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

Scrum.org

The non-linear accumulation of technical debt A good example of this is from the Developer Division (DivDev) at Microsoft in developing a product called Team Foundation Server. This commercial product was built using traditional project management practices and delivered on a two-yearly cadence. TFS was delivered on a 2-year cycle.

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5 Tips for Making a Retrospective Meeting More Productive

NimbleWork

Retrospectives should ideally be done at a regular cadence. The focus should shift towards concrete examples, pinpointing both successes and areas requiring improvement. Mindful of time constraints, it’s crucial to maintain a reasonable duration for these meetings to sustain engagement and stave off fatigue.

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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.

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The Three — Wait: Four — Elements of Empiricism

Scrum.org

Include stakeholders in principle work, for example, by organizing joint user story mapping sessions. Convince your stakeholders of their importance in making Scrum work for you, for example, by attending Sprint Review sessions. To help with inspection, Scrum provides cadence in the form of its five events.”.

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The Agile Fluency Model with Diana Larsen

Scrum.org

Delivering teams deliver on the market cadence. Any examples? Diana co-authored several influential books: Liftoff: Start and Sustain Successful Agile Teams, 2nd ed. The Agile Fluency® Model is based on four zones reflecting a team’s progress in becoming agile. Quote: Focusing teams produce business value.

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Recharge to Reach the Finish Line: A Leader’s End-of-Year Strategy

The IIL Blog

This rhythm of exertion and recovery resonates deeply with the cadence of leadership in business. Just as the runner needs to rest to prevent injuries, we, as leaders, need to champion moments of respite to sustain our teams and ourselves.

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Minimal measures for minimal stability in a complex environment

Scrum.org

No sustainable agility is achieved. Complex work, of which software and product development are good examples, does not have the high degree of predictability to apply the old approaches that build on linearity, causality and predictive management. It is why Sprints, as container events, have a fixed time-box.

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