Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 25, 2021

Do you have a wealth of experience with agile /lean project management? Manchester Metropolitan University is undergoing a study of lean/ agile methodology with the aim to help project managers and their team members cope with change. MMU would love to hear from you.

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Scrum.org

JULY 17, 2023

Health Checks for Agile Teams Agile teams thrive on continuous improvement and adaptability. The true essence of self-assessment in Agile is fostering transparency, collaboration, and relentless improvement. The true essence of self-assessment in Agile is fostering transparency, collaboration, and relentless improvement.

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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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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

With the Scrum Team Survey , you can create transparency with your team around five core questions: Are you building what stakeholders need? This is why our latest release of our Scrum Team Survey now allows teams to invite their stakeholders to offer their perspectives. A short survey for stakeholders. And what lies ahead.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 28, 2023

In Kürze: Nutzlose Agile Metriken In der Regel ist eine Metrik ein Frühindikator für eine Musteränderung, der es Ihrem Scrum-Team ermöglicht, die Ursache rechtzeitig zu analysieren und Gegenmaßnahmen zu ergreifen. Sie können sich hier für den Newsletter „Food for Agile Thought“ anmelden und sich über 47.000 Abonnenten anschließen. ?

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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. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Scrum is the most popular Agile framework. According to the latest State of Agile survey from Digital.ai, 90% of teams who are using an Agile framework are using Scrum. SAFe is a separate framework designed for scaling Agile practices to larger organizations. It is deliberately incomplete.

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Scrum.org

JULY 20, 2023

Health Checks für agile Teams Agile Teams gedeihen durch kontinuierliche Verbesserung und Anpassungsfähigkeit. Die Selbsteinschätzung ist nicht nur ein Instrument für Health Checks agiler Teams, sondern ein Kompass, der Teams zu ihrem Potenzial führt. Check out the discussion on LinkedIn : Health Checks for Agile Teams. ? ??

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

The purpose of this anonymous Scrum Master salary report 2023 is to create a clear, data-backed benchmark that allows everyone in the agile community to understand whether their compensation is adequate. And yes, the report will cover Scrum Masters as well as Agile Coaches, both employed and freelancing.).

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LiquidPlanner

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Are you thinking about introducing agile processes to your project management methodology? You’ve a few case studies, you’ve perhaps even seen agile working effectively at other companies. Additionally, it may not be enough for you to know that agile methods are a logical addition to your toolset at work. So why choose agile?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 9, 2023

I have been working on agile projects for the past 10 years. A couple of years ago, I asked by an executive how he would know if the money they invested on setting up these agile release trains was working? He was essentially asking me to prove the “ROI” for agile and to measure delivery of value.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

The Scrum Master Salary Report 2024 is the fifth edition of the industry survey after 2017, 2019, 2022, and 2023. By the way, the average salary of the participants in the survey is $87,800, with a standard deviation of about $46,400. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 42,000-plus subscribers. ?

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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. General Tips.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 2, 2022

According to my organization’s recent Project Management Salary Survey , the median annual pay for project professionals in the United States, for example, is $115,000 – more than double the median annual income for all American full-time workers ($51,480). Project managers are well-paid. Free training! Kickoff from PMI. Take the course.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 16, 2020

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. Does Agile work for marketing?

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Ha salido la quinta edición del ’The Business Agility Report’. . La agilidad empresarial o Business Agility se refiere a la capacidad de una organización para adaptarse rápida y eficientemente a las condiciones cambiantes del mercado, las necesidades de los clientes y los procesos internos. . Qué es la agilidad de negocio?

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The Lazy Project Manager

MAY 11, 2018

In the first of this 3-part webinar series, we will explore ways to not only significantly reduce change failures but also how to dramatically raise the capability, speed, and success rates of delivering strategic change in any organization through the adoption of a ‘business agile’ change structure. Sign up today. Space is limited. *

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 12, 2021

There are a range of reports and surveys released each year which are useful for shedding light on what has been going on, and looking forward to what is to come. According to the PM Radar 2021, the top current trend spot is shared by two entries – Agile project management and remote work. Current trends. That’s not a surprise.

