Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2023

One of the most exciting outcomes of Scrum being adopted by a team is innovation. The following interview is with Marjolein Pilon , a Scrum Master from the Netherlands. But I know you have some practical ideas for how Scrum and Teams can help. What if all Scrum Teams would do that? Broadly that is described as innovation.

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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

APRIL 8, 2020

While classes are re-scheduled in the Fall, some of us Scrum trainers are refocusing our energy to help the household while others are investigating how to conduct interactive online training. We can support the world’s desire to learn and grow while providing outstanding Scrum classes online. This is a hard time for all of us.

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SCRUM Technical Review Software Engineering Energy 186

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In Scrum Events across the world, I hear repeated the phrase “that’s how agile works” when describing behaviours that are both unprofessional and the very opposite of an agile mindset. Agility requires more planning, more knowledge, more diligence, more discipline, and more competence… not less!

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Software Review Agile Software Engineering Engineering 166

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 4, 2020

Scrum doesn’t help complete the product faster rather than how quickly a team can release a product. They got training on Scrum, understood concepts, and formed teams, but struggle to commit. Ideally, scrum masters and the management team could do that, but challenges come when Scrum Masters struggle. It is essential.

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Software Review Technical Review SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team 253

Scrum.org

JANUARY 25, 2021

TL; DR: Scrum Master Job — 4 Steps to Identify Suitable Employers or Clients. Are you considering a new Scrum Master job? Don’t worry; there are four steps of proactive research to identify suitable employers or clients for Scrum Masters and avoid disappointment later. The Scrum Master Job Market Is Promising.

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SCRUM Technical Review Engineering Lean 191

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

If you are planning on a career in tech, do the IBM IT Project Manager Certificate instead. Make a plan of how much time you have to study and stick to it. For example, in the Intro to Agile Development and Scrum course. If you are aiming for an IT job, you’d be better off taking that course.

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Technical Review Certification Software Review PMI 340

Agilemania

OCTOBER 13, 2021

– Planning an Iteration. Scrum Master. To gain understanding of the role of Scrum Master in SAFe ecosystem. SAFe Scrum Master. – Role of Scrum Master. – Experiencing PI Planning. – Role in PI Planning. – Role in Iteration planning. DevOps Engineer.

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Certification Software Engineering Lean Engineering 98

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 31, 2023

However, the Introduction to Agile Development and Scrum course does recommend that you are comfortable using a computer and that you’ve had some involvement in software development or IT project management, perhaps as a team member or stakeholder in development projects. But it is up to you. What certificate do you get?

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Certification Technical Review Software Review 2023 338

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

There may be slight differences in variables, such as cost, time, and materials, but they will most likely be within a tolerance we can accept and plan for. In software that the production line may take the form of an automated build and deployment. A great example of that are scrum values. Problem solved.

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Agile Software Engineering Engineering Energy 174

Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

Exploring Agile methodologies provides teams with flexible, efficient, and collaborative approaches to software development and project management. Beyond Scrum , several Agile frameworks were developed to address the unique needs and challenges of projects and teams.

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Software Review Technical Review Agile SCRUM 52

Scrum.org

JANUARY 13, 2019

The Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK) course has now been out for more than 6 months at Scrum.org. As one of the first few trainers who wanted to teach this course when it came out, I find that it is a great way to combine the Scrum framework with Kanban as a strategy to deliver value to your customer.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 11, 2022

If you are a software engineer, show me your software projects. For example, perhaps you’ve contributed to lots of project budget planning as part of projects but only lead the effort to create a project budget from scratch just once. What types of projects should you include on your application for a new role?

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Technical Review Budget Prince2 Software Review 433

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Let’s try Scrum. . The organisation first decides where and how to do business, then plans to execute that decision, and then tries to execute the plan. He has helped many organisations adopt agile software delivery practices, including large banking, payments, telecom, and product organisations. We can help.

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Gunther Verheyen

DECEMBER 26, 2023

My work as an independent Scrum Caretaker via my one-person company Ullizee-Inc is the sole source of money for our family. Scrum is what I do for a living. Scrum is what I’ve been practicing for the past 20+ years. And although it may look as if there was a plan , there wasn’t.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 31, 2019

Working software over comprehensive documentation: Documentation takes time. Each piece of documentation, from technical requirements to testing plans and other specifications, requires approval. While documentation has its value, in the agile mindset, it is software that is paramount. This delays development.

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Agile 2001 Software Developers Software Development 282

Scrum.org

JANUARY 13, 2019

The Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK) course has now been out for more than 6 months at Scrum.org. As one of the first few trainers who wanted to teach this course when it came out, I find it is a great way to combine the Scrum framework with Kanban as a strategy to deliver value to your customer.

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2001 Software Engineering SCRUM Engineering 98

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. From our own quantitative research with 1.200 Scrum Teams , we know that teams are more effective when they are more aware of the needs of their stakeholders. The Scrum Guide seems pretty clear about what Product Owners are accountable for.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

Staggered iterations lead to more technical debt and lower quality software. Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide! If you are moving from a 4-year iterative process to a 4-month one you will see the value, but your process will be opaque and will only reduce your ability to deliver working software.

