Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2020

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. Product definition: “A product is a vehicle to deliver value. Roadmap planning is—like Product Backlog refinement—a continuous effort, just at an extended cadence.

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Technical Review SCRUM Cadence 2020 248

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 35,000-plus subscribers. ?? September 27, 2022 : Join 200-plus peers at the 45th Hands-on Agile Meetup: FAST: An Innovative Way to Scale with James Shore. Retrospective : Inspects the Sprint at the team level, the Definition of Done, and creates improvements.

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Leading Agile

JULY 28, 2022

The goal of adopting Agile is always about achieving the desired business outcome unique to the organization that is pursuing it. The Agile mindset can be adapted to fit many industries or businesses. They are the ones that must define clear acceptance criteria and definition of done. Getting to a Definition of Done.

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Agile Technical Review Cadence Software Review 127

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe™) is one of the most popular approaches to applying agile at scale out there. SAFe's perspective is that "Nothing beats an Agile Team" and it doesn't try to reinvent the wheel or even innovate too much when it comes to the Team level. SAFe's Scrum Master is more of an Agile Team Lead.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Technical Review Cadence 172

Leading Agile

APRIL 24, 2019

This is a slightly broader definition of “front-end” that we normally hear from, say, web app developers. If those worlds are not connected, then there’s a limit to the level of business agility the IT department can support. Half-Agile Transformations.

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Technical Review Agile Cadence Infrastructure 120

MPUG

DECEMBER 28, 2020

My perspective is based on my analysis, my own interpretations, and the interactions I’ve had with Agile practitioners who follow my publications, books, and/or courses. For Increment, the commitment is the Definition of Done (DoD). Introduction of Cadence. The diamond shapes in the cadence stream denote the Sprint Reviews.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 27, 2020

Read More : Why Engineers Despise Agile ). Irregular Sprint lengths: The Scrum Team has variable Sprint cadences. Stage-Gate® by DoR: The Scrum Team decides that a definition of ready is advantageous but handles it dogmatically, thus creating a stage-gate-like approval process. What are we fighting for?

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Leading Agile

JUNE 29, 2022

Many teams that operate within Agile are struggling. The story is the same for an abundance of them—the Backlogs from which they operate fail to provide clarity on priority, definition, and scope. We find that the backlogs that Agile teams frequently operate from appear as a thematic list of items that the product owner wants built.

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Agile Cadence Defining Engineering 118

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. Without a regular cadence of delivery of working software any belief that you will get a usable increment is misguided at best. Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide!

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Scrum.org

MAY 24, 2022

I think of the Sprint as the heartbeat of Scrum because it sets the cadence and frequency for the other events. Members discuss how the Sprint went regarding individuals, interactions, processes, tools, and their Definition of Done. Professional Agile Leadership. For leaders and managers of Agile teams .

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SCRUM Cadence Technical Review 2020 221

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

Sie können sich hier für den Newsletter „Food for Agile Thought“ anmelden und sich über 35.000 Abonnenten anschließen. ?? Retrospective : Überprüft den Sprint auf Teamebene, die Definition of Done, und identifiziert Verbesserungsmöglichkeiten. To help with inspection, Scrum provides cadence in the form of its five events.”.

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Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Dependencies will stop Agility dead in its tracks. In the presence of dependencies, you’re never going to achieve the level of Agility you desire—unless you do something about them. Theoretically, you could have two teams that meet most of the criteria of an Agile team. And that limits our ability to be Agile.

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Agile Technical Review SCRUM Cadence 127

Scrum.org

APRIL 25, 2022

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 35,000-plus subscribers. ?? However, the more the Developers know about their past performance, their upcoming capacity, and their Definition of Done, the more confident they will be in their Sprint forecasts. Read More : Why Engineers Despise Agile. ). ??

