Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

I was hired by a bank to help them to get started with agile and Scrum. Most people who see the value of the Scrum Master role will agree that a seasoned scrum master can support up to three experienced teams when sprinting. But is one Scrum Master enough to start up three teams from scratch simultaneously?

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

I was hired by a bank to help them to get started with agile and Scrum. Most people who see the value of the Scrum Master role will agree that a seasoned scrum master can support up to three experienced teams when sprinting. But is one Scrum Master enough to start up three teams from scratch simultaneously?

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Scrum.org

JULY 27, 2021

One of the things you do as a Scrum Master is help your Product Owner in different aspects of their role. Focus is one of the five Scrum Values and a very important one, because without focus you can’t succeed. You role as a Scrum Master is to help everyone understand how to implement the value of focus in their work.

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LiquidPlanner

JANUARY 16, 2018

If you’re fresh out of Certified Scrum Master training, you are likely invigorated to start applying the Agile and SCRUM based techniques to your next project. Based on the classroom exercises, you’re excited to try new concepts and apply the magic cure-all that will solve all waterfall-based project problems.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 28, 2023

The complimentary practices below can help bring clarity to your thought process and can be used to potentially involve stakeholders in the process as well. The outcomes of the MOSCOW session proved invaluable to the Product Owner's process of ordering the Product Backlog. Understanding and avoiding them is crucial.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 17, 2023

TL; DR: Jira Anti-Patterns If you ask people to come up with popular attributes for “Agile” or “agility,” Scrum and Jira will likely be among the top ten featured. Moreover, in any discussion about the topic, someone will mention that using Scrum running on top of Jira does not make an organization agile.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 24, 2020

If you like to track a team’s progress in adopting agile techniques and processes, self-assessment tests are well-suited for that purpose. For example, I like to use the Scrum Checklist by Henrik Kniberg. If the resulting Scrum practices map is getting greener over time, the Scrum Team is on the right track.

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Agilemania

JANUARY 22, 2021

Professional Scrum Master training is highly interactive training for 14 hours, and students learn by doing it in class. Mural or Miro online collaboration tool: These online collaboration tools have made it possible to engage people in the shortest possible time to share content, ideas, do exercises, and facilitate collaborative activities.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

TL; DR: Scrum Accountability. Learn more about how Scrum deals with accountability. Learn more about how Scrum deals with accountability. Here, accountability acts as an enabler for Scrum first principles.). Accountability is exercised collectively—as in the Development Team—or at an individual level.

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Agilemania

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Professional Scrum Master training is highly interactive training for 14 hours, and students learn by doing it in class. Mural or Miro online collaboration tool: These online collaboration tools have made it possible to engage people in the shortest possible time to share content, ideas, do exercises, and facilitate collaborative activities.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 19, 2023

Agile Team Engagement is Not Always Easy Here are a few tips for engaging stakeholders and team members in product development: Involve stakeholders in the planning process. It’s important to involve them in the planning process so that they can provide input and feedback. Communicate regularly with stakeholders. Celebrate successes.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 12, 2022

It’s something that a Scrum Team’s stakeholders, customers, managers and many others want to know. To get to an answer that provides meaningful information, your Scrum Team first needs to decide how to estimate. Today, we’re going to discuss three ways to estimate and in my next post, we’ll talk about forecasting. .

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Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 15, 2024

They provide a structured approach to understanding complex processes, decision frameworks, or phenomena, serving as thinking strategies. Process improvement strategies and lean principles like Just-In-Time (JIT) Production and 5S Methodology might be some methods that project managers would be familiar with.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 9, 2023

TL; DR: A ChatGPT Job Interview for a Scrum Master Position. Can a large language model, not specializing in anything “agile,” pass a screening interview for a Scrum Master position? So, read on and learn whether Scrum Masters will soon be replaced with a chatbot. ?? Question : Thank you for your application as a Scrum Master!

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MPUG

JULY 15, 2019

The process is a complex one with many stakeholders involved over months, sometimes years. In this process, written requirements with written words are many times inadequate, sometimes even inaccurate, and most of the time said requirements don’t convey the real intent. Now, imagine a software development project. Stories in Backlog.

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nTask

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

Therefore, it’s better to break a project into smaller chunks rather than processing it all together. Differentiating Between Projects Tasks, Individual Projects, Processes, & Activities. Tasks, project, and process are interrelated terms; a sequence of tasks form a process through which a project is completed.

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Planio

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Pro Tip: Use “Story points” to properly estimate tasks. As scrum master and agile coach Robbin Schuurman writes : “There are always too many features that would add value, therefore creating a lack of focus on the vision and goals. Is up-to-date in context (to the larger product roadmap) and estimate (of complexity).

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Epicflow Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2019

To be successful, you should keep a 20K foot view of the process while staying connected to the details. To reach this goal, you should be a driven person able to make the right prioritization in day-to-day processes. . This certification course covers Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP) and test-driven development (TDD).

