Kiron Bondale

MAY 26, 2019

For those teams which use an iteration-based cadence for their delivery such as those who have implemented the Scrum framework there have multiple feedback loops to help them improve. Teams which don’t use feedback loops with their products and their processes should not consider themselves to be very agile.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 29, 2024

It means that every Sprint, the Scrum team should deliver a Done, fully tested increment of valuable product. Incremental delivery is central to Scrum because many of the benefits of Agile come from this concept. Objection: "We can't accurately estimate delivery timelines with incremental delivery." What does it mean?

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Planning poker® is a great technique for scrum teams. It is a team-based estimating approach to work out the efforts involved for achieving business goals. You can’t export the list of stories for the estimation. You either estimate the story or skip it (then it disappears from the list). What we needed. Pointing Poker.

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Project Bliss

JULY 26, 2020

A scrum master servant leader can lead his team to greatness with this advice from Geoff Watts’s wonderful book Scrum Mastery. Please see the Editor’s note below regarding the variation in spelling of the term Scrum Master. Scrum’s framework is easy to understand but hard to master.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2021

O verview of Agile Estimating. When more is known than unknown, use absolute estimating. Absolute estimating is the practice of applying an hourly, finite estimate to each requirement. Absolute estimating is the practice of applying an hourly, finite estimate to each requirement. Borrowed from nature, this.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 14, 2023

But it was a surprisingly rare practice in most organisations I encountered before Scrum & Agile became more widespread. As a developer, if you wanted to do it you had to work covertly and build time into your estimates to improve things. Ken’s recognition of this led to it becoming a rule in Scrum. Motivation levels increase.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

During the courses I teach as a Professional Scrum Trainer, as well as the reactions that I get to my articles, there’s one thing that always stands out to me: practice is vastly different than theory. The outcome of this event is the Sprint Goal and a plan for the Scrum Team to achieve it. Attendance is not limited to the Scrum Team.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 31, 2021

As a Professional Scrum Trainer, I love working from home, but engaging with others in a remote environment can be challenging. If you’re using Scrum remotely and need stakeholder feedback to order your Product Backlog, here are a few ideas for how to gather it virtually. What to learn more about Scrum? Business Value Game.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

Over the years I've seen numerous Scrum adaptions, and I thought perhaps it would be interesting, to sum up, some of the common misinterpretations of Scrum. As my journey in the realm of scrum continues, I have a hunch that this blog will never be finalized. . Scrum the abbreviation: It's Scrum, not SCRUM.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 19, 2021

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

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Their paper provides useful insights into why the Scrum Framework might be so effective when it comes to managing complex work. Their article inspired me to apply the same insights to Scrum and to extend it with my own. This will affect all estimates and predictions. This will affect all estimates and predictions.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

This post is for anyone who wants to inspire, change or influence others through their efforts as professionals, with emphasis on the latter. 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.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 26, 2023

TL; DR: Useless Agile Metrics Ideally, a metric is a leading indicator for a pattern change, allowing your Scrum team to analyze the cause in time and take countermeasures. Learn more about useless agile metrics, from individual velocity to estimation accuracy to utilization rates. ? However, what if you picked the wrong metrics?

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 28, 2023

Here's how it works: The Product Owner or their delegate should review requests for inclusion in the Product Backlog through the lens of Reach (how many users are impacted), Impact (how positive of an impact the feature will have), Confidence (how confident estimates are), and Effort (how much effort will it take to deliver each feature)."

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

These 18 project management professionals, in particular, have established themselves as thought leaders and influencers. Mike Cohn is a well-recognized author and expert on agile and Scrum project management topics, and the owner of a large and engaged Twitter account with over 42,000 followers. Who to Follow in Project Management.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Scrum celebrated its 25 year anniversary last year with an update to the Scrum Guide and lots of socially distanced parties. Over that quarter of a century, Scrum has gone from a niche method used by software developers to mainstream adoption with many millions of people using Scrum or at least parts of Scrum every day.

