Scrum.org

MARCH 21, 2022

The Scrum framework consists of 5 events, 3 accountabilities, 3 artifacts and five values. Today, we will talk about the order of the events in Scrum. . The order of events in Scrum matters. The Scrum framework is rooted in lean thinking and empiricism. Lean thinking reduces waste and focuses on the essentials.

SCRUM 234

SCRUM Lean Agile Leadership 234

Scrum.org

JULY 16, 2019

Lean Agile Procurement is designed to reduce delay in establishing the partnerships, and providing clear constraints on the business relationship. The traditional approach of RFI – RFP – Review – LOI is neither lean or agile. Aligned to the Agile Manifesto. This event has a duration no longer than 1 day per vendor.

Lean 155

Lean Agile Underperforming Technical Team Software Review 155

MPUG

JULY 12, 2024

From time to time, articles keep emerging on our feed that Agile teams are failing. A popular article by Deloitte, “ How fragile is your Agile , ” covers the six common pitfalls teams face when using Agile for project management. are using Agile as of 2022 with a success rate of 64%. You cannot apply Agile here.

Agile 111

Agile Prince2 PMI 2022 111

Scrum.org

MARCH 17, 2020

TL; DR: Remote Agile, Part 1: Practices & Tools for Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and Product Owners. Agile has always been about colocation, about direct communication, physical boards, and all the other haptic and analog moments to create value in the digital realm. Moreover, admittedly, I love index cards. General Tips.

Agile 243

Agile SCRUM Lean Energy 243

Scrum.org

AUGUST 18, 2022

Throughout this blog, I use a variety of terms such as meeting, event, and workshop ostensibly as synonyms. Whilst this is a Professional Scrum leaning piece, facilitation is not an art solely associated with Scrum, and therefore the language I use isn’t either. So, what is facilitation? . Could it hobble on and ‘get there’?

Underperforming Technical Team 222

Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Innovation Consulting 222

Scrum.org

MARCH 9, 2020

Lean Coffee is a powerful meeting faciliation technique that can be used in coffee shops, conferences, open space, scrum events or simply replace existing corporate meeting formats. Lean Coffee is easy to learn, empowers participants and increases engagement. It is also fun!

Lean 229

Lean SCRUM Agile 229

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.

2023 443

2023 Technical Review Artificial Inteligence Underperforming Technical Team 443

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.

Software Review 418

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Lean Event Chain 418

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Earned Value Analysis Dashboards Road Maps Lean Concepts – Kanban Agile Concepts – Scrum Infographics. Category #2. Visual Project Reporting Tools. Category #3. Visual Project Collaboration Tools. table that shows which project is in which life cycle phase, colour coded to show status) Project Social Media (e.g.

Software Review 455

Software Review Lean SCRUM Initiating 455

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

Agile isn’t the right fit for every business problem–it’s simply a tool in the toolkit–one of many. . Agile frameworks should be used to solve business problems in complex environments where more is known than known. What is Agile? When is Agile the right fit? There are many flavors of Agile.

Agile 213

Agile Lean SCRUM 2021 213

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. Kanban is from Japan, originating in the factories of the Toyota car company in the 60s as a lean manufacturing tool for workflow and inventory management. What Is Kanban? What Is Scrum?

SCRUM 448

SCRUM Manufacturing 2001 Agile 448

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.

Agile 222

Agile 2023 2009 Energy 222

Inloox

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The SAFe method is based on the Lean philosophy and offers a fixed framework in which Scrum and other agile management methods can be scaled to the entire company. The basic concept SAFe divides enterprise agility into three level of abstractions: Team level (Scrum teams). Agile Release Train (ART). Agile Teams.

Lean 254

Lean Innovation Agile SCRUM 254

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.

SCRUM 185

SCRUM Agile Engineering 2024 185

Scrum.org

APRIL 16, 2019

One of the biggest misconceptions of agile is that it focuses on speed. This short-sighted view of agile is causing a bigger problem?—?misalignment. Focusing on individual team velocity is causing misalignment both vertically and horizontally within organizations reducing their overall agility. How fast can we deliver?

Agile 188

Agile Lean Innovation Engineering 188

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.

SCRUM 214

SCRUM Agile Lean Leadership 214

Inloox

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The SAFe method is based on the Lean philosophy and offers a fixed framework in which Scrum and other agile management methods can be scaled to the entire company. The basic concept SAFe divides enterprise agility into three level of abstractions: Team level (Scrum teams). Agile Release Train (ART). Agile Teams.

Lean 237

Lean Innovation Agile SCRUM 237

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.

Agile 239

Agile 2003 Underperforming Technical Team 2018 239

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.

SCRUM 240

SCRUM Software Review Lean Leadership 240

Scrum.org

MAY 10, 2022

Fourth blog, in a blog series about the upcoming book: Creating Agile Organizations - A Systemic Approach, by Cesario Ramos & Ilia Pavlichenko. For example, in one company the employees collaboratively defined the optimizing goals, learning goals, and metrics for an Agile adoption. Guideline: Voluntary Participation.

