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

Scrum.org

Teams/groups then come up with their OKRs. Teams/Groups share their intent with each other and with relevant leaders to help ensure alignment in an environment of empowerment/autonomy. . Figuring out the right Cadence . The right cadence also provides an opportunity to reinforce/communicate strategic priorities and focus. .

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Working with the Retrospective Board in Hybrid-Scrum Projects

MPUG

For Scrum , it happens at the end of the Sprint , whereas for Kanban , it can be based on cadence. For this article, our case study will refer to the Hybrid-Scrum project modality. As with the Scrum framework, we will have retrospectives built into our Hybrid-Agile plan. Yes, we can, and we will see how in this article.

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A Deeper Look: Top Changes in the New 2020 Scrum Guide for Agile Practitioners

MPUG

A new version of Scrum guide was released last month. It’s less prescriptive and seems to be intended for a wider audience group, particularly non-software users. It’s less prescriptive and seems to be intended for a wider audience group, particularly non-software users. It contains commitments for each of the Scrum artifacts.

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9 Best Practices for Your Daily Scrum Meeting

Project Bliss

When my team first started holding a daily scrum meeting, it honestly felt awkward. From the lessons I’ve learned through experience, I’ve compiled nine best practices that have helped our daily scrum meetings stay focused and efficient. The Purpose of the Daily Scrum Meeting. Keep the Daily Scrum Meeting Short.

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

Scrum.org

This commercial product was built using traditional project management practices and delivered on a two-yearly cadence. On a two-yearly cadence, it takes four years to deliver on feature requests. To do this they had to shorten the feedback loop, and they settled on 3-week Sprints using Scrum. Three weeks Sprints instead!

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How I transformed “multiple Scrum teams” into “multiple team Scrum”

Scrum.org

Intended audience: Scrum masters, Product owners, Managers and Agile coaches. I was working with various groups over the last year and noticed some commonalities in the problems they faced. I was successful with optimising for feature size that could be delivered in a two-sprint cadence. Lack of product focus.