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. Though whatever the case, we can say for sure that Scrum is very popular in software development.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 3, 2023

TL; DR: Workshop Design with ChatGPT The following article explores whether we can use ChatGPT-4 to create workshops for agile practitioners; for example, Scrum Masters. As you will learn, and despite being prone to lapse into project management speak, ChatGPT is remarkably capable of doing so, provided we feed it suitable prompts.

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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

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”. Do a technical startup.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2021

This simple exercise revealed so much of the participants' mindset. The participants were managers and scrum masters who reported to these managers and there was some tension between them. And a forth group selected a Hedgehog that due to his long nose represents curiosity and willingness to learn new things. . .

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Epicflow Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2019

It’s rather difficult to define what makes a project manager worthy of a dream position. So what are the main aspects that make project managers competitive? Besides the specific requirements in the technical background, all employers bank on soft skills. People management skills. Soft Skills. Brilliant leadership skills.

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Technical Review Certification Project Life Cycle PMI 87

Scrum.org

JUNE 15, 2020

We are used to saying the Scrum is a perfect probe for organizations, as it will reliably discover all dysfunctionalities. The process continues to be ruled by (annual) budgets, and risk-mitigation by committee is still the norm, becoming even more counter-productive during a remote agile transition. TL; DR: Remote Agile Transitions.

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Agile Technical Review SCRUM Software Review 171

International Institute for Learning

MARCH 22, 2023

By Mike Griffiths Welcome to part two of this four-part series introducing basic leadership ideas that any project manager or Scrum master can employ. Be sure to see article one that explains leadership for project managers and outlines the five leadership components covered in the series.

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Leadership Technical Review PMI Consulting 63

Project Pulse Journal

MARCH 15, 2024

Malinawan, PMP Choosing the appropriate tools and techniques to your advantage is essential for professionals working in the dynamic field of project management who must contend with issues like project budget constraints, tight deadlines, and constantly changing requirements.

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International Institute for Learning

MARCH 15, 2023

By Mike Griffiths Welcome to part one of a four-part series introducing basic leadership ideas that any project manager or Scrum master can employ. This first article explains how leadership differs from management and outlines five core leadership attributes for managing projects. We use leadership skills to do this.

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Leadership PMI Technical Review Innovation 59

Planio

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

A 3-part stakeholder management process for keeping everyone happy. Step 3: Best practices for stakeholder management and communication. And learning how to identify, handle, and manage them is an essential skill for any project manager. Executives: The senior-level management at the organization running the project.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 2, 2024

By: Hajime Estanislao, PMP, CSM Project managers, have you ever felt overwhelmed by the unpredictable waves of the project environment? The terrain of project management is fraught with hidden challenges and opportunities lying in wait for the unwary. Take the first step towards becoming a master of your domain. Because it is.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 9, 2023

TL; DR: Can We Or Should We Change Scrum? Can we or should we change Scrum, or is it a sacrilege to tweak the ‘immutable’ framework to accommodate our teams’ and organizations’ needs? Not so fast; don’t just dismiss augmenting Scrum as leaving the path, contributing to the numerous Scrumbut mutations, giving Scrum a bad name.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 6, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Stakeholder Anti-Patterns. Learn how individual incentives and outdated organizational structures — fostering personal agendas and local optimization efforts — manifest themselves in Scrum stakeholder anti-patterns that easily impede any agile transformation to a product-led organization. ????

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 23, 2023

TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Guide 2023: The Scrum Master Role If you want to fill a Scrum Master position in your organization, you may find the following interview questions helpful in identifying the right candidate. This revised set of questions addresses the Scrum Master role.

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Epicflow Blog

MAY 14, 2020

Education in the field of project management suggests a lot of opportunities for candidates. But due to the fact this year any kind of outdoor activity is limited by quarantine restrictions because of COVID-19, online courses and free educational resources for self-study are handy as never before. Project Management for Beginners.

