Scrum.org

OCTOBER 20, 2024

I was working on a big Agile transformation with a major customer. Letting the Daily Scrum Go Too Long This one’s a bit embarrassing. I let the Daily Scrum drag on for an hour. In my defense, it was my first time as a Scrum Master, and I hadn’t been trained yet. Take Applying Professional Scrum course first, trust me!)

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 23, 2023

Recently I audited the Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management course from University of Virginia Darden Business School. It’s one of the most popular project management courses on Coursera. Who is the Fundamentals of Project Planning and Management course for?

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 31, 2024

Both software products are designed for agile project management, though not exclusively. Still, they have features that agile teams use, whether for large or small projects. It focuses on kanban boards and list making, which makes it an ideal tool for agile teams and kanban workflows. Trello vs. Jira, may the best software win.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 24, 2024

From the Scrum Guide: “Scrum is a lightweight framework…” Let’s have a closer look at what this means? From Cambridge Dictionary: Lightweight “Weighing only a little or less than average” … euh… Scrum is lightweight. Of course, we’re not worried about Scrum tipping the scales physically. Scrum on!

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ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

But if you’re working in an agile environment, the Gantt chart isn’t the right tool for your iterative approach to project management. A burn up chart is a tool used in agile project management to measure progress. It’s used for tracking work in a project schedule or during a sprint in a scrum.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 19, 2024

Kanban and scrum are agile project management methodologies that can be used for similar purposes, but each has its unique pros and cons. As a project manager, it’s important to understand the difference between kanban and scrum so you can determine the best approach for your team. What Is Scrum?

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Scrum is a framework for organizing agile teams, and it’s processes and guidelines are excellent for improving team productivity. One reason scrum is so effective is that it clearly defines the different roles of the team. The Scrum Guide breaks the product owner’s responsibility further into five specific items.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Agile release planning, also known as scrum release planning, is an alternative to the traditional waterfall approach. From this grew the Agile methodology, and with it agile release planning (also known as scrum release planning). How does that fit into an agile project? What Is an Agile Release Plan?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 27, 2025

At a recent Professional Scrum Master Advanced course, we were discussing how to promote engagement at the Daily Scrum when Mark Kuzik , lean champion and Director at Argus Machine in Canada suggested shaking things up by trying Management by Exception at the Daily Scrum. What is Management by Exception?

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Project Risk Coach

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It's a simple question, "Who owns the risks in agile projects?" In this article, let's uncover the role of risk owners and how to perform risk management in agile projects. Agile projects require collaboration between stakeholders, and risk ownership helps ensure that tasks are properly delegated and managed among them.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 21, 2025

Scrum would never work for us here. Its a phrase Ive heard countless times, and it often reflects a more profound resistance to change or a misunderstanding of what Scrum truly is. While its true that Scrum isnt a one-size-fits-all solution, its an incredibly powerful framework for teams focused on product delivery.

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ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

A Scrum Master might sound like a character in a role-playing game, but it’s a serious job that’s rooted in leadership. The Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring a true Scrum process over the course of a project. Thanks to its many benefits, Scrum continues to grow in popularity. What Is a Scrum Master?

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 4, 2022

The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. We’ll explore the scrum methodology in-depth, but before that, let’s start with a simple scrum definition. Scrum Values.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 11, 2022

This is a guest contribution from Monica Georgieff, Agile Coach and Trainer at AgileSherpas. Brought on by the struggle to respond and adapt to these times of VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, ambiguity), marketers have increasingly begun to embrace an Agile approach to their project management. Monica Georgieff.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 14, 2025

Most organizations wait way too long to adopt some portfolio-level agility practices. Theyve been told, You cant scale whats broken, so they wait until they nail agile at the team and product group level. Going all in on agile teams was one alternative. Are Your Traditional Portfolio Processes Inhibiting Innovation and Agility?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

Scrum Scrum is a lightweight framework that helps people, teams, and organisations generate value through adaptive solutions for complex problems. Lean UX Lean UX is a user-centric and iterative approach to product development that combines the principles of Lean Startup, Agile development, and user experience design.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 1, 2024

Whilst a product strategy is not explicitly required in Scrum, operating without one makes the Product Owner’s job much more complicated and makes it less likely that a coherent and valuable product will be created A product strategy can be used to: Define and explain how your product creates value.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 7, 2022

Agile principles are the foundations of agile. Agile is a project management methodology that allows development teams to set up a dynamic work management framework. This method is based on 12 guiding principles, known as agile principles. What Are the 12 Agile Principles? Agile Core Values.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 23, 2024

When organizations try to apply leadership concepts that were developed for simple, predictable environments to an Agile environment, it creates a lot of waste - not to mention frustration, lost opportunity, and a failed Agile adoption. Scrum teams who use velocity for planning purposes usually select a point system of some kind.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 3, 2019