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Product Owner, Scrum Master, Development team members) who work collaboratively to deliver value in an Agile project. Bottom-up Estimating A project estimation technique that leverages tactical-level team members/subject matter experts (SMEs) to break down tasks into smaller components to create a more accurate estimate.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2020

TL;DR: The Scrum Product Owner in 58 Theses. The Product Owner theses also address the Product Owner’s part in Scrum events from Sprint Planning to Sprint Review to Sprint Retrospective, and the Daily Scrum. The Product Owner is also the most vulnerable Scrum role. Do you want to get this article in your inbox?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

During the last year and a half, I was working as a Scrum Master with a team that was working on a product with a history of about ten years. They told me they are using Scrum, but there was no Scrum Master, no potentially releasable increment at least at the end of the Sprint, no event discipline, several Product Backlogs and so on.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 5, 2018

Hence, it’s important to know all possible constraints, their influences on each other and the project management tools that address those constraints. When you estimate probability, a risk will have a certain impact on your project. Stakeholders could have a significant influence on decisions that need to be taken. Methodology.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

During the last one and a half year, I was working as a Scrum Master with a team that is working on a product with a history of about ten years. They told me they are using Scrum, but there was no Scrum Master, no potentially releasable increment at least at the end of the Sprint, no event discipline, several Product Backlogs and so on.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

In Scrum classes we often ask the attendees to draw a picture of the Scrum framework, in order learn what their current understanding of the framework is. But they also bring forward many related elements that are important or even indispensable to support the Scrum framework, but are not roles, artifacts nor events.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 16, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Embarking on project estimations can often feel complex - where the path forward is unclear, and the potential for missteps is high. This is where the concept of T-shirt sizing shines as a simple estimation technique. What is T-shirt Sizing?

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

See how approaches like the Scrum Framework and Liberating Structures can prevent some of these biases by bringing in diverse voices and by validating your assumptions against reality. For me personally, it's one of the reasons why I like the Scrum Framework , as it gives guide-rails to help us think and validate our assumptions with data.

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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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LiquidPlanner

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Robust agile estimation methods can improve quality by 250%. That’s largely down to consistent use of user stories, story points and breaking down stories into tasks with hour-based estimates. The work to estimate effectively requires teams to know a lot about what the task actually is.

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Digite

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

A question that I often get while speaking with people is: What is the difference between Kanban and Scrum? Value-system Influences. Both are heavily influenced by value-systems. Scrum is primarily influenced by the Agile Manifesto which describes the “Agile” value system. You will enjoy this excellent article.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 5, 2022

As you know, Product and Sprint Goals aren’t optional in Scrum. It’s not a Scrum Master accountability to set up goals. Instead you need to help your Scrum Team, and especially the Product Owner, to do so. Actors who can influence the outcome. However, many teams are struggling with it. Lean Canvas. Un-ported License.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Change control or change management is the process of managing unplanned but desired influences on the project. If they have any supporting materials (like quotes or estimates for the work that needs to be done) that might help the analysis, ask for those too. Example of scope creep in Scrum. What is the opposite of scope creep?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The Product Backlog is one of the three Scrum artifacts. A well-refined Product Backlog is essential for high-performing Scrum Teams. Like many things in Scrum, the answer is, it depends. If your team is using hours to size PBIs, then the calculation of the ready story forecast would depend upon hour estimates.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 29, 2020

To do this, I set up a simple board where each day (at our Daily Scrum) each person recorded a green tick if they were doing the 7 hours they were supposed to, or a red cross if it was less than this. I bought the discovery to the Product Owner, who was also a senior manager with a lot of influence in the organisation.

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Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Estimating is a learned skill, used for any purpose from every-day life to management of projects. When I left for the airport this morning to catch my flight to a customer site I estimated, given the conditions, how much time I need to get to my favorite parking spot at DIA. So when you hear we can't estimate you'll know better.

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Scrum.org

MAY 30, 2023

They were used as a means for tracking estimates against actuals, and as a way to pressure teams into delivering more and more. is certainly better than estimating in absolute time up front, however their use for these purposes still led to frustration and unmet expectations as teams uncovered unknown complexity or unplanned work.

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Scrum.org

MAY 23, 2021

Metrics aim at influencing behaviour and therefore have a tight relationship with an organisation's culture. But simply the act of implementing metrics influences the system. For example, knowing that velocity is monitored influences the estimation of story points by the team. And oh, don’t be afraid to remove metrics.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Influencer Monitoring 208

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. The Product Backlog According to the Scrum Guide.

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Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to estimate software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. COSMIC Software Estimation Approach,” Alain Abran, ICEAA Workshop, Portland Oregon, June 6?9, Estimating Probable System Cost,” Stephen A. Performance Evaluation of non?Markovian

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