Each chapter ends with quick reviews making this a useful “PMBOK for Dummies”.

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2020 Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 148

Planio

AUGUST 1, 2023

Risks If the strategy is wrong or misunderstood, it can cause a high risk to the business as goals won’t be achieved. If individual tactics are misaligned, the risk to the overall strategy is small but not insignificant. A successful strategy isn’t a set-and-forget exercise. Keep them risk-free.

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Development Team Review Infrastructure Software Review Governance 78

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 8, 2022

We can use it as a social exercise to align our assumptions about how the system is working so we can try to find those key variables so that if they change, they will actually change the behavior of the whole system. If the teams are delivering software, they’ll be using continuous integration and technical excellence.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 2, 2020

Learn how individual incentives and outdated organizational structures — fostering personal agendas and local optimization efforts — manifest themselves in Scrum stakeholder anti-patterns which easily can impede any agile transition. The early majority of organizations are already adopting BDD/DDD or Pragmatic Agility.).

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SCRUM Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 209

Planview

JULY 29, 2021

Of all the documents that get created, reviewed and shared over the life of a project—project plans, timelines, budgets, status reports and issue logs, just to name a few—the project scope statement may be the one that has the greatest influence over the project as a whole. Technology. The Business Case. Deliverables.

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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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