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NimbleWork

APRIL 16, 2024

This is where Agile methodology shines. With its emphasis on flexibility, collaboration, and customer-centricity, Agile offers proven framework for success in navigating dynamic environments and achieving project objectives with confidence. Source : Stage of Agile Report 3.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 24, 2020

TL; DR: Agile Metrics. Suitable agile metrics reflect either a team’s progress in becoming agile or your organization’s progress in becoming a learning organization. At the team level, qualitative agile metrics often work better than quantitative metrics. Also, consider contributing to the Agile Metrics Survey 2020.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 11, 2020

We surveyed 220 project managers to better understand what it’s like to work in project delivery. Agile ) methods together. However, this finding is markedly different to what VersionOne found in their 14 th Annual State of Agile report in 2020. Their research found that only 9% of Agile practitioners were using hybrid methods.

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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.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 21, 2021

Instead of rigidly adhering to a waterfall (predictive) or Agile (iterative) method, project teams pick and choose elements from the range of approaches to choose a way of working that suits them. They are different to my own survey results, that show hybrid is far more widely used. Does this really reflect reality?

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

TL; DR: Agile Coaches vs. Scrum Masters. Do We Need Agile Coaches when Practicing Scrum? Don’t get me wrong; my LinkedIn profile states “Professional Scrum Trainer, Agile Coach, and Scrum Master,” as ‘agile coach’ is an important search term. However, in my experience, this is also true for many ‘agile coaches.’).

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

However, different surveys report different adoption levels. 54% believe it will change the way work is organized and 53% believe it will increase project team agility. PMI’s GenAI report says that a third of practitioners’ organizations have adopted AI in at least a moderate capacity.

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NimbleWork

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

When the Agile methodology was first introduced, it was embraced as a welcome replacement to the rigid Waterfall approach. The community largely accepted Agile and Waterfall as mutually exclusive project management paradigms. Critics of Agile believed that Agile simply translates into fast failure.

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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

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In this article, we’re addressing a common question in modern project management: Do we need risk management in agile projects? Do agile projects have risks associated with them? So, yes, of course, we need risk management in agile projects. Why is Risk Management in Agile Projects Even a Question? Of course not.

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Leading Answers

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

We intuitively know that a successful agile adoption requires more than copying agile practices. You may have seen the “agile iceberg” model that shows the visible practices agile teams perform as the tip of an enormous iceberg supported by a mindset, values and principles. Belief in the core agile mindset and values.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 26, 2020

TL; DR: The Cargo Cult Agile Checklist for Download. You want to know the state of agility in your organization? If the average number of checkboxes marked is higher than nine, then you are probably practicing cargo cult agile in one form or another. Everyday Failures on the Path of Becoming Agile.

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Scrum.org

MAY 10, 2022

This stifles the advantage that Scrum and Agile can bring to teams and organizations. . In this blog series, we’ll share the gaps that many Scrum Masters face as they work to become better agile leaders and Scrum professionals. This critical work is not easy. Conclusion.

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Planview

AUGUST 16, 2021

Fresh from achieving great strides in digital transformation and other endeavors in record time over the past year, executives and boards of directors want to inject even more speed and agility into their organization’s DNA. Portfolio Management Offices are in a prime position to deliver this business agility – with the right PMO roadmap.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 25, 2023

With the Scrum Team Survey , teams can diagnose themselves with a scientifically validated approach, inspect the results together, and improve with evidence-based feedback. Every team member can complete the survey anonymously. This post isn’t intended as a promotion, our survey is one example of a diagnosis tool.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

PRINCE2 Agile Foundation. PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner. Someone in an Agile environment will benefit most from the Agile version as it is the best fit for their working practices. What about agile project managers? Honestly, I don’t think many employers (or even trainers) rate PRINCE2 Agile.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 26, 2021

In their book Agile Retrospectives , Esther Derby and Diana Larsen popularized the idea that a Sprint Retrospect comprises five stages. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 31,000-plus other subscribers. ?? Another good source for actionable agile metrics is the State of DevOps Report.).

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Scrum.org

JULY 9, 2023

The aim of all Agile methodologies, such as Scrum, is to increase the release frequency of valuable outcomes to stakeholders. Chow & Cao (2008) surveyed 109 Agile projects. Why don't you give the Agile/Scrum Team Survey a try? Teams are more effective when they release more often.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

TL;DR: Agile Workspace Means Choice Among a Diversity of Spaces . If you want your organization to become agile, adding more whiteboards to the workspace will not suffice. The Agile Workspace: A Worthwhile Investment. Download the latest Gensler’s survey from 2019 for free. Agile Workspace Anti-Patterns.

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