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The Scrum Trap: How Unfit Practices Will Harm Return on Investment

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TL, DR: The Scrum Trap Scrum is a purposefully incomplete framework. Consequently, it needs to be augmented with tools and practices to apply its theoretical foundation to an organization’s business reality: what problems shall be solved for whom in which market? And then there are others — the Scrum trap.

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Unleashing Agile Excellence: How Scrum Training Empowers Developers and Drives Organizational Success

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Image Source: [link] Although Scrum is a well-known framework for agile software development, implementing Scrum alone won’t guarantee success. Inspect and adapt software development process and value delivery more effectively. Scrum helps the team learn what they need quickly.

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5 kinds of Agile bandits: Special Sprints Bandits

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Are Special Sprints in Agile Truly Beneficial? In my journey with Agile, I've often encountered teams embroiled in what I term 'special sprints' – Sprint zeros, refactoring sprints, and bugfix sprints. At first glance, these sprints appear as a savvy adaptation of Agile. Enjoy this video?

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Self-Management: Essential Success Factor or Nice-to-Have?

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TL; DR: Self-Management Is self-management an essential building block on an organization’s path to business agility or a nice-to-have cultural twist to, for example, keep teams happy and attract new talent? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 46,000-plus subscribers. ? ? ? ??

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Escape the Rinse and Repeat Cycle with 5 Sprint Retrospective Ideas

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Retrospectives are a crucial component of the Scrum framework, providing teams with a dedicated space to reflect on their performance and identify opportunities for growth. I once had the opportunity to work with a Scrum Master who followed an identical Retrospective agenda for over a year.

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From Gantt Charts to Agile: The Transformation of Project Management

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This article delves into the key differences between project management today and in the past, highlighting the impact of technology, methodologies, team dynamics, and the growing emphasis on soft skills and sustainability. Tools such as Gantt charts were drawn by hand or created using basic software.

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The 10 Commitments Of An Agile Leader

Scrum.org

Agile has become more than just a buzzword in our complex world. Agility is a mindset, a skillset, a culture, and a driving force behind successful, flexible, and responsive organisations. The Agile Leader's commitment goes beyond mere lip service to the Agile Manifesto. In the Agile world, this couldn't be truer.

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