Scrum.org

OCTOBER 30, 2022

When I started my journey as a Scrum Master about 12 years ago, I read many books about Scrum. Although I’m not a highly technical guy, I have always worked closely with software development teams and the book contains so many great ideas that benefit development teams. Option 1: Toe Dipping.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

What is a Scrum Master? What are the differences between a Scrum Master and Project Manager? Isn’t a Scrum Master some kind of an Agile Project Manager? There is almost no overlap between the role of Scrum Master and the position of Project Manager. What is a Scrum Master? What a Scrum Master does.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 2, 2020

TL; DR: Scrum Stakeholder Anti-Patterns. Learn how individual incentives and outdated organizational structures — fostering personal agendas and local optimization efforts — manifest themselves in Scrum stakeholder anti-patterns which easily can impede any agile transition. Do you want to get this article in your inbox?

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

TL; DR: Demand Creates Supply and the Job Market for Scrum Masters Is no Exception. 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. Do you want to get this article in your inbox?

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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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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

TL; DR: ChatGPT Product Owner Job Interview A few weeks ago, I ran a simulated job interview with ChatGPT for a fictitious Scrum Master position. Admittedly, I would not have invited this “interviewee” for an interview with other team members; however, the interview produced some remarkable answers.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Acceptance criteria A set of specific conditions or standards agreed upon between the customer/client and the project team that must be met for a deliverable or project, resulting in the deliverable or project being considered complete or accepted. Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g.,

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Scrum is a lightweight agile framework that encourages team members to work on a problem together. It helps teams to gather knowledge from experience and learn self-organization through working on an issue. . Scrum is based on Empiricism, which means knowledge comes from experience. So, read on to know about scrum.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Last week, someone on Reddit asked whether there would be any other profession that requires attending a 2-day training class and would then pay as well as a Scrum Master job. This attitude is precisely why the 47 Scrum Master Interview Guide exists: Prevent imposters from slipping through the hiring process and causing damage.

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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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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. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 25, 2019

Welcome back to the Scrum Master blog series with yours truly. As we enter the new year, we are seeing Scrum becoming the most commonly used framework to manage complex product delivery in the industry. For example at iPrice , the company that I currently work with, we have set the bar high for the Scrum Master role.

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Digite

MAY 15, 2018

This article is the fourth in a series of “Kanban and Scrum – Stronger Together”. In the most recent post in Steve Porter’s series, Yuval Yuret presents Scrum in a manner that is intended to educate Kanban teams. Disclaimer. It feels like a forced comparison of apples and oranges. You should go read it now.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

TL; DR: Agile Management Anti-Patterns. Learn more about agile management anti-patterns the aspiring servant leader should avoid during the organization’s transition: From applying the Stage-Gate® approach through the back door to the ‘where is my report’ attitude to other beloved signs of applied Taylorism.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 4, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Are you looking to elevate your leadership style to foster a more dynamic, collaborative, and high-performing team? One of the secrets to unlocking your team's full potential lies in embracing the core values of the Scrum Framework. What is the Scrum Framework?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 14, 2023

Agile Fluency® Model is a fantastic model. With this model, you start seeing your journey as a series of paradigm shifts and stages toward higher fluency in Agile: The Agile Fluency model has been as an inspiration for us, when we were designing Org Topologies. Without defining value, no agile transformation is possible.

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Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2020

TL; DR: Scrum’s Nature: It Is a Tool; It Is Not About Love or Hate. Regularly, we find articles from developers detailing why ‘Agile’ in general and Scrum’s nature, in particular, deserve our collective disdain. Seriously, how hard can Scrum be if the manual comprises of 18 pages, right?).

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Not maintaining requirements in an Agile team can lead to several challenges, including scope creep, missed deadlines, low-quality deliverables, and dissatisfied stakeholders. This can cause frustration for both the team and the stakeholders, as the project may require additional work to fix these issues.

