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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Software Review Technical Review Agile SCRUM 52

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. Then sign up for the Food for Agile Thought newsletter and join 26k other subscribers.

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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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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 11, 2024

Dive into the world of Scrum, the Agile framework that is revolutionizing project management across industries. With its core values of commitment, courage, focus, openness, and respect, Scrum is not just a methodology— it is a pathway to creating highly effective, adaptive, and cohesive teams.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 1, 2022

Although some issues might have been fixed, I rarely see the full potential of a Scrum Team being achieved. Agile implementations shift culture, yet many organizations limit themselves to the bare minimal execution of a framework and call that Agile. Agility is necessary for survival. Agility is necessary for survival.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Join the Mastering Agility Discord community. Although some issues might have been fixed, I rarely see the full potential of a Scrum Team being achieved. Agile implementations shift culture, yet many organizations limit themselves to the bare minimal execution of a framework and call that Agile. To survive.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In many large organizations, Scrum teams fall into the ‘feature factory’ trap, focusing more on churning out features than creating real value. It’s too bad that this shift undermines Agile principles and hampers long-term success and innovation. Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024!

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Agilemania

JANUARY 24, 2022

What is Scaling in Agile? Agile is a set of values and principles. Agile is an umbrella term for a group of iterative product development frameworks. Most organizations started their Agile journey with one of the frameworks mentioned above, and Scrum is the most popular one. Scaling Agile Frameworks.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In the previous article, Agile Transformation – Success Factors part 1 , there was a strong focus on key levels that should be taken first into consideration. Agile Transformation efforts might be difficult. For instance: They create the agile transformation vision and act accordingly. They foster a positive, agile culture.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Is an Agile Transformation Coach any different than being an Agile Coach? When most people think about Agile Coaches, they tend to think about a person who comes in and assists the teams with things like: Learning Scrum, SAFe, LeSS. Agile Transformation Coach Leaders. Lean/Agile Leader. Storyboarding.

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Technical Review Software Review Agile Lean 118

Scrum.org

MARCH 1, 2021

TL; DR: Download the Scrum Guide 2020 Reordered Audiobook. Like the Scrum Guide 2020 Reordered, its audiobook version is based on about 95 percent of the text of the Scrum Guide 2020, extending its original structure by adding additional categories, for example, on self-management, commitments, or accountability. Scaling Scrum.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2023

Ich wollte herausfinden, ob ChatGPT 4 seinem Vorgänger überlegen ist, der in den letzten Monaten einen guten Eindruck hinterlassen hat; siehe meine früheren Artikel zu Scrum, Agile und ChatGPT. Sie können sich hier für den Newsletter „Food for Agile Thought“ anmelden und sich über 45.000 Abonnenten anschließen. ? ??

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 13, 2020

TL; DR: Product Mindset and OWnership in Scrum Teams. How is that supposed to scale, you might ask, isn’t that approach turning the Product Owner into the Scrum team’s bottleneck, impeding value creation rather than spearheading it? Well, cargo cult Scrum might end up in that dead-end. Product Vision.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 9, 2021

“Ich bin ja ein großer Fan von Scrum, aber. Sätze, die ich häufiger von Vorgesetzten, von Entwicklern und auch von Scrum Mastern und Product Ownern höre. Daher diskutieren wir in meinen Professional Scrum Master Trainings immer wieder darüber. wie wir Entwickler motivieren, an den Scrum Events teilzunehmen.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 18, 2022

Throughout this blog, I use a variety of terms such as meeting, event, and workshop ostensibly as synonyms. Whilst this is a Professional Scrum leaning piece, facilitation is not an art solely associated with Scrum, and therefore the language I use isn’t either. Does this gardener sound like a Scrum Master to you?

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

At a recent training class one of the delegates spoke about their present company, about how it was the most “Agile” place he had ever worked. Why then after the first day of training with us would he comment “I realise now that we are not Agile at all!”? The Scrum Guide is explicit in stating that Scrum is a framework.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

46% of the organizations reported inconsistencies in practices and processes as their main challenge with agile transformation. Source: 15th State of Agile Report. There sure is an Agile framework called SAFe. SAFe is a scaling agile framework, so referring to it as just an agile framework may not be appropriate.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

In vielen großen Unternehmen geraten Scrum-Teams in die „Feature Factory“-Falle und konzentrieren sich mehr auf die Produktion von Funktionen als auf die Schaffung echter Werte. Schade, dass diese Entwicklung agile Prinzipien untergräbt und den langfristigen Erfolg und die Innovation gefährdet. Erfahren Sie wie!

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 18, 2022

Zertifiziert zu sein ist mittlerweile ein notwendiges Übel, um als Scrum Master eine gute Stelle zu erhalten. . Da es in Deutschland nur 2126 PSU-Zertifizierte, aber 483198 PSM-Zertifizierte gibt, stichst du mit einer solchen Zertifizierung aus der breiten Masse der Scrum Master heraus. . Professional Scrum.

