Scrum.org

JANUARY 13, 2024

Are Special Sprints in Agile Truly Beneficial? In my journey with Agile, I've often encountered teams embroiled in what I term 'special sprints' – Sprint zeros, refactoring sprints, and bugfix sprints. At first glance, these sprints appear as a savvy adaptation of Agile. Enjoy this video? The result?

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Henny Portman

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The book “ The Lean-Agile Way – Unleash Business Results in the Digital Era with Value Stream Management ” by Cecil ‘Gary’ Rupp, Richard Knaster, Steve Pereira, and Al Shalloway provides a comprehensive roadmap to optimize processes, improve products, and enhance service delivery.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 16, 2024

These striking innovations, which look like toys, are the facade of a profound shift in the industrial paradigm based on speed of change, open-source, decentralization, and composability. Changing a traditional production tool is long and difficult, generating high costs, hindering innovation, and causing loss of economic opportunities.

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The IIL Blog

JUNE 12, 2024

These innovative tools are poised to revolutionize project processes, augment decision-making capabilities, and optimize resource utilization. Project managers in 2024 will adopt more forward-thinking strategies, emphasizing scenario planning and agile responses to mitigate unforeseen challenges.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 19, 2024

Here are some of the main tech innovations that have led to an evolution in the way we manage projects. AI and Big Data Robotic Process Automation is here to stay, along with AI, natural language processing, big data and all the other data-driven processes. And less on following rigid processes. Thankfully.

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Wrike

JANUARY 12, 2024

Today, we’re going to discuss the ins and outs of the NPD process, an effective method that can accelerate innovation, bring new ideas and designs to market, and propel you to success. Try Wrike for free What is the NPD process? The NPD process is a systematic approach to developing and launching new products or services.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 24, 2024

This balance will be key to achieving effective and sustainable strategic value realization. These new projects are strategic in nature, such as innovation, research & development, new product development and strategic planning initiatives. Getting to this balance is a key to future experiencing culture.

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Scrum.org

JULY 17, 2023

Agile has become more than just a buzzword in our complex world. Agility is a mindset, a skillset, a culture, and a driving force behind successful, flexible, and responsive organisations. The Agile Leader's commitment goes beyond mere lip service to the Agile Manifesto. In the Agile world, this couldn't be truer.

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2023

These innovative tools are poised to revolutionize project processes, augment decision-making capabilities, and optimize resource utilization. Project managers in 2024 will adopt more forward-thinking strategies, emphasizing scenario planning and agile responses to mitigate unforeseen challenges.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 15, 2023

Professional Scrum facilitation skills are crucial tools for effective Agile team facilitation, and these skills empower Scrum Masters and team members alike to direct conversations and decision-making processes effectively, thus fostering a high-performing Agile environment.

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NimbleWork

MAY 29, 2024

Rapid technological advancements, evolving market dynamics, and heightened customer expectations have disrupted traditional business models, necessitating a shift towards agility, collaboration, and continuous improvement. By combining the principles and practices of Lean and Agile, organizations can harness the best of both worlds.

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Scrum.org

MAY 19, 2023

Image Source: [link] Although Scrum is a well-known framework for agile software development, implementing Scrum alone won’t guarantee success. Inspect and adapt software development process and value delivery more effectively. Developers need to learn and apply technical practices for better business agility with Scrum.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

It’s too bad that this shift undermines Agile principles and hampers long-term success and innovation. Short-Term Focus : Driven by quarterly results or immediate performance metrics, these organizations push for quick deliveries, often at the expense of long-term value or sustainable development.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 30, 2024

A Scrum Master plays a big role in helping Scrum Teams embrace and integrate an Agile Mindset and an empirical way of thinking and approaching their work, as well as figuring out how they will work as a self-managing, cross-functional team and move through challenges, successes, and failures together. Does our team have high morale?

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Scrum.org

JULY 4, 2024

The Scrum Team is transparent about its processes and progress. Scrum Team is committed to sustainable development. Scrum Team often embodies and promotes Agile values throughout the organization. In summary, a Scrum Team is not bound by traditional hierarchies or rigid processes. Scrum is Not a democracy.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2023

Steve is great, but in terms of Agile leadership , he doesn’t touch sides – in my opinion – to Satya Nadella. You can see the difficulty he created within Apple because all innovation, product development, and so forth stemmed from him rather than a culture of innovation that permeates throughout the organization.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 21, 2024

This subtle change signals a seismic shift in mindset: from temporary initiatives to sustainable, evolving solutions. This transition starts with language but must permeate through attitudes, frameworks, and decision-making processes. Now, imagine a shift – a simple yet profound one. Why Promote a Product Culture?

