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All technical debt is a risk to the product and to your business

Scrum.org

But, not all debt is bad!” I hear the phrase “but not all debt is bad” a lot, usually coupled with “some level of debt is manageable” and, as a software developer, it makes me cringe. This commercial product was built using traditional project management practices and delivered on a two-yearly cadence.

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The Agile Fluency Model with Diana Larsen

Scrum.org

After a short introduction to the model, we shifted to an ask-me-anything-style discussion of the groundbreaking view of agile and teams. ?? Quote: Focusing teams produce business value. Delivering teams deliver on the market cadence. Optimizing teams lead their market. Do zones always follow each other?

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Is SAFe Agile?

Leading Agile

It doesn’t mean they are bad. Agile is an incremental and iterative approach for developing software products. It’s typically best for small teams. The most common small team Agile methodologies are Scrum and XP, maybe Kanban, or a combination of the three. Kanban focuses more on flow and less on teams and time-boxes.

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Sprint Anti-Patterns

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Sprint Anti-Patterns Holding Your Teams Back Welcome to Sprint anti-patterns! Besides working on accomplishing the Sprint Goal, a Scrum Team also allocates time to product discovery, aligning with stakeholders, and refining the Product Backlog. Moreover, I added some food for thought.

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Agile Transformation: ChatGPT or McBoston?

Scrum.org

Shall we outsource the effort to one of the big consultancies — McBoston? Build a strong and diverse change management team to lead the effort. This team should include members from different departments and levels within the organization. Develop a detailed plan for the change, including specific milestones and timelines.

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Episode 189 – Harmonizing Potential – The Jazz of High-Performing Project Teams

Velociteach

Learn from the intriguing parallels between a jazz ensemble and an effective project team. Leonard demonstrates that music and project management share common principles as he offers a unique perspective on fostering a high-performing project team through the integration of music, productivity, workplace culture, and neuroscience.

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Transformation, Business Architecture, and Scaling

Leading Agile

More often than not in kind of either the IT product development space or IT services space. We like to consider ourselves kind of a full stack consultancy in the sense that you know, obviously, you have to deal with the work surface levels and what the teams are doing but you know, how do you orchestrate teams across dependency boundaries?

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