Scrum.org

MAY 24, 2022

One of the first things that I usually hear after describing the Scrum framework and its five events to someone new to Scrum is, “that’s a lot of meetings!” . . The Sprint Planning meeting happens just once per Sprint, and the same goes for the Review and Retrospective events. The first event in Scrum is the Sprint.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 7, 2023

In Scrum, the Product Owner is accountable for maximizing product value for the customer. That’s the focus of the entire Scrum framework, where value is delivered frequently and incrementally. But sometimes, the customer can jeopardize the value the Scrum Team is set to deliver. Sometimes, there’s a middle ground.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2024

I once worked with a Scrum team that deliberately underestimated the size of Product Backlog items during refinement to enable them to pull oversized items into the Sprint, bypassing the team agreement that restricted larger items from being pulled into the Sprint. The Scrum team doesn't 'disappear into a dark room' for months.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Avoid … mapping all planned initiatives to OKRs. . On the other hand, Using output/activity-based goals to work ON the business fixes plans, specifications, and designs too early. Figuring out the right Cadence . The right cadence also provides an opportunity to reinforce/communicate strategic priorities and focus. .

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In Kürze: Die 4 Elemente der Scrum Empirie. In seinem Theorieteil verweist der Scrum Guide auf die drei Elemente der Scrum Empirie: Transparenz, Inspektion und Adaption. Ein viertes Element, das die Grundlage für die Empirie bildet, ist jedoch in einem Satz über die Scrum-Werte versteckt. Die Theorie der Scrum Empirie.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 4, 2022

Many well-meaning Scrum practitioners have misconceptions about Scrum, which sometimes leads to creating “rules” that do not exist in the framework. Scrum is deliberately incomplete because the framework is used in complex environments where simple best practices won’t fit all situations.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 27, 2020

Sprint Planning is a core event, defining how your customers’ lives will improve with the next Product Increment. Learn more on how to improve its effectiveness by avoiding 20 common Sprint Planning anti-patterns. The Purpose of the Sprint Planning. The Purpose of the Sprint Planning. Source : Scrum Guide, 2017.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

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. There seems to be a misunderstanding about applying timeboxes in Scrum. Scrum Event Timeboxes. Eight hours!”

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 30, 2021

When used with Scrum and the value-based metrics of the Evidence Based Management (EBM) framework, the ability for the enterprise to inspect and adapt its initiatives in order to meet the challenges of disruptive change increases both the relevance and outcomes driven by OKRs supported by Scrum's empiricism. .

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

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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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

Many organisations wrestle with the seeming incompatibility between agile and release management, and they struggle with release planning and predictable delivery. Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide! Without a regular cadence of delivery of working software any belief that you will get a usable increment is misguided at best.

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MPUG

MARCH 8, 2024

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. This is shown in the below figure.

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Scrum.org

MAY 20, 2020

My fellow PST, Glaudia Califano, and I were sitting in a café (at a time prior to the current lockdown due to Covid-19), having agreed to meet up with a Business Analyst who had reached out to us to have a chat about Scrum and Agile. Our problem is that we can’t plan Sprints accurately with velocity,” he said. was our next question.

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Leading Answers

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Yet we rarely see agile communications management plans. Why We Have Communication Management Plans Projects can be time-consuming and costly, and tie-up valuable employees for long periods with no guarantee of the outcome initially hoped for. This is where a good communications management plan comes in. Why is this?

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MPUG

DECEMBER 28, 2020

A new version of Scrum guide was released last month. It contains commitments for each of the Scrum artifacts. Product Goal also reflects one of the values of Scrum: “Focus.” Now, every artifact in Scrum comes with a commitment. The formal artifacts in Scrum are three: Product Backlog. Commitment based Artifacts.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 5, 2021

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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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

SAFe includes Scrum - so how come many Scrum practitioners and thought leaders consider it unsafe? It takes advantage of established frameworks and techniques that work well - Scrum being the first and foremost of those. SAFe's Scrum Master is more of an Agile Team Lead. I hear a lot of questions and claims.

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Project Bliss

JUNE 19, 2017

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. We stumbled through our first few.

