Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In today's blog, I want to talk about the evolution process of the Scrum team's Definition of Done and explain a simple technique that I found very useful in helping a Scrum team managing their Definition of Done. Definition of Done. Don't name the columns yet as this can influence or limit the thinking process of the team. .

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

Let’s start with what the Scrum Guide says about empiricism: “Scrum is founded on empiricism and lean thinking. Lean thinking reduces waste and focuses on the essentials.”. Retrospective : Inspects the Sprint at the team level, the Definition of Done, and creates improvements. Empiricism. Everyone trusts a successful team. .

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

Understanding these top five Agile methodologies that are not Scrum Framework: Kanban, Extreme Programming (XP), Lean Software Development, Feature-Driven Development (FDD), and Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM) is crucial for any team or individual looking to implement Agile practices effectively.

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Velociteach

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Critical assumptions and decisions set the project context during these formative stages, influencing planning and execution. Had I been engaged sooner, I could have influenced the decisions or been aware of the pending pitfalls. These definitional activities are often rushed or ignored. The results are disastrous.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

If that’s your definition of an Agile Transformation Coach, you’d be right—but only partially. This role is, in effect, a high-influence peer to the executives who act as a trusted advisor. The TL should be persuasive, politically aware, highly driven, and possess the gravitas to influence other executives. Lean/Agile Leader.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The team should avoid refining too far in advance if it’s working in a higher-risk environment involving frequent changes in technology, business needs, or other factors influencing the Product Backlog’s order and content. Note that some teams use the complementary practice of creating a definition of ready and may add criteria to this list.)

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Wrike

NOVEMBER 23, 2021

” Aggregate planning helps teams and managers operate at maximum efficiency by influencing and adjusting workload and capacity to match changing demands. Chase strategy is often used for lean manufacturing and production. Lean into back-order systems. Aggregate planning examples. Chase strategy. Hybrid strategy.

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Agilemania

MARCH 10, 2022

the influence on strategic IT projects.” . IT professionals with two to five certifications have as much professional influence after three years as IT professionals with no certifications after six years.”. It takes the help of principles from different knowledge of bodies such as lean thinking and system thinking. .

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Planio

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

No matter how agile and lean you try to run your projects there are inevitably going to be a lot of people involved in getting you from project proposal to launch day. Give everyone time to do this individually and then come together as a team to create a definitive list. Who wants to influence this project (positively or negatively)?

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Lean A project management philosophy that aims to maximize value while minimizing waste. Lean Six Sigma Combining Lean and Six Sigma methodologies to eliminate defects and waste. Project A project is something that has a definite start and end (i.e., it is finite).

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2024

Discussion on the importance of a Definition of Done and creating value. Principles of Agile Product Management : Overview of agile product management and how it influences backlog prioritization. Prioritization Game : Teams prioritize the backlog items based on various criteria (value, complexity, stakeholder influence).

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Consultancies saw the potential for total organization transformation by combining process consulting services like scrum implementation, dev ops, kanban, lean, with technology offerings like work management systems, cloud data, quality engineering, AI, chatbots and more. It definitely didn’t make me a professional coach. I was hooked.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 10, 2023

But, while you enjoy your well-deserved Stay-cation, do they uphold their Definition of Done? Don’t delegate coaching opportunities to people outside your team unless you have tried everything possible to impact and influence others.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Technology, globalization, the environment and society are more closely linked than ever before: Technological advances are driving globalization, changing our environment and influencing society which in turn calls for new solutions to these challenges. We developed this definition, which we think will help us do this. .

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The Strategic Project Manager

MAY 12, 2022

Here is the definition of a ‘Nudge’ in the words of Thaler and Sunstein: “A nudge, as we will use the term, is any aspect of the choice architecture that alters people’s behavior in a predictable way without forbidding any options or significantly changing their economic incentives. Nudge Theory 101.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Definitely not! . Definitely not! A Scrum Master does not manage the Scrum team and is, in terms of self-organizing teams, definitely not responsible for the team performance. how to influence a Development team in self-organizing, well, that's where it gets interesting right?) Is this true? Can be, it depends.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

In modern, Agile or Lean organizations, the customers, employees and value delivered, is the most important concern. [3]. Many organizations do not pay attention to the culture or assume that some rules and processes will constitute it by definition. Nexus) or other Agile or Lean frameworks, were enacted in an empirical way.

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Henny Portman

APRIL 9, 2020

Following Eric Ries’ lean start-up approach, the product owner is no longer the interpreter of business value. The IT organization must become an interpreter of business value as well as a provider of technical skills, and its interpretation must influence not only the behavior of project teams but also the enterprise’s business strategies.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 4, 2024

The emphasis is on producing shippable increments of the product at the end of each Sprint, guided by the Scrum Team's definition of "Done." This action maintains cycle time and, with the application of lean principles, makes Kanban a very effective way to manage productivity.

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Velociteach

JANUARY 5, 2023

We can see Taylor’s influence on modern management practices. Toyota’s definitions of waste, are nearly identical to his. Lean Process Engineering The assembly line is a direct descendant and application of scientific management. Toyota is credited as being the progenitor of Lean Management.