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2018

When we say “Working Software” in the Agile Manifesto, we don’t mean just “It is working and we tested it meets our acceptance criteria and our definition of Done”. A lot of people see the Scrum Sprint as mainly a release cadence. The Scrum Sprint is first and foremost a Planning, Transparency, Inspection and Adaptation cadence.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2018

When we say “Working Software” in the Agile Manifesto, we don’t mean just “It is working and we tested it meets our acceptance criteria and our definition of Done”. A lot of people see the Scrum Sprint as mainly a release cadence. The Scrum Sprint is first and foremost a Planning, Transparency, Inspection and Adaptation cadence.

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Cadence Development Team Review Technical Review Software Review 150

Henny Portman

MAY 30, 2019

The Agile Fluency model, developed by Diana Larsen and James Shore in 2012 and substantially updated in 2018, is a framework to help teams understand their current position and to help them develop an individual road map. Agile teams pass through four distinct zones of fluency as they learn ( fluency evolves).

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MPUG

JUNE 5, 2024

In this article, we will learn how to build multiple Kanban Boards with the MS Project Agile software tool and how to use these boards across multiple Kanban teams. From there, create a new Single View (not a Combination View) from the View Definition dialog box. Knowing how to scale definitely helps. It’s inevitable.

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Scrum.org

MAY 20, 2020

My fellow PST, Glaudia Califano, and I were sitting in a café (at a time prior to the current lockdown due to Covid-19), having agreed to meet up with a Business Analyst who had reached out to us to have a chat about Scrum and Agile. We are never too busy to pass on having coffee, so we agreed to meet and have a chat. . was our next question.

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Planning Cadence Technical Review SCRUM 185

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe™) is one of the most popular approaches to applying agile at scale out there. SAFe's perspective is that "Nothing beats an Agile Team" and it doesn't try to reinvent the wheel or even innovate too much when it comes to the Team level. SAFe's Scrum Master is more of an Agile Team Lead.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Technical Review Cadence 123

MPUG

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Then, we will dive into the topic of Agile PMO, its relevance, and a number of roles that can be played by such a PMO. PMO Definition. As noted in the definition, a PMO is an organizational structure. With this background, let’s proceed towards the concept of Agile PMO. However, it need not be the case.

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Agile PMO Technical Review Cadence 94

Digite

JUNE 13, 2018

We’re honored to republish this blog post ‘Beginner’s Guide to Kanban for Agile Marketing’ by Andrea Fryrear which was originally published in the Agile Sherpas blog! They must happen at regular intervals, but their cadence doesn’t need to be tied to any other cycle of Kanban. Origins of Kanban.

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Agile Technical Review Cadence Software Review 110

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

I was hired by a bank to help them to get started with agile and Scrum. I took the opportunity to present myself as the Agile Coach facilitating the change and explained in a couple of words the essence of working with Scrum. The goal was to synchronize the three teams so that they all got into the same cadence. Introduction.

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Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

When I first learned about Agile methods in 2002, the principles seemed to offer an ideal solution to many organizational issues common at the time. It’s time now to move forward to the next level of proficiency in software delivery; what we might call “post-Agile.” Stable Team. Dedicated Team. Team Spaces.

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Agile Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Technical Review 116

Leading Agile

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

It’s difficult to prioritize these requests because there is no consistent definition of value, and nobody believes the business cases anyway. One definition of strategy is the alignment of necessarily finite resources against potentially unlimited aspirations. ESSENTIALS FOR AGILITY: TEAMS, BACKLOGS, AND WORKING TESTED PRODUCT.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Other Goal-definition frameworks In addition to the SMART and OKR goals listed above there are other frameworks that are also viable in this circumstance: CLEAR Goals : C ollaborative: Goals should encourage teamwork. Create a Cadence of Accountability. Because you don't just need agility, you need Naked Agility.

