Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2019

Part 1 intends to focus on the Scrum Team, Part 2 will be released shortly after our Webinar on April 29th and will focus on the “Epic” challenges agile leaders are facing. Product Backlog is not an event in Scrum, but has its place in the Scrum Guide and therefore the Scrum Framework.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 25, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! Scrum’s Sprint Planning aims to align the Developers and the Product Owner on what to build next, delivering the highest possible value to customers. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Gunther Verheyen

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

I embarked on my Agile journey in 2003 when we wrapped eXtreme Programming in Scrum. Besides having engaged with many teams and organizations I have also created and facilitated many Scrum workshops and classes about various topics for various audiences since then. Warm regards Gunther independent Scrum Caretaker What?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 24, 2020

For much of the early 2000’s, large companies would shudder at the thought of operating a team in an agile way. The value derived from holding a retrospective is proportional to the talent of the facilitator, and the intimacy of the team. If the facilitation is poor: it’s going to be a bad meeting.

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Scrum.org

JULY 18, 2023

This article describes an A-type ecosystem for (software) product development, the prevalent dynamics in it, and the solutions to improve performance using Org Topologies™ mapping. At the A-level, as per the Org Topologies™ map, the work is done by the teams at the Feature level. These teams work with Scrum.

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Scrum.org

JULY 11, 2021

In this blog post, we focus on one specific question that was raised: “How to measure the success of an Agile Coach or Scrum Master?”. In short: it’s very difficult to measure because even if a team or organization is successful, are they successful because of your contribution, or despite it? The Purpose Of A Scrum Master.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 21, 2022

We can do nothing else if we want our teams to behave well and deliver for us. You cannot look after your team and your stakeholders unless you are in robust physical, mental and emotional health. A couple of poor nights’ sleep in a row can damage your judgment and emotional stability just as much as an excess of alcohol.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 14, 2021

In the past years, Liberating Structures quickly gained popularity within the Scrum community. You might know that there are 33 official Liberating Structures, and its co-developers are Henri Lipmanowicz & Keith McCandless. Maybe you’re even part of the global community that helps to refine existing & develop new structures!

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Scrum.org

MARCH 14, 2023

This time we are focussing on the following Agile principle – “At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjust its behavior accordingly.” But it was a surprisingly rare practice in most organisations I encountered before Scrum & Agile became more widespread. Motivation levels increase.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 26, 2021

I noticed high energy and openness as the room's buzz showed me signs that this team was genuinely collaborative. As the Scrum event came to a close, an eerily familiar pattern became clear: the team had not agreed to any improvements for the next Sprint. No adaptation. It will, however, expose those problems.

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Scrum.org

MAY 5, 2022

Recently, I reread the blog post we published some time ago “ 10 Success Factors To Resolve Zombie Scrum ”. Factors that helped our community to use Scrum more effectively within their team and organization. It might even be the number #1 factor to prevent or fix Zombie Scrum in your environment. Critical self-reflection.

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Leading Answers

MARCH 9, 2022

Moving from left to right in the same row, we see the next step in our development is recognizing emotions in other people, artwork, etc. This branch deals with developing our skills to detach reactions from emotions and choose how we want to respond to them. This first box describes being able to identify our feelings and thoughts.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 7, 2021

In that post, we discussed the different roles and responsibilities your coaches should have, and we asserted that it takes more than just a couple Agile Transformation Consultants teaching people Scrum to affect change. Rather, it takes a team of consultants performing their duties at multiple levels of the organization.

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Scrum.org

JULY 9, 2019

Scrum Masters lead by serving others; It sounds paradoxical, but it works. This is a blog about leadership: leadership in Scrum teams, communities, and businesses. It is also a blog about personal growth and offers a complimentary “action approach” to Scrum Masters, inspired by the book The Serving Leader.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Scrum Master. One of the mandatory Scrum roles. Ever important to dictate the Development Team what to do. Gather people to the daily Scrum. Make sure the team improves and that if more Development Team members are needed, you fix that impediment! Becoming a Scrum Master.

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Scrum.org

JULY 15, 2018

This is the third in a series of posts exploring Scrum Mastery. In our first post, we introduced the 4 dimensions of Scrum Mastery. In the second post, we explored how to grow a strong team identity. Now we will explore the team process dimension. How do you work as a team to maximize the benefits of Scrum and agility?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

one of the founders of Scrum?—?pointing This picture underscores the most essential rule in Scrum: create “Done” software every Sprint. 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.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 29, 2018

But in truth jargon has a precise meaning; it’s not fluff but an efficient way to communicate and collaborate with your team. You might be too young to remember this sitcom that was developed from the hit movie American Graffiti , which followed the humorous trials and tribulations of teenagers in the rock-and-roll 1950s. Deliverables.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 27, 2020

The purpose of the Sprint Planning is to align the Development Team and the Product Owner on what to build next, delivering the highest possible value to customers. According to the Scrum Guide, the Sprint Planning answers two questions: “What can be delivered in the Increment resulting from the upcoming Sprint?”. “How

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 25, 2022

internally what we already have seen before as a Scrum Team. How can you avoid poor Sprint Reviews? make this Scrum Event valuable and meaningful? ignored, or unknown by teams. I still observe in some organizations that Scrum Teams show only a demonstration and code to. How many teams will be present?

