ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 7, 2020

For example, take scrum. Scrum is a great framework for helping teams work more productively together. In fact, the name comes from rugby and like it, scrum is a team sport. Scrumban is part of an agile framework, a hybrid of scrum and kanban. It was created as a way to transition from scrum to kanban.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

TL; DR: 20 Questions from New Scrum Master to the Development Team. From Scrum Master to Development Team members, this set of questions addresses the foundations of a Scrum Team capability to build valuable products: technical excellence and what it takes to achieve this proficiency level.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 21, 2022

I think of the three accountabilities in the Scrum framework as creating a balance of power. And the Scrum Master helps to maintain the balance between them. of the accountabilities in Scrum gets a bit — um — power hungry? The Product Owner accountability is critically important for the Scrum Team. The Scrum Master.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Still plenty of teams use hourly estimates for complex work. Relative estimation: takes less time, focuses on team collaboration i.o. Relative estimation: takes less time, focuses on team collaboration i.o. Relative estimation: takes less time, focuses on team collaboration i.o. In my experience this always hurts.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 8, 2021

Peer Recruiting is the new hiring: Shortly, all creative, technology-based organizations will need to abandon the command & control structures that served the industrial world of the 20th century so well. The following guide to peer recruiting is based on my experience in participating in recruiting Scrum Team members over the last ten years.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2023

It often lures us into the trap of deterministic estimates. Let’s investigate why deterministic estimates set us up for failure and explore pragmatic alternatives that empower decision-making while embracing uncertainty. What Are the Pitfalls of Deterministic Estimates? This approach generates better decisions.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 18, 2021

TL; DR: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns from Job Ads. Job ads for Scrum Master positions reveal great insight into an organization’s progress on becoming agile. I analyzed more than 50 job ads for Scrum Master positions to gain these. Analyzing a Job Advertisement for a Scrum Master Position.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

TL; DR: 20 Questions to Ask the Product Owner to Get up to Speed as a New Scrum Master. From Scrum Master to Product Owner, this set of questions addresses the future collaboration between the two individuals and the rest of the Scrum Team. The Essential Role of the Product Owner for the Success of the Scrum Team.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 13, 2023

Do you have a Scrum Genius on your team? Maybe you’re the Scrum Genius — someone who has a lot of experience, has been part of teams that have delivered several successful products and has certifications the length of your arm. Scrum: rulebook vs. framework Scrum is not a rulebook. Take a breath. That is ok.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 26, 2023

TL; DR: Useless Agile Metrics Ideally, a metric is a leading indicator for a pattern change, allowing your Scrum team to analyze the cause in time and take countermeasures. Learn more about useless agile metrics, from individual velocity to estimation accuracy to utilization rates. ? However, what if you picked the wrong metrics?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 17, 2023

TL; DR: Jira Anti-Patterns If you ask people to come up with popular attributes for “Agile” or “agility,” Scrum and Jira will likely be among the top ten featured. Moreover, in any discussion about the topic, someone will mention that using Scrum running on top of Jira does not make an organization agile.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Plenty of teams still use hourly estimates for complex work. Relative estimation: takes less time, focuses on team collaboration i.o. Relative estimation: takes less time, focuses on team collaboration i.o. Relative estimation: takes less time, focuses on team collaboration i.o. In my experience this always hurts.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2023

Project planning is the second stage in project management, after initiation and before execution, monitoring and controlling and closing. Project budgets are estimated by project managers and then approved by the project client or stakeholders. Project Budgeting The project budget is what the project will cost to complete.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Over the years I've seen numerous Scrum adaptions, and I thought perhaps it would be interesting, to sum up, some of the common misinterpretations of Scrum. As my journey in the realm of scrum continues, I have a hunch that this blog will never be finalized. . Scrum the abbreviation: It's Scrum, not SCRUM.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 5, 2021

Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! ?? Join the Anonymous Poll for the Upcoming Free Scrum Master Salary Report 2022. The management was displeased with the project’s progress and was looking for answers, starring at a bunch of Jira charts the Scrum Master prepared earlier.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 30, 2021

Scrum Teams do it all the time. It happens in Sprint Review, after Daily Scrum, in Sprint Planning, and as part of development. ordering the work in the Product Backlog so that the goals of the Scrum Team and the organization are best achieved. estimating the work in size and value. estimating the work in size and value.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The term refers to how the project’s requirements or feature list grows over time without proper control. When the project manager is not actively managing changes to scope, there is no control about what is in and what is out. What is change control and why is it important? What causes scope creep? How to avoid scope creep.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 28, 2019

have been doing Scrum trainings for a long time. During the last years, I have stressed even more the importance of understanding the nature and purpose of the Scrum Framework just at the begginning of the classes. This is, by no means, accepting distorted or flaccid applications of Scrum.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 15, 2019

Scrum stands on the three legs of transparency, inspection, and adaptation. In Scrum, the contents of the backlog will need to be refined, estimated, planned into Sprints, and increments of work satisfying those requirements delivered in each iteration. Transparency is the first casualty of a weakened Scrum implementation.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 5, 2023

Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ?️ Exclusively on my Substack Newsletter : Product Owner Anti-Patterns — An Excerpt from the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide (2). ? Join 575-plus peers and help create the next edition of the Scrum Master Salary Report ! Harvard Business Review.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 2, 2022

This is true when I am teaching Professional Scrum classes and even when I am coaching good Scrum Masters. And that is NEVER what the word meant in the context of Scrum. In fact, I wrote a blog post a few years back to clarify the Scrum Value of commitment.). Why is this misuse of the word “commitment” problematic?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 16, 2024

Like the manufacturer of the JAS 39E Saab Gripen fighter, a handful of players are relying on Scrum to radically improve their economic competitiveness. How can Scrum principles be applied in the defense industry? The engineers literally hacked the interfaces to take control and stabilize them. Having control over it is key.

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

Therefore, clever managers know that time is a constraint which they’re always working to control. The story point estimates for the work that remains is represented by this axis. It shows the sum of the estimates for all the tasks that need to be completed. This line is based on estimates and therefore not always accurate.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 23, 2023

I think this course is aimed at early-career project professionals who quickly need to upskill in planning, scheduling and project controls. In other words, if you are finding that the ‘guess how long a task takes’ school of estimating and project planning isn’t working out for you, then this course will quickly help you up your game.

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Technical Review Planning Certification Risk Management 465

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 21, 2022

Each item can have comments and you control the details right from the card. Be agile , but make it work for you, without ever having to attend an Agile training course or employing a Scrum Master. The time sheet report gives you data by user, tag, month, item and by time estimated, spent, variances, and cost. No problem.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 26, 2019

What is Scrum Team Velocity? Velocity is mentioned quite a few times in connection with Scrum in various contexts. This means, that Scrum framework does not have a prescription for a Scrum Team as to how to measure its ability to deliver value. Let’s start with the basics. And velocity is one of such practices.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Product Owner, Scrum Master, Development team members) who work collaboratively to deliver value in an Agile project. Bottom-up Estimating A project estimation technique that leverages tactical-level team members/subject matter experts (SMEs) to break down tasks into smaller components to create a more accurate estimate.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

I am passionate about Scrum as well as about photography and when I thought of writing my first blog, I thought of sharing important lessons that I found useful while supporting Scrum and taking photographs. Every Scrum team should be paying attention to all the three aspects. But it is out of the control of the photographer.

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Herding Cats

OCTOBER 1, 2016

For any closed loop control system ‒ let’s assume we want to manage our project with such a system ‒ has a signal representing the current state of the system. For your Honeywell or Nest controller on the wall, that sample rate is measured in seconds. Stochastic process control is the field of study. https://goo.gl/DP6Jw

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

In Scrum classes we often ask the attendees to draw a picture of the Scrum framework, in order learn what their current understanding of the framework is. But they also bring forward many related elements that are important or even indispensable to support the Scrum framework, but are not roles, artifacts nor events.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

More trust, less control (especially in remote teams). What we practice already and more and more companies are adopting is more trust and less control. In 2021, Cisco estimated that 82% of consumer internet traffic was video. Use tools designed to help keep your remote and hybrid team on the same page. Why is it important?

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MPUG

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The Scrum meeting is an essential part of every project’s management, especially one following Agile methodology. To take full advantage of the benefits of daily Scrum meetings, companies need to believe in empiricism and create an integral framework for implementation. Increased Collaboration and Ownership.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Risk Management Agile 97

ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2018

When you estimate probability, a risk will have a certain impact on your project. Of course, you can control risk to a certain extent. Applying FMEA will help you prioritize and control risks while involving your team in the process. Obviously, you’ve heard about Scrum, Agile, and Kanban. Tool for Handling Risk.

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Leading Agile

JULY 18, 2023

If not, then we start measuring things like people trained, teams doing Scrum, or the organization’s sentiment toward Agile to tell us if we’re succeeding. Additionally, we need to consider how we organize teams in the presence of dependencies, how we orchestrate and govern those dependencies, and what we measure and control around the team.

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Herding Cats

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

Scrum is) more defined rather than empirical process. scrum, not agile. not as it was prior to scrum. Scrum is prescriptive and defined rather than empirical. This took me back since Scrum is derived from an empirical closed loop control system developed in the USAF by Col. Closed Loop Control.

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Closing Controlling SCRUM Estimate 28

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 15, 2019

It is decided to adopt agile working, there is talk of Scrum, self-organizing teams, Sprints, standing meetings, sticky notes on the wall, etc. But when push comes to shove people easily return to old habits, by re-instating the Command and Control method, with a dent in the belief in self-organization as a result.

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Agilemania

AUGUST 19, 2021

Please stick with us to learn more about Scrum Master JD and for more details related to it. . What is Scrum? Scrum is a framework that generates value through adaptive solutions for complex problems. Have you ever wondered what its name is SCRUM? This term is borrowed from RUGBY, as SCRUM is a formation of players.

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