Scrum.org

MARCH 4, 2024

For professional Project Managers transitioning to Professional Scrum Masters, this concept requires a nuanced understanding. Scrum, by its nature, is a framework designed for adaptability and responsiveness, not tailored in the traditional sense. Focus on Value Delivery: In Scrum, the focus is always on delivering value.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2023

We started this Scrum foundation series explaining we see four underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. In the past series of blog posts we covered the three pillars of Empiricism, and we covered the Scrum Values. Self-managing, meaning the team internally decides who does what, when, and how.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

What is the ‘Navigating the Scrum Events’ Series? If you or your team are new to Scrum, you can use this as a starting point to answer, “what should we be doing and why?” for each Scrum Event. The Sprint Sprint Planning Daily Scrum Sprint Review Sprint Retrospective Daily Scrum - What’s The Point?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 1, 2024

At your next Sprint Retrospective, why not work with your Scrum team to identify a New Year's Resolution? Focus on improving your Scrum game in 2024 with one of these five resolutions to enhance collaboration within your team and deliver value sooner to your customers. 1) Focus on Incremental Delivery What is it?

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Scrum.org

MAY 10, 2022

As Scrum.org professionals, we have coached, trained and mentored thousands of Scrum Masters and consulted the organizations they work with, and we’ve consistently encountered similar issues that not only limit Scrum Teams from thriving, but also restrict empiricism from working. That’s Mechanical Scrum.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 14, 2023

We started this Scrum foundation series explaining we see four underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. In the past series of blog posts we covered the three pillars of Empiricism, and we covered the Scrum Values. Self-managing, meaning the team internally decides who does what, when, and how.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

I spend a lot of time talking to organizations that are adopting Scrum. They are applying the ideas of Scrum to deliver more value to their customers faster and with higher quality. The Scrum Guide 2020 describes the Product Backlog as, "The single source of work undertaken by the Scrum Team."

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SCRUM Finance Manufacturing 2020 198

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

What Is a Project Management Methodology? Some of them work better on particular industries or projects, so you’ll need to learn about project management methodologies to decide which one works best for you. If you manage projects, you need to learn about project management methodologies. Top 10 Project Management Methodologies.

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Technical Review Prince2 Manufacturing Lean 483

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

What is the ‘Navigating the Scrum Events’ Series? If you or your team are new to Scrum, you can use this as a starting point to answer, “what should we be doing and why?” for each Scrum Event. The Sprint Sprint Planning Daily Scrum Sprint Review Sprint Retrospective Sprint Retrospective - What’s The Point?

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2023

Remember that Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and that adaptation is the third pillar, following transparency and inspection. Each of the Scrum accountabilities participates in one or more adaptations. Based on learnings from each Sprint, the team is having their retrospective.

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The IIL Blog

APRIL 24, 2024

So, what is value? What makes them happy? What are they willing to pay for? What differentiates us from our competitors or alternatives? They learn from their customers and continually innovate. They ensure alignment between what the organization values and does. Toyota was a Lean pioneer.

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Scrum.org

JULY 14, 2022

We started this Scrum foundation series explaining we see four underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. In the past series of mails we covered the three pillars of Empiricism, the Scrum Values, and Self-Management. A self-managing team is taking decisions about who does what, when, and how.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

The more people become proficient in living the Scrum values, the more successful the use of Scrum will be. When the Scrum values are embodied by the Scrum Team and the people they work with, the empirical Scrum pillars come to life, building trust. Have the Courage to explicitly state what was not Done.

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SCRUM Planning 171

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

B – Project Management Terms Backlog Backlog is a term from the Agile methodology Scrum, but is also used across industries to track every single thing that is needed to complete a product in development. Read Peter Landau’s article How to Write a Business Case to learn more about its structure.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Lean Event Chain 393

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 15, 2021

Scrum - The Leader’s Perspective. If you’re leading Scrum Teams or generally are a leader in an organization that’s leveraging Scrum? Are you feeling a bit left out after reading the Scrum Guide ? The Scrum Guide describes the leadership required by the Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Developers.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

When people are first introduced to Scrum, often one of the questions they have is “ what do Scrum Masters *really* do all day? ”. Often, people end up discovering the answer to this question by themselves during the training, or as they start practicing Scrum in their teams.

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SCRUM Finance Budget Consulting 117

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

What is the ‘Navigating the Scrum Events’ Series? If you or your team are new to Scrum, you can use this as a starting point to answer, “what should we be doing and why?” for each Scrum Event. The Sprint Sprint Planning Daily Scrum Sprint Review Sprint Retrospective Sprint Review - What’s The Point?

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SCRUM Planning 184

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 4, 2022

The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. We’ll explore the scrum methodology in-depth, but before that, let’s start with a simple scrum definition. Learn More!

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SCRUM Software Review Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team 338

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

We started this Scrum foundation series explaining we see four underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. In the past series of mails we covered the three pillars of Empiricism, the Scrum Values, and Self-Management. A self-managing team is taking decisions about who does what, when, and how.

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SCRUM Agile 188

Scrum.org

MARCH 18, 2022

Prior to reading this blog, please read the introduction to this series here. Professional Teaching is a complex skill that requires practitioners to probe, sense and respond to a changing learning environment. Consider how engaged you were in training your employer forced you into – did you learn a lot?

