Scrum.org

JULY 25, 2023

As Scrum.org trainers, we often come across common misconceptions from course attendees about Agile and Scrum. We tend to hear red flags of misalignment when we explore folk's current definitions and understanding of Agile and Scrum at the start of our courses. Scrum: Scrum is thought of as a methodology. What is Agile?

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Questions (1). Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. Scrum is not a methodology, but a framework.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 18, 2023

Whether teams are new to Scrum or refining their methods, this remains a challenge. The answer lies in the transformative potential of Value Stream Mapping within Scrum. Instead, Scrum makes these challenges transparent, allowing teams to recognize and address them. Welcome to the first post.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

When people are first introduced to Scrum, often one of the questions they have is “ what do Scrum Masters *really* do all day? ”. Often, people end up discovering the answer to this question by themselves during the training, or as they start practicing Scrum in their teams. supporting the organization in its Scrum adoption.

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Leading Agile

MAY 16, 2023

What if, instead of focusing on all the Agile practices, we started applying some of the things we know about systems engineering to help large companies become the kind of organization that can leverage those practices? What does the supply chain for software at scale look like? They took Agile mainstream.

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Engineering Agile Software Review SCRUM 69

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

We’ll go through some of the most popular project management methodologies, which are applied in many sectors such as software development, R&D and product development. When to Use It: The practice originated in software development and works well in that culture. Scrum Methodology.

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Technical Review Prince2 Manufacturing Lean 483

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Questions on Scrum Anti-Patterns. Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. Question 45: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns.

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Wrike

MAY 11, 2023

Whether you’re learning about Agile for the first time or want a refresher on the basics, this roundup of Agile software development best practices has what you need to get your team up and running so you can do what Agile does best: deliver fast and frequent value. Try Wrike for free What is Agile software development?

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Scrum.org

JULY 14, 2021

This post is a non-technical version of an academic paper about Scrum teams that I wrote with Daniel Russo. Daniel is a Professor at the University of Aalborg and is specialized in empirical software engineering. I am an organizational psychologist and Scrum practitioner with a love for survey development and statistics.

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SCRUM Influencer Technical Review Software Review 240

Scrum.org

JANUARY 28, 2024

TL; DR: Agile Laws in Software Development On many occasions, working with agile teams has amplified existing organizational, technical, and cultural challenges in many organizations. Your single best investment to improve your professional standing; order the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now! ? edition ! ?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 7, 2023

Since I became a Professional Scrum Trainer in November, I have been asked a lot about the current state, and the future perspectives, for Scrum and agile development in Japan, where I’ve worked for the last six years. So much so that many consider the paper to be part of the roots of Scrum. Why is that?

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Agile Software Engineering 123

Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Questions on How to Make Your Scrum Master Fail. Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

TL; DR: 70 Scrum Master Theses. The following 70 Scrum Master theses describe the role of from a holistic product creation perspective. The theses cover the role of the Scrum Master from product discovery to product delivery in hands-on practical manner. The Role of the Scrum Master. It is not a mere management role.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Agile engineering has become a crucial aspect of product development in recent years. Understanding the principles behind agile engineering and its role in product development is essential for any organization seeking to stay competitive in today’s rapidly evolving market.

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Engineering Agile Artificial Inteligence Technical Review 36

Scrum.org

JANUARY 25, 2021

TL; DR: Scrum Master Job — 4 Steps to Identify Suitable Employers or Clients. Are you considering a new Scrum Master job? Don’t worry; there are four steps of proactive research to identify suitable employers or clients for Scrum Masters and avoid disappointment later. The Scrum Master Job Market Is Promising.

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SCRUM Technical Review Engineering Lean 187

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

They are derived from my fourteen years of practical experience with XP and Scrum, serving both as Product Owner and Scrum Master and interviewing dozens of Product Owner candidates on behalf of my clients. Scrum is not a methodology but a framework. The Product Owner is also the most vulnerable Scrum role.

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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. Also, those costs can be reduced by adopting the right approach.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 11, 2024

Dive into the world of Scrum, the Agile framework that is revolutionizing project management across industries. With its core values of commitment, courage, focus, openness, and respect, Scrum is not just a methodology— it is a pathway to creating highly effective, adaptive, and cohesive teams.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

Ready to transform your approach to project management and software development? Exploring Agile methodologies provides teams with flexible, efficient, and collaborative approaches to software development and project management. It encourages continuous delivery and improvement without the fixed iterations of Scrum.

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Software Review Technical Review Agile SCRUM 52

Scrum.org

AUGUST 28, 2018

Engineers are taking so much care of quality and engineering, developing cutting edge software. And even though Agile, Scrum, Emergent Architecture are relatively new, the idea to understand customer needs and quickly provide them with what they need to survive are far from new.

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Engineering Technical Review Agile Software Review 73

Scrum.org

JULY 16, 2020

“Can an R&D team of chemists, physicists, electrical engineers, mechanical engineers and embedded software developers optimize teamwork and value by using Scrum? And can live virtual Scrum training deliver a practical Scrum learning experience to everyone on such a functionally diverse team?”.

