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How Poor Facilitation Of The Scrum Events Can Cause Zombie Scrum

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I definitely see many good things happening within our community, and the teams and organizations we work with. In short, I’ll describe how poor facilitation of the Scrum events can cause Zombie Scrum. It might seem that a team has all the important elements of Scrum in place. What’s the dynamic within the team?

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Development Team Anti-Patterns

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TL; DR: Development Team Anti-Patterns. After covering the Scrum Master and the Product Owner, this article addresses Development Team anti-patterns, covering all Scrum Events as well as the Product Backlog artifact. The Role of the Development Team in Scrum. Do you want to get this article in your inbox?

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Importance of Scenario Planning and Analysis in Business

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Scenario planning is a strategy used to consider possible future events for an organization or project to develop an effective and relevant long-term plan to respond positively to that change. Scenario planning allows for project managers and their teams to quickly evaluate different solutions and react in a faster, more agile fashion.

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Jira Kanban Board: Pros, Cons & Alternatives

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Jira is project management software designed for agile software development teams. It has tools that allow you to plan sprints, track the completion of tasks, balance your team member’s workload and create product roadmaps. Additionally, you can attach files and share comments with your team.

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What Should You Include in Your Preconstruction Meeting Agenda?

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To help you once you break ground on your construction project, we’ll throw in some free construction project management templates on estimating, scheduling and budgeting. Construction projects , as noted, are made of many distinct teams of contractors and subcontractors who are responsible for a specific piece of the larger whole.

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20 Questions New Scrum Masters Should Ask Their Teams to Get up to Speed

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Start learning how your new Scrum Team is currently delivering the product and get up to speed: from Product Backlog forensics to metrics to team challenges and technical debt. Download a printable template for your convenience. So, I prepared a questionnaire comprising team-related topics.

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Best Cost Control Techniques

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Estimate Costs Now that you’ve listed the resource requirements, you’ll want to estimate how much each of those will cost. Therefore, you’ll want to meet with the project team as they have the experience and can give you more realistic estimates. Estimating can be daunting. Finally, don’t neglect expert opinion.