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2020 PMI Certification Technical Review 86

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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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Technical Review Software Review 149

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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MPUG

JULY 15, 2019

This happens in the Iteration Planning meeting (or Sprint Planning meeting, if you are using Scrum). Things such as value delivered, cost incurred, risk involved, knowledge gained etc. There will be work items to improve the infrastructure, improve processes, find a response to a risk, etc. It is bigger than a release.

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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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Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Software Review SCRUM 246

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

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Research shows that quality is an important driver for continuous improvement in and around Scrum teams. The Scrum framework introduces the Definition of Done to help teams develop a shared understanding of quality. We created 3 do-it-yourself workshops to support your Scrum team in answering these questions. How To Manage Risk?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 8, 2022

Large Scale Scrum is still Scrum, although there is one case study that is non-Scrum. My thoughts : I think there are possibilities for a Large Scale Scrum implementation to be without Scrum in careful hands. Like Scrum, Large Scale Scrum is based on transparency. How does it differ from Scrum?

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SCRUM 2017 Software Review 2020 186

Scrum.org

MARCH 2, 2020

TL; DR: Scrum Stakeholder Anti-Patterns. Learn how individual incentives and outdated organizational structures — fostering personal agendas and local optimization efforts — manifest themselves in Scrum stakeholder anti-patterns which easily can impede any agile transition. Common Scrum Stakeholder Anti-Patterns.

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Online PM Courses

DECEMBER 18, 2017

And you may be ready for a project management course. But, for a new project manager, project management books are still a great way to learn. And for those of us with experience under our belts, the right project management books can offer new insights and ideas. More demanding reads, with a higher technical content.

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Prince2 PMI Technical Review Risk Management 62

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. And there is a very powerful, compelling reason behind this: the Scrum Framework only helps to reduce the risk of wasting money and effort when you deliver “Done” software every Sprint.

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Software Review Technical Review SCRUM Software 148

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

For years, I worked in several Berlin-based, fast-growing startups in my capacity as Scrum Master, agile coach, and Product Owner. These are my lessons learned on making ‘agile’ — including Scrum as a framework — work in a fast-growing startup. And just relabeling the positions of the old middle management rarely works.

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Planio

JULY 22, 2020

The number one thing every project manager needs to level up their skills is experience. A good project management book. While there are tons of fantastic resources online for learning how to be a better project manager (such as this blog!) Jump to a section: The best books for mastering the fundamentals of project management.

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2020 Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 148

MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. Kyle: Today’s session is eligible for one PMI, PDU in the technical category, and the code for claiming that with PMI is on the screen now. Technology is wonderful.

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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. The primary way of achieving this goal as a PO is the management of the Product Backlog.

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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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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 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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Development Team Review Technical Review SCRUM Estimate 173

Scrum.org

JUNE 23, 2019

TL; DR: Ideas on How to Improve Your Product Backlog Management Techniques. Scrum is a simple, yet sufficient framework to build emerging products, provided you identify in advance what is worth building. The Product Backlog According to the Scrum Guide. During Product Backlog refinement, items are reviewed and revised.

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Planio

AUGUST 1, 2022

According to research published in Harvard Business Review , nearly 90% of companies struggle to complete Agile transformations — even after successful pilot projects. Therefore, a transformation gets seen as simply applying Scrum or other Agile methods to your same working style and culture.

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MPUG

JULY 1, 2020

You may wish to use this transcript for the purposes of self-paced learning, searching for specific information, and/or performing a quick review of webinar content. PMI PDUs in the technical category and the MPUG activity code for claiming the session was on the screen now. Hey listen, Kyle is going to manage the questions today.

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Risk Management Risk 2016 Underperforming Technical Team 52

Leading Agile

OCTOBER 3, 2023

When I first started thinking through this idea, I was actually really thinking about the idea of practices because back in 2010, a little bit earlier than that, Jim Kundiff, the Scrum Alliance, and those guys were really popularizing the CSM certification, PMI was doing the PMI ACP or a lot of us were part of that. So think about scrum.

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