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Escaping the Feature Factory

Scrum.org

In many large organizations, Scrum teams fall into the ‘feature factory’ trap, focusing more on churning out features than creating real value. It’s too bad that this shift undermines Agile principles and hampers long-term success and innovation.

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Facilitation Tips for the Sprint Review

Scrum.org

How often have you thought: "This Sprint Review is useless and boring!" or "We are just reviewing. internally what we already have seen before as a Scrum Team. How can you avoid poor Sprint Reviews? Interestingly, the fundamental objective and outcome from the Sprint Review are often omitted or. Let's skip.

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Can scrum be used outside software development?

Scrum.org

. Can scrum be used outside software development? I’ve often worked in cases in non-software where I might have had 10 options that I would consider for the team. You need to learn the technical domain. If you understand more about the business domain and the technical domain, you understand what the team is doing.

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5 Steps to Create Technical Documentation That’s (Actually) Helpful

Planio

For as long as we’ve had tools we need help using (and language to talk to each other), we’ve had technical documentation. The first example of technical writing in English dates back to the Middle Ages when Chaucer wrote a guide to the astrolabe—a device used for measuring the distance of stars). Get peer reviews and make revisions.

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It’s all in the Presentation

The Lazy Project Manager

And so the meal continued through a mediocre appetizer and on until the main course finally arrived … without Brussels sprouts (the good news) but also without anything in their place as requested (the bad news). Presentation can win the day. Simple Yet Stylish Project Visuals to Impress Your Audience. But it shouldn’t be so.

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What Is Change Control in Project Management?

ProjectManager.com

Teams get sick. Change is an opportunity for your team to work together to figure out how to respond to the change request. Change control not only reinforces your team’s ability to work better together, but the positive effects bleed into overall efficiency. Weather gets in the way. Supply chains break.

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Definition Of Done (DOD) Explanation and Example

Scrum.org

This article will review a few different thoughts on the DOD, relate the DOD to acceptance criteria, and show an example of a DOD. I've seen Scrum Teams that don't have DODs and Scrum Teams that have such poor DODs that they are not actionable. During this article, we’ll look at some basics about the DOD.