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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 11, 2022

This is a guest contribution from Monica Georgieff, Agile Coach and Trainer at AgileSherpas. Brought on by the struggle to respond and adapt to these times of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity), marketers have increasingly begun to embrace an Agile approach to their project management. Monica Georgieff.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 3, 2022

. Can scrum be used outside software development? I’ve often worked in cases in non-software where I might have had 10 options that I would consider for the team. And so it’s crucial that if you’re working in non-software and also I would argue in software you need to learn the business domain. Absolutely. .

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 22, 2021

The role of Agile Coach is growing in prominence in many organisations. From software development through to marketing and HR, whole organisations are now seeing benefits from agile adaptive approach to work, and are building internal positions for new Agile Coach roles. . The Scrum Master and Agile Coaching.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 17, 2023

Navigating the complex landscape of Agile project management requires more than just a map and a compass; it demands a guide who is both knowledgeable and adaptable. In the realm of software development and product innovation, the Scrum Master emerges as this pivotal guide. Enjoy this video? NKDAgility can help!

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

We’ll go through some of the most popular project management methodologies, which are applied in many sectors such as software development, R&D and product development. Agile Methodology. What It Is: In a nutshell, Agile project management is an evolving and collaborative way to self-organize across teams. Scrum Methodology.

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Scrum.org

JULY 5, 2022

TL; DR: HoA #42: Lean Roadmapping and OKRs w/ Janna Bastow. In this energizing 42nd Hands-on Agile session on Lean Roadmapping, Janna Bastow, the go-to-authority on product roadmaps, talked about being lean while creating and maintaining your roadmap and how objectives and key results (OKR) may help meet that challenge. ??

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 31, 2023

Sitting at lunch during Agile 2023, I felt deja vu. I have attended many Agile conferences. I have witnessed the growth of Scrum, the rise of DevOps, the impact of XP, the expansion of SAFe, and the growing connection to professional coaching. At Agile 2023, I did not feel that. My first was in Chicago in 2009.

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Scrum.org

JULY 24, 2023

TL; DR: Product Discovery for Scrum Teams While Scrum excels at building and releasing Increments, it does not guarantee that those are valuable—garbage in, garbage out. Scrum teams can equally make things no one is interested in using at all. Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available !

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 4, 2022

TL; DR: Business Agility, Scrum and Generative AI’s Take on Getting There. I thought it might be fun to ask ChatGPT a few questions about business agility in general and Scrum in particular. . ???? Zur deutschsprachigen Version des Artikels: Generative KI: ChatGPT von OpenAI über Business Agilität und Scrum. ??

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MPUG

JANUARY 23, 2023

Scrum is one of the most used frameworks in Lean-Agile space , among others such as Kanban, eXtreme Programming (XP), or Scrum combined with XP. The Scrum framework comes mainly with three artifacts. Many also consider Sprint, the iteration within Scrum, as another event. In fact, MS Project Agile (i.e.,

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM The quest for methodologies that offer efficiency and agility has never been rockier. Agile methodologies stand at the forefront of this quest, providing the blueprint for rapid, responsive, and customer-centric project execution. Agile methodologies offer a path to mastering these challenges.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Fast forward to our modern era, as we traverse the intricate landscape of software development, particularly through the lens of the agile approach, we find these age-old Greek sins echoing in the challenges and pitfalls agile teams often encounter.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 21, 2024

„Wie sehen Karrierestufen für Scrum Master aus?“ Diese Frage wird mir wiederholt von verschiedenen Personen gestellt: Sie wird mir von Scrum Mastern gestellt, die ein Rollenprofil oder Karrieremodell in ihren Unternehmen schaffen wollen. Diese Muster wurden auch von viel erfahreneren Scrum Mastern und Experten beobachtet.

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Scrum.org

JULY 7, 2022

In Kürze: HoA #42: Lean Roadmapping und OKRs mit Janna Bastow. Hands-on Agile Session sprach Janna Bastow, eine führende Autorin für Produkt-Roadmaps, über die Erstellung und Pflege Ihrer Lean Roadmap und darüber, wie Ziele und Schlüsselergebnisse (OKR) dabei helfen können, Lean Roadmapping als Konzept zu meistern. ??

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Scrum.org

JULY 7, 2022

In Kürze: HoA #42: Lean Roadmapping und OKRs mit Janna Bastow. Hands-on Agile Session sprach Janna Bastow, eine führende Autorin für Produkt-Roadmaps, über die Erstellung und Pflege Ihrer Lean Roadmap und darüber, wie Ziele und Schlüsselergebnisse (OKR) dabei helfen können, Lean Roadmapping als Konzept zu meistern. ??