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Infrastructure Cadence SCRUM Monitoring 195

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

I was hired by a bank to help them to get started with agile and Scrum. I took the opportunity to present myself as the Agile Coach facilitating the change and explained in a couple of words the essence of working with Scrum. The goal was to synchronize the three teams so that they all got into the same cadence. Introduction.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 21, 2020

Like many Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches and Agile Managers, I am beginning to understand organizations are complex adaptive systems. By making distinctions we challenge existing norms, labels and definitions. Some time ago I decided to dive a bit deeper into Systems Thinking. Everything is either an identity or something else.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Nexus group of teams is very similar to the Agile Release Train (ART) construct. Lean/Agile Leadership. Empiricism via working integrated increments every Sprint - System Demo & Nexus Sprint Review meeting a common Definition of “Done”. Nexus Sprint Goal - Program PI Objectives - just at different cadence/frequency.

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Cadence Technical Review Development Team Review Lean 107

Agilemania

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Recognized as one of the world’s foremost authorities on Lean-Agile best practices, Dean Leffingwell took it on himself to do something about it. He introduced the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). SAFe is based on following 10 Lean-Agile principles-. Apply cadence and synchronize with cross-domain planning. What is SAFe?

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Technical Review Agile Software Review Lean 98

Leading Agile

AUGUST 19, 2020

Agile isn’t ever really about Agile. In our Business Drivers of Agility webinar series hosted by LeadingAgile CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, Mike dives deep into six key business drivers to uncover how Agile can enable organizations to connect these drivers to better business outcomes. It’s about creating business outcomes.

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Agile SCRUM Governance Government 100

MPUG

MARCH 8, 2021

Many project managers utilize a Lean-Agile approach when there is high change or churn in project requirements, significant lack of clarity in scope, high complexity to their projects, and/or a larger number of risks associated with such. Two Lean-Agile Types. Iteration-based Lean-Agile. Flow-based Lean-Agile.

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Lean Software Review Technical Review Agile 64

Leading Agile

JANUARY 21, 2021

Mike Cottmeyer explores the key attributes in each of the three systems necessary for making a success out of the otherwise complex tax of large scale Agile Transformation. And what we are is we’re a consultancy that’s focused on doing Agile Transformation specifically. Transcript. Like what are the networks of teams?

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Sustainability Agile SCRUM Technical Review 111

Leading Agile

APRIL 4, 2023

The Scaled Agile Framework wasn’t exactly what the authors of the Agile Manifesto imagined 20 years ago when they set out to define a better way of building software. But that doesn’t mean you can’t achieve greater Business Agility with SAFe. SAFe thinks it’s THE way to do scaled Agile when it’s actually just one way to do it.

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Technical Review Agile SCRUM Governance 115

Planio

JULY 4, 2022

Agile ceremonies are the fuel that keeps your development team moving forward. But what if you’re not entirely comfortable managing and running Agile ceremonies? Agile ceremonies get abandoned when teams stop seeing the value in them. What are Agile ceremonies? A ‘quick-start’ guide to the 5 Agile ceremonies.

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Agile Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review 88

Leading Agile

MARCH 23, 2022

Mike Cottmeyer was recently a guest on the Agile to Agility podcast with Miljan Bajic where he discussed Transformation, Business Architecture, and Scaling. Agile to Agility Website. So, I’m the CEO of a company called Leading Agile, started about 11 years ago, I’m based in Atlanta, Georgia. Listen now.

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Agile Underperforming Technical Team Consulting Influencer 143

Agilemania

MARCH 19, 2021

Scrum vs. Kanban is one of the most trending comparisons in the world of agile methodology! We often use these terms while talking about the agile way of solving problems. Though Scrum is one of the most popular methods in agile, organizations are recently choosing Kanban. Scrum vs. Kanban: The Definitions. Product Owner.

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SCRUM Lean Software Review Cadence 98

Henny Portman

JULY 26, 2020

Levine wrote with People Over Process – Leadership for Agility a very pragmatic and down to earth book about leadership and agile projects. The classic formulation of agile in the Agile Manifesto has no role for leadership. To download: QRC (Leadership for agility, 200725) v1.0.

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Software Review Process Lean Cadence 93