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. Then sign up for the Food for Agile Thought newsletter and join 26k other subscribers.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2023

As a seasoned Agile consultant, I find myself amidst conversations about the mechanics of a successful Agile project. These items, sometimes called ‘User Stories’, are critical to understanding what needs to be built. Ordering entails sequencing Backlog Items based on value, risk, size, and learning.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 8, 2022

. What is LeSS? 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. Designed for.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 6, 2020

Some may confuse the word “Foundation” in the name of the Professional Scrum Foundation course to mean simple or basic. But in truth this means it is a course for everybody to build a solid base of knowledge, understanding and practical application of Professional Scrum. What is complexity? What is empiricism?

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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. The Product Owner is also the most vulnerable Scrum role.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

TL; DR: 20 Questions to Ask the Product Owner to Get up to Speed as a New Scrum Master. From Scrum Master to Product Owner, this set of questions addresses the future collaboration between the two individuals and the rest of the Scrum Team. Then sign up for the Food for Agile Thought newsletter and join 27k other subscribers.

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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. When the bar for quality is low, or people don’t even know what the bar is, there is no way to tell how well you’re doing. Is there a clear and shared understanding of what it means? The Purpose Of Scrum.

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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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Scrum.org

AUGUST 6, 2020

Some may confuse the word “Foundation” in the name of the Professional Scrum Foundation course to mean simple or basic. But in truth this means it is a course for everybody to build a solid base of knowledge, understanding and practical application of Professional Scrum. What is complexity? What is empiricism?

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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 6, 2018

"There's no predictability/commitment in Agile/Scrum". Over the years I've heard my share of these kinds of statements from various levels of executives: "When my guys run a product development release I really want to know what I will get at the end so I can make business plans accordingly". "In

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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

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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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. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 33,000-plus subscribers. ?? process.

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Scrum.org

MAY 6, 2022

Why many Scrum teams struggle with continuous improvement, and how you can do better. Are members of your team wondering what the point is of talking about improvement when nothing ever happens? We are also creating the Scrum Team Survey to help teams diagnose themselves and identify where to improve.

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Agilemania

JANUARY 10, 2022

The Scrum is still the most popular framework per the 15th State of Agile Report. However, with the agile adoption rate going from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021 , more companies are set to join the bandwagon. . With this, the Scrum Master job requirement has increased significantly. Glassdoor ranked Scrum Master No.40

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Scrum.org

APRIL 27, 2020

We started this series on remote agile with looking into practices and tools; we explored virtual Liberating Structures, and how to master Zoom. We had a look at common remote agile anti-patterns, and we analyzed remote Retrospectives and Sprint Plannings based on Liberating Structures.

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nTask

DECEMBER 21, 2021

The world is obsessed with project management methodologies. But when we talk about project management methodologies included in our businesses, we mean that they should be incorporated in the development phase, so that they can seamlessly have the desired effect. What is the Agile Software Development Lifecycle?

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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 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

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. The Scrum Team decides how and when refinement is done.

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Henny Portman

AUGUST 10, 2023

Practical product management for product owners – Creating winning products with the professional product owner stances by Chris Lukassen and Robbin Schuurman is an awesome book for product owners and provides effective behaviors, useful tools, concepts, and techniques to become great product owners.

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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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Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

Since we are in a complex world and the requirements, customer demands, and technology change rapidly, we know little about what & how we are going to develop. It will end-up with a time-management mess. Increase effectiveness of time management. What to Estimate. We learn more through empiricism.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

“The important thing is to remember what most impressed you and to put it on canvas as fast as possible.” - Pierre Bonnard. Have you ever tried to kickstart a “Scrum of Scrums” in an organization? Everyone else seems to have more important matters to attend to than another piece of agile “fluff”. Lessons from a start-up.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 14, 2019

Let’s apply this by thinking of a team of Agile practitioners working on a software product. Retrospectives and intraspectives in Agile development do exactly that. The importance of taking the time for retrospection comes from one of the 12 core principles of the Agile Manifesto. “At He asked, “How is that possible?

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MPUG

JULY 15, 2019

To satisfy me, the other stakeholders, my father and the tailor in this case, agreed with my request, and I got what I wanted. Stories in Agile Development replace requirements. Conversations result in knowing what the user or customer actually wants. “The most powerful person in the world is the story teller.”.

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Leading Agile

MARCH 15, 2023

Companies that adopt Agile never do it just for the sake of adopting Agile. Usually, they assume it will benefit them, and maybe they’re clear upfront on what that benefit is; maybe they aren’t. They do know that Waterfall wasn’t working, so Agile will fix those problems, right?

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Planio

JANUARY 14, 2019

But there’s a better way to make sense of your backlog, prioritize what needs to get done, and keep the bigger product vision front and center: User story mapping. User story mapping is a simple, collaborative exercise that helps you define your user’s journey with your product., where any gaps exist, and what it could be.

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Leading Agile

OCTOBER 3, 2023

And that’s typically how I think about a lot of the talks that I give because everything in the agile communities about doing it and learning from it and sharing with people and getting feedback and figuring out how to do it better and that kind of stuff. Systems are a Predictor of a Balanced Culture Okay, fair enough.

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Wrike

MARCH 23, 2021

Want to prioritize and stay true to Agile principles as you scale? But what exactly is PI planning, and why is it so important? . What is PI planning?: Introducing scaled Agile program increment planning. Okay, so PI planning helps empower your Agile project teams. Why is PI planning important? Builds team trust.

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MPUG

MAY 6, 2021

He is responsible for the implementation of enterprise project management solutions for Edwards’ clients as well as overseeing the custom application development performed at Edwards around enterprise solutions and Microsoft Project for both desktop and server as well as SharePoint. Fletcher Hearns: Great, thank you Kyle.

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MPUG

JULY 1, 2020

He has maintained his depth knowledge of projects with each release, and is a leading authority in the use and features of project, project server and project online. Hey listen, Kyle is going to manage the questions today. If you’ve attended any of my webinars, you know what to expect. Sam Huffman: Thank you Kyle.

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Sudipta Lahiri

JANUARY 11, 2014

Unfortunately, as Ron Jeffries put it, “Agile is founded on management of scope, not predicting when you’ll be done, even if you had fixed team size and “fixed” scope.”. Yet, a significant portion of the software development community does want to adopt some of the Agile/Lean principles that they believe they will benefit from.

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