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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. Understanding the Concept of Safe Scrum Safe Scrum is an extension of the Scrum framework that focuses on scaling Scrum to larger teams and organizations.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 13, 2019

This can be considered as a long article. To help you out, I divided the article into two parts. The first part contains my personal journey in becoming a Scrum Master, the second part includes recommendations for new Scrum Masters. Both parts can be read as separate articles. Part 1 — Becoming a Scrum Master.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Deshalb habe ich bereits 2017 eine erste Umfrage zum Net Promoter Score® des Scaled Agile Framework SAFe ® durchgeführt. Viereinhalb Jahre später habe ich diese Umfrage nun wiederholt: SAFe® hat zwischenzeitlich mehrere Iterationen durchlaufen und mehr agile Praktiker haben Erfahrungen mit diesem Framework gesammelt. Zwischen dem 13.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing business landscape, organizations are increasingly turning to agile methodologies to drive innovation and achieve their goals. At the heart of agile teams is the Scrum Master, a role that plays a crucial part in ensuring the team’s success.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

SAFe® has always been a controversial topic within the agile community. Therefore, back in 2017, I ran a first survey on the Net Promoter Score® of the Scaled Agile Framework SAFe®. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! Survey Data.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 8, 2018

This week Scrum.org launched the brand new Professional Scrum Master II class! For the past eight months, together with the Scrum.org staff we’ve been turning our “Scrum Master Advanced”-class into an official Scrum.org course. As described in the article “ The Making of the PSM-II Class ” it was an incredible journey!

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Techno-PM

JUNE 6, 2023

The roles of Scrum Master and Project Manager are often discussed in the context of project management, but they have distinct differences in their approach, responsibilities, and the frameworks they operate within. Understanding these differences is crucial for organizations and individuals looking to effectively manage projects and teams.

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International Institute for Learning

MARCH 29, 2023

Determining your team members may be easier than figuring out whether you need a project sponsor, a product owner, or both. You may also need to figure out how to balance project management needs and scrum master needs. They also continue to champion the project and the benefits it will provide throughout the project.

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Planio

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Sprints are the backbone of any good Agile development team. But maybe more than that, sprint planning aligns the development team with the product owner. Before we dive in, here's the outline of this article: Step 1: Review your product roadmap. Step 1: Review your product roadmap.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Settle in, make yourself a brew and enjoy learning from people who actually live scrum day in day out. . This second post in the ‘Agile ADHD’ series from me, Sally Waters, and my husband Francis, is all about the details of how we implement Scrum at home. Nothing helped with this until we tried Scrum. Steve Trapps.

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Agilemania

MARCH 22, 2021

And, agile is one of the most popular project management approaches among all. Even 71% of companies agreed on using agile practices often, sometimes, and always. In this article, let’s explore more on the differences between traditional and agile project management to see what sets them apart from each other.

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Paymo App

APRIL 2, 2018

Project Management Software Developers. People are gradually becoming more interested in project management as an independent topic and as a possible career. This is why an increasing number of content and discussions around this subject are surfing up. But through this clutter, how easy is it to find the most valuable blog feeds out there?

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Leading Agile

OCTOBER 1, 2018

Mike Cohn’s August 2016 article, The Dangers of a Definition of Ready describes certain problems that can occur when a team uses the concept of a Definition of Ready. The use of one or another agile-style technique doesn’t “lead to” or “cause” that. He’s right. Maybe in theory it could.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 12, 2020

Isn’t a Product Owner some kind of an Agile Project Manager? Before we dive into an overview of the differences between a Product Owner and a Project Project Manager, let’s start with the conclusion first, which is: The Product Owner is not an Agile Project Manager. What is a Product Owner? What a Product Owner does.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 19, 2020

Agile isn’t ever really about Agile. In our Business Drivers of Agility webinar series hosted by LeadingAgile CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, Mike dives deep into six key business drivers to uncover how Agile can enable organizations to connect these drivers to better business outcomes. It’s about creating business outcomes.

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Herding Cats

AUGUST 22, 2018

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. Time to update the Don't Do Stupid Things on Purpose (DDSTOP) post. don't listen.

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Herding Cats

JANUARY 23, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. Time to update the Don't Do Stupid Things on Purpose (DDSTOP) post. don't listen.

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Herding Cats

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

There's been a rash of conjectures about all kinds of bad business, project, and software development (agile and traditional) management ideas of late. This also meant developing software systems to support this effort. Time to update the Don't Do Stupid Things on Purpose (DDSTOP) post. don't listen.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 10, 2021

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. Melanie: Okay, Melanie here with Team MPUG. There may be exclusions, such as those steps included in product demonstrations. Tim Runcie: I got a good group here today.

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