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The Strategic Project Manager

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The concepts of scrum are powerful in business, not only in software development but also in other areas. This post reviews the basics of agile scrum roles, ceremonies, and their impact on developing strategy and managing projects. Agile Scrum Roles. The scrum team has its origins in rugby, an ultimate team sport.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

I was hired by a bank to help them to get started with agile and Scrum. Most people who see the value of the Scrum Master role will agree that a seasoned scrum master can support up to three experienced teams when sprinting. But is one Scrum Master enough to start up three teams from scratch simultaneously?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Understanding these terms is crucial for effective backlog management and sprint planning if you're a product manager or product owner. Right-sizing in Agile refers to the practice of customizing the size of work items in your backlog to match their inherent complexity and effort required to the time interval of your cadence.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The teams at his company had well established cadences for their Scrum events; well-oiled Daily Scrums that are done within 15 minutes and result in transparency of what the team will do for the next 24-hours. The Scrum Guide is explicit in stating that Scrum is a framework.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

SAFe includes Scrum - so how come many Scrum practitioners and thought leaders consider it unsafe? It takes advantage of established frameworks and techniques that work well - Scrum being the first and foremost of those. SAFe's Scrum Master is more of an Agile Team Lead. I hear a lot of questions and claims.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 28, 2022

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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Scrum.org

APRIL 11, 2019

Intended audience: Scrum masters, Product owners, Managers and Agile coaches. Firstly, there is often no clearly formulated vision, or a missing plan on how to achieve a vision. The Product Owner should develop an inspiring vision and a plan to make it happen. This plan needs to be communicated to the teams by the PO.

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Digite

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

In this article, he outlines the similarities of the two as WIP Limiting, Pull-based systems – with cadences and a focus on learning – while also explaining their differences. A question that I often get while speaking with people is: What is the difference between Kanban and Scrum? You will enjoy this excellent article.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 5, 2022

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. Scrum Master. Release on Demand.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

I was hired by a bank to help them to get started with agile and Scrum. Most people who see the value of the Scrum Master role will agree that a seasoned scrum master can support up to three experienced teams when sprinting. But is one Scrum Master enough to start up three teams from scratch simultaneously?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 30, 2023

Cycle Time for Proactive Planning Cycle Time is the amount of elapsed time it takes for a given work item to complete. We cover how to create these scatter plots in the Applying Flow Metrics for Scrum and Professional Scrum with Kanban classes. Kanban #Scrum #DigitalTransformation FlowMetrics.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 8, 2024

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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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Safe Scrum is a framework that has gained significant popularity in recent years for enhancing team performance in an agile development methodology. By providing clear guidelines and principles, Safe Scrum enables teams to collaborate more effectively, communicate transparently, and ultimately deliver higher-quality projects.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In its theory section, the Scrum Guide refers to the three elements of empiricism: transparency, inspection, and adaptation. However, a fourth element, foundational to enable empiricism, is hidden in a sentence on Scrum Values. Read on and learn more about the complete picture of Scrum’s empiricism. ???? Empiricism.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 11, 2024

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.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Many teams grapple with the intricacies of Scrum, and one of the most pivotal components is the Sprint Goal. Thanks to our reviewers: Ralph Jocham | Scrum.org TLDR; The Sprint Goal is the heart of Scrum, representing the team's commitment to the value derived from the Sprint's outcome. Sprint Goal videos!

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Velociteach

MAY 10, 2023

Everything from putting people back on the moon, developing new therapeutics and software, or planning a wedding. Deming’s plan-do-check-act cycle is a prominent Lean practice. The Manifesto distills concepts from eXtremee Programming , Scrum, and other leading development practices. Scrum is easy to learn but hard to master.

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Scrum.org

MAY 4, 2023

By Lavaneesh Gautam , Professional Scrum Trainer Effective Stakeholder Engagement is key to the success of the product and one of the essential skills all product people should have. What Is Stakeholder Communication Strategy A communication strategy is our plan that outlines how we will communicate. If not then what is the plan?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2020

Scrum, in its more general definition, is a simple framework to help us address complex challenges. Product development is the subset of complex problem domains where Scrum took root first; by explicitly acknowledging software and new product development to be complex work, serving to deliver complex products in complex circumstances.

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