Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

Exploring Agile methodologies provides teams with flexible, efficient, and collaborative approaches to software development and project management. Beyond Scrum , several Agile frameworks were developed to address the unique needs and challenges of projects and teams.

Software Review 52

Software Review Technical Review Agile SCRUM 52

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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Scrum.org

APRIL 27, 2020

It is planned by the Product Owner that the increment that will be inspected tomorrow will be released at the end of the Sprint Review. The Scrum Master says, "The team stays until 9:00 p.m. Is this behavior really aligned with the sustainable pace advocated by the Agile Manifesto and Scrum's values ? .

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 14, 2023

Using a sports analogy as an example, in soccer, we can say that a defender’s reaction to an attacker’s sudden movement is an agility-based movement. Frameworks such as Scrum are meant to support agility. However, Scrum is unfortunately often misunderstood as a mechanism to deliver with speed.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Question: During an Enterprise Agility Transformation, there is often a tendency to strive for quick, short term financial gains, or other performance improvements; can you provide examples on how to find that balance to achieve longer-term sustainable growth? DW - That is true at the enterprise, department, product, and team level.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

. Scrum is intended as a simple, yet sufficient framework for complex product delivery. Scrum is not a one-size-fits-all solution, a silver bullet or a complete methodology. Instead, Scrum provides the minimal boundaries within which teams can self-organize to solve complex problems with an empirical approach.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 8, 2024

The desire for a project management framework that sustains deliverability, supports the required cadence, and remains faithful to an adaptable methodology is now within reach. Project deliverables examples include daily tasks, workflows, and processes, and will vary from team to team.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

One of the key Kanban practices we discuss in the Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams is Limiting Work in Process. . These examples might seem familiar: We already have a commitment to deliver V10 with 20 features by end of October. The gap between deciding to Limit WIP and actually lowering WIP. Essentially prioritize all work.

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Scrum.org

JULY 1, 2019

In many organisations I see Scrum not producing its anticipated value. But there also is a universal anticipated value of Scrum. The Scrum Guide says about Scrum's purpose: “A framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value.”.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 13, 2019

The first part contains my personal journey in becoming a Scrum Master, the second part includes recommendations for new Scrum Masters. Part 1 — Becoming a Scrum Master. Nine years ago I changed my title from Project Manager into Scrum Master. Do you have any recommendations for my Scrum Master journey?”.

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Project Bliss

MAY 10, 2017

The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation. Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 31, 2020

Despite the rapidness of the change, moving to remote worked surprisingly well for many teams, because they were used to some degree of remote work before. Especially development teams and technology firms in general have many years of experience with allowing their workforce to do their jobs from wherever and whenever they like.

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Henny Portman

JULY 10, 2019

Measuring the Value of Business Agility (by Daria Nozhkina) shows that business agility generally adds value in three ways: it impacts the top line or the costs (or both); drives profitability; and contributes soft value which ensures that the profitability achieved is sustainable over the long term.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

The CD pipeline is an agile and sustainable technique to produce software, similar to how a minimum viable product lowers risks and helps teams create something that better suits the demands of consumers. They also assist the developers in resolving issues more quickly, resulting in less delivery downtime. Scrum Master.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Questions on Scrum Anti-Patterns. 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. Which makes any Scrum Master interview a challenging task.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 8, 2020

The Scrum Master tactics series are a series of articles in which I write about and explore contemporary techniques that will aid you in your journey as a Scrum Master. The tactics explained stem from my personal experience as a Scrum Master which I accumulated over the years in working with many different teams and contexts.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 6, 2019

Organizations use Scrum because they hope it can help them become more Agile. Think of delivering value to customers sooner by releasing early & often, decreasing cycle time and lead time, improving team morale, lowering the number of defects, optimizing return on investment and increasing innovation rate. It’s all about strategy.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

TL; DR: ChatGPT Product Owner Job Interview A few weeks ago, I ran a simulated job interview with ChatGPT for a fictitious Scrum Master position. Admittedly, I would not have invited this “interviewee” for an interview with other team members; however, the interview produced some remarkable answers. I did not edit ChatGPT’s answers.

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EasyProjects

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

If you follow the instructions to a tee, it’s going to taste fantastic – just like the reviews say. Having the customer and project team collaborate and work together toward the goal. Keeping the team motivated by providing a good work environment and a sustainable workload. Disgusting. The Negative Outcomes.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

In today’s competitive business landscape, successfully developing and launching new products is a crucial factor for sustainable growth and market success. Understanding and mastering the new product development process is essential for businesses to stay ahead of the curve and meet the ever-evolving needs of consumers.

