article thumbnail

Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

ProjectManager.com

For software development , kanban fosters dynamic task management, speeds up delivery cycles and improves customer satisfaction, all of which align with agile. Scrum teams use pin boards with user story cards and during a sprint (short iteration working on tasks) each user story (tasks) is written on a card.

article thumbnail

Raising Climate Awareness in Scrum Teams - a Scrum Master’s Journey

Scrum.org

Then last year, as I was looking for ways to become more sustainable, the idea started to grow that at the bank I work for, in my own Scrum Teams, we could also take the sustainability perspective. Taking the sustainability perspective was a new approach for the team, but everyone agreed on its importance.

SCRUM 171
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Agile vs Waterfall: What’s the Difference?

ProjectManager.com

The waterfall model is used in a variety of industries, from construction to marketing, but we’ll talk about it in software development terms as we define the different phases. Design : There are two parts to this phase, including logical design and physical design, all resulting in the software or product architecture.

Agile 391
article thumbnail

The Agile Manifesto, Explained

ProjectManager.com

So, we’ve hinted at the Agile Manifesto long enough—let’s define it. The following agile principles are what define an approach as agile. Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software. Working software is the primary measure of progress.

Agile 279
article thumbnail

Agile Laws & Distributed Teams: From Conway to Goodhart to Parkinson

Scrum.org

From the long list of observation, heuristics, and mental models in psychology, organizational design, or software engineering, I pick six “agile laws” that seem to be particularly relevant in this area of distributed agile teams: Conway’s Law. Brooks’s Law. Waiting too long before shipping, or pursuing perfection, is not an option.

article thumbnail

How To Carry Out a Requirements Analysis

Wrike

Requirements analysis involves defining, analyzing, validating, and aligning stakeholders’ expectations for new projects while considering all possible conflicts. . Defined with sufficient details. Requirements analysis in software engineering . This is where requirements analysis comes in. . Actionable. Measurable.

article thumbnail

In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

Before we begin, we need to define some of the terms we will use throughout this post. Throughout this post, we define them as “all users, customers, and other people or groups who have a clear stake in the outcomes of what this team produces, and invest money, time or both in making sure that happens”. The first term is Stakeholder.

Agile 202