Technical Review 218

Technical Review Agile Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 218

ProjectManager.com

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

Each event is outlined by the acronym PDCA, which stands for plan, do, check, act. The idea of always making small improvements is not dissimilar to lean manufacturing, especially with the emphasis of eliminating waste. Kaizen, like a lean or agile approach, works with iterations. Report the results, follow-up and repeat.

Manufacturing 385

Manufacturing Lean Healthcare Software Review 385

Scrum.org

MARCH 24, 2020

TL; DR: Remote Agile (Part 2): Virtual Liberating Structures. Last week, we addressed basic practices and tools of remote agile with distributed teams. More than a year ago, my Berlin Hands-on Agile meetup started exploring the possibilities to use Liberating Structures specifically in the context of Scrum.

Agile 191

Agile Consulting SCRUM Lean 191

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.

Technical Review 214

Technical Review Software Review Agile Innovation 214

ProjectManager.com

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

Each one of those components connects directly to a TPM goal, and takes into account a different type of productivity loss: Availability: This corresponds to the TPM goal of having no stops in production while taking into account availability loss (all events that stop productive for an appreciable length of time). Key TPM Elements.

Manufacturing 397

Manufacturing Software Review Lean Technical Review 397

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 13, 2017

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. Look below for the details of the October Gathering in London.

2018 267

2018 PMO 2016 PMI 267

Scrum.org

JANUARY 25, 2021

Read on and learn how to employ search-engines, LinkedIn’s people search, reaching out to peers in the agile community, and analyzing the event markets in the quest for your next Scrum Master job. ?? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 29k other subscribers. Job advertisement.

SCRUM 237

SCRUM Technical Review Engineering Lean 237

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. Scrum (or another Agile framework).

Lean 234

Lean SCRUM Certification Development Team Review 234

Scrum.org

JULY 25, 2023

As Scrum.org trainers, we often come across common misconceptions from course attendees about Agile and Scrum. We tend to hear red flags of misalignment when we explore folk's current definitions and understanding of Agile and Scrum at the start of our courses. Agile eliminates the need for planning or documentation.

SCRUM 172

SCRUM Agile Software Review 2001 172

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 18, 2021

Topic(s): Agility. League of Extraordinary Lean-Agile Practitioners Community The league of extraordinary lean-agile practitioners is a group of peers and seasoned practitioners that continuously learn, share emergent practices, and discuss topics with courage, commitment, focus, respect, & openness!

Technical Review 203

Technical Review Lean 2021 Agile 203

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The Product Owner theses also address the Product Owner’s part in Scrum events from Sprint Planning to Sprint Review to Sprint Retrospective, and the Daily Scrum. A Product Owner is an innovator at heart and thus a value creator for customers and organizations if given a chance to work in an agile manner. Those two are natural allies.

Technical Review 248

Technical Review SCRUM 2020 Cadence 248

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

TL; DR: Psychological Safety as a Competitive Edge Psychological safety isnt about fluffy nicenessit is the foundation of agile teams that innovate, adapt, and deliver. This combination of directness and care is at the heart of psychological safety, and it is utterly essential for agile teams.

Construction 116

Construction Agile Innovation SCRUM 116

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 35,000-plus subscribers. ?? September 27, 2022 : Join 200-plus peers at the 45th Hands-on Agile Meetup: FAST: An Innovative Way to Scale with James Shore. Lean thinking reduces waste and focuses on the essentials.”. Source : Scrum Guide 2020.

2020 221

2020 2022 SCRUM Cadence 221

NimbleWork

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Continuous Innovation: From Agile methodologies to change management, these influencers are at the forefront of evolving project delivery practices. Christina Sookram Christina Sookram brings more than 15 years of corporate experience as a project leader and subject matter expert in both waterfall and agile methodologies.

Influencer 111

Influencer 2025 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 111

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 7, 2019

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 might seem like we could let our increasingly agile, multi-disciplinary, and highly collaborative teams just get on with it. Find her on Twitter.

2019 301

2019 Technical Review PMO Consulting 301

Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

LPM also known as Lean Portfolio management, refers to how senior leadership uses lean principles and systems thinking approaches to align strategy with execution. Portfolio management teams apply these principles and approaches to strategy and investment funding, Agile portfolio operations, and governance.

Lean 98

Lean Cadence Certification SCRUM 98

Scrum.org

APRIL 14, 2020

We started this series on remote agile with looking into practices and tools, followed by exploring virtual Liberating Structures, how to master Zoom as well as common remote agile anti-patterns. Lean Coffee is an excellent example of a workaround for virtual Liberating Structures. Antipatterns of Remote Agile Retrospectives .

Underperforming Technical Team 197

Underperforming Technical Team Agile SCRUM Technical Review 197

Scrum.org

JUNE 27, 2022

received a question: do you believe scrum and agility can be scaled and what’s the best approach to it? And I need to add flight levels to that article, but today I’m going to talk about LeSS, disciplined agile, scrum with scale, SAFe, Nexus. Disciplined Agile. It was updated a few months ago.

SCRUM 191

SCRUM Agile Underperforming Technical Team Lean 191