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Scrum, Innovation and the Double Diamond

Scrum.org

Introduction The relationship between Scrum and innovation has been a subject of considerable reflection within agile practice. Scrum, at its core, is a lightweight framework designed to address complex problems through empirical process control. Scrum creates a fertile environment for this by embracing empiricism.

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How a Consumer Services Company Embraced Professional Scrum to Fuel Growth

Scrum.org

Breaking the Tech Barrier: Implementing Scrum in Both Technical and Non-Technical Teams to Drive Measurable Business Outcomes Overview A fast-growing consumer services company delivering curated experiences to thousands of customers each week underwent a transformation in its approach to product development and team collaboration.

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Don't Overload the Sprint

Scrum.org

When a Scrum team has been working together for a while and completing the same type of work Sprint after Sprint, they develop a sense of how much they can typically accomplish. One of Scrums core values is focus, and that value exists for a reason. Discover more Scrum myths in Illustrated Scrum Myths by Mary Iqbal.

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The Importance of Connecting Agile to Business Value

Leading Agile

How to Communicate the Value of Agile to Executives Instead of emphasizing the team-level aspects of Agile like Scrum, standups, retrospectives, Kanban boards, and burndown charts, focus on how Agile practices can improve predictability, reduce risks, lower cost, and enhance the company’s ability to respond to market changes.

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5  misconceptions about Scrum's Sprint Event

Scrum.org

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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How We Reduced Cycle Time from 164 Days to 8 Days in 6 Months

Scrum.org

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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How effective are your agile ceremonies?

Kiron Bondale

Each agile framework provides its own ceremonies but given that Scrum is still the most commonly referenced one, let’s focus on that framework’s events. The Scrum Guide calls sprints the heart of Scrum as these time boxes set the cadence for all other events.

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