Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Let’s lead the way to a more agile future together. Exploring this project management aspect within Scrum reveals a complex relationship between project management skills and agile practices which we only just touched upon. Don't want to miss any of these blog posts? We have some scheduled in the coming period.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 9, 2023

I have been working on agile projects for the past 10 years. A couple of years ago, I asked by an executive how he would know if the money they invested on setting up these agile release trains was working? He was essentially asking me to prove the “ROI” for agile and to measure delivery of value.

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Kiron Bondale

APRIL 5, 2020

After doing a number of articles related to the pandemic, I’d planned to write about something completely different, but as my weekly blogging time drew near I realized that there was (at least) one more topic I needed to write about.

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The IIL Blog

MAY 1, 2024

By Nagaraja Gundappa First things first – let’s define business agility: Business agility, alternatively called enterprise agility and organizational agility, is the ability of an organization to rapidly adapt to market and environmental changes in productive and cost-effective ways according to PMI’s Disciplined Agile.

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The IIL Blog

AUGUST 14, 2024

By Steven Briggs While it’s commonly believed that Agile environments don’t need resource planning, this couldn’t be farther from the truth. Since Agile methodologies encourage adaptability, flexibility, and collaboration, they only create an efficient system for achieving the company’s goals. So, let’s get started.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 1, 2021

Recently, I have been discussing some reasons why Agile Transformation may fail or go slowly. In this blog, I am presenting some success factors that might help your organization move toward Agility. . As before , we need to emphasize that Agile Transformation is a process that never ends. There is no end state.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 17, 2020

TL; DR: Remote Agile, Part 1: Practices & Tools for Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and Product Owners. Agile has always been about colocation, about direct communication, physical boards, and all the other haptic and analog moments to create value in the digital realm. Do you want to get this article in your inbox?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 4, 2024

Remember, the journey from Project Manager to Scrum Master is about enhancing your agility, not just adapting a framework. Exploring this project management aspect within Scrum reveals a complex relationship between project management skills and agile practices which we only just touched upon. Let's embark on this journey together.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

TL; DR: The Agile Metrics Survey 2021. If you value agile practices, it is crucial to know if a job offering or a prospective business partner that claims to be “agile” really keeps its promises. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? The Intention Behind the Agile Metric Survey 2021.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 15, 2024

Some Steps for a Successful Transition Embrace Unlearning and Learning: Recognize the need to shed traditional project management practices that conflict with agile values and embrace the empirical, collaborative nature of Scrum. Don't want to miss any of these blog posts? Have the “From PM to PSM” series weekly in your mailbox.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In this highly engaging talk at the Agile Camp Berlin 2021, Jimmy Janlén addresses the core element of “Agile,” it’s key to speed, innovation, and success: team autonomy. Shall I notify you about articles like this one? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 34,000-plus subscribers. ??

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 23, 2024

In this article, we'll talk about what you should include in that kind of meeting: the project kick-off meeting. Project kick-off meeting agenda I have another article with detailed guidance on how to create a meeting agenda , but there are definitely some specific topics you'll want to include in a project initiation meeting agenda.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 24, 2024

But, in terms of for example process and role complexity, Scrum weighs much less compared to most “agile” methodologies. I hope you find value in these short articles and if you are looking for more clarifications, feel free to take contact. Don't want to miss any of these blog posts?

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Scrum.org

JUNE 24, 2021

In this highly engaging speaker session from the Agile Camp Berlin 2021, Viktor Cessan shares lessons learned as an agile coach when working with systems, resulting in evidence-based interventions. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one? I do Systems and Agile coaching and I’m based in Stockholm, Sweden.

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Leading Answers

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

We intuitively know that a successful agile adoption requires more than copying agile practices. You may have seen the “agile iceberg” model that shows the visible practices agile teams perform as the tip of an enormous iceberg supported by a mindset, values and principles. Belief in the core agile mindset and values.

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Scrum.org

JULY 22, 2021

In this highly engaging speaker session from the Agile Camp Berlin 2021, John Cutler delves into the advantages of linking strategy to everyday work: Motivation, inspiration, seeing the big picture despite working on a small iteration. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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The IIL Blog

JUNE 28, 2023

By Alan Zucker Agile seems like a mystery to many. However, when we step back and inspect agile, we see that it follows common, recognizable patterns from our daily lives. Let’s explore how agile practices can be applied to this common predicament. It has an unfamiliar vocabulary and practices. Imagine it is Thursday evening.

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The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Lee Henson Within the Agile framework, work in progress (WIP) is the amount of work that is currently being worked on but not yet completed by the team or organization. Limiting WIP is one of the core principles of Agile, and it is a critical aspect of ensuring that Agile teams can deliver high-quality products on time and within budget.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 30, 2020

TL; DR: Mastering Zoom — Remote Agile (Part 3). In this third post of the Remote Agile series, we address the tool at the heart of working with a distributed team as a Scrum Master, Agile Coach, or Product Owner: Zoom. Do you want to get this article in your inbox? Let’s have a look at what mastering Zoom is all about.

