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What challenges teams most with Scrum?

Kiron Bondale

One of the clichés about Scrum is that it is “easy to understand but difficult to master” The first part of that is obvious with the Scrum Guide is only eleven pages (if you don’t count the title page, purpose and table of contents). There are three roles, three outputs and four events (five if you include sprints as an event but I prefer not to as the whole idea of events within events makes me nauseous).

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Making your Scrum Events Lean – Identifying the Wastes

Scrum.org

The new Scrum Guide 2020 mentions Scrum is founded on empiricism and lean thinking. “Lean thinking reduces waste and focuses on the essentials.”. “Eliminate Waste” is the first of the seven Lean principles which focuses on eliminate anything that does not add value to the customer, and identification of “waste” is the 1st step toward ways to eliminate those wastes from the system.

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Models, Methods, & Artifacts: PMBOK’s Awesome Tools to Get it Done

Online PM Courses

The PMBOK Guide 7th Edition introduced Models, Methods, and Artifacts. This is a set of tools to help you get the Project Management job done. The post Models, Methods, & Artifacts: PMBOK’s Awesome Tools to Get it Done appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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The Big Picture with Story Map in Agile Development

Management Yogi

“I keep six honest serving-men,They taught me all I knew,Their names are What and Why and When,And How and Where and Who.I send them over land and sea,I send them east and west,But after they have worked for me,I give them all a rest.”– From the poem, “The Elephant’s Child,” by Rudyard KiplingLong ago, in my childhood days, I was introduced to the fascinating world of poetry by my father, who.

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance.

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7 Tips for Managing International Project Teams

Rebel’s Guide to PM

When I was working in France, my Indian colleagues rang to tell us they were being sent home after office buildings in Bangalore were damaged: the death of Indian film legend Rajkumar had prompted spontaneous violence amongst mourners on the streets. Another time, I was stuck with other commuters trying to get to work in Paris after strikes about pensions meant that more than 90% of high-speed trains were cancelled.

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Substituting a Resource in the Middle of a Task

MPUG

Background. There was a really interesting scheduling question posted recently in the Tech Community user forum on Microsoft Project. Although I was not the one who answered the question, I thought it was interesting enough to become my latest MPUG article. Following is the background information in the user’s post: Chuck Kirkpatrick is assigned to work full-time ( Units value of 100% ) on a task with a Duration of 20 days.

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Changing Your Perspective

Bridge the Gap Consulting

It was hot. The kids were hungry. The crowds were huge. My feet were tired from a full day of walking and standing. My patience was all but gone. Is this how I wanted to spend my vacation? We were standing in front of Hogwart’s Castle at the Universal Orlando Harry Potter experience. We had been there all day, visited all the Harry Potter shops, and ridden the Harry Potter rides.