The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g., Product Owner, Scrum Master, Development team members) who work collaboratively to deliver value in an Agile project. Benchmarking Identifying a project performance indicator or practice, then assessing it against industry standards or best practices.

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LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Whether you’re making the move to Agile project management in your development group or creating an Agile process for your in-house project management methodology, chances are you’re going to have to sell this change to executives in your organization. I’m ecstatic about how our development teams are delivering to our customers.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

A scrum master is a critical member of a scrum team, responsible for facilitating the process and ensuring the team follows scrum practices. A scrum master is a facilitator and coach for a scrum team. They are responsible for ensuring the team follows the scrum process and removing any obstacles that may impede progress.

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Planio

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Every great piece of software starts with a plan and a clear process in place. Luckily, there are numerous software development processes you can choose from when you’re starting your next project. But which software development process is right for you? Software Development. The 7 stages of the SDLC.

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Moira Alexander

JANUARY 12, 2017

Changing environments are embraced at any stage of the process to provide the customer with a competitive advantage. Stakeholders and developers closely collaborate on a daily basis. Agility is enhanced through a continuous focus on technical excellence and proper design. An optimized development process.

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Teamweek

MARCH 6, 2024

Technology is advancing faster than most can keep up with, and younger, hungrier generations are entering the game. According to research, 81% of managers in tech say that upskilling programs are highly effective in preparing their teams for new projects. Speaking of which, new tools are being developed at a rapid pace.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 19, 2023

models: The first experiment compares the Scrum Guide 2017 to the Scrum Guide 2020 The second experiment is designing a Retrospective exercise The third experiment is to help a new Scrum team to design a Definition of Done. The Product Owner and Scrum Master are now considered equal members of the Scrum Team.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

There are plenty of opportunities for stakeholders to interact responsibly with a Scrum Team. The two formal Scrum events that come to mind are: Sprint Reviews. The Sprint Review is Empiricism at work: inspect the Product Increment and adapt the Product Backlog. Sprint Reviews are a zone free from death by PowerPoint.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

As we will see below, current scientific models for team formation underscore the need for time and frequent interaction to allow teams to develop the tissue that makes them high-performing. But none of these models explicitly require teams to remain stable throughout their entire lifecycle.

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

The attitude to risk The risk attitude of your customer, client, users, or sponsor will dictate not only what risks you are willing to accept (risk tolerance), but also the intensity of your risk management processes. Project Level Risk Management in Agile Projects We can describe the core project risk management process in many ways.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

It’s nothing more than a waterfall process dressed-up as a pseudo-agile practice. If an organization is supposed to focus on delivering value to its customers, it is essential that any process involving ’requirements’ being handed down to its engineers by a project manager be abandoned. A team is composed of mostly junior members.

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Proofhub

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Before the grand reveal, gather a group for beta testing. Whether it’s friends, family, or a selected group of potential customers, their fresh eyes can catch glitches or usability issues you might have glossed over. Best Practices in eCommerce Project Management Following the set process may not be enough.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 28, 2019

Most of us know that Scrum is oftenly understood in the IT industry as a process-oriented framework and that is one of the original sins that spoils the goal of obtaining what it was designed for, helping people to address complex problems. The Stacey Matrix of development complexity .

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 21, 2019

For example, a user story might be written like this, “As a project manager, I want to print out my Gantt chart, so I can review it regularly on my office wall.” ” The role would be project manager, the feature capability would be printing, and the benefit would be reviewing the chart on the wall. Prioritization.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 8, 2024

This domain, as established by the Project Management Institute in the PMBOK 7th edition, addresses the underlying apprehension many face: the potential overcomplication of project management processes. Your pursuit of streamlining and enhancing project management processes led you to a pivotal crossroads.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 17, 2024

From individual coding tasks to large-scale releases, the DoD sets the bar for quality and completeness, ensuring everyone - from developers to stakeholders - is on the same page. Ready to transform your project delivery process? This article will help you craft a robust DoD that suits your project needs and team dynamics.

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Scrum.org

MAY 4, 2020

We had a look at common remote agile anti-patterns; we analyzed remote Retrospectives, Sprint Plannings as well as remote Sprint Reviews based on Liberating Structures. This eighth article now looks into supporting a distributed Development Team organizing a remote Daily Scrum. Do you want to get this article in your inbox?

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Leading Agile

JULY 3, 2023

But as companies scale, as the market shifts and more parts of the business become software-focused, there’s been an increase in demand for an end-to-end solution to help large organizations build infrastructure around sound technical practices. I’m Matt VanVleet, the Chief Technology Officer for Leading Agile.

