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The Rhythmic Dance of Agile with Cadence

MPUG

Now, you might be thinking what exactly a dance has to do with cadence in Agile? Let’s start first with the definition of cadence. Cadence – Definition and Basics. One can define cadence in Agile as follows: Cadence is a regular, predictable pattern of development work in Agile. Working with Single Cadence.

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A 2021 Guide to Kanban Cadences to help Align Your Business Communication

nTask

To many of the fans of project management out there in the market, these rhythms are known as Kanban cadences. What are Kanban Cadences? To learn about Kanban cadences, you need to know about cadences first. The latter is the closest to what we can say for certain that Kanban cadences relate to.

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

Scrum.org

As defined by WhatMatters.com : OKRs – an Alignment Framework – a collaborative goal-setting methodology used by teams and individuals to set challenging, ambitious goals with measurable results. It’s much easier to define an OKR for everything – and then when everything is important, nothing is really important.

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Improve Product Management to drive Business Agility

Scrum.org

What the POs and their teams define as “product”, is one of many applications, services, steps in the value chain, components, features, etc. For example: Billy, the Product Owner of the Billing Engine Team can never deliver the whole customer journey to improve customer retention. But what value can the low-level PO maximize?

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How to Assemble a Project Team

ProjectManager.com

For example, the tier below a marketing leader might be made of a content writer, an editor, an email manager, etc. Regardless of the organizational structure you choose, this entails setting up rules and procedures, defining expectations and establishing communication. Related: Free Team Charter Template.

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Your Strategy Planning Meeting Agenda (with Template)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you think about the point of having a strategy discussion, it’s really to either define the strategy or to decide if you are on track with delivering the strategy. There’s no fixed cadence for strategy conversations. Present the overall roadmap, for example, a timeline for the 5 year plan. When do strategic meetings happen?

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Unlocking the Power and Mastery of Development Approach and Life Cycle

Project Pulse Journal

This domain facilitates strategic alignment, optimized delivery cadence, methodology customization, increased flexibility, and improved risk management. The desire for a project management framework that sustains deliverability, supports the required cadence, and remains faithful to an adaptable methodology is now within reach.