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. We will share results from scientific studies that we located through Google Scholar.

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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. So much so that many consider the paper to be part of the roots of Scrum. Why is that?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 29, 2024

( Japanese version・日本語版 ) When picturing an effective and truly agile product development team, one often imagines a software development team, pushing some software to production every day, maybe multiple times a day, ala Amazon. But not all industries, business models or technologies allow for this to happen.

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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

JULY 14, 2021

This post is a non-technical version of an academic paper about Scrum teams that I wrote with Daniel Russo. Daniel is a Professor at the University of Aalborg and is specialized in empirical software engineering. I am an organizational psychologist and Scrum practitioner with a love for survey development and statistics.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 16, 2022

He is also the co-author of the Kanban Guide and author of the books “Actionable Agile Metrics for Predictability” and “When Will It Be Done?”. In this blog post, we focus on one specific topic that emerged: “Can Scrum teams use Scrum and Kanban, simultaneously?”. And from scientific research to software development.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

What contexts are Scrum suited to, and which not? What if you end up applying a methodology like Scrum to a context where it isn’t suited, and people leave the company as a result? when everyone is pro-Scrum, or against SAFe or against estimation, or exclusively Scrum Masters? Is scaling always a bad idea?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

When people are first introduced to Scrum, often one of the questions they have is “ what do Scrum Masters *really* do all day? ”. Often, people end up discovering the answer to this question by themselves during the training, or as they start practicing Scrum in their teams. supporting the organization in its Scrum adoption.

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Techno-PM

MARCH 15, 2022

The agile scrum master certification provides a way for people to get trained in the latest project management techniques. The Agile Scrum Master certification is the first step to becoming a certified agile coach. What is scrum? Who is a scrum master? How to become a scrum master?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 31, 2023

You don’t need any prior knowledge or pre-requisite study, or any particular education requirements in order to take the certificate. It’s fully online so you can study around your day job or university requirements. The recommendation is 10 hours of study per week for 3 months.

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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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Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2023

If you’re looking to get into Professional Scrum, this might be the first one that comes to mind - and why wouldn't it? or any other job listing website, you would see it listed as the primary requirement for so many Scrum & Agile roles. Who do you think the Professional Scrum Master class is for? A Popular Choice PSM I?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Are you aiming to achieve your PMI Agile Certified Professional ( PMI-ACP )®? Below, I list the best agile books for your certification studies. These are guides that support your learning but also help you go deeper into the world of agile. If you’re looking for those, check out my list of the best agile study guides.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 22, 2021

Although the year was full of surprises, the Agile adoption rate increased from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021. With the pandemic looming large, here are a few interesting statistics on Agile Adoption challenges-. Source: 15th State of Agile Report. What is Agile (how it works, and why it’s awesome)? Talk about growth!

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The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Insights from Bosch By Johannes Köber Agility, dynamic, and flexibility are trendsetting words, with good reason. Requirements and boundary conditions are constantly changing, long planning phases are often impossible, and products and solutions are developed in close contact with customers.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 30, 2022

When I started my journey as a Scrum Master about 12 years ago, I read many books about Scrum. Interestingly, one of the first books I also studied was “ Extreme Programming Explained ” by Kent Beck. This part made me think about my own experience with Scrum teams and how they got started. Option 1: Toe Dipping.

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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

JANUARY 12, 2024

An unusual article featured in the latest edition of the Harvard Business Review titled "Case Study: Should I Pitch a New Project-Management System?" raised several concerns and demonstrated misconceptions about Scrum. However, such handoffs are contrary to Scrum, which advocates for creating a done increment within each Sprint.

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International Institute for Learning

JULY 7, 2022

During the last two decades there has been the emergence of a number of software development methods as a response to the inefficiency of existing software development methods in rapidly changing environments (Highsmith, 2004). The most popular and pioneer methods, as highlighted by Conboy et al.