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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

JULY 16, 2021

There are loads of blog posts, articles and podcasts about agile - what it should be, what it should do, how it should look? Using funny anecdotes as well as real-life experiences, John and Tobias bring you a raw yet inspiring account of agile in motion, a consolidation of a decade of experience right to your ears. . .

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Inloox

DECEMBER 4, 2019

8: Objectives and Key Results: How to Set and Manage Goals with OKR Leadership changes in times of agile organizations. In this article we explain why that is, list the most important elements of a kick-off meeting and give you a checklist for planning one. #2: That's exactly what we're going to examine briefly in this blog post. #1:

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Leading Answers

AUGUST 25, 2020

There has been a debate raging since 2012 about the use and value of estimates on agile projects. It has spawned the #NoEstimates hashtag, a website, a book and countless blog posts and conference presentations. This article sets out to unravel some of it. It is just that they call them forecasts, not estimates.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2023

In this article, we’ll cover what you need to know about the different categories of PDUs and how many you need to get, plus some simple and free ways to earn PDUs in 2023. PDUs with the Agile PrepCast $129 Earn 30.5 PDUs by listening to The Agile PrepCast and learning more about agile tools and methods. Free training!

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 28, 2018

Over on the eLynxx Solutions blog, the article Top 4 Reasons Why Spreadsheets are the Wrong Tool for Managing Projects brings up the biggest limitation of spreadsheets for project management: they aren’t designed to store files, annotations, conversations, and related information that are essential parts of project communication and collaboration.

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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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NimbleWork

FEBRUARY 18, 2024

When the Agile methodology was first introduced, it was embraced as a welcome replacement to the rigid Waterfall approach. The community largely accepted Agile and Waterfall as mutually exclusive project management paradigms. Critics of Agile believed that Agile simply translates into fast failure.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 7, 2021

TL; DR: Essential Agile Failure Patterns — When Noise Interferes with Signal. When Scrum becomes an element of an agile transformation, the following three common essential agile failure patterns prove to be an exceptionally tough nut to crack for any Scrum Master. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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The IIL Blog

AUGUST 14, 2024

With Guest Roy Shilling, hosted by Dr. Leon Herszon August 14, 2024 Join Dr. Leon Herszon as he interviews Roy Schilling, an expert in agile transformations and a seasoned consultant. Explore the challenges organizations face during agile transitions, the key elements for success, and the potential pitfalls.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 22, 2020

TL; DR: The Agile Movers & Shakers Interview w/ Ryan Ripley. He hosts the Agile for Humans podcast and most recently co-wrote Fixing Your Scrum: Practical Solutions for Common Scrum Problems with Todd Miller for PragProg. Do you want to get future articles in your inbox? Do you want to get future articles in your inbox?

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

He has also written articles for a wide variety of print publications and websites. Madsen’s Twitter account is a must-follow for project management information and continuing education, and her thoroughly researched and engaging writing on the industry has previously appeared on our blog. Susanne Madsen. Lindsay Scott.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 1, 2024

I have been trainer in PRINCE2® and PRINCE2 Agile®, in Management of Portfolios (MoP®) and Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O®), and in AgilePM®. For one or another reason I always went back to two small papers; a manifesto and a framework: the Manifesto for Agile Software Development ( [link] ), and the Scrum framework ( [link] ).

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Inloox

DECEMBER 11, 2018

There was a lot going on at InLoox in 2018, which is also reflected on the InLoox blog. In this blog post you learn whether the 6-hour workday could be an alternative for your company, too. #4: If you’re too slow and don’t adapt quickly enough, you’ll get left behind. #5: 5: Productivity 2.0:

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The IIL Blog

MAY 17, 2023

Insights from Bosch By Johannes Köber Agility, dynamic, and flexibility are trendsetting words, with good reason. These challenges impact project management practices and project managers, spurring much-cited Agile Transformation. billion euros and is already implementing agile transformation in many units.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 29, 2024

Potential dangers for project Managers, just picking out two from my experiences Over-Reliance on Predictive Models: Traditional project management often leans towards predictive models, which can be less effective in complex, adaptive scenarios where agile methodologies excel. Don't want to miss any of these blog posts?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 24, 2020

TL; DR: Remote Agile (Part 2): Virtual Liberating Structures. Last week, we addressed basic practices and tools of remote agile with distributed teams. Based on that article, I also ran a live virtual class, the recording of which will be made available soon on the Age-of-Product’s Youtube channel. Liberating Structures.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 19, 2024

Steps you can take as Project Manager to transition to a professional use of the Scrum framework: Adopt an Agile Mindset: Embrace the agile principles of flexibility, responsiveness, and collaboration. I hope you find value in these short articles and if you are looking for more clarifications, feel free to take contact.

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