The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Whether you’re tailoring your resume with project management skills , preparing for an interview, seeking to earn a certification , or simply seeking clarity in meetings, this list of top project management buzzwords should prove to be an invaluable tool. Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g.,

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Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The Daily Scrum is the heartbeat of Scrum. It's a key inspect and adapt opportunity for the Development Team, encouraging them check their progress towards the Sprint Goal and adjust their plan accordingly. Last week I put together a short video of what a less than perfect Daily Scrum might look like. Scrum Fouls.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 177

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Scrum Team Accountabilities and responsibilities can be confusing, misunderstood, and lack shared understanding between its members and the organization. This is especially true for new Scrum Team members, yet I also have experienced this with teams who have been using Scrum for several years.

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SCRUM 2022 Software Review Estimate 167

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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2020 SCRUM Development Team Review Software Review 184

MPUG

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The Scrum meeting is an essential part of every project’s management, especially one following Agile methodology. It’s considered a valuable source of getting real-time updates, information, and feedback from the development team. It also serves to help keep the field team aligned with the company’s goals and deadlines.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Risk Management Agile 97

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

One thing that every team has had in common is that, at one time, they were new to Scrum. When I engage with teams to discuss implementing the Scrum framework, they often raise potential impediments to adopting Scrum. Below are the five most common objections to Scrum and why they don’t hold any weight. .

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SCRUM Software Review Lean Leadership 197

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

So, I took a copy of the latest Scrum Guide (November 2017), read it (again) and broke it down for them and now for you! . The items below are taken directly from the Scrum Guide Novermber 2017 and so may see vague or less prescriptive than you're expecting. Exhibit the Scrum Values. The Development Team.

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Development Team Review 2017 SCRUM Estimate 130

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 17, 2022

As project managers, it’s important that we know how to best support our development teams (and vice versa), especially in Agile environments. A lot of the points below relate to teams in Agile environments , but can apply to any type of project team. Elisa Cepale. Tasks are continually added during the project.

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Technical Review Development Team Review Risk Management Agile 394

Agilemania

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Scrum is a lightweight agile framework that encourages team members to work on a problem together. It helps teams to gather knowledge from experience and learn self-organization through working on an issue. . Scrum is based on Empiricism, which means knowledge comes from experience. So, read on to know about scrum.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 98

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 25, 2018

A few days back I did a Scrum Tapas Video explaining what are few of the rules within Scrum. Besides these rules, there are also certain guidelines which help the Scrum Teams to make the best possible use of Scrum framework to create maximum Business Impact. The impact of it would vary based on team context.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Estimate Budget 132

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. During Product Backlog refinement, items are reviewed and revised.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Estimate Software Review 147

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 19, 2019

They create Spreadsheets with questions/measures to assess how well these teams, groups and branches are complying with the standard way of working. They send out Agile Coaches to assess, train and coach the teams, groups, and branches to work according to the standard process. Scrum Patterns.

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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 198

Planio

MAY 8, 2023

In fact, the digital transformation market was estimated at a whopping $731.1 On average, IT projects come with more complexity and risk, and can quickly fall to pieces without proper due diligence, management, and leadership. Works with team members to assess and sign-off quality standards. ?️ How is it unique?

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Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review Infrastructure 78

Techno-PM

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Scrum is an agile methodology that provides a framework for planning, organizing, communicating, committing, and tracking work over time. The scrum process relies on the following three principles: A cross-functional team of self-organizing specialists works together closely throughout the entire life cycle of a product or service.

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SCRUM Software Review Development Team Review Estimate 36

Planio

JULY 4, 2022

Agile ceremonies are the fuel that keeps your development team moving forward. Agile ceremonies get abandoned when teams stop seeing the value in them. Daily scrum ceremony. Sprint review ceremony. Daily scrum (or daily stand-up): These daily check-ups help teams stay on track and mark progress.

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Agile Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review 88

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

"The Development Team consists of professionals who do the work of delivering a potentially releasable Increment of "Done" product at the end of each Sprint." - The Scrum Guide. The Scrum Guide is markedly ambitious in the standard of professionalism it demands of a team.

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Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Technical Review 154

Techno-PM

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Scrum is an agile methodology that provides a framework for planning, organizing, communicating, committing, and tracking their work overtime. The scrum process relies on the following three principles: •A cross-functional team of self-organising specialists works together closely throughout the entire life cycle of a product or service. •A

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SCRUM Software Review Development Team Review Estimate 36

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. When I started working with the team, they finalized a platform migration and were still struggling with a lot of remaining work. The Scrum with Kanban Beta class.

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Techno-PM

JUNE 6, 2023

Scrum is an Agile methodology that is used in software development to help teams collaborate, communicate, and deliver high-quality products in a timely manner. Sprint Review: At the end of each sprint, the team comes together to present the work that was completed during the sprint to stakeholders and receive feedback.