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Scrum.org

MARCH 17, 2020

TL; DR: Remote Agile, Part 1: Practices & Tools for Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and Product Owners. Agile has always been about colocation, about direct communication, physical boards, and all the other haptic and analog moments to create value in the digital realm. Moreover, admittedly, I love index cards.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Software Development is not just a systematic process but a dynamic interplay of critical work that shapes the progress of your product. A Scrum team's work can be classified into Sprint work and Refinement. To steer your Scrum Team towards success, it's essential to understand, manage, and balance these two types of work.

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The Strategic Project Manager

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The concepts of scrum are powerful in business, not only in software development but also in other areas. This post reviews the basics of agile scrum roles, ceremonies, and their impact on developing strategy and managing projects. Agile Scrum Roles. Agile Scrum Ceremonies.

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Project Bliss

MAY 10, 2017

Everybody’s talking about agile software development these days: project managers, software developers, IT directors, small startups and big corporations. What is Agile Software Development? Agile software development is an approach that promotes delivering value quickly to the customer.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 26, 2023

TL; DR: Useless Agile Metrics Ideally, a metric is a leading indicator for a pattern change, allowing your Scrum team to analyze the cause in time and take countermeasures. What if these useless agile metrics lead you in the wrong direction while providing you with the illusion that you know where your team is heading?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 7, 2020

An agile workflow can help. For a long time the agile framework influenced teams outside of the software development sector from which it originated. People are evangelical about agile. There are those who are almost rigid in their adherence to the agile framework. What Is an Agile Workflow? It’s ironic.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Agile isn’t the right fit for every business problem–it’s simply a tool in the toolkit–one of many. . Agile frameworks should be used to solve business problems in complex environments where more is known than known. What is Agile? When is Agile the right fit? There are many flavors of Agile.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 16, 2023

First, our last article touched on waste in the context of lean. Second, I am the father of a recent engineering graduate who is now working as an engineer, and part of the onboarding was a class on lean. We show some examples other than software in our Scrum Project Management book.

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Wrike

OCTOBER 24, 2023

In the realm of project management methodologies, Lean and Agile have emerged as powerful approaches that support organizations in achieving efficiency and delivering high-quality products and services. Understanding the nuances of Lean and Agile is crucial for project managers and teams seeking to optimize their processes.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 11, 2022

Since I first started working with Scrum in 2005, I have wondered what would eventually come along to replace it. Scrum has now been around for over 25 years, so surely something else would emerge? The usage of Scrum has continued to grow. Entire industries including Banking, Insurance and Pharma have adopted Scrum.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 2, 2022

For 10 years I have been using an adapted version of Scrum to organise my personal and professional life. I call this the Personal Scrum System. The Personal Scrum System is simple, and it works! Big Goals take time to achieve, and the Personal Scrum system will allow you to work towards them in small and meaningful steps.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

One thing that every team has had in common is that, at one time, they were new to Scrum. When I engage with teams to discuss implementing the Scrum framework, they often raise potential impediments to adopting Scrum. Below are the five most common objections to Scrum and why they don’t hold any weight. .

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Questions (1). Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. Maybe ‘Agile’ in general is a fad as opposed to a trend. Introduction.

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MPUG

MARCH 8, 2021

Many project managers utilize a Lean-Agile approach when there is high change or churn in project requirements, significant lack of clarity in scope, high complexity to their projects, and/or a larger number of risks associated with such. Two Lean-Agile Types. Iteration-based Lean-Agile. Flow-based.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 27, 2022

received a question: do you believe scrum and agility can be scaled and what’s the best approach to it? And I need to add flight levels to that article, but today I’m going to talk about LeSS, disciplined agile, scrum with scale, SAFe, Nexus. LeSS — Large Scale Scrum. Disciplined Agile.

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The Strategic Project Manager

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Agile and lean are not the same thing but are closely related. This post looks at the idea of ‘lean agile’ and its application to project management and strategy. What Is Lean Agile Project Management? Apply Lean to Agile Projects. How can you make agile projects more efficient?

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 6, 2022

ProjectManager is online project management software equipped with Gantt charts, kanban boards, task lists and more. Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP). This certification is geared toward project management professionals who wish to validate their knowledge of agile project management. CompTIA Project+ Certification.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 19, 2020

Often we work harder in Scrum teams, but not necessarily smarter. Five tips for more effective agile work. As a technical Scrum Master and technical Agile Coach, I travel a lot with teams and accompany them on their adventures. Do you know what is effective in agile? Therefore the way we work has to change.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 15, 2022

In this energizing 43rd Hands-on Agile session on outcome-based product planning, Jeff Gothelf clarified one thing: “Roadmapping is a flawed concept in the age of Agile. Watch the video now: Jeff Gothelf: Outcome-Based Product Planning — Hands-on Agile 43. ?? Roadmapping is a flawed concept in the age of Agile.

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Scrum.org

MAY 4, 2020

TL; DR: A Remote Daily Scrum with a Distributed Team. We started this series on remote agile with looking into practices and tools; we explored virtual Liberating Structures, and how to master Zoom. This eighth article now looks into supporting a distributed Development Team organizing a remote Daily Scrum.

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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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