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What Makes Scrum Teams Effective? A scientific investigation of 1.200 Scrum teams

Scrum.org

This post is a non-technical version of an academic paper about Scrum teams that I wrote with Daniel Russo. Daniel is a Professor at the University of Aalborg and is specialized in empirical software engineering. I am an organizational psychologist and Scrum practitioner with a love for survey development and statistics.

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Are Scrum Masters Sufficiently Focused On Valuable Outcomes?

Scrum.org

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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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

And we share results from our own analyses based on actual data from stakeholders and Scrum teams that we collected through the Scrum Team Survey. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. We collected the data through our Scrum Team Survey.

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Top Project Management Conferences of 2022

ProjectManager.com

Over 600 project management professionals were surveyed to find out what was impacting their work. Click here to download ProjectManager’s survey report on 2022 project management trends. What to Expect: Sessions focus on agility, software engineering and lean business. Global Scrum Gathering. When: June 5-8.

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What Makes A Good Product Owner?

Scrum.org

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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How To Base Your Beliefs About Agile On Evidence

Scrum.org

What contexts are Scrum suited to, and which not? What if you end up applying a methodology like Scrum to a context where it isn’t suited, and people leave the company as a result? when everyone is pro-Scrum, or against SAFe or against estimation, or exclusively Scrum Masters? Is scaling always a bad idea?

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The 10 Greatest Benefits of SAFe certification in 2022

Agilemania

The 15th State of Agile Survey reported SAFe to be the most popular framework at 37%. SAFe helps in solving project roadblocks :- Leading Safe is a methodology for scaling Scrum-based development. Scrum Master. Certified Scrum Master (CSM). Software Engineer. Salary per annum (in USD). 90,000 – 100,000.