Scrum.org
JANUARY 5, 2023
This post continues my ongoing series revisiting the principles behind the Agile Manifesto. This time we are focussing on the following Agile principle – “Agile processes promote sustainable development. I am on a mission to simplify Scrum for a million people.
Scrum.org
JULY 4, 2022
Did you know that there are 17 United Nation, sustainable development goals. And that could include consideration for those 17 United Nation sustainable development goals. Now those 17 United Nation sustainable development goals, they do compete against each other.
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Scrum.org
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Aiming toward Sustainable Pace. Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely." - The Agile Manifesto Principle. Measuring Sustainable Pace. Flow Sustainability?
Scrum.org
JULY 15, 2021
TL; DR: Sustainable Agility at the Enterprise Level w/ Jorgen Hesselberg — ACB21. Do we dare to say: Sometimes, agility is a solution looking for a problem? ?? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 32,000-plus other subscribers. ??
Scrum.org
DECEMBER 7, 2021
Aiming towards Sustainable Pace. Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely." - The Agile Manifesto Principle. Measuring Sustainable Pace. Flow Sustainability?
Leading Agile
MARCH 29, 2023
I don’t spend a bunch of time on LinkedIn, but the other day, I was scrolling around and happened to catch a thread where some folks in the Agile community were debating if SAFe was actually Agile. In short, it really comes down to what you mean by Agile and Agility.
Scrum.org
JANUARY 20, 2022
Scrum defines three specific accountabilities within the Scrum Team: the Developers, the Product Owner, and the Scrum Master. Scrum Guide 2020. It’s just managed differently in Scrum. Focussing too much on the Scrum team. Scrum Guide 2020.
ProjectManager.com
MARCH 25, 2022
What Is Agile Project Management? Agile project management is an iterative approach to delivering a project through short planning cycles called sprints. Agile project management allows teams to gather customer feedback as the project progresses. History of the Agile Methodology.
Scrum.org
AUGUST 25, 2022
How sustainable is your pace as a developer? What is a sustainable pace? The notion of “sustainable pace” is closely tied to Extreme Programming practices. But that recommendation was updated to “sustainable pace” by Ron Jeffries later.
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 1, 2022
Too many OKRs are set without any respect/consideration of the ability to deliver them sustainably while dealing with other work in the organization. OKRs (and Scrum…) thrive in the Complex Domain. This is exactly the environment where Scrum thrives. OKR Struggles.
Leading Agile
JANUARY 21, 2021
Mike Cottmeyer explores the key attributes in each of the three systems necessary for making a success out of the otherwise complex tax of large scale Agile Transformation. The three systems include a System of Delivery, a System of Transformation, and a System of Sustainability.
ProjectManager.com
MARCH 7, 2022
Agile principles are the foundations of agile. Agile is a project management methodology that allows development teams to set up a dynamic work management framework. This method is based on 12 guiding principles, known as agile principles. What Are the 12 Agile Principles?
Scrum.org
JANUARY 30, 2023
TL; DR: Agile Transformation with ChatGPT or McBoston? I was interested in learning more about a typical daily challenge many agile practitioners face: How shall we successfully pursue an agile transformation? Make the approach more agile.
International Institute for Learning
APRIL 1, 2022
Whether you are working in an environment where just a few teams have begun using adaptive practices, or one where the entire company is years deep into Agile transformation, your organization is likely facing various implementation challenges. How can you make Agile work for you?
Scrum.org
JANUARY 26, 2023
The story of Capital One laying off hundreds of people in Agile roles is making the rounds. See the Scrum Guide for Leaders. Remember – Scrum Accountabilities != If/When leaders take these new ways of leading and showing up to heart, it creates healthy and sustainable agility.
Scrum.org
JULY 26, 2021
TL; DR: Abandoning Scrum. Can a Scrum team simply decide to abandon Scrum? After all, the Scrum team is self-managing, according to the Scrum manual, also known as the Scrum Guide. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! ??
International Institute for Learning
MARCH 29, 2022
IIL’s 6th annual Agile and Scrum Online Conference: Co-Create for Greater Value opens on June 3, 2021. Today, agile concepts have expanded well into nearly every industry, across products and services. Where do teams even begin with agile transformation?
Scrum.org
MARCH 10, 2023
Photo by Alora Griffiths on Unsplash The Ultimate Litmus Test: Go on Vacation If the outcome of an effective Scrum Master is to create a high-performing, self-managing team, the litmus test may be — what happens when you are not there? Retrospective: “Doing Scrum or Kanban is not the goal.
Rebel’s Guide to PM
FEBRUARY 12, 2021
Can you believe the Agile Manifesto has been around 20 years? The Agile Manifesto has probably had the greatest impact on how projects are done – even how non- agile projects are done. The Agile Manifesto date was 11-13 February 2001. What does the Agile Manifesto say?
Leading Agile
NOVEMBER 12, 2021
Is Agile Transformation simply about making a culture shift, or should we start with processes and go from there? But what does it really take to enable successful Agile Transformation? Often, Agile is implemented as a process change. Dependencies in organizations kill Agility.
Scrum.org
NOVEMBER 21, 2022
TL; DR: Value Creation in Scrum. As a tactical framework, Scrum is good at delivering Increments into customers’ hands. As a result, value creation in Scrum is not as straightforward as you might have thought. ?? The Context of Value Creation According to the Scrum Guide.
nTask
OCTOBER 4, 2018
In this article, we attempt to clarify the basic concepts behind Scrum, Kanban, Agile and Waterfall. Popular searches on the Internet such as Scrum vs Kanban , Scrum vs Agile, Scrum vs Waterfall, Kanban vs Agile, Kanban vs Waterfall and Agile vs Waterfall manifest the need to have the differences between all these approaches cleared out once and for all. Scrum. Comparing Scrum vs Agile is equivalent to comparing apple to fruit.