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 10, 2023

Exclusively on my Substack Newsletter : The Importance of Quality for Agility — An Excerpt from the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide (7). ? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 49,000-plus subscribers. ? Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ?️

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Mindlessly applying best practices from other organizations without considering their relevance to the current context will likely lead to ineffective processes. Upfront, long-term planning : This approach conflicts with the Agile principle of welcoming changing requirements, even late in development.

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

This ensures relevance to the customer, and sustainability as an ongoing enterprise. Today, it is often imperative to be capable of innovating Business Models – to change and reconfigure value chains. This post provides a framework – far beyond just a product and service innovation – for Business Model Innovation.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

In this blog, we'll unravel how embedding a learning perspective within your transformation strategy can lead to more meaningful, lasting change, particularly in the context of Agile methodologies and digital transformation. It is a continuous, dynamic process that profoundly influences decision-making and strategy formulation.

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The IIL Blog

MARCH 20, 2024

As we open our organisations to leadership’s next generation, it’s clear that the future belongs to those who champion collaboration, innovation, inclusion, and adaptability. To some, the formal term, ‘change management’, often carries a weight that suggests a more top-down and directive process.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 15, 2024

This means articulating every step of our work process, from inception to completion. Like and subscribe to our channel: [link] By engaging in this process, we confront the reality that many teams lack a uniform approach to decision-making. Enjoy this video? Learn more about how we can help

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 20, 2020

Investing in agile would underpin this approach by introducing ways of working that reduce complexity, improve collaboration and bring the customer to the forefront of each decision. Reaching Agile Maturity Ahead of Plan. Company-wide agile awareness and engagement activities established a strong foundation for change.

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The Strategic Project Manager

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Products and services, projects, and processes all need to add value to be strategically viable. Lean innovation management originated from startups, but is applicable in helping bring a startup mentality to a variety of types of organizations. Let’s start be defining lean innovation. That is the domain of lean innovation.

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Scrum.org

MAY 15, 2024

Product Owners: Balancing stakeholder interests with respect for the development process. Developers: Respecting differing opinions to foster innovation. Stakeholders: Respect for the agile process and its requirements. Developers: Standing up for quality and sustainable work practices.

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NimbleWork

JUNE 10, 2024

This article delves into the key differences between project management today and in the past, highlighting the impact of technology, methodologies, team dynamics, and the growing emphasis on soft skills and sustainability. In the past, project managers relied heavily on manual processes and physical documentation.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2022

What is the business case for Agile teams? We think we do well to base our beliefs about Agile more on evidence. This post is our attempt to bring an evidence-based perspective to the business case of Agile teams. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams.

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The Strategic Project Manager

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The framework encourages companies to rethink industry boundaries and focus on innovation rather than competition, ultimately leading to the creation of new market space. Raise – They raised the level of innovation and efficiency in the aerospace industry by focusing on rapid prototyping and iterative design processes.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The name is apt, as the waterfall methodology is a process in which the phases of the project flow downward. Agile Methodology. What It Is: In a nutshell, Agile project management is an evolving and collaborative way to self-organize across teams. How do you know if agile is for you? Scrum Methodology.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 2, 2023

In today’s fast-paced and interconnected world, businesses are constantly looking for ways to achieve sustainable growth. The concept of sustainable business growth goes beyond just increasing profits; it involves finding a balance between economic, environmental, and social responsibilities.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 23, 2023

TL; DR: Self-Management Is self-management an essential building block on an organization’s path to business agility or a nice-to-have cultural twist to, for example, keep teams happy and attract new talent? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 46,000-plus subscribers. ? ? ? ??

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 8, 2024

Their leadership style is characterised by focusing on outcomes and business impact rather than just processes. 1. They leverage Scrum to enhance market position, drive revenue growth, and improve operational efficiency, thus aligning agile practices with broader business objectives.

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Scrum.org

JULY 7, 2020

TL; DR: Agile Laws and Remote Agile. On many occasions in the recent past, working with distributed agile teams has amplified existing organizational, technical, and cultural challenges in many organizations. In that respect, the current issues that many distributed teams face may also act as accelerants to become more agile.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 24, 2023

A team that is no longer content with their work environment or processes may become disengaged, impacting their ability to deliver high-quality results. Nurturing Continuous Improvement The essence of Agile methodologies lies in continuous improvement. However, this pursuit becomes arduous when employees are dissatisfied.

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NimbleWork

APRIL 16, 2024

This is where Agile methodology shines. With its emphasis on flexibility, collaboration, and customer-centricity, Agile offers proven framework for success in navigating dynamic environments and achieving project objectives with confidence. Source : Stage of Agile Report 3.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 4, 2023

These principles are influenced by, but not directly related to, contemporary approaches to organizational management and work methodologies such as Agile, Lean Thinking, Design Thinking, Systems Thinking, Management 3.0, Our decision-making process is rooted in objectivity. and beyond. We cultivate a culture of continuous learning.

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