Scrum.org

AUGUST 8, 2022

TL; DR: Agile Micromanagement. Nevertheless, the prevailing cause of many messed-up attempts to use Scrum result from what I call agile micromanagement, a pseudo-commitment to agile principles only to be overridden whenever it seems beneficial from a stakeholder’s or manager’s perspective. Source : Scrum Guide 2020.

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Scrum.org

MAY 21, 2021

This year was the 20th anniversary of the Agile Manifesto for Software Development, and in many sectors, agile ways of working have long since become the standard. There are also many explanations of what agility really means, but there is agreement on the core meaning: focus on customers and their needs.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 28, 2021

TL; DR: The Lack of Agile Leadership Qualities — When Change Agents Don’t Act as Role Models. When Scrum becomes an element of an agile transformation, a lack of agile leadership qualities on the incumbents’ side may impede its overall progress significantly despite the best efforts of all other change agents.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

“ I am looking for people who dare to dream, not for people that will explain what cannot be done. ” —Jack Knott, Former E-Pack Digital Printing CEO Not too long before the COVID-19 pandemic broke loose, early 2020, I got a phone call from the Vice President of R&D of a biochemical startup company.

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Scrum.org

MAY 21, 2020

A Live Virtual Meetup on June 4, 2020. Moreover, considering remote work as the new normal — where does this development leave the Scrum Master or agile coach? Let’s find out on June 4th at the 23rd Hands-on Agile virtual meetup when we come together to identify a robust strategy for moving forward. ?? Related Content.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 30, 2021

In this highly engaging speaker session from the Agile Camp Berlin 2021, Dave West talks about why orienting to value rather than work is a crucial requirement for building an agile capability: Velocity of Value. ?? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 31,000-plus other subscribers. ??

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Scrum is the most popular Agile framework. According to the latest State of Agile survey from Digital.ai, 90% of teams who are using an Agile framework are using Scrum. SAFe is a separate framework designed for scaling Agile practices to larger organizations. Scrum is a framework, which means it’s not a rulebook.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 4, 2022

TL; DR: Business Agility, Scrum and Generative AI’s Take on Getting There. I thought it might be fun to ask ChatGPT a few questions about business agility in general and Scrum in particular. . ???? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 36,000-plus other subscribers. ??

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 28, 2020

As 2020 comes to an end, you are probably considering how to further your career as a Scrum Master or Product Owner in 2021. Maybe, I can support you in that regard with a set of six articles that proved to be the most popular in 2020. Most Popular Posts of 2020 for Scrum Master and Product Owners.

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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? Read on and learn how to employ search engines, LinkedIn’s people search, reach out to peers in the agile community, and analyze the event markets in the quest for your next Scrum Master job.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) is a well-known practice for collaboration and teams use it to bridge the gap between product management and the software development team. It is also very popular among quality engineers to develop test automation frameworks. above story/description is optional.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 3, 2022

They range from Product Owner and Scrum Master interview questions to a variety of Scrum anti-patterns to the most engaging polls on seemingly simple questions on “agile” in general and Scrum in particular. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 33,000-plus subscribers. ?? Would you recommend SAFe ?

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Scrum.org

MAY 21, 2021

This year was the 20th anniversary of the Agile Manifesto for Software Development, and in many sectors, agile ways of working have long since become the standard. There are also many explanations of what agility really means, but there is agreement on the core meaning: focus on customers and their needs.

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Inloox

DECEMBER 3, 2020

You can read all the basics about the agile method Scrum in this blogpost: The Scrum Methodology. In this blog post we will show you what changes have been made in the latest version of November 2020 with the title "Scrum Guide 2020 - The Definitive Guide to Scrum The Rules of the Game" 1. and much more.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 10, 2020

What looked like a good idea back in the 1990ies—outsourcing software development as a non-essential business area—has meanwhile massively backfired for a lot of legacy organizations. Learn more about typical anti-patterns and signs that an organization is causing a toxic team culture, impeding its efforts to become agile. ??

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Scrum.org

APRIL 19, 2021

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 30,000-plus other subscribers. Join more than 145 peers from May 27-29, 2021 , for the Virtual Agile Camp Berlin 2021, a live virtual Barcamp using open space technology principles and practices. Remember, “Agile” is a mindset, not a methodology.

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Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2020

Regularly, we find articles from developers detailing why ‘Agile’ in general and Scrum’s nature, in particular, deserve our collective disdain. Join the 25th Hands-on Agile meetup on August 20, 2020, to explore the virtual Ecocycle Planning. Agile software development is not about solving (code) puzzles all day long.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 18, 2020

In the end, the sources I used for describing the evolutions of the definition of Scrum are: The paper “SCRUM Software Development Process” by Ken Schwaber (1995, 1996). The book “Agile Software Development with Scrum” by Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle (2002). Gunther Verheyen. independent Scrum Caretaker.

