Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

On June 30th Christopher Handscomb and I presented a webinar based on our joint research on the topic of the value of enterprise agility. Firstly, I see Enterprise agility - building an agile organizational system - as being all about creating resilience and sustainability over time. CH - I’d like to add a couple of points.

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Agile Technical Review Development Team Review SCRUM 254

Scrum.org

MAY 4, 2020

TL; DR: A Remote Daily Scrum with a Distributed Team. We started this series on remote agile with looking into practices and tools; we explored virtual Liberating Structures, and how to master Zoom. This eighth article now looks into supporting a distributed Development Team organizing a remote Daily Scrum.

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SCRUM Agile Technical Review Development Team Review 215

MPUG

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

One might conclude that agile approaches to project management, such as Scrum, mean there is no need for gate reviews. We say the same thing if one adopts gate reviews for every product development project. Let’s explore a typical product development project’s phases, goals, and metrics reviewed at each gate.

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Development Team Review Technical Review Manufacturing 2008 111

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 12, 2019

TL; DR: 15 Sprint Review Anti-Patterns. Answering this question in a collaborative effort of the Scrum Team as well as internal (and external) stakeholders is the purpose of the Sprint Review. Given its importance, it is worthwhile to tackle the most common Sprint Review anti-patterns. Are we still on the right track?

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Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM 2017 172

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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Technical Review Prince2 Lean Manufacturing 505

Planio

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

The Stage Gate process is a project management methodology that breaks projects down into a series of defined stages and gates, each used to manage, validate, and control a project as it develops. The gate at the end of each stage is used as a review point to check if the project is still on track before proceeding to the next stage.

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Software Review Process Development Team Review Technical Review 88

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 27, 2019

Scrum ceremonies are meetings that are unique to scrum teams. Scrum ceremonies ensure that everyone (the scrum master, product owner and development team) is in-sync. A sprint employs four different scrum ceremonies to ensure proper execution: sprint planning, daily scrum, sprint review and sprint retrospective.

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SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review 2011 294

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 7, 2019

TL; DR: Faking Agile Metrics — An Eye-Opening Exercise. Imagine you’re a Scrum Master and the line manager of your team believes that the best sign for a successful agile transformation is a steady increase in the Scrum Team’s velocity. Cooking the Agile Books — A Simple Exercise.

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Agile Underperforming Technical Team Estimate SCRUM 194

Scrum.org

AUGUST 29, 2022

The best Scrum teams that I have worked with were supported by management leaders focused on removing impediments, providing resources, and promoting an agile mindset and culture that supports the Scrum values. Making it more challenging are the agile leadership myths out there that can get in the way of being effective.

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Leadership Agile SCRUM Development Team Review 229

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

As Scrum is framework, your teams may be doing additional things in the events - which is fine,as long as they're getting value from doing the actions. Optimise the value of the work the Development Team perform Talk with customers. Ensure the Development Team understands items in the Product Backlog to the level needed.

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Development Team Review 2017 SCRUM Estimate 169

Scrum.org

MARCH 2, 2020

Learn how individual incentives and outdated organizational structures — fostering personal agendas and local optimization efforts — manifest themselves in Scrum stakeholder anti-patterns which easily can impede any agile transition. The early majority of organizations are already adopting BDD/DDD or Pragmatic Agility.). The Sprint.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 243

Scrum.org

JANUARY 17, 2020

The use of the terms Showcase, Show & Tell or Sprint Review. So which event is best to use? There is nothing wrong with a Show & Tell, Showcase or Sprint Review when used correctly to achieve the desired outcome. However, usage does not make them equal to each other as events that are interchangeable and the same.

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Technical Review Development Team Review SCRUM Consulting 200

Leading Answers

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Many traditional project management deliverables have agile alternatives. Yet we rarely see agile communications management plans. Given the high rates of change often experienced on agile projects, we might expect more emphasis on communications to keep everyone on the same page. These are valid questions, so let me explain.

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Agile Planning Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review 135

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

If you are looking to fill a position for a Scrum Master (or agile coach) in your organization, you may find the following 54 interview questions useful to identify the right candidate. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 33,000-plus subscribers. ?? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review 2020 233

Scrum.org

JUNE 8, 2021

Scrum is an agile project management framework that enables teams to deliver value in 30 days or less. These are the Daily Scrum, Sprint Planning, Sprint Review and the Sprint Retrospective. People new to Scrum tend to worry that with so many scheduled conversations that they or Scrum Team will suffer death by meeting!

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SCRUM Development Team Review Leadership Agile 231

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Scrum events actually SAVE time.). When I present the Scrum framework to a new team, I almost always hear someone cry out, “How can we get anything done with so many meetings?! ” The Scrum framework consists of five events (what the uninitiated refer to as meetings), three artifacts, and three roles.

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SCRUM Software Review Lean Leadership 240

Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2021

If you are looking to fill a position for a Scrum Master (or agile coach) in your organization, you may find the following 47 interview questions useful to identify the right candidate. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 30,000-plus other subscribers. Agile Metrics.

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SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review Technical Review 235

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. That’s simple; let me help you: Write something about how awful “Agile” and Scrum are.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Engineering 224

Scrum.org

JUNE 11, 2021

The Product Owner is a critical role in Agile and Scrum. And although the Scrum Guide doesn’t give much guidelines around great product ownership, the role is still absolutely necessary for great Agile and Scrum Teams. A Product Owner guides the efforts of their Scrum or Agile Teams. Professional Scrum Team.

