Leading Agile

AUGUST 22, 2024

One of the biggest reasons agile fails to take root inside these organizations is resistance or hesitation from their executive teams. Their hesitation toward Agile often comes from a place of caution, rooted in a preference for traditional methods that provide clear metrics and established processes.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The goal of a SM is to grow the teams to thrive, innovate, and deliver exceptional products. They may have job titles like Team Lead, Delivery Manager, Agile Coach, Developer, or even Engineering Manager. This commitment allows for a more profound impact on team innovation and product success.

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MPUG

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Over the past decade, the landscape of project management has been significantly influenced by the rise of Agile methodologies and the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Despite the emphasis on flexibility in Agile, maintaining a high level schedule is essential for tracking progress and ensuring that project milestones are met.

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Project Bliss

JANUARY 30, 2020

Design Thinking is a human centered approach to innovative problem-solving. You’ve likely heard it mentioned in meetings or hallway talk around the office. His company works with clients to successfully solve problems using innovation and Design Thinking approaches. Human Centered innovation and design focuses on people.

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Scrum.org

JULY 10, 2024

AI can help with some of these accountabilities by: Facilitating Meetings : AI can suggest different facilitation techniques for meetings. When it comes to some of the administrative tasks, let AI reduce the overhead as it can help schedule and manage meetings, generate agendas and even take notes during meetings.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

It's about recognising someone who embodies the spirit of agility, facilitates seamless teamwork, and drives a product toward success with unmatched zeal. They ensure that every task, meeting, and effort aligns with the shared goal. Subscribe to AskScrum.com to be the first to receive articles like this. © 2024 wowefy.com

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Project Risk Coach

DECEMBER 31, 2019

I often hear people say, “Our company has too many meetings. The meetings last too long and they are woefully mismanaged.” And yet, meetings can be an indispensable tool for accomplishing work. Let’s look at 10 ways to improve project meetings and achieve greater results. 10 Project Meeting Boosters.

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Online PM Courses

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

By Chuck Cobb Agile Project Management Agile , Agile Project Management Share 0 Tweet 0 Share 0 Agile Project Management now feels like a part of the landscape of the project profession. It’s 7 years since the PMI introduced Agile into the 6th Edition of its Project Management Body of Knowledge.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 24, 2024

These new projects are strategic in nature, such as innovation, research & development, new product development and strategic planning initiatives. Many of the traditional project management processes, tools, and techniques used in operational projects do not apply to strategic or innovation projects. Project Management (PM) 4.0

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Project Risk Coach

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Discover 10 ways to get more done in your meetings How often do you hear someone say, “We’re having too many meetings, lasting too long, and they are woefully mismanaged.” And yet, meetings can be the indispensable tool for getting work done. Let’s look at 10 ways to revitalize your project meetings and get more done.

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Accidental PM

MARCH 30, 2025

Agile, Scrum, and traditional project management methods each offer unique benefits depending on the nature of the project and the industry. Understanding the Project Management Approaches Agile Methodology Agile is a flexible, iterative project management approach emphasizing adaptability and collaboration.

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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. Support - Do not get me wrong.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 4, 2024

Agile frameworks are frequently misunderstood, and one area that exemplifies this is the use of story points. My experience with numerous Agile teams has shown me that the reliance on story points often leads to a misalignment of goals and priorities.

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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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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 16, 2024

An executive recently posed a thought-provoking question: Weve been practicing Agile for seven years. This question captures a common challenge in organizations scaling Agile. It highlights a key tension: if Agile is supposed to improve efficiency and effectiveness, why doesnt that translate into fewer people or reduced resource needs?

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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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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 4, 2021

Agile will stay and Kanban will stay, but lots of organisations are choosing hybrid structures. If we look at research from PMI and research done by the Georgia Chapter, waterfall is used in construction but in IT and financial services are using agile and hybrid. There will still be the need for innovation.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 8, 2024

Many teams are trapped in the ghosts of Agile past, adhering rigidly to the three fundamental questions of the daily scrum: What did I do yesterday? As a scrum practitioner, I've observed teams going through the motions, treating these meetings as a tick-box exercise rather than a dynamic platform for discussion and improvement.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 20, 2020

One of the largest series of conferences for project managers in North America, the Project Summit has industry innovators who help professionals be more productive, and learn best practices, skills and strategies to succeed. Change management is changing, and this is the annual meet-up to stay updated on the shifting environment.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 8, 2019

Hearing a senior executive announce "We're committed to becoming agile!" In fact, if you were to read some of the interviews with managers in business magazines, or the guest articles and puff-pieces on agility in their companies, you'd think that their hearts and minds had been won decades ago. Yet it's also the sticking point.