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Leading Answers

JULY 10, 2020

How does work from home impact our use of agile approaches? If co-location is no longer possible, can we still be agile? Yes, of course we can, and in many ways, now we need to be more agile than ever as we try new approaches, learn and adapt how we work. The Agile Manifesto and Agile Principles do not mention co-location.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 14, 2021

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 31,000-plus other subscribers. ?? Join more us on July 6, 2021, for the Hands-on Agile #32: How to Win with Agile Resistant Teams—Scott Weiner. The Accountability of the Developers According to the Scrum Guide. Source : Scrum Guide 2020.

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Henny Portman

JANUARY 6, 2021

A few weeks ago, I received the latest report from the Standish Group – CHAOS 2020: Beyond Infinity – written by Jim Johnson. project-success-qrc-standish-group-chaos-report-2020 Download. The Epilogue takes a look at 60 years of software development. To order CHAOS 2020: Beyond I nfinity.

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Scrum.org

JULY 5, 2022

During the first year of the pandemic, Scrum adoption more than doubled for software development teams. According to the 15th Annual State of Agile Report, the use of agile approaches for software development grew from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021. I don’t think that is a coincidence. . . .

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 31, 2021

Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide! Evidence-based Management for Software Organisations is a framework from Scrum.org to help organisations focus their efforts on most valuable improvements and monitor their effect on the organisation. Let’s forget as well the 20 years of the success of agility when there is focus and courage.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

Many organisations wrestle with the seeming incompatibility between agile and release management, and they struggle with release planning and predictable delivery. Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide! TL;DR; Without working software, you can’t build trust and you don’t know when you will get the next piece of working software.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 33,000-plus subscribers. ??

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 25, 2021

Read on and learn how to employ search-engines, LinkedIn’s people search, reaching out to peers in the agile community, and analyzing the event markets in the quest for your next Scrum Master job. ?? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 29k other subscribers. Job advertisement. Job interview.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

(Please note that I will continue using ‘role’ on occasions throughout this document, although the Scrum Guide 2020 now speaks of ‘accountabilities.’). A Product Owner is an innovator at heart and thus a value creator for customers and organizations if given a chance to work in an agile manner.

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International Institute for Learning

MAY 26, 2020

By Scott Ambler | Vice President, Chief Scientist of Disciplined Agile at Project Management Institute. This post is a supplement to Scott’s upcoming keynote at IIL’s Agile & Scrum 2020 Online Conference ]. In this blog I describe the mindset behind PMI’s Disciplined Agile (DA) tool kit, overviewed in Figure 1.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Myth 1: Scrum Is 'Dead' The reality: Scrum, the most popular Agile framework, has seen significant growth in adoption over the past few years. According to the annual State of Agile report from Digital AI, Scrum adoption surged from 58% to an impressive 87% of Agile teams between 2020 and 2022. for more on this topic.)

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 11, 2021

Read more on how you can use the Scrum Guide 2020 Reordered to spot patterns quickly. ?? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 29k other subscribers. The Scrum Guide 2020. Source : The Scrum Guide 2020. Conclusion—The Scrum Guide Edition 2020.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 4, 2021

You can sign up here for our weekly ‘Food of Agile Thought newsletter’ and join 29k other subscribers. ?? Join us on February 3, 2021: Hands-on Agile #29: Scrum Guide 2020 — Reloaded. These should allow an interviewer to deep dive into candidates’ understanding of Scrum and their agile mindset.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

On the other hand, the Scrum Master Theses also cover, for example, the relationship with the Product Owner, they deal with agile metrics, and how to kick-off an agile transition, thus moving beyond the original framework of the Scrum Guide. Agile Metrics. Do you want to get this article in your inbox?

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TrustRadius Project Management

APRIL 26, 2021

It’s safe to say that 2020 was a terrible year for most people. The “unprecedented circumstances” of 2020 brought new jargon to the forefront. Close your eyes and imagine the most common phrase you heard in 2020. Was #1 in 2020). Was #4 in 2020). Was #3 in 2020). The Most Annoying Business Jargon of 2021.

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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. True agilists” would never employ SAFe® to help transition corporations to agility. SAFe® is an abomination of all essential principles of “agility.”

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Scrum.org

JUNE 1, 2021

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 31,000-plus other subscribers. Join more us on July 6, 2021, for the Hands-on Agile #32: How to Win with Agile Resistant Teams—Scott Weiner. Remember, “Agile” is a mindset, not a methodology. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Leading Answers

NOVEMBER 8, 2020

When should we be using an agile approach for our project? The agile convert might claim “Always,” just as the predictive enthusiast could scream “Never!” Agile suitability tools are nothing new. We can learn techniques for running traditional, predictive projects and adaptive, agile ones.

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Planio

JULY 22, 2020

We combed through best-seller lists, spoke with veteran PMs, and read a ton to put together this list of the best project management books for upgrading your career in 2020. Key lessons inside: Jeff Sutherland is one of the masters of Agile project management. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (6th edition).

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