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Scrum.org

MAY 5, 2020

Being an effective and successful Scrum Master requires a wide variety of skills, knowledge, and experience. This variety is captured in the stances of a Scrum Master. The Scrum Master is expected to act as a teacher, impediment remover, facilitator, coach, mentor, and change agent. Create a virtual Scrum Quiz.

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ActiveCollab

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Setting a “create a self-sustaining highly profitable business, and run it on autopilot within a month” goal will only make you feel like an underachiever. As a matter of a fact it will severely influence your own, as well as your team’s morale. For example, our dev team is practicing scrum.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Agile, in this context, is now a widely used term, and the Agile Manifesto has given rise to a plethora of new approaches since its creation, many of which claim the manifesto as their impetus and driving force—including Scrum. . In Scrum, teams determine the frequency of value delivery by the length of the Sprint.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Again, we note that Agile teams are all about regular and consistent communication, rather than scheduled updates that may be too far apart to be workable for clients. Scrum teams , which fall under the Agile umbrella, break their workloads down into one to four week-long timelines, known as sprints.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 25, 2019

Welcome back to the Scrum Master blog series with yours truly. As we enter the new year, we are seeing Scrum becoming the most commonly used framework to manage complex product delivery in the industry. For example at iPrice , the company that I currently work with, we have set the bar high for the Scrum Master role.

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nTask

MARCH 16, 2022

Mostly, agile methodology is used by companies where project requirements are constantly changing, for example, software and marketing agencies. Thus, the agile method allows teams to adapt to change better and re-evaluate their work on completing each iteration. For example: It will ensure shorter development cycles.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Nexus group of teams is very similar to the Agile Release Train (ART) construct. In both SAFe/Scrum it is a self-managing team of self-managed teams with a couple of key roles at the team of teams level. . Scrum theory emphasizes Empiricism and Self-management, coupled with Flow in recent years.

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Wrike

MAY 11, 2023

Sticking with our road trip example, you can make frequent pit stops to reflect on your trip progress, revisit your map, and confirm you’re still heading the right way. It’s become the default approach for most software teams — and for good reason. Agile processes promote sustainable development.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

What’s the difference between Agile and Scrum? Agile manifesto consists of values and principles to develop software iteratively and incrementally. Scrum is a framework that consists of accountabilities, artifacts, and events that helps in creating and sustaining complex products. Review product progress.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 10, 2018

In our earlier example, we knew the team velocities for seven Sprints, which were 114, 143, 116, 109, 127, 153, and 120 points. Since the average is 126 story points, the team might reasonably forecast a capacity of 126 points during Sprint Planning. For example, suppose that the 54.3% days or less. That’s a 54.3%

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TrustRadius Project Management

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

This methodology breaks a software development project into incremental stages, slowing building on successive stages with what are called “sprints”. Overall, both can be beneficial to a software development team. The full scope of the project is agreed upon by the development team and their customers in advance.

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ProProfs Project Management

JULY 9, 2019

In the agile product development approach, the complete process is segregated into numbers of different development cycles. These modules or tasks are then assessed and redeveloped frequently by different teams. Why Do We Need Agile Methodology For Mobile Application Development? It is well-planned in advance!

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 10, 2018

I’ve noticed a lot of software development teams bring certain buzzwords into their everyday vocabulary and use them creatively (or carelessly). It’s cool for a team to develop its own internal jargon. It helps make work more fun and may foster team identity and cohesion. That’s just an example.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 12, 2020

If you’re having a similar question about the Scrum Master vs the Project Manager, then check out this blog. The Product Owner is one person (not a committee) responsible in the Scrum Framework for maximizing the value. The Product Owner also shouldn’t track and measure team progress. What is a Product Owner?

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MPUG

JUNE 28, 2021

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. They are the requirements that the development team will use to develop the solution. So, for example, here are some user stories as a customer.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 17, 2021

And then how do we make decisions when teams are in conflict and how do we subordinate backlogs to a portfolio? If you just do Scrum, you’ll get the goodness out of it. I don’t mean Scrum. And so I did talk on the three things and then we came up with this talk. It was just why agile fails. How do we control things?

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Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

The following material comes from conferences, workshop, materials developed for clients. The overarching theme is focused on defining what Done looks like, assessing progress toward Done in units of measure meaningful to the decision makers. Project Success Assessment - A checklist for assessing the processes for project success.

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