Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 12, 2020

Regular readers will know that I’m not an expert in Agile, by any means. I facilitate daily standup meetings for our support team. In our team, we valued the idea that everyone feels involved and informed, and their contribution is valuable, and the opportunity to re-group as a team once a day. Elisa, over to you….

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Project Bliss

MAY 10, 2017

Everybody’s talking about agile software development these days: project managers, software developers, IT directors, small startups and big corporations. What is Agile Software Development? Agile software development is an approach that promotes delivering value quickly to the customer.

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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. Well, let's unpack this.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 9, 2018

By now, most organisations are using Scrum, however, many of them feel like the agility of their organisation has degraded, and they might be right! Inclusive Scrum is about looking at the full value chain and organizing your Product development effort around that. Whereas low agility Scrum might actually hurt your agility.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 31, 2021

In my experience, organisations recognize agility as a means to improve their value, yet tend to lack focus and commitment to moving towards it. Let’s forget as well the 20 years of the success of agility when there is focus and courage. We need evidence…. Topic(s): Measure & Learn , People & Process. Subscribe to A Wee Dram!

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Scrum.org

APRIL 1, 2022

Long has spoonfeeding solutions and off-the-shelf feature descriptions prevailed in many development teams. Although some issues might have been fixed, I rarely see the full potential of a Scrum Team being achieved. Agility is necessary for survival. You can’t bully your way into innovation. To survive.

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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Learn how individual incentives and outdated organizational structures — fostering personal agendas and local optimization efforts — manifest themselves in Scrum stakeholder anti-patterns which easily can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.).

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 42,000-plus subscribers. ? The Idea of a Scrum GPT Exploring Scrum in the real world often uncovers a tangle of anti-patterns—those practices that, despite best intentions, stray from agile principles and hinder progress.

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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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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Join the Mastering Agility Discord community. Long has spoon-feeding solutions and off-the-shelf feature descriptions prevailed in many development teams. Although some issues might have been fixed, I rarely see the full potential of a Scrum Team being achieved. Agility is necessary for survival. To survive.

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TrustRadius Project Management

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

In simple terms, a development methodology determines how the actual work of development is organized and acted on. The two main development methodologies are the waterfall methodology and the agile methodology. The Waterfall method takes a step-by-step, sequential approach to software development.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Pure Scrum is based on far-reaching team autonomy: The Product Owner decides what to build, the Developers decide how to build it, and the Scrum team self-manages. Unlike traditional businesses obsessed with predictability, these companies understand that true innovation requires comfort with controlled experimentation.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 36,000-plus other subscribers. ? You are well familiar with Scrum and other agile product development practices. Join your peers on April 5, 2023 : Hands-on Agile #50: The Product Community of Practice w/ Petra Wille. Q 01: Why Become Agile?

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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. Well, let's unpack this.

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Scrum.org

JULY 15, 2024

The data above is taken from the annual " State of Agile " report from Digital.ai. I think that a lot of people are surprised to learn that Scrum is not just for software development. Later, the Agile Manifesto, written in 2001, identified 12 principles and 4 values which are important to the smooth operation of Agile teams.

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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. Innovation. Cost savings and early ROI can’t happen if you’re losing time to development and not taking care of defects along the way. Improved Quality of Software or Product. Cost Savings.

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Proofhub

AUGUST 12, 2020

Whilst ‘Agile’ is a descriptor originally born out of software development teams, it’s becoming more common in other areas?—?like Agile project management is an iterative approach to delivering something (whether that’s a piece of software, a product, or a project) throughout its life cycle. But just what does it involve?

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The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Agile A flexible and dynamic approach to project management that allows for iterative updates during defined time blocks, which allows for incremental value. Agile Manifesto The fundamental document that outlines the values and principles of Agile project management. Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g.,

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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. Sprint Review. How the Sprint Review promotes collaboration.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 18, 2020

In my research, I found many issues throughout the development process, but one stuck out in particular. and the Development Team is accountable for the quality of the product (releasability, maintainability, stability, documentation, architecture, etc.). The Scrum Teams barely knew Scrum; they certainly had no formal education.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 5, 2023

In the fast-paced world of product development, delivering value to customers is the ultimate measure of success. Agile frameworks, such as Scrum , have become increasingly popular due to their ability to promote efficiency, collaboration, and most importantly, value delivery.

