The IIL Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Based on the needs analysis, project leadership typically develops a business case and charters a project. These steps occur whether the project team uses the traditional waterfall (or phased) project methodology or a more iterative, agile project methodology. With the latter, the charter might evolve over time.

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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. The purpose of a daily standup meeting, which you will sometimes hear referred to as the daily scrum, is to get together and go over important tasks that are just finishing, or about to start.

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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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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

The purpose of a daily standup meeting, which you will sometimes hear referred to as the daily scrum, is to get together and go over important tasks that are just finishing, or about to start. If you work with Agile methods , you will likely be attending standup meetings every day. What if you need to meet remotely?

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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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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Agile is an umbrella term encompassing a variety of frameworks and approaches to value delivery in complex environments. The word agile came into widespread use following the creation of the Agile Manifesto in 2001. The Agile Manifesto includes four values and 12 principles that describe a better way to approach complex work.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 4, 2022

TL; DR: Business Agility, Scrum and Generative AI’s Take on Getting There. I thought it might be fun to ask ChatGPT a few questions about business agility in general and Scrum in particular. . ???? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 36,000-plus other subscribers. ??

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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

JULY 25, 2022

know quite a lot - refer to PSPO I reading recommendations. Go through the following open assessments several times until you pass them with 100% in less than 10 minutes. The texts in the feedback (after submitting the open assessment) contain a lot of helpful information. And how do you do that? . Now, that sounds daunting.

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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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Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 5, 2018

Good agile leads (a.k.a. Development team members are also valuable, but talent across most skill areas is available for the right price and with the right culture in place. While there is guidance for scheduling projects following an adaptive lifecycle, Eric has taken a very narrow view of agile delivery.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

As per Scrum Guide – The Sprint Goal is an objective that will be met within the sprint by implementing the Product Backlog , and it guides the Development Team on why it is building the Increment. The scrum team discusses what can be done based on the definition of done and crafts the Sprint Goal and forecast their work.

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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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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.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. I hear a lot of questions and claims.

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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. ? For example, “Q 03” refers to the third question of the guide.) You are well familiar with Scrum and other agile product development practices. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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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.org

JANUARY 27, 2020

Many teams and organizations struggle to get the most out of Scrum. In my previous post “Don’t blame “agile” for existing problems” I shared my analysis why agile or Scrum itself often gets the blame. Development Team – Why your Scrum Doesn’t work (2/3). Originally posted on www.debooij.training. Product Owner.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Project Manager is typically concerned with day-to-day progress of the Development Team. They rarely (or never) miss a Daily Scrum, they’re involved during the Daily Scrum and it might just be that they’re asking individual team members what they’ve done, what they’re going to do and if there’s anything blocking them.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

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. Scrum Teams actually PLAN more). .

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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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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

NOVEMBER 25, 2019

No matter the frequency of your retrospectives you should always watch out for the following Sprint Retrospective anti-patterns from the Scrum Team, the Development Team, the Scrum Master, as well as the organization: Sprint Retrospective Anti-Patterns of the Scrum Team. Becoming agile requires space.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 9, 2023

Can a large language model, not specializing in anything “agile,” pass a screening interview for a Scrum Master position? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 36,000-plus other subscribers. ? ? ?? For example, “Q 03” refers to the third question of the guide.). Interviewing ChatGPT.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 2, 2022

Often referred to as a project shopping list, its purpose is to separate the project’s final product into its constituent parts. The first type of product is referred to as internal products or products that the project builds. All of the related products should be grouped which is referred to as work packages.

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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. Regarding the following timeline, T=0 refers to the start date of the upcoming Sprint, and T-1 is the day before the start of this Sprint. T-1 : Run the Sprint Review.

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Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

There is no doubt now that Agile is not just a buzzword, but a really working methodology that takes software development to the next level. . How does it differ from the traditional approach to product development? Are there any disadvantages of the Agile methodology? Overview of Traditional SDLC vs Agile Approach.

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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. Scrum Teams are no exception.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

Scrum.org says "PSM II is an advanced course helping students to understand the stances that characterise an effective Scrum Master and servant-leader while diving deep into how they serve the Development Team, Product Owner and organisation. How a Scrum Master services: The Development Team. Who Should Attend?

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Scrum.org

MAY 6, 2019

The Sprint Goal is a phrase that can be used in many different ways: The Development team uses it at every Daily Scrum, to inspect the work done and adapt the work left. Is it defined in a way that provides guidance and flexibility to the Development Team? Agile Product Management With Scrum by Roman Pichler.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 1, 2022

Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. It may suffice to move an item on the Scrum Board or Kanban Board to “Done” or “Ready for Review”, although a verbal statement is probably clearer for teams where the Scrum Board isn’t visible all the time. References.

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ProjectManager.com

MAY 5, 2022

When working in an agile environment, teams take sprints, a short period of time in which you complete tasks. Scrum teams choose this work by looking over their backlog. A scrum framework allows teams to execute in agile project management, the backlog is very important and backlog refinement keeps work flowing.

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Digite

MARCH 12, 2018

We started with a single Kanban board, but with 2 separate swim lanes for the product manager and the dev team – see below – Planning Lane for the Product Owner. Dev Lane for the main dev activity. The Dev board value stream follows a Test Driven Development flow. Our Kanban Journey.

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LiquidPlanner

OCTOBER 29, 2019

What the contractor did was apply the principles of agile methodology to your kitchen project. Agile project management allows you and your team to make observations and decisions during the process, and make iterations on what you imagine the final solution to be. What Is Agile Project Management?

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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. I hear a lot of questions and claims.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

The Gatekeeper is the single point of contact between the Scrum Team and the outside world. The Gatekeeper tends to block all connections between the Development Team and its stakeholders; all communication goes through him/her. There’s nothing wrong with “protecting” the Development Team from the outside world.

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