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

Scrum.org

And it lends itself to heavy-handed command and control. . People can use other processes to manage their work toward the OKRs. . Aligned Initiative over Command and Control. This looks quite similar to OKR’s predecessor – Management by Objectives ( MBO ) which was very control-oriented. Figuring out the right Cadence .

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Professionalism in Scrum. What does it mean to be a Professional

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Doing Scrum is not enough! The precious result will not be achieved just by understanding and following the rules and principles of the Scrum Framework. Every day organisations are starting and failing with business agility, praise and blame Scrum. And everyday organisations are succeeding with Scrum! Professional /pr??f???nl/

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Showing up: Why your Scrum Master mindset is everything

Scrum.org

What is one of the most important aspects of holding the Scrum Master accountability? Read on to see why your mindset and what you bring of yourself to your Scrum practice are critical to success. Read on to see why your mindset and what you bring of yourself to your Scrum practice are critical to success. Open and curious.

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

Scrum.org

In December 2020, my friend Adrian Galarza and I delivered a Scrum.org Scrum Pulse Webinar - A Cycle Time Journey: 164 to 8 Days in 6 Months that summarized the journey of Adrian’s Scrum Team. STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT: How did the scrum masters engage stakeholders outside the team to show up and collaborate more? BACKGROUND.

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28+2 Sprint Anti-Patterns Holding Back Scrum Teams

Scrum.org

Welcome to the Sprint anti-patterns article from my series on Scrum anti-patterns, covering the three Scrum roles—pardon me: accountabilities—and addressing the contributions of stakeholders and the IT/line management. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! Source : Scrum Guide 2020.

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Review People Over Process

Henny Portman

Levine wrote with People Over Process – Leadership for Agility a very pragmatic and down to earth book about leadership and agile projects. Furthermore, neither agile or scrum contemplates how the agile team should be connected to a larger organization and to external partners who will likely have differing development processes and cadences.

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Sprint Anti-Patterns

Scrum.org

This article covers the three Scrum accountabilities (formerly roles) and addresses interferences of stakeholders and IT/line management with this crucial Scrum event. Your single best investment to improve your professional standing ; order the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now! ? Source : Scrum Guide 2020.