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The Peril of Adhering to Legacy Systems, Processes, and Practices

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Adherence to Legacy Systems, Processes, and Practices Administrative overreach and micromanagement in Scrum mainly arise from clinging to legacy systems and traditional (management) practices, leading to rigidity and misapplication of Agile principles. Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available !

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Episode 185 – Redefining Project Success through Sustainable Project Management

Velociteach

Projects are instrumental in defining an organization’s vision for a more sustainable future. Dr. Joel Carboni talks about Sustainable Project Management, and the goal to achieve a stated objective while considering the project outcome’s entire lifecycle to ensure a net positive environmental, social, and economic impact.

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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

ProjectManager.com

The kanban board is broken down into columns that represent the different stages of a process, and the kanban cards are individual tasks that move from one column to the next as they move through the process. This created less waste and increased the efficiency of processes. When one bin is empty, the next bin refills it.

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What Is a Balanced Scorecard? (Example & Template Included)

ProjectManager.com

The balanced scorecard measures four aspects of a business or organization: finance, customers, business processes and learning and growth. Business Process Perspective When you’re looking at the internal business processes, you’re determining how well the business or organization is performing.

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Scrum Team Failure — Scrum Anti-Patterns Taxonomy (3)

Scrum.org

TL; DR: Scrum Team Failure This post on Scrum team failure addresses three categories from the Scrum anti-patterns taxonomy that are closely aligned: Planning and process breakdown, conflict avoidance and miscommunication, and inattention to quality and commitment, often resulting in a Scrum team performing significantly below its potential.

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What Is Organizational Strategy in Business? (Examples Included)

ProjectManager.com

Examples of Business-Level Strategies This level of organizational strategy creates roadmaps to guide resource allocation and aligns different departments with the goal of sustainable growth, profitability and long-term success. This could be anything from its culture, underlying technology or infrastructure to its internal processes.

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Help Select the Book Cover of the new ‘Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide’ by Pearson

Scrum.org

We will soon start the editing process, and I am hopeful we may see a release date in Q2/2023. However, after more than 18,000 downloads, I thought it might be a good idea to fill the gaps and help other practitioners cover all of Scrum’s roles, events, artifacts, and commitments. Download the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide for free.

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