Scrum.org

AUGUST 18, 2022

Throughout this blog, I use a variety of terms such as meeting, event, and workshop ostensibly as synonyms. By improving facilitation, it should also help to improve the interactions within Scrum events and also improve participatory decision making. So, what is facilitation? . Could it hobble on and ‘get there’?

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 8, 2022

TL; DR: Agile Micromanagement. Nevertheless, the prevailing cause of many messed-up attempts to use Scrum result from what I call agile micromanagement, a pseudo-commitment to agile principles only to be overridden whenever it seems beneficial from a stakeholder’s or manager’s perspective. Reasons for Agile Micromanagement .

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Many conferences have early bird pricing so it is worth checking out the events that interest you as soon as you can in case you need to get corporate funding to attend. Make sure you sign up for the free Attend a Conference Checklist before you go to any of these events. January to March 2019.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 4, 2024

TL; DR: How to Deal with the Agile Job Crisis While the current Agile job crisis is apparent, there is also hope for practitioners willing to refine their skills, share knowledge, and network with peers. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 42,000-plus subscribers. ?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

A Disciplined Agile Approach to Optimizing Your Way of Working (WoW). Chapter Varies Members who also want to be involved in their local events/community. Your membership fee gets you: Electronic copies of the PMBOK® Guide and The Agile Practice Guide. Online events, webinars, etc. A PDF copy of Choose Your WoW!

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 27, 2021

In a recent class, a student asked, “What are the common difficulties teams face when starting with Agile?” For Agile teams, the goal of the Scrum Master or Agile coach is to get teams through the first three phases (Forming, Storming and Norming) as quickly as possible so that the team can get to Performing.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 19, 2023

Scrum is the most popular Agile framework. According to Digita.ai’s 16th annual report, 87% of organizations using an Agile framework use Scrum. That’s up from 58% of Agile teams using Scrum, as documented in the 14th annual State of Agile report. Why is Scrum so popular? Scrum is simple; that is its power.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 15, 2022

I always get one question from the candidates: Can Agile be applied in a fixed-bid project? The first thing to learn about agile is not to commit to something that you do not know and how incremental progress is the only way to predict the future. Is Agile Context-Dependent. So, how can you approach Fixed-bid projects in Agile?

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 31, 2023

Sitting at lunch during Agile 2023, I felt deja vu. I have attended many Agile conferences. At Agile 2023, I did not feel that. The challenges they discussed could be traced to classic business change management issues rather than anything unique to agility. My first was in Chicago in 2009.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 23, 2022

As we do this work, it often gets us wondering do we know what it means to be a professional in the Agile industry? Does it mean someone that truly upholds the Agile values and principles? Recently, we’ve extended our curiosity to the topic of agile coaching. What does it mean to be professional when coaching agile teams?

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Scrum is the most popular Agile framework. According to the latest State of Agile survey from Digital.ai, 90% of teams who are using an Agile framework are using Scrum. For example, Scrum includes five events: the Sprint, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and the Sprint Retrospective.

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SCRUM Agile Software Review Software 207

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The four types of project management methods are: Data gathering and analysis methods Estimating methods Meetings and events Other (because it’s always worth having a bucket category for anything else, right?). Agile projects use story point estimating to assign a number that represents the amount of effort to implement a user story.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 19, 2024

Users can create issue trackers, new hire checklists, event itineraries and recruiting lists. Event organizers use Microsoft Lists to prepare and execute their events as well as deal with issues that come up and manage assets needed for those events. Microsoft Lists is used to organize work and track information.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

TL; DR: Getting Hired as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach Are you considering a new Scrum Master or Agile Coach job? Read on and learn how to employ search engines, LinkedIn’s people search, reach out to peers in the agile community, and analyze the event markets in the quest for your next Scrum Master job.

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2023

Examples of ways to earn Giving Back PDUs include: Doing your day job Sharing your knowledge through publishing articles, podcasts, videos on your own website, your company website or a community platform Giving a presentation at an event Teaching others. PDUs with the Agile PrepCast $129 Earn 30.5

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Scrum.org

APRIL 9, 2023

I have been working on agile projects for the past 10 years. A couple of years ago, I asked by an executive how he would know if the money they invested on setting up these agile release trains was working? He was essentially asking me to prove the “ROI” for agile and to measure delivery of value.

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Scrum.org

MAY 19, 2023

The Creating Agile Organizations approach is about designing your own organizational framework and coaching its adoption. It is important to note that it is different from frameworks like Scrum, LeSS or SAFe, which have specific structures, rules, events, and artefacts to build upon. Loosely coupled Product Groups with shared services.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 29, 2022

Do you start a new Scrum team by explaining the roles, artifacts, and events? Our Agile profession is filled with frameworks. In our practice, we understand them as an overview of roles, events, artifacts, and principles. It shows the events and the artifacts, as well as the roles. The strength of this claim varies.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

TL; DR: Resistance to Agile Transformations Stakeholders often revert to resistance to agile transformations due to fears about job security, perceived loss of control, comfort with established practices, and misconceptions about Agile. For them, embracing Agile might feel like admitting those sacrifices were in vain.