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Planio

JANUARY 31, 2022

That’s why a product roadmap is the backbone of every great development team. And unfortunately, too many teams treat roadmapping like just another project, leaving it behind to collect dust as they move on and start building software. Why you need a roadmap (even as an agile team). Agile product roadmap example.

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Binfire

AUGUST 27, 2017

The Agile project management methodology has been used by software engineers and IT professionals for the past sixteen years. The reason for this surge in popularity is quite understandable, the majority of projects benefit when managed using lean concepts promoted by Agile project management methodology.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Deshalb habe ich bereits 2017 eine erste Umfrage zum Net Promoter Score® des Scaled Agile Framework SAFe ® durchgeführt. Viereinhalb Jahre später habe ich diese Umfrage nun wiederholt: SAFe® hat zwischenzeitlich mehrere Iterationen durchlaufen und mehr agile Praktiker haben Erfahrungen mit diesem Framework gesammelt. Zwischen dem 13.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 20, 2024

A clear Product Goal also provides a sense of purpose and motivation, driving team members to proactively seek solutions and adapt their approaches as needed to accomplish the desired outcome. Accountability Matters So, how do managers who have Scrum team members reporting to them ensure that the Scrum team members are held accountable?

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Scrum.org

APRIL 9, 2023

Du vermeidest diesen Fehler, indem du folgendes Prinzip beherzigst: Das Produkt-Ziel und die Erfolgsmetriken des Teams müssen in Einklang miteinander stehen. Erfolgsmetriken für Scrum Teams sind ein Fass ohne Boden. Produkt-Ziele bieten den Hebel für Innovation. Vor kurzem wurde ich dazu von David Symhoven interviewt.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 8, 2023

In Agile Product Management, the triad (often compared to a 3-legged stool)refers to the integral relationship between the Product Goal, stakeholders, and the Product Backlog. Remember, one of the twelve principles supporting the Agile Manifesto is “Simplicity is the art of maximizing the amount of work not done.”

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 2, 2022

First, you need to assemble your product development team and begin the process of identifying the products in your project. It’s part of any risk assessment and risk management process. You don’t have to leave your work to see team members’ comments, shared files or status updates. Step 1: Identify Products.

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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! But, for teams that chafe under the strictures of the Scrum process, Kanban can be a freeing alternative. Origins of Kanban.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

Recently, the concept of “fluid teams”, “dynamic reteaming” or “ad-hoc teaming” has gained traction in the Agile community. Although the concept has many different definitions, a characteristic they share is that members move in and out of a team during its lifetime. It takes time to develop teams.

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Agilemania

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

One of the biggest challenges in agile project management is determining what tasks are needed to complete a project, how long each should take, and who needs to carry them out. The agile release plan helps in aligning the teams by addressing multiple aspects that can contribute to creative and innovative problem-solving.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 8, 2019

In organizations running agile, these costs are amplified due to the impact of short time boxes. Today’s biggest impediment and cost to agility is the impact of teams waiting for decisions. I would like to leave you with 3 things: Calculate the burn rate for your product development team per sprint.

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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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Scrum.org

JULY 10, 2018

While working diligently behind feature flags, using elements of Scrum, it wasn’t clear to the stakeholders the value being delivered and how well the teams were progressing towards their end goal. Origins of self organising teams. Self organisation in agile teams. The New New Product Development Game.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

SAFe® has always been a controversial topic within the agile community. Therefore, back in 2017, I ran a first survey on the Net Promoter Score® of the Scaled Agile Framework SAFe®. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 34,000-plus subscribers. ?? The result back then was -52. Survey Data.

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MPUG

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

The Scrum meeting is an essential part of every project’s management, especially one following Agile methodology. It’s considered a valuable source of getting real-time updates, information, and feedback from the development team. It also serves to help keep the field team aligned with the company’s goals and deadlines.

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Scrum.org

MAY 7, 2019

One of the responsibilities of a Scrum Master is to coach the Development Team in self-organization. Therefore, it’s up to the Development Team to determine the best way to accomplish its work and build ‘Done’ Increments. Sprint Review. Because our Agile Coach said this was a great idea”. Status meeting ?

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