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ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Others still prefer forms of agile software development where they have room to adjust their project plan. That type of agile project management is called rolling wave planning or wave planning. Any project that is devoted to innovation is going to constantly pivot to take advantage of opportunities. Rolling Wave Planning Steps.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 11, 2024

Is Dogmatism Ruining Your Agile Team's Potential? One of the ghosts of Agile past is dogmatism. It's crucial to understand the specific meanings of terms like Scrum, continuous delivery, or any other aspect of Agile practices, as they have specific implications in our field. Enjoy this video?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 12, 2022

The annual two-and-a-half-day Resource Planning Summit is a place where the industry meets to explore resource planning and is welcome to professionals of all levels. Agile & Beyond. Agile is not new. Agile & Beyond is a great opportunity to mingle with a community of like-minded professionals and executives.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This occurs when teams prioritise rigid adherence to Scrum rules over the core agile principles of flexibility and innovation, undermining the framework's inherent benefits. Aversion to change: A fundamental Agile principle is embracing change, even late in development.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 28, 2024

TL; DR: Agile Laws in Software Development On many occasions, working with agile teams has amplified existing organizational, technical, and cultural challenges in many organizations. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 49,000-plus subscribers. edition ! ?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Project management conferences are a fantastic way to meet new people and improve your skills. If you are looking to attend a project management conference in 2019, chances are there is something happening near you that will be fun and meet your professional goals. The theme is Innovation Made Possible by a Project Manager.

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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?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 9, 2025

For Organizations: Implement Dual-Track Agile: Formalize the separation between discovery and delivery tracks while ensuring they inform each other continuously. Embrace Slack Time: Request 20% of unplanned capacity to enable adaptation to operational challenges and innovation. Ideally, product teams do both in parallel.

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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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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 14, 2020

For organizations in the midst of an agile transformation, the question “how do we know if/when we’re agile?” When quizzed about why they want to be agile, they respond that they “want to go faster”, or maybe even that they “want to be more responsive.” So what does this mean for measuring agility? is pressing.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 17, 2024

The Misstep of Focusing on Story Points and Velocity in Agile Teams As someone working in the realm of Agile, I've observed a common yet troubling trend among many teams: an overemphasis on story points and velocity. This practice not only undermines the essence of Agile but also hampers transparency and honesty within teams.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

We see technology evolving, new tools, consolidation, innovation and more. Be willing to incorporate a few different tools to meet the varied needs of your colleagues. Businesses that resisted the shift to Zoom meetings are now embracing the flexibility that remote teams give them. Project management trends shape our profession.

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 17, 2019

The Association of Change Management Professions (ACMP) holds its annual conference, which is one of the largest in the industry and offers a chance to meet with colleagues from around the world. The Scrum Alliance offers its annual networking and learning opportunity, with new solutions and tools to help deepen your knowledge of Agile.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 30, 2024

In times of organizational challenges, the temptation to cut costs often leads some to view Agile frameworks as a luxury rather than a necessity. However, dismissing Agile as a luxury is a mistake that comes from underestimating the transformative power of Agile frameworks for solving complex problems.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 15, 2020

TL; DR: Remote Agile Transitions. Since the pandemic has forced many of us to work remotely, this unique capability has been kicked into overdrive regarding remote agile transitions. Here are my top-10 challenges of organizational change that remote Agile has made more urgent to address than ever before. ??

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 15, 2024

The Illusion of Precision: Debunking Agile Banditry in Say-Do Metrics Starting from the basics, let's understand what say-do metrics really entail. On the other, they can lead to a culture of misrepresentation and pressure, where teams feel compelled to meet targets at the cost of quality and honesty.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

Outline the steps for implementation Why is agile methodology important in a digital transformation project? Here are some things to consider during your strategy planning meeting. Why is agile methodology important in a digital transformation project? New innovations and ways of thinking. Start communication early 4.

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