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Agile SCRUM Energy Controlling 203

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Look for: Training sessions or courses (internal or external) Organization meetings like attending PMI Chapter events Seminars Webinars Conferences (virtual or in-person). My recommended training course for PMP ® certificate holders wanting to quickly earn more PDUs is The Agile PrepCast for PDUs. PDUs with the Agile PrepCast.

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2020 PMI Certification Software Review 457

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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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Before we talk about the comparison and contrast between Scrum Master and Agile Leader, people often compare and contrast Scrum Master and Agile Coach, and they often ask me, what’s the difference? They should be well versed on product management, design, other agile and lean agile approaches.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 27, 2023

This requires a deep dive into the first principles embedded in Scrum, understanding the purpose of each event and role, and then adapting these to the unique circumstances of your team and organization. This journey, although challenging, is immensely rewarding, as it opens up new avenues for innovation and value creation in the agile world.

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Scrum.org

MAY 10, 2022

This stifles the advantage that Scrum and Agile can bring to teams and organizations. . Professional Scrum revolves around the accountabilities, events, and artifacts of Scrum, and recognizes that its foundation is built on values and principles of people who work together to optimize value, build discipline, and influence culture.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Unlocking Agile’s Potential by Successfully Navigating Uncertainty in Project Timelines For many of us, unexpected events stress us out. However, with Agile practices, where adaptability and responsiveness reign supreme, sticking to rigid timelines can be a recipe for disappointment.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

It’s a lot to read, so here are some spoilers drawn from common themes I heard time and time again in the interviews: Agile : if you don’t know enough about it, you need to start learning. It can serve as a baseline, but most project managers ought to layer some sort of agile certification on top of it. Find her on Twitter.

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ProjectManager.com

APRIL 25, 2024

Kanban & Project Management Kanban project management works in an agile framework. Kanban & Agile Software Development Kanban proved a good fit for the burgeoning software development field, especially those projects that worked in an agile environment that was responsive to change.

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ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Agile A methodology for project and product management, typically used to deliver software projects in an iterative way with short bursts of work called “sprints” Though initially designed as a process for IT and engineering projects, it has since been successfully applied to other industries like marketing.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Lean Event Chain 418

Scrum.org

JUNE 1, 2023

In the agile world, Scrum stands out as a Goldilocks framework. Scrum consists of five events, three artifacts, and three accountabilities, supported by the five Scrum values , empiricism , and the values and principles in the Agile manifesto. It was modified to accord with the 2020 Scrum guide.

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Scrum.org

MAY 10, 2024

Ever felt like your agile game is more of a sluggish shuffle? Imagine you’ve just rolled out what should be a game-changing agile transformation. Here’s the truth: keeping the agile flame alive can be a real headache. But here’s some good news: reigniting that agile spark doesn’t require reinventing the wheel.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 5, 2023

Imagine my delight at being selected to participate in an invitation-only event about management methods. The actual TED talk principles are refreshingly simple and make me think of those that accompany the Agile Manifesto like, ‘Simplicity – the art of maximizing the work not done – is essential.’ Stuart & Frank’s G.Y.M.

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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. While scrum has been scaled to apply to bigger projects and organizations, its roots are in agile software development and has come to work seamlessly in that smaller, nimble environment.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2023

Look for: Training sessions or courses (internal or external) Organization meetings like attending PMI Chapter events Seminars Webinars Conferences (virtual or in-person). PDUs with the Agile PrepCast $129 Earn 30.5 PDUs by listening to The Agile PrepCast and learning more about agile tools and methods.

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2023 PMI Certification Software Review 410

Scrum.org

JUNE 20, 2023

TL; DR: Employing Agile Coaches next to Scrum Masters? Often, when organizations employ agile coaches and Scrum Masters, we can observe that agile coaches work at an organizational level. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 47,000-plus subscribers. ? ??

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 13, 2022

In this article, I’ll explore the need for and the attributes of an agile business operating system related to Private Equity (PE) portfolio companies. Dealing with common business challenges through agility. Business/Organizational Agility - The New Business Operating System. More frequently there’s a major event driving it.

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Technical Review Software Review Agile Innovation 214

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 15, 2023

In Scrum Events across the world, I hear repeated the phrase “that’s how agile works” when describing behaviours that are both unprofessional and the very opposite of an agile mindset. These behaviours will inhibit agility and are a result of a lack of understanding of the underlying principles.

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