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Scrum.org

MAY 8, 2023

How does it differ from the Scrum Guide? As a Professional Scrum Trainer who’s also a SAFe Fellow/SPCT, here’s my perspective… Product Ownership is a crucial element in improving Outcomes SAFe and Scrum both consider product ownership crucial to maximizing outcomes in environments of complexity and uncertainty.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In SAFe, the Scrum Master is not just a Scrum Master. SAFe defines the role of the Scrum Master as a servant-leader for the agile team who helps educate the team on various frameworks and methods, including Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming, and SAFe, ensuring that the agreed-upon agile process is duly followed.

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Agilemania

MARCH 25, 2021

Is a SAFe Scrum Master and Scrum Master having two different accountabilities or the same? Is a SAFe Scrum Master, a Scrum Master with additional responsibilities for scaling? Let us explore the differences between a SAFe Scrum Master and a Scrum Master ( a Scrum Master within Scrum framework).

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 16, 2018

You want to embrace Agile as part (or maybe all) of your Project Management practice. Which Agile Certification program should you follow? Classifying the Agile Certification Providers. I have also included the Axelos PRINCE2 Agile qualifications here. Tier 1: Principle Promotors of Agile Project Management.

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Agilemania

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The POPM Training is a two-day course that focuses on the role of the SAFe® Product Owner and how it fits into Agile teams. SAFe® for Lean Enterprises is a knowledge base of proven, integrated principles, practices, and competencies for achieving business agility using Lean, Agile, and DevOps.

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Agilemania

APRIL 4, 2021

“Definition of Done(DoD)” is probably the most important aspect of Scrum. Also, responses like “almost done,” “it works on my machine,” “only integration pending,” “only security testing pending,” “only performance improvement pending” defy the entire purpose of being Agile.

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Agile Software Review SCRUM Lean 98

Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Organizations are also transforming, initially, companies transitioned from waterfall to agile now they are implementing SAFe®-. SAFe® isn’t something related to safety but SAFe® means a scaled agile framework. There can be no more than two Agile teams supported by one PO. SAFe ® Scrum Master. SAFe ® Lean Portfolio.

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Technical Review Innovation SCRUM Lean 98

Scrum.org

APRIL 14, 2020

We started this series on remote agile with looking into practices and tools, followed by exploring virtual Liberating Structures, how to master Zoom as well as common remote agile anti-patterns. The Scrum Guide on the Sprint Retrospective. Source : Scrum Guide 2017. Do you want to get this article in your inbox?

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Safe Scrum is a framework that has gained significant popularity in recent years for enhancing team performance in an agile development methodology. By providing clear guidelines and principles, Safe Scrum enables teams to collaborate more effectively, communicate transparently, and ultimately deliver higher-quality projects.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 26, 2020

This paper is geared toward Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and change agents that work with large change initiatives. Misunderstanding of the Scrum Master Role. Recently, I worked with a group of Scrum Masters in a large service organization. Each Scrum Master was working with one team only.

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Zen Project Management

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Just like mountain biking, our agile skills can get rusty. I ran a Lean Coffee last week and before it I read a couple articles because I hadn't done a Lean Coffee in a while and wanted to make sure I didn't miss anything. One of my favorite facilitation tools is POWER; Purpose - why are we having this meeting/workshop.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

In Kürze: Das ChatGPT Product Owner Jobinterview Vor ein paar Wochen habe ich mit ChatGPT ein simuliertes Vorstellungsgespräch für eine fiktive Scrum-Master-Stelle durchgeführt. Also habe ich ein paar Fragen aus dem „Hiring: 82 Scrum Product Owner Interview Questions“ entnommen und ein ChatGPT Product Owner Jobinterview durchgeführt.

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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. Process improvement strategies and lean principles like Just-In-Time (JIT) Production and 5S Methodology might be some methods that project managers would be familiar with.

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Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team 2024 Lean 52

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 13, 2017

This year’s RICS project management conference has the theme ‘Remaining Lean and Agile in a Changing Work Environment’ I’m not sure if they are partnering with the APM as in previous years but the agenda is already up on the site and looks interesting. Agile and Beyond: Yspilanti, Michigan, USA, 17-18 May 2018.

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Agilemania

AUGUST 28, 2022

Despite the growing popularity of the Scaled Agile Framework ® , demand for Scaled Agile Program Consultants (SPCs) remains high, the professionals who help companies govern their Agile workforce using tried and proven tools. As a result, there is a greater need for SPC Trainers (SPCTs), who train the SPCs. Connected minds win!

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Certification Consulting Lean 2015 76

MPUG

MARCH 18, 2021

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Jeff Bongiovani’s session, SIPOC Workshop Facilitation – Part 1, being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. Welcome to part one of MPUGs training course, SIPOC Workshop Facilitation. There may be exclusions, such as those steps included in product demonstrations.

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Proofhub

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Encourage your team to plug into webinars, workshops, and courses to stay in the know and remain competitive. The Role of Agile in Ecommerce Projects Agile project management is a non-linear iteration of project management. Flexibility: Agile teams do better when it comes to swiftly changing their emphasis and direction.

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Development Team Review Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 78

Scrum.org

MARCH 4, 2019

Agility is just a way to get to where you want to get to, it is not the objective in itself. And, agility is no longer just for IT. One does not become an executive for agility overnight. Growing sustainable agility can take years. Given that agility is only a means to an end, we need 21st-century executive leadership.

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