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How Scrum event timeboxes make your team more effective

Scrum.org

Every Scrum event has a maximum allowable time period to carry it out, called a timebox. When I tell someone that the Sprint Planning event is timeboxed at eight hours, I usually receive shocked looks. While Scrum events have a maximum amount of time, they do not have a minimum amount of time. Scrum Event Timeboxes.

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What is Lean Portfolio Management? Primary Focus | Objectives

Agilemania

LPM also known as Lean Portfolio management, refers to how senior leadership uses lean principles and systems thinking approaches to align strategy with execution. Incorporating agile and lean portfolio management offer a path to improving business agility. What Are The Objectives Of Lean Portfolio Management?

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Event Series: Practical Kanban with MS Project Agile

MPUG

Two widely accepted Lean-Agile approaches, iteration- and flow-based, are embraced by Agile practitioners. The delivery is based on a cadence. Are there any specific Kanban events and can they be used with MS Project Agile? While iteration-based Agile prescribes an iteration, in flow-based Agile, iterations are not prescribed.

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Troubleshooting in Lean-Agile Development

MPUG

Many project managers utilize a Lean-Agile approach when there is high change or churn in project requirements, significant lack of clarity in scope, high complexity to their projects, and/or a larger number of risks associated with such. Two Lean-Agile Types. Iteration-based Lean-Agile. Flow-based Lean-Agile. Flow-based.

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Scaling Agile Practices – Improve Business Outcomes

Agilemania

Develop on Cadence; Release on Demand. In SAFe®, this is known as Develop on Cadence, a coordinated set of practices that support Agile Teams by providing a reliable series of events and activities that occur on a regular, predictable schedule. Agile Team and Agile Release Train Cadences. SAFe® Lean Portfolio.

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The Three — Wait: Four — Elements of Empiricism

Scrum.org

Let’s start with what the Scrum Guide says about empiricism: “Scrum is founded on empiricism and lean thinking. Lean thinking reduces waste and focuses on the essentials.”. Scrum combines four formal events for inspection and adaptation within a containing event, the Sprint. Scrum events are designed to provoke change.”.

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Die 4 Elemente der Scrum Empirie

Scrum.org

Beginnen wir damit, was der Scrum Guide über Empirie besagt: “Scrum is founded on empiricism and lean thinking. Lean thinking reduces waste and focuses on the essentials.”. Scrum combines four formal events for inspection and adaptation within a containing event, the Sprint. Scrum events are designed to provoke change.”.

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