Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

When I started working for White October we followed the conventional “scrum” format, where the team get together, share what’s new, what’s challenging and what’s happening, and everyone gives feedback and makes suggestions to unblock each other. These make the daily scrum fun! Not really.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 7, 2022

Agile is a project management methodology that allows development teams to set up a dynamic work management framework. Agile principles also apply to other project management methodologies derived from agile such as kanban or scrum. Teams that work in an agile environment need flexible project management software.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

TL; DR: 15 Sprint Review Anti-Patterns. Answering this question in a collaborative effort of the Scrum Team as well as internal (and external) stakeholders is the purpose of the Sprint Review. Given its importance, it is worthwhile to tackle the most common Sprint Review anti-patterns.

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Scrum.org

MAY 4, 2020

TL; DR: A Remote Daily Scrum with a Distributed Team. 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. The Purpose of the Daily Scrum. The Daily Scrum is held every day of the Sprint.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

With the launch of the Kanban Guide for Scrum teams in 2018, its 4 flow metrics have gained more popularity amongst the Scrum community. It has helped Scrum teams shed a new perspective on how to manage the flow of product backlog items (PBIs) through their sprint backlog all the way to a production environment.

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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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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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Scrum.org

APRIL 1, 2022

Long has spoonfeeding solutions and off-the-shelf feature descriptions prevailed in many development teams. Although some issues might have been fixed, I rarely see the full potential of a Scrum Team being achieved. Going all-in on predefined features fails to capitalize on hidden ideas in the brains of team members.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 19, 2019

In 2017 I was talking to the head of the Agile Coach Group of a large bank. Smart people come up with the best process that the teams, groups, and branches should follow. They create Spreadsheets with questions/measures to assess how well these teams, groups and branches are complying with the standard way of working.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 13, 2020

But it’s best defined by scrum as a model. Scrum is a way to manage a project within an agile framework and is made up of three roles: product owner, scrum master and team. The product owner is focused on the business side of the project, the scrum master is the expert, who acts like a coach. What Is a Sprint?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

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. You may also discover that the way your team uses Scrum is not as light-weight as it could be.

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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. Externally, these might be opinion and community leaders or user advocacy group members.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Long has spoon-feeding solutions and off-the-shelf feature descriptions prevailed in many development teams. Although some issues might have been fixed, I rarely see the full potential of a Scrum Team being achieved. Going all-in on predefined features fails to capitalize on hidden ideas in the brains of team members.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Teams/groups then come up with their OKRs. Teams/Groups share their intent with each other and with relevant leaders to help ensure alignment in an environment of empowerment/autonomy. . The Scrum framework provides one example of how such a cadence could look. To inform about why rather than prescribe what/how.

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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.org

JANUARY 7, 2020

Do you frequently find yourself in Sprint Reviews that only consist of a PowerPoint presentation? Or bored out of your wits because it keeps turning into a huge group conversation where people talk over others or keep revisiting topics that have already been addressed? In this post, we share the design for a Sprint Review.

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Scrum.org

MAY 7, 2019

In August 2018, Scrum.org launched the Professional Scrum Master II class. The intention of this class is to offer the Scrum community an advanced class designed to support Scrum Masters in their professional development. What is the value of Liberating Structures for Scrum Masters?”.

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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. Imagine leading a team that thrives on commitment, radiates courage, maintains focus, values openness, and respects each other profoundly. What is the Scrum Framework?

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Techno-PM

MARCH 15, 2022

The agile scrum master certification provides a way for people to get trained in the latest project management techniques. The Agile Scrum Master certification is the first step to becoming a certified agile coach. What is scrum? It's a project management methodology that can manage software development projects.

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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

JUNE 12, 2023

To tackle this complexity, Nexus is a scaling framework that can be used to scale Scrum when there are three or more Scrum teams working together on the same Product. Built upon the foundation of Scrum , Nexus expands upon it only when essential to minimize and manage dependencies between multiple Scrum Teams.

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International Institute for Learning

JANUARY 25, 2023

By Roman Pichler The Need for Guidance and the Lack of Transactional Power Product success is not something you can achieve on your own as a product manager or Scrum product owner. For example, the marketer has to create the marketing strategy, and the development teams have to design and build the product.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Scrum Methodology. What It Is: Scrum is a short “sprint” approach to managing projects. The scrum methodology is It’s ideal for teams of no more than 10 people, and often is wedded to two-week cycles with short daily meetings, known as daily scrum meetings. It’s led by what is called a Scrum master.

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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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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.org

AUGUST 19, 2018

In the previous article, we have discussed how Scrum Masters need to master many things. In this article we are going to discuss one of the stances that the Scrum Master need to master, that is the facilitation stance. So we can also say that the Scrum Master is partly responsible for poor decision generated by the group of people.

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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.org

JUNE 11, 2021

The Product Owner is a critical role in Agile and Scrum. And although the Scrum Guide doesn’t give much guidelines around great product ownership, the role is still absolutely necessary for great Agile and Scrum Teams. A Product Owner guides the efforts of their Scrum or Agile Teams. Scrum Reading List.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 12, 2020

I facilitate daily standup meetings for our support team. When I started working for White October we followed the conventional “scrum” format, where the team get together, share what’s new, what’s challenging and what’s happening, and everyone gives feedback and makes suggestions to unblock each other. Not really.

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SCRUM Agile Energy Development Team Review 355

Agilemania

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Scrum is a collaborative and iterative framework for managing complex projects that can be challenging to execute given its fast-paced nature and frequent changes in requirements Scrum emphasizes teamwork, accountability and iterative progress toward a well-defined goal. and what exactly is a scrum master role in an organization.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 17, 2024

In Scrum, the DoD helps ensure that each increment is potentially shippable. It defines what it means for a user story or sprint to be complete, ensuring that all scrum team members understand and meet the required quality benchmarks before proceeding.

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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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Scrum.org

AUGUST 1, 2022

Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. You can observe implicit coordination in Scrum teams when you look at how work moves across a Scrum board, or on- and of the Sprint Backlog. This is also why the Scrum framework includes the Definition of Done.

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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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Moira Alexander

JANUARY 12, 2017

Sustainable development is accomplished through agile processes whereby development teams and stakeholders are able to maintain a constant and ongoing pace. The more traditional cumbersome methodologies like waterfall typically require entire project groups to meet and discuss full project goals throughout each phase.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

The Scrum guide defines the scrum master role in terms of services they provide to others. The scrum master provides services to: The Scrum Master serves the Product Owner . The Scrum Master serves the Development Team . The Scrum Master serves the organization . Development Team members.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 1, 2023

These questions probe beyond the mere mechanics of Scrum; they touch upon the ownership of an entity that realizes value when a customer engages with it. Validation: Regular assessment with stakeholders to ensure alignment. I'm starting to understand Scrum and my role as Product Owner much better - be a value maximizer.

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