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SCRUM Software Review Technical Review Engineering 108

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 29, 2023

The essence of DevOps lies in its conceptual foundation, born out of software engineering. It's about understanding the impact of accelerated processes on our engineering systems and the way we design and approach our products. Request a free consultation with my team or enrol in one of our upcoming professional Scrum classes.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) is a well-known practice for collaboration and teams use it to bridge the gap between product management and the software development team. It is also very popular among quality engineers to develop test automation frameworks.

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Software Review SCRUM 2020 Engineering 249

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Scrum and agility create frameworks for diversity. Digitization and software development are firmly in the hands of men. As a software engineer, I am happy that more and more women are finding their way into this future industry. Scrum Teams, in their ideal form, offer support for balancing Yin and Yang.

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PM Basics

APRIL 24, 2018

Software Development Life Cycle is on every job description for a Project Manager. Everyone wants you to know how to develop software applications. When I googled “software development life cycle definition” I found different variants. Phases in Software Development. Concept Development.

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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Software 67

Agilemania

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

And, the winner is Scrum. The survey revealed 66% of the organizations voted Scrum as the most sought-after Agile framework. Now, the question arises as to what Scrum is and why it is so popular, that it is an all-time favorite agile framework. What is Scrum? The benefits that Scrum provides are numerous.

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Certification 2021 SCRUM Software Review 98

Scrum.org

APRIL 13, 2023

You might also call these OKRs, Distributed Leadership, Nimble, DevOps, Lean Startup, or Scrum. While Agile was created in the IT/Software world, more and more organizations realize that its principles and thinking apply broadly. In Scrum, this would mean that the company is the Product.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 10, 2020

What looked like a good idea back in the 1990ies—outsourcing software development as a non-essential business area—has meanwhile massively backfired for a lot of legacy organizations. Today, they find it hard to compete in the war for product and engineering talent with the GAFAs and other agile and technology-focused organizations.

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Engineering Software Developers Software Development Software Engineering 249

Scrum.org

JUNE 17, 2019

TL;DR: Technical Debt & Scrum. If technical debt is the plague of our industry, why isn’t the Scrum Guide addressing the question of who is responsibly dealing with it? There is also a kind of technical debt that is passively created when the Scrum Team learns more about the problem it is trying to solve. What Is Technical Debt?

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Technical Review SCRUM Software Review Development Team Review 149

Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2020

What has always struck me in this discussion is the fact that Scrum is a tool useful to accomplish one primary task: delivering value to customers of emergent products in complex environments while mitigating an organization’s exposure to risk at the same time. Seriously, how hard can Scrum be if the manual comprises of 18 pages, right?).

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Engineering 178

LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 18, 2023

Agile came about in the world of software development precisely because people started to realize that the pace of change had become so fast that it was smarter to embrace that change and find ways to work within it than try to resist. It describes four values for software development. No change in engineering practices.

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Fractional VPE Agile Software Review 2001 148

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 24, 2018

I live many lives – in one of them, I am happily residing in the world of software development where I am also a Professional Scrum Trainer. I found two of those lives intersecting when the musical artists whose band I manage and I decided to use Scrum to work on their second album. Scrum and the Recording Process.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 12, 2022

What to Expect: Sessions focus on agility, software engineering and lean business. Global Scrum Gathering. The Global Scrum Gathering is produced by the Scrum Alliance, which is a member-driven nonprofit certifying body that has supported the agile movement since 2001. Where: Denver, Colo., USA and Virtual.

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Scrum.org

MAY 12, 2019

Vladimir is one of the Senior Engineer in team Jaguar). Can I discuss with you about running UX process in Scrum? So UX activities can run in one Sprint together with development activities. It makes the engineers own the whole process and product if you involve them with UX process too. Sprint Planning continues ….

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Herding Cats

DECEMBER 16, 2017

The estimating of software development is both straightforward and complex. Here are some resources that will provide guidance to produce credible software development estimates, in both traditional and agile domains. Software Sizing and Estimating: Mk II FPA , Charles Symons, John Wiley & Sons, 1991.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 6, 2020

For instance, in Scrum, a Sprint is a short cycle that should not exceed one calendar month. If you don’t believe me, ask Nokia top/middle managers, engineers and external experts. John Sweller’s Cognitive Load theory adapted to Software Development context (inspired by Team Topologies ) — the visual created by Sahin Guvenilir. .

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Software Developers Software Development 2019 Engineering 211

Scrum.org

JANUARY 21, 2019

Sub-title #2: Jeff Sutherland’s book could have been called: “Scrum: Twice the decision-making in half the time leading to half the work and twice the output.”. A discussion is raging at LinkedIn about the Iron Triangle because the co-authors of Scrum say that “Scrum breaks the Iron Triangle”. Hmm… how to explain…?

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