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International Institute for Learning

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Power is defined as 1) the ability to act or produce an effect, 2) possession of control, authority, or influence over others, one having such power, and 3) physical might, mental or moral efficacy, political control, or influence.1 The definition of powerful is simply having great power or strength. Resources. Elaina Carpino.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

External factors around projects are constantly changing at a breakneck speed which makes it challenging to definitively control the outcome without frequent course correction. XP, scrum, lean, etc.) Second, the use of lean and agile tools and methodologies beyond IT, software and manufacturing. Helena Lui. Helena Lui.

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Scrum.org

JULY 15, 2018

Step 2: Apply Lean Principles Simplified. There are 7 lean software development principles. My colleague Simon Reindl introduced me to what he calls Lean Principles Simplified. Now assess your process through the lens of the Lean Principles Simplified. What assumptions are we making? Maximize value. Minimize waste.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

As I used Kanban before and as a lean practitioner I was excited that end of January last year I had the chance to join a Scrum with Kanban beta class, facilitated by Steve Porter in the awesome office of Prowareness in Delft. The event that has changed the most definitely was the Daily Scrum. The Scrum with Kanban Beta class.

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The Strategic Project Manager

MARCH 8, 2022

Definitions of Common Customer Segment Types. This will influence their approach to projects. This means following a lean innovation process in search of the right offering to serve the chosen customer segment. Design thinking is a particularly helpful approach to getting intimate with customer needs and preferences.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

What influences their buying decision? By creating a persona, you can know about customers’ needs, challenges, and behavioral influencers. Although all of this is useful in the initial definition and positioning, it keeps evolving. . What are their personal and professional pain points? Author's Bio.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Having used Kanban before and as a lean practitioner, I was excited that end of January last year I had the chance to join a Professional Scrum with Kanban beta class, facilitated by Steve Porter in the awesome office of Prowareness in Delft. The event that has changed the most definitely was the Daily Scrum.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 23, 2019

Here is my definition of organizational agility, and it keeps evolving: The ability to drive disruption in society , the industry & the marketplace, an adaptive way of being/learning/sensemaking, through ? Outside of my sphere of influence, the trends flatlined, therefore no improvement. . impediments, ?flow, efficiency, and ?sustainability.

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The Strategic Project Manager

APRIL 30, 2022

Engage with key influencers – Be strategic about this. In what areas do you need influence, with whom do you need to engage, and what is in it for them? You will need a strategy for getting the Change to take root with these influencers and disseminate to others. The communications alone is a project unto itself.

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Pawel Brodzinski

OCTOBER 12, 2015

When I’m writing these words I’m on my way home from Lean Agile Scotland. Experimentation is definitely my thing. We may introduce a new factor that would influence how people behave. I definitely do prefer safe to fail experiments. I am into organizational culture too. Not only that though. I’m all for experimentation.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

You either change the tool to accommodate the organization or you change the organization and unfortunately, most of the companies that we were dealing with, didn’t have agency or influence to change the organization. But I started writing a lot about what I would do and I started doing talks about what I do. Speaker: Miljan Bajic 32:59.

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Teamweek

JUNE 1, 2022

That’s backed up by the stats, too, with workplace culture a key influencer for 46% of job seekers. Quick Links: Definition – What is Organizational Culture? Definition – What is Organizational Culture? Until the robots fully take over, it’s the people that make any company an amazing place to work. Let’s get into it.

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Teamweek

MARCH 4, 2020

Not in a Wall Street firm where everyone wore double-breasted suits and the ghost of Bear Sterns hovered about, but definitely a place that prided itself on producing excellent research and returns for our clients. Illustration: Jo Zixuan Zhou. I used to work in finance. Start by working to make 40-hour (or less!) work weeks the norm.

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Planview

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Like Lean and Agile methodologies, WorkOps also puts the focus on continuously learning to optimize a system of delivery, those doing work are best placed to decide how it is done, and the focus is on responding quickly to changes rather than seeing out an agreed-upon plan. This is an evolution, not a revolution.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Let’s first begin with the broad definition of project management. . By basing resource allocation decisions on company-wide goals rather than gut feelings and influence, the proper PPM tool delivers insights, aligned schedules, and outcomes that remove the politics that plague many teams. . What is Project Portfolio Management?

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Epicflow Blog

MAY 14, 2019

Incorrect definition of project success. Here are links to the surveys we conducted, where you can find even more useful insights: Discussion in Agile and Lean Software Development. If at the start of the project you are trying to manage a bunch of people who do not have the mindset to deliver to time, cost, scope, etc.

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Stepping Into Project Management

MARCH 10, 2014

Today we interview Siddhartha Govindraj, who specializes in Lean/Agile processes for software development. He was nominated for the Brickell Key award in 2011, an award given by the Lean Software & Systems Consortium for recognizing achievements in the lean-agile industry and is also a Fellow of the Lean Systems Society.

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