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To Fix Your OKRs – Go Back to First (Familiar) Principles

Scrum.org

Figuring out the right Cadence . It’s all about finding the “goldilocks” cadence that provides frequent enough transparency and the opportunity to inspect and adapt at the right level. There can be a different cadence for everyone involved in achieving an OKR as compared to the cadence involving all stakeholders interested in that OKR.

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“OKRs S&%k, but we don’t know anything better” – Scaling Founder Mode by Fixing OKRs (Leveraging EBM)

Scrum.org

Calling work in different names but still being involved in the details as if it were still early days in the lab/garage/WeWork shared space – instead of providing clarity about the mission and staying at the right altitude—choosing strategically what check-in cadence and involvement is appropriate where.

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The Rhythmic Dance of Agile with Cadence

Management Yogi

Odissi (pronounced o-dee-shee) is one of the classical dances of India from the coastal state of Odisha. Based on archeological evidence, it’s possibly the oldest living classical Indian dance. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US, notes in its web-archives that Odissi is two to three thousand years old.

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Everything You Need to Know About Release Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We had a fortnightly release (and therefore a giant scrabble to try to get your changes in before the cut-off and presented to the CAB in time), but your company might have monthly releases or use a different cadence. Key roles and responsibilities of the job. The role involves planning the release scope (the contents of what’s going in).

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Capabilities Release or Cadence Release

Herding Cats

So do we pick a Capabilities Release or a Cadence Release? Cadence release puts value out on a periodic basis. Cadence release puts value out on a periodic basis. Those capabilities don't always show up in the Cadence, but that's a separate issue as well. . Capabilities release provides the answer to Early and Often.

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Benefits of the Sprint Timebox

Scrum.org

Predictable Progress: The regular cadence of Sprints provides a predictable schedule for delivering increments of work, enhancing transparency and trust with stakeholders. Conclusion The Sprint timebox in Scrum is a powerful tool that creates a sense of urgency, driving teams to deliver consistent, high-quality results.

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How We Reduced Cycle Time from 164 Days to 8 Days in 6 Months

Scrum.org

CADENCE & RELIABILITY. CADENCE: What was the sprint cadence you folks started off with? What was sustainable cadence after improvements? To shorten the feedback loop and reduce risk, our business stakeholders are part of our Scrum team and conduct UAT inside the Sprint. UAT is part of DOD. .

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