Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2023

One of the most exciting outcomes of Scrum being adopted by a team is innovation. The following interview is with Marjolein Pilon , a Scrum Master from the Netherlands. But I know you have some practical ideas for how Scrum and Teams can help. What if all Scrum Teams would do that? Broadly that is described as innovation.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 14, 2022

Scrum is simple, but that simplicity means that each of its elements is essential. Teams that mess with the framework are messing with Scrum. Teams that make changes to the elements limit Scrum's effectiveness and aren't really using Scrum. . Each of the Scrum events has a timebox, and that timebox is important.

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Scrum.org

MAY 8, 2023

TL; DR: Life Is a Negotiation; Why Would Scrum Be Different? Life is a negotiation; why would Scrum be different, particularly given its egalitarian nature? As you may recall, no one on a Scrum team can tell anyone else what to do, how to do it, or when to do it. Rant: Scrum Masters are no Project Managers ! ? ? ??

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 3, 2023

The Scrum Master is accountable for establishing Scrum as described in the Scrum Guide. The Scrum Master is a teacher, coach, impediment remover, change agent, mentor, and facilitator. They lead by example and they serve the Scrum team, the organization and the Product Owner.

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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

MAY 15, 2023

The following article offers a primer to creating ChatGPT prompts for Scrum practitioners to get you started running. Zur deutschsprachigen Version des Artikels: 60 ChatGPT-Prompts Plus Prompt Engineering Guide für Scrum-Praktiker. ? Are you planning to hire a new Scrum Master? ? ? ?? Yub, that works, too.) ??

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NimbleWork

MARCH 27, 2024

Improving a team’s velocity in Agile, particularly in the Scrum framework, involves several key strategies aimed at enhancing productivity, efficiency, and effectiveness. Defining Clear and Realistic Goals Work with the team to set realistic and achievable goals for improving velocity.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 11, 2023

Scrum has emerged as a powerful framework to enhance collaboration, productivity, and value delivery. One of the lesser-known but highly impactful complimentary practices that can be used with Scrum is the concept of limiting work in progress (WIP). Predictable Delivery and Agile Metrics In a Scrum environment, predictability is key.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2023

Define Your Project Goals and Objectives Now that you have a general idea of why the project exists, you have to get a bit deeper and define its goals and objectives. Estimate Your Project Duration The project duration is the total amount of time needed to complete the project. What is its purpose or reason for existence?

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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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Leading Agile

MAY 20, 2019

The Scrum Guide implies what a team should be, but we want to get super explicit. In this short clip, Mike Cottmeyer defines what an Agile team should really look like. It’s implied in the Scrum Guide, I’m making it super explicit. There’s no success in Agile outside the context of a team. So, what is a team?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Does the LEGO Group face Zombie Scrum issues as well? How is “value” defined at the LEGO Group? In this blog post, we focus on one specific topic that emerged: “How a culture of learning and experimentation can prevent Zombie Scrum”. Zombie Scrum? Zombie Scrum looks like Scrum from a distance.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Die Verfeinerung des Produkt-Backlogs ist ein kontinuierlicher Prozess zur Entwicklung von praktikablen und wertschöpfenden Produkt-Backlogs, die es einem Scrum Team ermöglichen, eine Sprintplanung im Prinzip jederzeit durchzuführen. Nehmen Sie an einer von Stefans kommenden Professional Scrum-Schulungen teil ! ?? ?? ?? ????

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

TL; DR: The Scrum Guide 2020. The Scrum Guide 2020 is available now: Change is coming to make Scrum more accessible and inclusive beyond software development. Learn more about the changes, download the brand new and free Scrum Guide 2020 Reordered to spot patterns quickly, and join the Scrum community discussion.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 31, 2024

Further defining Product Backlog Items into smaller and more clear items can improve the Team's focus, flow of work, and the Product Backlog ordering. This practice, which is not a scrum event but is mentioned in the Scrum Guide as an ongoing activity, ensures that the backlog remains relevant, detailed, and sized.