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Software Review Technical Review Software Engineering SCRUM 176

Scrum.org

JULY 7, 2020

Join the 25th Hands-on Agile meetup on August 20, 2020, to explore the virtual Ecocycle Planning. From the long list of observation, heuristics, and mental models in psychology, organizational design, or software engineering, I pick six “agile laws” that seem to be particularly relevant in this area of distributed agile teams: Conway’s Law.

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Technical Review Agile Software Review Software Engineering 136

The Strategic Project Manager

DECEMBER 9, 2022

Feature-driven Development (FDD) is one of several agile methodologies or approaches (some other popular ones include Scrum , XP , DSDM, and Crystal ). Plan by feature – With a list of features in hand, planning includes: prioritization, grouping according to skill set, and other considerations specific to the situation.

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Agile Lean SCRUM Software Engineering 52

Binfire

AUGUST 27, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used by software engineers and IT professionals for the past sixteen years. In the late twenty century, many software engineering researchers in academia were studying the disturbing fact that most software and IT projects finish late or fail to finish at all.

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Agile Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review 97

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

TL; DR: Getting Hired as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach Are you considering a new Scrum Master or Agile Coach job? Don’t worry; there are four steps of proactive research to identify suitable employers or clients for getting hired as a Scrum Master and avoid disappointment later. I just received my author copies ! ?

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SCRUM Agile 2024 Engineering 155

Agilemania

MARCH 3, 2022

Scrum is a lightweight framework through which people can address complex problems while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest quality. . Scrum is based on 3 pillars of empirical process control that are difficult to master for many teams. Scrum has 3 roles that are central to its success-.

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Certification Lean Development Team Review Engineering 52

Leading Agile

OCTOBER 19, 2022

As strategic priorities shift toward a focus on technology, hiring Scrum coaches just isn’t going to suffice to make Agile work. Especially when you’re running up against the complex and seemingly impossible process of untangling monolithic legacy software. Agile Impediment 1: Packaged Software.

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Agile Software Review Technical Review Software Engineering 96

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 147

Binfire

APRIL 7, 2017

In the late twenty century many software engineering researchers in academia were studying the disturbing fact that most software and IT projects finish late or fail to finish at all. The above three assumptions are the foundation and bedrock how the traditional project management methodology were planned.

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Agile Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review 100

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

Our knowledge of this world - the planned and actual behaviors of the project. The naturally occurring work effort in the development of a software feature - even if we've built the feature before - is an irreducible uncertainty. Mazzuchi, and Shahram Sarkani, Systems Engineering , Volume 17, Issue 4, Winter 2014, Pages: 375–391.

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Scrum.org

MAY 17, 2022

The first intuition of many Scrum Masters?—?including I have a hunch that this single observation alludes to a more persistent pattern across Scrum Masters. Namely, that Scrum Masters are often more focused on the quality of the process than on the value of the outcomes. So what do Scrum Masters do most of their time?

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SCRUM 2021 Software Review 2017 184

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 16, 2017

Software Sizing and Estimating: Mk II FPA , Charles Symons, John Wiley & Sons, 1991. Agile Estimating and Planning , Mike Cohn, Prentice Hall, 2006. Estimating Software Costs: Bringing Realism to Estimating , Second Edition, Capers Jones, 2007.

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Software Developers Software Development Estimate 2006 46

Epicflow Blog

MAY 14, 2019

Create a Solid Project Plan and Clear Business Case. Creating a clear business case and a critical path that designs your plans can help you plan well. Being attentive to the needs of your sponsor from the very beginning of your project also enhances the effectiveness of planning: “What is the main cause for project failure?

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 2002 Software Review 75

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. Planning, Tracking, and Reducing Complex Project’s Value at Risk,” Tyson R.

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

Stepping Into Project Management

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

If this help you find a job you love, that makes it all worthwhile. So, here are a few: Project Manager (United Health Group)- Hyderabad (India) Project Manager – Job No. So, here are a few: Project Manager (United Health Group)- Hyderabad (India) Project Manager – Job No.

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Software Review Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Software Engineering 31

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Let’s be honest – being the only Scrum Master in an organization is not fun! That is why I found working in organizations where we had a team of Scrum Masters or other Agile professionals a much more rewarding experience. Scrum thrives on self-managing cross-functional teams. The next step if to create a plan for your community.

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SCRUM Software Engineering Engineering Lean 192

Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

Taxonomy-Based Risk Identification,” Marvin Carr, Suresh Konda, Ira Monarch, Carlo Ulrich, and Clay Walker, Technical Report, CMU/SEI-93-TR-6, Software Engineering Institute, June 1993. IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering , Vol. Planning, Tracking, and Reducing Complex Project’s Value at Risk,” Tyson R.

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Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

Leading Agile

MAY 25, 2023

In Agile, you only get the full benefits of Scrum and SAFe when certain conditions are met in the organization. Solid technical practices and your full-stack developer’s software craftsmanship are also limited by the conditions inside your organization. That’s what user stories do, that’s what Scrum does.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Technical Review CTO Hire 62

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. Why our brain is not built for software engineering. Cognitive paradigms, applied to Scrum / Agile.

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