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nTask

AUGUST 22, 2019

The term Agile refers to a way of managing projects that incorporates constant improvement, scope flexibility, team involvement, and delivering crucial quality products. This method often results in low-quality products due to delays in milestones, financial issues and lack of prioritized characteristics for the products.

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Teamweek

DECEMBER 5, 2023

In an ever-changing employment landscape where recruitment processes are becoming more complex and competitive, companies often find themselves in need of mass hiring strategies to ensure a steady supply of skilled employees. Mass hiring is the process of hiring a large volume of new employees to fill numerous roles in one recruitment cycle.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2021

This attitude is precisely why the 47 Scrum Master Interview Guide exists: Prevent imposters from slipping through the hiring process and causing damage. Join more than 100 peers from May 27-29, 2021 , for the Virtual Agile Camp Berlin 2021, a non-profit live virtual Barcamp using open space technology principles and practices.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

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. This article will provide a comprehensive overview of the key stages, challenges, and strategies involved in mastering the new product development process.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Scrum Anti-Patterns: From Product Backlog to Sprint Review. I added new questions on Scrum anti-patterns, from the Product Backlog to the Sprint Planning to the Sprint Review, to provide more insight into the Scrum value creation process and the organization’s return on investment. Question 45: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns.

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Planio

JANUARY 31, 2022

Except instead of a single car navigating a lonely highway, you’re guiding a group of bikes, boats, mopeds, and trucks coming from all over the map. That’s why a product roadmap is the backbone of every great development team. Review and align your roadmap with other internal teams. Ask past users for reviews.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 11, 2019

I was working with various groups over the last year and noticed some commonalities in the problems they faced. I advise to start finding one person to be the single Product Owner for all teams. The other “fake PO’s” should be moved inside the development teams as subject matter experts so they can provide detailed requirements.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 16, 2024

Let us now check the world of T-shirt sizing - one of the project management tools that promises to streamline your planning process and transform it into an engaging, team-building exercise. Fosters Collaboration - It encourages team discussion and consensus, as team members must agree on the relative sizing of tasks.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 30, 2020

In our work, we purposefully follow the principles of Liberating Structures and break down interactions into smaller groups to allow everyone to contribute?—?and If you are working with a group beyond five participants, you need tools that allow you to create subchannels or breakout rooms easily. Sprint Review. Daily Scrum.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

That year, a group of 17 software practitioners looking for a better way to deliver software settled on the the term agile to refer to their more rational, human approach to complex work. This regular feedback loop means that teams are less likely to spend a lot of time on features that are not useful to the customer. .

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 1, 2023

They commence their journey with clear intentions, understanding their role as value maximizers, focusing on delivering value, and diligently setting up their Product Backlog , goals, and stakeholder interactions. Validation: Regular assessment with stakeholders to ensure alignment. Vision: The overarching goal of the product.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

To get such negative reviews after putting so much effort into writing an entire article. The picture below describes the fast feedback approach you can use while writing the article: 0 Just like the above example, the agile team also uses this fast feedback loop in Scrum to ensure the product development process is heading the right way.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

To avoid duplication we have grouped some questions. . You can never build the perfect process and everything changes over time, so by focusing on delivering the value today you get an immediate return. Many of the core backbone processes of an agile organisation (e.g., This blog is our attempt to answer some of them.

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Planio

JANUARY 17, 2022

When you veer away from your product vision out of fear of upsetting users, your product is bound to become outdated, overly complicated, and bloated with technical debt. Developers and product teams are almost always focused on more. Less pressure on your support team. Technical debt. More features. More users.

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The History of Agile Project Management Agile project management emerged in the software development industry in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The Waterfall model follows a sequential process, where each phase of the project is completed in a linear fashion, with limited room for changes or feedback. Develop iteratively.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

But many teams struggle with this rule. An increment is considered “Done” by the Development Team, but requires further testing and stabilization in the next Sprint. Or work is considered “Done” by the Development Team, but the install package still needs to be created. It is tempting to fall into “shades of Done”.

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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. (And Sprint review ceremony. Agile is an umbrella term for different iterative and feedback-driven software development processes. And why do they matter?).

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 23, 2020

But virtual teams are very much a reality, and they’re becoming more prevalent with each passing day. A virtual team is no longer an outlier. Organizations have realized the benefit of using technology to look beyond their local community for talent. Regardless, it’s clear that virtual teams are here to stay.

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Planio

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Internal vs. external project deliverables Internal project deliverables External project deliverables Process vs. product project deliverables Process project deliverables Product project deliverables Project deliverables vs. milestones vs. objectives How to use deliverables to run successful projects 1. How are they used?

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