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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

MAY 6, 2021

Our products are called ‘Professional Scrum or Professional Agile XXXXXX’. Our community of trainers is called Professional Scrum Trainers (PSTs). Is it just to indicate that our organization is focused on people who make money whilst using Scrum?”. . To illustrate the difference between good Scrum and poor Scrum.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

In the "Scrum from the trenches" blog post series I like to address topics that I encounter in practicing Scrum in the real world, with real Scrum Teams. In the previous "Scrum from the trenches"-blog I talked about the Sprint Goal. The Scrum Team decides how and when refinement is done. Time to read: 6 minutes.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2023

Project budgets are estimated by project managers and then approved by the project client or stakeholders. Business Analysis Business analysis is the process of understanding the needs of business stakeholders and defining how to meet those needs. Project Budgeting The project budget is what the project will cost to complete.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In SAFe, the Scrum Master is not just a Scrum Master. SAFe defines the role of the Scrum Master as a servant-leader for the agile team who helps educate the team on various frameworks and methods, including Scrum, Kanban, Extreme Programming, and SAFe, ensuring that the agreed-upon agile process is duly followed.

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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

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

TL; DR: Scrum Accountability. Learn more about how Scrum deals with accountability. Learn more about how Scrum deals with accountability. Here, accountability acts as an enabler for Scrum first principles.). There is no blame game, finger-pointing, or butt-covering in a real Scrum environment.).

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 13, 2020

But it’s best defined by scrum as a model. Scrum is a way to manage a project within an agile framework and is made up of three roles: product owner, scrum master and team. The product owner is focused on the business side of the project, the scrum master is the expert, who acts like a coach. What Is a Sprint?

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 20, 2021

Agile is more of an approach, and could almost be defined as a philosophy. The length of interactions, or the size of teams, isn’t defined. It’s more about adhering to the stated values, which you can execute with scrum, hybrid methodology and more. What is Agile Planning? Why Planning Still Matters in the Agile Methodology.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Agile A flexible and dynamic approach to project management that allows for iterative updates during defined time blocks, which allows for incremental value. Product Owner, Scrum Master, Development team members) who work collaboratively to deliver value in an Agile project. Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g.,

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2021

O verview of Agile Estimating. When more is known than unknown, use absolute estimating. A traditional or Waterfall software development lifecycle includes a long and detailed planning period to define requirements before beginning development. But teams still need to estimate their work to forecast releases.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

As you know, Product and Sprint Goals aren’t optional in Scrum. It’s not a Scrum Master accountability to set up goals. Instead you need to help your Scrum Team, and especially the Product Owner, to do so. In short, the Lean Canvas helps you define the most important elements of your product. Lean Canvas.

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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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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 25, 2022

The waterfall methodology, which identifies a problem and then plans a solution, forces teams to stick to the requirements and scope of work that was defined at the beginning of the project. It will have just enough information for the team to accurately estimate how much effort is required to complete it. User Stories. Agile Board.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 17, 2022

Approaches you might consider in an Agile environment are Scrum, Kanban or Scrumban , but there are others. In the Planning phase, the project manager also defines internal and external communications. These can be broken down in smaller, more manageable sub-tasks and estimated by the team. Secret #7: Motivate the team.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 25, 2022

We started this Scrum foundation series explaining we see four underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. In the past series of mails we covered the three pillars of Empiricism, the Scrum Values, and Self-Management. Next week we'll look at Cross-Functionality and the Scrum Master. .

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

During the last year and a half, I was working as a Scrum Master with a team that was working on a product with a history of about ten years. They told me they are using Scrum, but there was no Scrum Master, no potentially releasable increment at least at the end of the Sprint, no event discipline, several Product Backlogs and so on.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

It talks about working with customers and customer proxies, defining acceptance tests and then goes on to discuss ways of agile estimating and planning how to use those stories in an iteration. The section on user stories with Scrum is great if you work in a Scrum team. Agile Estimating and Planning by Mike Cohn.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

During the last one and a half year, I was working as a Scrum Master with a team that is working on a product with a history of about ten years. They told me they are using Scrum, but there was no Scrum Master, no potentially releasable increment at least at the end of the Sprint, no event discipline, several Product Backlogs and so on.

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Inloox

MAY 6, 2021

Scrum is probably one of the best-known methods. To gain the maximum benefit from a complex concept like Scrum, it is important that all team members are on the same knowledge level. In this blog post, we want to clear up any misunderstandings around Scrum. Works toward a defined product goal. What is a product backlog?

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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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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

So we thought it would be a great idea to take a look at what core qualifications are required of project managers and define their responsibilities and the common job descriptions for several PM roles. This involves creating a project schedule, securing the resources, defining the project goals, among many other things. Manage budget.

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