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Lean SCRUM Certification Development Team Review 234

Project Bliss

MAY 24, 2017

Agile is a popular term these days, and you likely hear it a lot. But what is it and what’s the difference between agile vs waterfall methodology? By the end, you’ll have a high-level understanding of each and how work is done in agile vs waterfall. In this post I’ll do the following for you: Explain Agile.

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Agile Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 185

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

On the one side, they address typical Scrum events such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and the Sprint Retrospective. November 19, 2020 : If you use Scrum then join the free Hands-on Agile meetup—it will be worth your time ! No one can force work upon the Development Team. The Role of the Scrum Master.

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SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 234

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

If I’m working with a company on their agile transformation or their implementation of Scrum or doing a Scrum training for their team, they’re not wrong in thinking that Scrum is important. Each Thing in Scrum Relates to Delivery Scrum is made up of roles, events, and artifacts. Development Team. Let me clarify.

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SCRUM Software Review Development Team Review Technical Review 214

Epicflow Blog

JULY 5, 2024

Reporting and analytics A robust capacity planning tool should generate reports and dashboards with insights into resource availability and capacity, allocation, and utilization, which will help managers track resource performance and assess the efficiency of project work. Top 15 Capacity Planning Tools 1.

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2024 Planning Development Team Review Consulting 101

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

This information was compiled by Johannes Geske who is a Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) at Scrum.org and an agile coach based in Duesseldorf, Germany. Johannes is a Scrum Trainer at Amazing Outcomes where he teaches and coaches Scrum to help teams and organizations to deliver greater value to their customers. .

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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. But we can't ignore the differences in lingo.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Technical Review Cadence 172

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. The Sprint is a container event for all other Scrum events.

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Software Review Development Team Review 218

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2020

If you are looking to fill a position for a Scrum Master (or agile coach) in your organization, you may find the following 47 interview questions useful to identify the right candidate. These should allow an interviewer to deep dive into a candidate’s understanding of Scrum and her agile mindset. Question 28: Leading a Daily Scrum?

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SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Development Team Review 211

LiquidPlanner

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Whether you’re making the move to Agile project management in your development group or creating an Agile process for your in-house project management methodology, chances are you’re going to have to sell this change to executives in your organization. Align Agile project management with your organization’s strategy.

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Agile Development Team Review Executing Technical Review 755

Scrum.org

MAY 5, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, chances are that everyone in your organization is working from home. This includes your Product Owner and Development Team. For example, a poster about Sprint Goals, the Definition of Done, or the Scrum Events. Encourage the team to resolve the impediments together. Things to try….

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SCRUM Development Team Review Technical Review Consulting 220

Scrum.org

JULY 25, 2021

Indicators of a lack of clear accountability on a team might include: The Product Owner has not developed or communicated a Product Goal . The Development team or business stakeholders demand an ROI calculation for ordering the Product Backlog. The Scrum Master does not allow IT managers to attend any Scrum events.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Agile Estimate 244

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

Isn’t a Scrum Master some kind of an Agile Project Manager? Before we dive into an overview of the differences between a Scrum Master and a Project Project Manager, let’s start with the conclusion, which is: The Scrum Master is not an Agile Project Manager. Agile Expert — Great Scrum Masters are experts in Agility.

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SCRUM Prince2 Risk Management Agile 232

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

What event could better embody Scrum’s principle of empiricism than the Sprint Retrospective? NoRetro : There is no retrospective as the team believes there is nothing to improve. There is no such thing as an agile Nirwana where everything is just perfect. Guess which Scrum event is designed for that purpose?) .

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Development Team Review Agile 247

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2022

This is challenging but satisfying (TIP: Slicing outcomes is similar to identifying a Minimum Viable Product, Minimally marketable features, and Slicing Stories… so your Product leaders and Agile practitioners can help out on this front). After identifying the few real OKRs, assess who’s needed to work towards each of them.

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Cadence Development Team Review SCRUM Initiating 218

Scrum.org

APRIL 30, 2019

Organizations look to Agile to overcome challenges. Many organizations struggle in their implementation of Agile and/or their evolution of agile once they start their journey. As you get the early success you wonder why you ever worked the way you did before working in an agile environment. What about performance reviews?

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Agile Cadence Technical Review Development Team Review 158

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

How dare you: Agile is a mindset, not a methodology. Then sign up for the Food for Agile Thought newsletter and join 27k other subscribers. Ask the team members to focus on moving tickets to “Done” before starting work on new tickets. T-1 : Ask the team members to update the Sprint boards. T-1 : Run the Sprint Review.

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Planning Technical Review Software Review SCRUM 225

Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

If you are looking to fill a position for a Scrum Master (or agile coach) in your organization, you may find the following 47 Scrum Master interview questions useful to identify the right candidate. Then sign up for the Food for Agile Thought newsletter and join 26k other subscribers. Question 02: Success Factors of “Agile”.

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SCRUM Technical Review Software Review Agile 234

Scrum.org

AUGUST 30, 2020

The Scrum events each have a time-box and a clear purpose to help us stay focused and make quick decisions while eliminating waste. But of course you can use the Scrum events well or poorly. This challenge can manifest at different levels, both within a team and at a leadership level outside a team.

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Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review SCRUM Leadership 212