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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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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 6, 2021

TL; DR: How to Sabotage A Scrum Master — 44 Anti-Patterns from the Trenches to Avoid. One of my favorite exercises from my Professional Scrum Master classes is how to best sabotage a Scrum Master as a member of the middle management. The exercise rules are simple: You’re not allowed to use any form of illegal activity.

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Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

If our estimates are wrong most of the time, why should we even attempt estimating in the first place? If this is the case, why bother estimating at all? If this is the case, why bother estimating at all? . Estimating can work but only if you understand why you are doing it. Let us understand why we estimate. .

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Scrum.org

JUNE 13, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Developer Anti-Patterns. After covering the anti-patterns of the Scrum Master, the Product Owner, and the stakeholders, this article addresses Scrum Developer anti-patterns, covering all Scrum Events and the Product Backlog artifact. The Role of the Developers in Scrum. Source : Scrum Guide 2020. .

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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. Finding this answer is a process and not a destination.

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Teamweek

MARCH 11, 2021

Besides product and brand, successful businesses compete by continuously improving their processes. Improved processes result in cost savings, better productivity, and efficient operations. Having the right workflow management software helps streamline and speed up business process management. Adjust or improve workflows.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 9, 2019

The purpose of Scrum is to maximize product value by delivering a potentially releasable “done” increment through Sprints. Here came the tough bit of the process for Sharon and Bruce. Sharon, Bruce and the Development Team then went on to refine the outputs by adding details, estimates, assumed value and order. Introduction .

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Wrike

MARCH 25, 2021

Team empowerment Team empowerment means allowing teams to be self-reliant, make their own informed decisions, and remove otherwise time-consuming approval processes. Not only is it a better estimation of how long certain tasks will take, but it also promotes a more productive way of doing things. Tips for building an Agile PMO.

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Scrum.org

MAY 2, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns. No other role in Scrum can contribute to mediocre outcomes like the Product Owner—garbage in, garbage out. If you recognize some anti-patterns in your daily work, why don’t you ask the rest of the Scrum Team for support? The Role of the Product Owner According to the Scrum Guide.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Everybody wants to Scale Scrum. So you have a couple of Scrum Teams that are working in adjacent areas and you're starting to face some challenges in delivering value in a coordinated integrative way. This is more or less the time you started searching for "scaling agile" "scaling scrum" and exploring your options.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

What contexts are Scrum suited to, and which not? Perhaps you’ve read many blog posts about how horrible SAFe is, or how useless estimation is, or what the optimal size of a team is. What if you end up applying a methodology like Scrum to a context where it isn’t suited, and people leave the company as a result?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

This week we witnessed the launch event of the Scrum.org Professional Scrum Product Owner-Advanced class, and we could not be more excited about it. My fellow steward Robbin Schuurman created an excellent writeup on the origins, process, and subjects of the PSPO-A training, which you can find here. Dave Dame. “So

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Scrum.org

APRIL 11, 2022

Scrum is a tactical framework to build products, provided you identify what is worth making in advance. The following article points to 27 common Product Backlog anti-patterns – including the Product Backlog refinement process – limiting your Scrum team’s success. ???? The Product Backlog According to the Scrum Guide.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 23, 2019

Scrum is a simple, yet sufficient framework to build emerging products, provided you identify in advance what is worth building. The following article points at 28 Product Backlog anti-patterns — including the Product Backlog refinement process — that limit your Scrum Team’s success. TL; DR: 28 Product Backlog Anti-Patterns.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 21, 2022

Where in the Scrum framework do reflection and learning happen? Because although learning should certainly happen there, it’s a waste of opportunities to do it *only* during Sprint Retrospectives, Sprint Reviews, or one of the other Scrum events. You’re only partially right if your answer is the Sprint Retrospective.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 23, 2019

Scrum is a simple, yet sufficient framework to build emerging products, provided you identify in advance what is worth building. The following article points at ideas on how to improve your product backlog management techniques — including the Product Backlog refinement process. . The Product Backlog According to the Scrum Guide.

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MPUG

APRIL 17, 2023

Please find highlights from Satya Narayan Dash’s webinar – Practical Scrum Using MS Project Agile – being provided by MPUG for the convenience of our members. We will be going through a series of practical exercises to enhance our understanding of project management. Specifically, we will be creating a product backlog.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

TL; DR: Scrum Product Owner Anti-Patterns. Hence, if you recognize some anti-patterns in your daily work, why don’t you ask the rest of the Scrum Team for support? The Role of the Product Owner According to the Scrum Guide. Source : Scrum Guide 2017. Remember: user story creation is a team exercise.).

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

They are derived from my fifteen years of practical experience with Scrum and XP, serving both as Product Owner and Scrum Master and interviewing dozens of Product Owner candidates on behalf of my clients. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! ?? Source : Scrum Guide 2020.

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