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The Rhythmic Dance of Agile with Cadence

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Now, you might be thinking what exactly a dance has to do with cadence in Agile? Let’s start first with the definition of cadence. Cadence – Definition and Basics. One can define cadence in Agile as follows: Cadence is a regular, predictable pattern of development work in Agile. Working with Single Cadence.

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How We Reduced Cycle Time from 164 Days to 8 Days in 6 Months

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In December 2020, my friend Adrian Galarza and I delivered a Scrum.org Scrum Pulse Webinar - A Cycle Time Journey: 164 to 8 Days in 6 Months that summarized the journey of Adrian’s Scrum Team. CADENCE & RELIABILITY. CADENCE: What was the sprint cadence you folks started off with? BACKGROUND. UAT is part of DOD. .

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The Three — Wait: Four — Elements of Empiricism

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Source : Scrum Guide 2020. Source : Scrum Guide 2020. To help with inspection, Scrum provides cadence in the form of its five events.”. Source : Scrum Guide 2020. Source : Scrum Guide 2020. Source : Scrum Guide 2020. Transparency enables inspection. Inspection enables adaptation.

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5  misconceptions about Scrum's Sprint Event

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As the 2020 Scrum Guide puts it, “Rather than provide people with detailed instructions, the rules of Scrum guide their relationships and interactions.”. According to the 2020 Scrum Guide, the Sprint is the “heartbeat” of Scrum. So, there are no directions about HOW to run your Scrum team. Conclusion.

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A Deeper Look: Top Changes in the New 2020 Scrum Guide for Agile Practitioners

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Introduction of Cadence. For the first time, we are introduced of a concept called “Cadence.” Cadence is used in other Agile frameworks such as Kanban , and is basically a rhythm that gets developed as one continuously follows a set of events over a period of time. Lean Thinking. References. [1]

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Using OKRs with Scrum and Evidence Based Management

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Embedding OKRs into Scrum's Inspect/Adapt Cadence. Scrum.org (2020) The Evidence-Based Management Guide. It reinforces that the focus for executives is to provide teams with a clear, realistic, audatious goal that has a measurable, tangible impact that will drive improved performance for both stakeholders as well as the teams. .

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The Forgotten Scrum Event

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And yet, the Sprint serves a pivotal role in Scrum by setting the cadence for feedback, inspection and adaptation in Scrum. 2020 Scrum Guide ) The Sprint is a container for all of the other events in Scrum. However, it's crucial to recognize that the Sprint sets the cadence for all of the other events.

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