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 2, 2019

We can do nothing else if we want our teams to behave well and deliver for us. You cannot look after your team and your stakeholders unless you are in robust physical, mental and emotional health. A couple of poor nights’ sleep in a row can damage your judgement and emotional stability just as much as an excess of alcohol.

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Scrum.org

JULY 1, 2020

If someone would have asked us one year ago to create a Live Virtual Class (online) of the Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master II class , I would have responded with a: “No way! Space we decided to mostly use for writing the final chapters of our book “The Zombie Scrum Survival Guide”. This created lots of space in our agenda.

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Planio

DECEMBER 19, 2019

So how can you squash harmful scope creep and keep your project team agile, productive, and motivated as you handle changes? Scope creep isn’t just bad for project managers. It’s bad for everyone involved in your team and project. Learn the proper ways to communicate with stakeholders and your team. No big deal.

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Velociteach

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Learn from the intriguing parallels between a jazz ensemble and an effective project team. Leonard demonstrates that music and project management share common principles as he offers a unique perspective on fostering a high-performing project team through the integration of music, productivity, workplace culture, and neuroscience.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The core responsibilitie of the agile leader is creating the right context for the agile teams so they can thrive and self-manage. When I use the term ownership, I mean that teams pick up ownership voluntarily and take responsibility for the results of a product or service. They also help other teams to grow. Frances Hesselbein.

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The IIL Blog

AUGUST 8, 2023

Techniques have been developed describing ways to recover all or part of the expected business value from a distressed project [Morais-Storz et al., This requires identification of potential causes of poor performance and preventing them from reoccurring during recovery. 2014), and Jugdev et al.,

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

In both instances I was happily working as a developer and some form of team lead, when over a short period of time my role in the organization changed significantly and I faced serious challenges in learning completely new ways of working. . We want an environment where people and teams can thrive. . We want to avoid this.

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Binfire

MARCH 26, 2018

According to agile visionaries, a robust, agile team embodies “we” rather than “I” and that teamwork is crucial to delivering great software. Agile focuses on the team collaboration, autonomy, and independence, instead of command-and-control. Develop a path that will guide you to your ultimate aim. Build Team Trust.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 15, 2019

This blog is by a Scrum Master for Scrum Masters to improve themselves and their teams. In this first part, we will explore the 5 laws of growth that could help us as Scrum Masters to grow ourselves and our Scrum teams. You Must See Value in Yourself to Add Value to Yourself and Teams. Tony Robbins.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

The Scrum Master profession spans wide variety of skills, knowledge and experience. Scrum Masters try to create high performing teams and drive organisational change. Surprisingly our profession focuses predominantly on developing cognitive intelligence (IQ). What is emotional Intelligence? Self-awareness.

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Workamajig

JULY 14, 2019

What methodology you choose will depend on your team, project-type, and project-scope. What methodology you pick will have a profound and ongoing impact on how you and your team works. It was first outlined by Dr. Winston Royce in 1970 as a response to managing the increasingly complex nature of software development. Advantages.

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Planio

JULY 22, 2020

Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time. The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable. The best books for building better habits (for yourself and your team). Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good habits & Break Bad Ones. Project Management for Humans: Helping People Get Things Done.

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Scrum.org

JULY 30, 2021

If you change nothing, the inspection did not have an impact at all and is a waste of time and energy. But on the other hand, many teams are struggling to appreciate change in their daily work. And this is not a bad thing per se. Often you also see teams discussing changes in length without getting to an agreement.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 25, 2022

How sustainable is your pace as a developer? This has always been a huge struggle for us and most of the teams we’ve been part of. Unfortunately, many developers and development teams still burn more hours than are probably good for them. The initial practice was for developers to work no more than 40 hours a week.

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Velociteach

OCTOBER 2, 2023

With Rich Maltzman, he also is the co-author of the book “How to Facilitate Productive Project Planning Meetings” and its update, “ Great Meetings Build Great Teams: A Guide for Project Leaders and Agilists.” Rich is also focused on consulting and teaching, and has developed curricula and taught at several universities. I love that.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

Settle in, make yourself a brew and enjoy learning from people who actually live scrum day in day out. . This second post in the ‘Agile ADHD’ series from me, Sally Waters, and my husband Francis, is all about the details of how we implement Scrum at home. Nothing helped with this until we tried Scrum. Very inspirational. .

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The IIL Blog

JUNE 14, 2023

Jeff Sutherland, Co-creator of Scrums, shared a brilliantly simple exercise that you can try at home to witness the limitations of our brain. Make sure you schedule your day according to your energy level. Switching from one task to another also hinders productivity. Take a pen, paper, and a timer.

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