Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

Ready to transform your approach to project management and software development? Exploring Agile methodologies provides teams with flexible, efficient, and collaborative approaches to software development and project management. It encourages continuous delivery and improvement without the fixed iterations of Scrum.

Software Review 52

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 12, 2019

That’s largely due to agile’s ability to adapt to change and incorporate customer feedback, both of which are essential in today’s world where technology is constantly evolving, and swathes of information are just a few clicks away—including public customer reviews. The Definition of Done in Agile.

Software Review 316

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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? ? ? ?? Create a Definition of Done.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

We’ll go through some of the most popular project management methodologies, which are applied in many sectors such as software development, R&D and product development. When to Use It: The practice originated in software development and works well in that culture. Scrum Methodology. It’s led by what is called a Scrum master.

Technical Review 483

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Scrum.org

MARCH 11, 2023

The Definition of ‘Done’ is probably the most misunderstood concept of the Scrum framework. Scrum Guide 202 0 The Definition of ‘Done’ provides a shared understanding among Creators-(The Scrum Team- Developers, Product Owner, and Scrum Master) as well as Inspectors (the stakeholders).

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 17, 2024

The "Definition of Done" (DoD) is a cornerstone in project management that ensures every task, feature, or phase meets established criteria before being considered complete. What is the Definition of Done? This definition ensures transparency and quality control as features pass the development process.

Software Review 52

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 30, 2022

If anything, more risk was created due to the inability to effectively refine Product Backlog Items (PBIs) before they were needed. Backlog refinement is not an event in single-team Scrum. First things first: in single-team Scrum refinement is not an official event. The Definition of Ready does not exist.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Scrum celebrated its 25 year anniversary last year with an update to the Scrum Guide and lots of socially distanced parties. Over that quarter of a century, Scrum has gone from a niche method used by software developers to mainstream adoption with many millions of people using Scrum or at least parts of Scrum every day.

Technical Review 187

Technical Review Agile Software Review SCRUM 187

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In many large organizations, Scrum teams fall into the ‘feature factory’ trap, focusing more on churning out features than creating real value. Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! It’s too bad that this shift undermines Agile principles and hampers long-term success and innovation.

Technical Review 174

Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Sustainability 174

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 10, 2023

Let’s take a look at 10 different types of project management meetings and define them, and we’ll start with the definition of what a project meeting is. ProjectManager is online project management software that generates reports with live data. Project Review Meeting. What Are Project Meetings? Project Status Meeting.

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Software Review Technical Review SCRUM Risk Management 474

Scrum.org

MAY 13, 2024

In the world of software engineering, two terms that often cause some confusion are verification and validation. While they may sound similar, they serve distinct purposes in the development of software products. Think of verification as the technical quality check phase in software development. What is Verification?

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Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review Software Engineering 123

ProjectManager.com

MAY 29, 2020

Scrum is a flexible framework that’s designed to help self-organized teams execute projects quickly in an agile environment. Thus, successful agile sprints make use of scrum software and scrum artifacts to convey key information, deliver transparency and keep the project rolling on time. What Are Scrum Artifacts?

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Professional Scrum Master (PSM-I) workshop has a module that talks about the Definition of DONE (DoD) and Technical Debt. As stated in Scrum Guides the Definition of Done (DoD) is –. This is the definition of ‘Done’ for the Scrum Team and it is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment.

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Development Team Review Software Review Technical Review SCRUM 196

Scrum.org

JULY 25, 2023

As Scrum.org trainers, we often come across common misconceptions from course attendees about Agile and Scrum. We tend to hear red flags of misalignment when we explore folk's current definitions and understanding of Agile and Scrum at the start of our courses. Scrum: Scrum is thought of as a methodology.

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SCRUM Agile Software Review 2001 151

Scrum.org

AUGUST 13, 2023

In the past 20 years, I’ve been involved in a wide variety of software- and product development efforts. At the beginning mostly as a project manager, and afterward as a Scrum Master. Sometimes I was right in the middle of a ‘waterfall’ project, other times I was 100% dedicated to a Scrum team.

Software Review 155

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review SCRUM 155

Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

When most people think about Agile Coaches, they tend to think about a person who comes in and assists the teams with things like: Learning Scrum, SAFe, LeSS. If that’s your definition of an Agile Transformation Coach, you’d be right—but only partially. Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc. Technical Coach. Setting Up Team Spaces.

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Technical Review Software Review Agile Lean 118

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 13, 2022

When you look deeper, you see them struggling to cope with growing technical complexity, coordination costs across teams, and leadership bottlenecks. You might also call these OKRs, Distributed Leadership, Nimble, DevOps, Lean Startup, or Scrum. . These opportunities are identified and validated via a Due Diligence (DD) process.

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Technical Review Software Review Agile Innovation 178

Scrum.org

MAY 17, 2021

There are plenty of Scrum stakeholder failures. Given that Scrum is a framework with a precise and concise yet short “manual,” this effect should not surprise anyone. Explore with me three widespread examples of how stakeholders fail their Scrum teams in three short video clips, totaling 6 minutes and 5 seconds. ??