The scrum master is a key member of the scrum team, but also a somewhat misunderstood one, which can make the hiring process problematic. Put simply, the scrum master is the person responsible for promoting and supporting scrum. However, as important as the scrum master is, the position is not project leader.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

Are you aiming to achieve your PMI Agile Certified Professional ( PMI-ACP )®? Then you’ll be looking for a course that will give you exam confidence and fits the way you want to study. In my opinion, the best PMI-ACP exam prep course is the Agile PrepCast. The courses. Agile PrepCast Velociteach Joseph Phillips.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Agile frameworks like Scrum are used in complex environments where more is unknown than known. Scrum embraces empiricism to help teams navigate these complexities. When the roadmap changes, it means the Product Owner and Scrum team have learned something new. Does this mean Scrum teams can't meet deadlines?

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Exploring Why Agile Isn't Dead - It's Misunderstood While listening to Jimmy Carr on The Diary of a CEO , his quote, “ People crave the success, not the journey ,” really struck a chord with me. This perspective sheds light on a common issue I've observed: why Agile fails in organisations.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Exploring Why Agile Isn't Dead - It's Misunderstood While listening to Jimmy Carr on The Diary of a CEO , his quote, “ People crave the success, not the journey ,” really struck a chord with me. This perspective sheds light on a common issue I've observed: why Agile fails in organisations.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 31, 2019

More along the lines of project management, though, is the Agile Manifesto. Agile is a bit of a controversial topic in the field. Either way, agile offers a fast and nimble way to work that first benefited software development before expanding its reach to almost every industry. What Is Agile? You’re not alone.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 29, 2020

Scrum is a flexible framework that’s designed to help self-organized teams execute projects quickly in an agile environment. Thus, successful agile sprints make use of scrum software and scrum artifacts to convey key information, deliver transparency and keep the project rolling on time. Product Backlog.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 12, 2019

These days, it seems like everybody is all about doing things agile. So if a foundation of agile is working fast and changing rapidly and often, while continuing to iterate on the project, what’s the definition of done in agile? But first, let’s get some more background on agile and its methods.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 1, 2024

This article aims to demonstrate that agile practices, the ones we so passionately teach, can be applied beyond the obvious. Changing the organizations and applying Scrum (or any other framework) is even harder. We started writing the book from a Scrum Master perspective. We initially tried to apply Scrum to write.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Agile teams often struggle with how to size and forecast upcoming work. In fact, flow metrics can provide more accurate planning and forecasting than using points or hours—and they keep things agile, not bogged down in endless debates over estimates. You’ll find that it can make a world of difference in how you plan and deliver.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 19, 2023

Agile methods need Agile teams — teams that think differently and work in ways that support responsive delivery. An agile mindset, and a set of shared values, principles, and often Agile tools, help Agile teams succeed. So why are agile teams different to other types of ‘classic’ project team?

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

Incremental delivery is the superpower behind the Scrum framework. Scrum is based on Empiricism, which requires Transparency, Inspection, and Adaptation. Incremental delivery is what makes Scrum work—it’s how teams stay aligned, learn, and adjust to keep delivering real value. But Scrum teams deliver value piece by piece.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 20, 2022

Scrum defines three specific accountabilities within the Scrum Team: the Developers, the Product Owner, and the Scrum Master. Scrum Guide 2020. When it comes to the Scrum framework, these three roles with their accountabilities are the minimum required to deliver a potentially “done” Increment. Scrum Guide 2020.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Learning to successfully manage agile projects requires you to first familiarize yourself with the concept of Agile. What is the agile methodology? The agile movement first began in the 1970s when it was introduced by a doctor named Winston Royce. Read next: 5 Agile team structures that work. #2: 3: Feedback.

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

By Chuck Cobb Agile Project Management Agile , Agile Project Management Share 0 Tweet 0 Share 0 Agile Project Management now feels like a part of the landscape of the project profession. It’s 7 years since the PMI introduced Agile into the 6th Edition of its Project Management Body of Knowledge.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

PRINCE2 Agile Foundation. PRINCE2 Agile Practitioner. Which PRINCE2 course is best? I have reviewed a lot of PRINCE2 courses, and the training from Management Plaza is the best. Someone in an Agile environment will benefit most from the Agile version as it is the best fit for their working practices.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Agile Methodology. What It Is: In a nutshell, Agile project management is an evolving and collaborative way to self-organize across teams. The agile methodology offers project teams a very dynamic way to work and collaborate and that’s why it is a very popular project management methodology for product and software development.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2023

The Plus membership opens the doors to all of those online courses – there are thousands of courses. What’s included in Coursera Plus It gives you access to 7,000+ courses and specializations (which are a collection of courses that lead to a certificate) with one monthly or annual subscription. Agile methods?

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