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Agilemania

MAY 5, 2021

In the agile or scrum framework, a burndown chart helps to recognize completed work by measuring the project completion rate. You can use the burndown chart in the stand-up meetings to get an idea about how your team is working in the current sprint. The burndown charts are displayed for everyone on the team.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Agile Estimate 98

MPUG

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The style of project management The organization may have a preferred methodology or paradigm, and the project manager (along with their team) will also assess what is right for this project. The team needs to identify, analyze, and plan for the risks as part of its Sprint planning.

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Risk Management Risk Agile Technical Review 98

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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Technical Review SCRUM Software Review Defining 133

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2019

As project managers, it’s important that we know how to best support our development teams (and vice versa), especially in Agile environments. Approaches you might consider in an Agile environment are Scrum, Kanban or Scrumban , but there are others. This is a guest post from Elisa Cepale. Elisa Cepale.

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Technical Review Development Team Review Risk Management Agile 394

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. When I started working with the team, they finalized a platform migration and where still struggling with a lot of remaining work. The Scrum with Kanban Beta class.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Estimate Defining 107

Agilemania

MAY 5, 2021

In the agile or scrum framework, a burndown chart helps to recognize completed work by measuring the project completion rate. You can use the burndown chart in the stand-up meetings to get an idea about how your team is working in the current sprint. The burndown charts are displayed for everyone on the team.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Agile Estimate 88

nTask

DECEMBER 22, 2021

If your sprint planning session is successful, it will yield two important items for your development team. They are: Sprint Backlog : This backlog is a collection or a list of stories that the development team has agreed to work on in the next couple of weeks or the upcoming sprint.

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Planning Agile Development Team Review 2022 78

Agilemania

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

And, the winner is Scrum. The survey revealed 66% of the organizations voted Scrum as the most sought-after Agile framework. Now, the question arises as to what Scrum is and why it is so popular, that it is an all-time favorite agile framework. What is Scrum? The benefits that Scrum provides are numerous.

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Certification 2021 SCRUM Software Review 98

Leading Agile

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

In a fixed-time, fixed-cost, fixed-scope environment, time and cost estimates are often wrong and the pressure to deliver and get things into market faster intensifies. They thought that if they could just improve team-level communication or get better alignment across multiple delivery teams that they would begin to see improvements.

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Software Review Agile Development Team Review Governance 125

Wrike

JANUARY 17, 2024

It requires the efforts of the product owner, Scrum master, and development team for it to work. Begin by reviewing the prioritized product backlog. Estimate the time and effort required to complete each task. Be sure to hold frequent meetings to remind everybody of what the expectations are.

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Agile Development Team Review Generative AI Estimate 36

Scrum.org

JULY 29, 2019

In my role as an Agile coach and Scrum trainer, I get the chance to talk to a lot of Scrum Masters and teams. When I ask them about what their team is measuring, the most common answers I hear are velocity, story points, and burn-down charts. Team health? What about business value metrics, I ask?

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Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review Software Review 140

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 16, 2020

Over my 15 years of experience with Scrum, I’ve observed velocity-driven and capacity-driven sprint planning as our ways of working when we figure out the amount of work the development team can take during a sprint. Having defined throughput, let’s imagine a Scrum team running on 2-week sprints.

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Planning Development Team Review SCRUM Closing 158

Agilemania

AUGUST 21, 2022

At the start of a sprint, the team brainstorms which tasks need to be completed and creates a plan of action. During the sprint, the team works on these tasks and updates the sprint issue accordingly. They help teams structure their workflow so that they can complete projects faster with higher quality results.

Software Review 98

Software Review Development Team Review SCRUM Estimate 98

Planio

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Sprints are the backbone of any good Agile development team. But maybe more than that, sprint planning aligns the development team with the product owner. Like any relationship, the one between you and your team requires communication and clarity. Pro Tip: Use “Story points” to properly estimate tasks.

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Software Review Planning Technical Review Development Team Review 107

Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

To synchronize and coordinate the planning and feedback loops, the leadership team makes choices at a fixed cadence that is followed by both the operations (the tasks they carry out) and the governance (the reviews they conduct). In order to connect strategy to execution The leadership team evaluates these targets on a regular basis.

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Lean Cadence Development Team Review Leadership 98

LiquidPlanner

DECEMBER 10, 2019

With the popularity of Agile, Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe), and Scrum, organizations are asked to justify the project manager’s role on a project. Scrum purists reject the idea of adding a project manager to the team as the team should be able to solve all the problems with the help of the product owner and scrum master.

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Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review SCRUM 137

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

What if you could reduce your meeting time, avoid spending hours putting together reports or typing up minutes, and truly work smarter? Fluid is more than a project management tool as it will also transform the way you run meetings (or let you give them up completely – gasp!) Project reporting. I know, timesheets are a necessary evil.

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Software Review Development Team Review 2021 Software 389