Software Review 166

Software Review SCRUM Technical Review 2021 166

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

APRIL 5, 2022

Below are the top five things I learned about Scrum from Star Wars. . #1 Sometimes, a team comes to the end of the Sprint to find that not all Product Backlog items (PBIs) meet the Definition of Done. According to the 2020 Scrum Guide , the moment a PBI meets the Definition of Done, an increment is born. Here’s why.

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SCRUM Software Review Technical Review 2020 198

Scrum.org

JANUARY 17, 2023

TL; DR: ChatGPT Prompts for Scrum Practitioners. Last week, I ran an “interview” with ChatGPT as an applicant for a fictitious Scrum Master position based on questions from Scrum Master Interview Guide. Think twice if you still believe this technology is a fad or a toy. ChatGPT Prompt for Scrum Masters.

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Henny Portman

JUNE 6, 2020

The book 97 Things Every Scrum Practitioner Should Know edited by Gunther Verheyen contains the wisdom of 69 practitioners around the world and helps you to improve your understanding of Scrum ( nb. These themes cover all aspects of Scrum and beyond. The book ends with a simple Scrum glossary. Why using Scrum?

Software Review 89

Software Review Technical Review SCRUM Agile 89

Planio

MAY 27, 2020

Without a clear definition of done , your development team doesn’t know what they’re working towards, your stakeholders are free to increase the scope, and your users most likely end up with a product that’s cluttered, confusing, and unusable. Jump to a Section: What is a Definition of Done (DoD)? What is a Definition of Done (DoD)?

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Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Defining 145

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2022

Many well-meaning practitioners have misconceptions about Scrum. Scrum is a framework for doing complex work, not a how-to playbook. This very incompleteness is one of the strengths of Scrum, but without specific guidance, some myths have evolved about the right way to run a Scrum Team. . Not all technical debt is bad.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 11, 2024

Dive into the world of Scrum, the Agile framework that is revolutionizing project management across industries. With its core values of commitment, courage, focus, openness, and respect, Scrum is not just a methodology— it is a pathway to creating highly effective, adaptive, and cohesive teams.

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SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Lean 52

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 4, 2024

One of the secrets to unlocking your team's full potential lies in embracing the core values of the Scrum Framework. These are not just ideals but the foundation of Scrum that empowers teams to navigate the complexities of their projects with agility and integrity. What is the Scrum Framework?

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Questions (1). Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. Scrum is not a methodology, but a framework.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 4, 2022

TL; DR: Business Agility, Scrum and Generative AI’s Take on Getting There. I thought it might be fun to ask ChatGPT a few questions about business agility in general and Scrum in particular. . ???? Zur deutschsprachigen Version des Artikels: Generative KI: ChatGPT von OpenAI über Business Agilität und Scrum. ??

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ChatGPT Generative AI SCRUM Agile 174

Scrum.org

JULY 14, 2021

This post is a non-technical version of an academic paper about Scrum teams that I wrote with Daniel Russo. Daniel is a Professor at the University of Aalborg and is specialized in empirical software engineering. I am an organizational psychologist and Scrum practitioner with a love for survey development and statistics.

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SCRUM Influencer Technical Review Software Review 241

Scrum.org

MARCH 10, 2023

Photo by Alora Griffiths on Unsplash The Ultimate Litmus Test: Go on Vacation If the outcome of an effective Scrum Master is to create a high-performing, self-managing team, the litmus test may be — what happens when you are not there? But, while you enjoy your well-deserved Stay-cation, do they uphold their Definition of Done?

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SCRUM Technical Review Sustainability Software Review 141

nTask

MARCH 10, 2021

It took until 2007 for the Definition of Done (DoD) to be a widespread full-fledged practice. But what is the Definition of Done and how can you incorporate it into your product’s lifecycle and development workflow. What is the Definition of Done? This is of no fault due to the developer.

Software Review 78

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 29, 2024

( Japanese version・日本語版 ) When picturing an effective and truly agile product development team, one often imagines a software development team, pushing some software to production every day, maybe multiple times a day, ala Amazon. But not all industries, business models or technologies allow for this to happen.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 26, 2021

However, in my experience (which has mainly been within the software development industry) many of these teams appear to be thought of and treated as a delivery capability. Whatever the definition, Agile is something that is applicable across the team or organisation adopting it.

Technical Review 168

Technical Review Software Review Agile SCRUM 168

Project Bliss

MAY 10, 2017

Everybody’s talking about agile software development these days: project managers, software developers, IT directors, small startups and big corporations. What is Agile Software Development? Agile software development is an approach that promotes delivering value quickly to the customer.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 11, 2023

Definition of a Product Owner: A product owner is an individual who has ultimate responsibility for defining what features will be included in a product or service. The product owner must have knowledge about the customer needs as well as technical expertise to ensure that the right decisions are made regarding feature selection.

Technical Review 189

Technical Review Software Review Agile SCRUM 189

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

As per Scrum Guide – The Sprint Goal is an objective that will be met within the sprint by implementing the Product Backlog , and it guides the Development Team on why it is building the Increment. The scrum team discusses what can be done based on the definition of done and crafts the Sprint Goal and forecast their work.

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Planning Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review 251

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Technical debt seems like a topic that resides completely in the domain of a Development Team. you are a non-technical person. you are a non-technical person. What is technical debt? It will get harder and harder to work on valuable new features (green) over time because you have accumulated so much technical debt (red).

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