Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2020

Completing an Agile Coaching certification doesn’t make you an Agile Coach. Just to be clear, this bare-bones guide isn’t the only way of becoming an effective Agile coach but does contain enough to give you a solid foundation so you can be useful, effective and deliver a ton of value to your clients and the organisations you serve.

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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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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Embraced across industries, Agile frameworks offer a flexible approach for delivering complex products. At the heart of successful Agile implementation lies a delicate equilibrium between autonomy and guidance - a balance that Agile leaders must master. Strategies for Striking the Balance 1.

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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. The result?

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

TL; DR: Adapt How You Lead for Agile Success w/ Johanna Rothman — ACB21. Too many people say, “With agile, we don’t need no stinkin’ managers.” However, because managers create and refine the culture, modern managers create and refine the agile culture. Without modern management, any agile initiative will die.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

But what if this managerial focus on velocity is a fata morgana obscuring the path to true agility and value? ? You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 48,000-plus subscribers. ? Get notified when the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book is available ! ? Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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Scrum.org

JULY 3, 2023

TL; DR: The Uncomfortable Truth of Scaling Agile Agile transformations, scaling Agile from a team level to the whole organization, are more than implementing frameworks like SAFe®. You can sign up here for the ‘Food for Agile Thought’ newsletter and join 47,000-plus subscribers. ? ??

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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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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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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. Project management methodologies Agile methods became more prevalent in the first 20 years of the 21st Century, following the publication of the Agile Manifesto in 2001.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2023

Last week I was invited to give a lecture at the Free University of Amsterdam at the faculty for Digital Business Innovation. The lecture triggered many thoughts about the relevance of teaching Agile/Scrum. Young people at university have some idea about what “Agile” and “Scrum” is. Not exactly the best Agile experience.

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Scrum.org

JULY 10, 2024

Each product group has profit and loss (P&L) responsibility, as well as all the necessary resources and authority to develop and sustain the product. Agility : Product groups can adapt quickly to market changes, driving innovation and responsiveness. Find out more about the CAO approach with this 3 min overview video.

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Kiron Bondale

MAY 30, 2021

Dispersed teams often have greater diversity than co-located ones which could lead to more creativity and innovation if that diversity is effectively leveraged. The first finding seems logical. Dispersed teams usually also face more constraints with their ways of working which might encourage them to be more disciplined in their work efforts.

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Project Bliss

MAY 10, 2017

Everybody’s talking about agile software development these days: project managers, software developers, IT directors, small startups and big corporations. What is Agile Software Development? Agile software development is an approach that promotes delivering value quickly to the customer. Agile Principles.

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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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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

MAY 19, 2023

Image Source: [link] Although Scrum is a well-known framework for agile software development, implementing Scrum alone won’t guarantee success. Scrum and technical practices help achieve business agility by building the right thing and delivering it sooner. Technical skills are needed for adaptable, reliable, and maintainable software.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 9, 2020

The Sustainable Sydney 2030 program lays out other initiative to develop the city, which is mentioned in the most recent Global Liveability Index. It’s being built with urban sustainability and environmental protection in mind. The Agile project management community is very strong,” he says. A search on Seek.com.au

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 18, 2020

In this article, I want to clarify the need for agility in modern businesses and what agility in organisational design actually is. Innovations and changes supersede at an increasingly high pace. Many organisational design improvements do not interfere in the system deeply enough to create a systemic, sustainable change.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

The core responsibilitie of the agile leader is creating the right context for the agile teams so they can thrive and self-manage. In my book ‘Agile Leadership Toolkit’ I dedicate a whole part to this important topic. It must of course also be rewarded and sustained. Frances Hesselbein. Below you can read a snapshot.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Retrospective Antipatterns is a great book for those in agile project management – especially if you’ve read all the classics. Business Resilience is a longer read, but it’s a really interesting guide to how to make sustained progress at pace, whatever pace is appropriate to your organization. PDU claim: 9 hours. PDU claim: 5 hours.

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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. For the agile enthusiast, this scrum gathering takes place twice a year since 2013. Agile & Beyond .

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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

JANUARY 11, 2024

They promote a work-life balanced and psychologically safe environment, ensuring team resilience and sustained productivity. They anticipate potential impediments, guiding the team in adapting their approaches and maintaining a sustainable pace. This leadership style is critical in unlocking the full potential of Agile practices.

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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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Scrum.org

JANUARY 4, 2021

You can sign up here for our weekly ‘Food of Agile Thought newsletter’ and join 29k other subscribers. ?? Join us on February 3, 2021: Hands-on Agile #29: Scrum Guide 2020 — Reloaded. These should allow an interviewer to deep dive into candidates’ understanding of Scrum and their agile mindset.

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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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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

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

TL; DR: Diana Larsen on the Agile Fluency Model. On October 12, 2022, agile innovator Diana Larsen delved into the Agile Fluency® Model. After a short introduction to the model, we shifted to an ask-me-anything-style discussion of the groundbreaking view of agile and teams. ?? The Agile Fluency® Model.

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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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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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Scrum.org

MARCH 21, 2024

This subtle change signals a seismic shift in mindset: from temporary initiatives to sustainable, evolving solutions. It requires not just a change in vocabulary but a cultural shift, a realignment of values towards long-term impact, customer satisfaction, and sustainable growth. Now, imagine a shift – a simple yet profound one.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Upfront, long-term planning : This approach conflicts with the Agile principle of welcoming changing requirements, even late in development. Outsourcing work to the lowest bidder : This can compromise the quality and consistency of the product, going against the Agile focus on continuous attention to technical excellence.

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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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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

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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Leading Agile

JANUARY 21, 2021

Mike Cottmeyer explores the key attributes in each of the three systems necessary for making a success out of the otherwise complex tax of large scale Agile Transformation. The three systems include a System of Delivery, a System of Transformation, and a System of Sustainability. Transcript. Like what are the networks of teams?

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