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SCRUM Technical Review Defining Consulting 177

Scrum.org

JANUARY 3, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum 2022 — Getting You Started as Scrum Master or Product Owner. Probably, you are considering how to further your Scrum Master career or Product Owner career in 2022. Good luck with Scrum 2022—just stick to first principles! Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes !

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Scrum.org

JUNE 22, 2023

Remember that Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and that adaptation is the third pillar, following transparency and inspection. Let’s have a look at the Daily Scrum. This is very logical: while building the team learns and discovers and as such have to adapt their plan to achieve the agreed Sprint Goal.

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SCRUM Controlling Planning Process 173

Scrum.org

AUGUST 27, 2023

Many in the Agile community consider the Scaled Agile Framework designed by Dean Leffingwell and Drew Jemilo as unagile, violating the Agile Manifesto and the Scrum Guide. Learn more about nine reasons for this development. Yet there are lessons to learn. ? Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available ! ?

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Certification SCRUM Risk Management Agile 168

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

What is the ‘Navigating the Scrum Events’ Series? If you or your team are new to Scrum, you can use this as a starting point to answer, “What should we be doing and why?” for each Scrum Event. Sprint Planning - What’s The Point? Anyone on the Scrum Team can take this on.

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SCRUM Planning Defining Estimate 192

Leading Agile

APRIL 17, 2024

Expeditions & Basecamps Our approach to transformation starts with taking Expeditions and moving them through a series of incremental steps called Basecamps. Outcomes-Based Planning There’s a tendency amongst Agilists to say that I’m just going to show up, coach, and teach people Scrum. But what if that doesn’t work?

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Agile Governance Government Executing 131

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 9, 2023

To address this challenge, I facilitated a brief series of workshops and coaching sessions for the Product Director and the adjacent managers/stakeholders. What To Do About It? To address this challenge, I facilitated another series of coaching sessions for the Product Director and the adjacent managers/stakeholders.

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Transportation 2011 SCRUM Initiating 186

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Welcome back to the professional Scrum foundations series. As introduced last week, empiricism is one of the underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. . Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and transparency is one of the three pillars. Common understanding about what? . What does it mean?

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Planning SCRUM Controlling Process 186

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

We started this Scrum foundation series explaining we see four underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. In the past series of mails we covered the three pillars of Empiricism, the Scrum Values, and a Self-Managing and Cross-Functional Team. So what can the Scrum Master focus on?

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SCRUM Planning 197

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

These series are co-written with Ryan Brook based on our upcoming book. Let's define what it is, and also what is not. It's a high-level, strategic plan around what is likely to be done in the future of development. If that is what you are looking for, please close your laptop and never look at this article ever again.

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Innovation Sustainability SCRUM Budget 198

Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2023

If you’re looking to get into Professional Scrum, this might be the first one that comes to mind - and why wouldn't it? With strong industry recognition, a suitably challenging assessment and good availability of learning materials, it’s a great choice. Who do you think the Professional Scrum Master class is for?

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SCRUM Certification Software Review Agile 154

Scrum.org

MAY 19, 2022

Every event in Scrum revolves around the Sprint, which is the heartbeat of Scrum. The Sprint Planning event sets the goal and plan for the Sprint, and the Daily Scrum increases the likelihood of delivering a done increment. The Sprint Review is an opportunity to inspect what the team got done and collaborate on what to do next.

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SCRUM Energy Agile Leadership 242

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

We started this Scrum foundation series explaining we see four underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. In the past series of mails we covered the three pillars of Empiricism, the Scrum Values, and a Self-Managing and Cross-Functional Team. What other reasons? What did we learn about the quality level?

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SCRUM Planning 198

Scrum.org

JANUARY 19, 2023

Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and transparency is one of the three pillars. During each of the Scrum Events, and throughout the Sprint itself, the Scrum Team and the stakeholders need transparency so there is a common understanding. What about the Sprint itself? Do not wait.

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SCRUM Controlling Planning Process 197

Scrum.org

JULY 27, 2023

Remember that Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and that adaptation is the third pillar, following transparency and inspection. Each of the Scrum Artifacts is adapted in one or more Scrum Events in order to minimise deviations to acceptable limits which they have learned during inspection.

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SCRUM Closing Controlling Risk 164

Scrum.org

AUGUST 3, 2023

Remember that Scrum is founded on empirical process control, and that adaptation is the third pillar, following transparency and inspection. Each of the Scrum Artifacts is adapted in one or more Scrum Events in order to minimise deviations to acceptable limits which they have learned during inspection.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 20, 2020

Luckily for project management professionals, there are ample opportunities throughout the year to hunker down with colleagues, network and learn about new techniques and project management technologies in the industry. Learn new and practical insights that can be implemented in your work. Global Scrum Gathering.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 11, 2023

. Several years ago, I was the Scrum Master for a team working on a technology product. At the time, I had no idea what pair programming was. It seemed like an awful waste of time to me, but I suggested that the Developers bring it up at the Sprint Retrospective to see what the other Developers on the team thought.

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Software Review Software Technical Review Development Team Review 190