MPUG
JUNE 28, 2021
Now, you might be thinking what exactly a dance has to do with cadence in Agile? One can define cadence in Agile as follows: Cadence is a regular, predictable pattern of development work in Agile. The concept of cadence in Agile is suitably explained with a dance.
Gunther Verheyen
JANUARY 27, 2021
In October 2003 my life of Scrum started, albeit not with Scrum. My life of Scrum actually started with eXtreme Programming which we then wrapped in Scrum. Attending the class was part of my journey towards becoming a Professional Scrum Trainer (“PST”) for Scrum.org.
Scrum.org
JANUARY 23, 2023
TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Guide 2023: The Scrum Master Role If you want to fill a Scrum Master position in your organization, you may find the following interview questions helpful in identifying the right candidate. Scrum is not well-suited for the simple or chaotic domain.
Kiron Bondale
DECEMBER 2, 2018
We hope that by conducting effective ceremonies we will achieve the agile trinity of improved value delivery, better quality and more fun. Each agile framework provides its own ceremonies but given that Scrum is still the most commonly referenced one, let’s focus on that framework’s events. The Scrum Guide calls sprints the heart of Scrum as these time boxes set the cadence for all other events. Agile ceremonies should add value.
Gunther Verheyen
SEPTEMBER 16, 2022
People regularly approach me (often privately) with the request to speak out (potentially publicly) on various things ‘Agile’. Agile nor Scrum. There are already so many haters and bashers, certainly regarding my favourite tool, Scrum.
International Institute for Learning
MAY 4, 2021
IIL’s 6th annual Agile and Scrum Online Conference: Co-Create for Greater Value opens on June 3, 2021. Today, agile concepts have expanded well into nearly every industry, across products and services. Where do teams even begin with agile transformation?
ProjectManager.com
JULY 31, 2019
More along the lines of project management, though, is the Agile Manifesto. Agile is a bit of a controversial topic in the field. Either way, agile offers a fast and nimble way to work that first benefited software development before expanding its reach to almost every industry. Now, even project management traditionalists who use Gantt charts and waterfall projects , are heeding the relevance of agile. What Is Agile? What Is the Agile Manifesto?
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 1, 2021
This is the third and last video on agile metrics for Scrum Masters. In my previous blog post, I talked about measuring the quality of Scrum implementation on your team and organization. In this post, we’ll talk about the effectiveness of a Scrum Team. . The Scrum Team is high-performing and is continuously improving. The latest version of the Scrum Guide is very specific about this one: "The Scrum Master is accountable for the Scrum Team’s effectiveness.
The IIL Blog
MARCH 22, 2018
I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to present at this year’s 2018 Agile and Scrum Online Conference , hosted by the International Institute for Learning (IIL). To build a support system that you will need to achieve sustainable success, people’s feelings and concerns require the respect and attention that is too often trivialized. More insights await at the 2018 Agile & Scrum Online Conference, going live on June 7th. .
Scrum.org
SEPTEMBER 13, 2021
TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Questions on Scrum Anti-Patterns. 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.
Gunther Verheyen
APRIL 24, 2020
Apparently, it is easy to get stuck at interpreting the rules of Scrum. In the publication “ Moving Your Scrum Downfield ” I have described the six essential traits of the game to help you get unstuck and up your game. In 2010 he initiated the creation of the Scrum Guide.
Scrum.org
OCTOBER 31, 2022
TL; DR: When Should a Team Stop Using Scrum? When is the time to look beyond Scrum? outlive their utility sooner or later; why would Scrum be an exception? Scrum is a tool, a helpful practice but neither a religion nor a philosophy.
MPUG
NOVEMBER 7, 2019
The Scrum meeting is an essential part of every project’s management, especially one following Agile methodology. To take full advantage of the benefits of daily Scrum meetings, companies need to believe in empiricism and create an integral framework for implementation. Listed below are many benefits of implementing daily Scrum meetings for successful teams, organizations, individuals, products, and services. So, plan for that daily Scrum meeting!
Scrum.org
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
TL; DR: The Definition of Done: Business Agility & Technical Excellence Most of the time, stakeholders are not interested in how we solve their problems as long as we ethically play by the rules. Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills Class — March 23, 2023. Source : Scrum Guide 2020.
Scrum.org
MARCH 15, 2023
When I started to hear about agile and this role called Product Owner in Scrum, I was excited. The domain of Agile Product Management, looks at the holistic picture of what it takes from ideation to delivering value to customers.
International Institute for Learning
JUNE 6, 2022
“Agility means that you are faster than your competition. Agile time frames are measured in weeks and months, not years.” ” ~Michael Hugos, Agile systems architect. ” ~Jim Highsmith, Agile author. Martin (Uncle Bob), Agile trainer and author.
ProjectManager.com
MARCH 12, 2019
These days, it seems like everybody is all about doing things agile. That’s largely due to agile’s ability to adapt to change and incorporate customer feedback, both of which are essential in today’s world where technology is constantly evolving, and swathes of information are just a few clicks away—including public customer reviews. But first, let’s get some more background on agile and its methods. How Work is Done in Agile.
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. For about one hour we talked about how to be a servant leader for such a group of Scrum Masters.
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