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nTask

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Beginning from the Waterfall model, today multiple approaches are used by software development teams all over the world for more streamlined work with more control of the project flow and deliverables. In this article, we attempt to clarify the basic concepts behind Scrum, Kanban, Agile and Waterfall. Let’s begin.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 21, 2023

Explore a series of carefully curated collections of essential books, newsletters, podcasts, and tools to elevate your agile expertise. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 48,000-plus subscribers. ? Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available ! ? It’s a classic.

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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. Product development evolves through the collaborative effort of self-organizing and cross-functional teams and their customers and end-users with these frameworks. .

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Kiron Bondale

MAY 8, 2023

In the book, the authors provide many case studies supporting eleven heuristics derived from Prof. Whether we are looking to fill the role of a project manager, an agile lead (e.g. Scrum Master) or a product owner, relevant experience and knowledge are critical. Flyvbjerg’s decades of research into large, complex projects.

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Proofhub

JUNE 14, 2021

Agile is more than a management methodology. In this sense, Agile is not about “management” at all, but about working without leaders, but with a team whose members are responsible to each other. A Brief History of Agile The flexible approach began its existence somewhere in the first half of the 20th century.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

That means that project managers work in virtually all fields, from software development and IT to human resources, from advertising and marketing to construction, and everything in-between. Knowledge of related software development and project management tools. Experience in Agile project management teams.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 30, 2019

Agile software development is framed by a manifesto , a set of 12 principles, several methods. These are all focused on developing software, delivering that software to those paying the developers. Why This Missing Concept is Important to Agile Software Development? .

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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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Scrum.org

JANUARY 31, 2021

Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide! Evidence-based Management for Software Organisations is a framework from Scrum.org to help organisations focus their efforts on most valuable improvements and monitor their effect on the organisation. Let’s forget as well the 20 years of the success of agility when there is focus and courage.

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Leading Answers

JULY 10, 2020

How does work from home impact our use of agile approaches? If co-location is no longer possible, can we still be agile? Yes, of course we can, and in many ways, now we need to be more agile than ever as we try new approaches, learn and adapt how we work. The Agile Manifesto and Agile Principles do not mention co-location.

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MPUG

MAY 10, 2022

According to the 15 th State of Agile Report, 94% of companies are practicing Agile. This statistic is somewhat misleading as it does not mean that all of these companies are receiving benefits or even successful with their Agile approach. That said, many companies are trying to find ways to incorporate Agile methods.

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Scrum.org

JULY 18, 2023

This is a common situation in software development groups. These teams work with Scrum. The testers and analysts are not organized as a (Scrum) team. For this, we need to study how information flows go back and forth to deliver a product. The teams have a feature-level view, not a holistic customer-need view.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

“We want to be more agile in our delivery.” “We How can we do Scrum well?” How do we even begin to find, develop and retain motivated individuals? The good news is, agility has mechanisms, mindsets and ideals already built in to motivate team members and give them purpose in their everyday work. Taking an Agile approach.

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NimbleWork

MARCH 20, 2024

A fast-food restaurant, a Marines platoon, a customer support team, software development … there are many such possibilities. Studies have shown a clear correlation between retrospectives and improved team performance. Have you noticed a team that consistently delivers exceptional results? How do they get there?

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Velociteach

MAY 10, 2023

Lean manufacturing influenced the quality movement, Agile , and DevOps. Multiple and ever-evolving agile practices contribute to that colorful tapestry. The Kanban board was created to manage the parts inventory in a factory and is now used to manage the flow of work for agile and operational teams.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Agile is in the news yet again. In the 15th State of Agile Report, 94% of the respondents reported that their company is using Agile while 65% report that their organization has significant experience with Agile. The percentages must surely have piqued your interest, so let’s understand today’s topic, Agile.

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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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Planio

MARCH 14, 2022

Agile UX: How to fit user research into Agile software development. So how do you bring Agile and UX teams together? The 6 steps to running an Agile user research project. Diary study. As an Agile project manager, this should all sound pretty familiar. But what if there was a better way?

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