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The Kanban Practice That Equips Teams For Self-Management

Scrum.org

I previously wrote about the meaning of self-management with examples in a Scrum context. The Kanban Method Practice of Make Policies Explicit The Kanban Method is a management method made up of principles and practices to be applied to whatever process is in place (which could be Scrum).

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The Rhythmic Dance of Agile with Cadence

MPUG

Now, you might be thinking what exactly a dance has to do with cadence in Agile? Let’s start first with the definition of cadence. Cadence – Definition and Basics. One can define cadence in Agile as follows: Cadence is a regular, predictable pattern of development work in Agile. Working with Single Cadence.

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The Importance of Connecting Agile to Business Value

Leading Agile

How to Communicate the Value of Agile to Executives Instead of emphasizing the team-level aspects of Agile like Scrum, standups, retrospectives, Kanban boards, and burndown charts, focus on how Agile practices can improve predictability, reduce risks, lower cost, and enhance the company’s ability to respond to market changes.

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5  misconceptions about Scrum's Sprint Event

Scrum.org

Many well-meaning Scrum practitioners have misconceptions about Scrum, which sometimes leads to creating “rules” that do not exist in the framework. Scrum is deliberately incomplete because the framework is used in complex environments where simple best practices won’t fit all situations.

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Why Kanban Might Not Be a Good Fit for Your Scrum Team (Yet)

Scrum.org

Kanban and Scrum are two powerful methods/frameworks in the Agile world, each offering distinct benefits for managing work and delivering value. Before diving into Kanban, ensuring that your Scrum foundation is solid is crucial. Before diving into Kanban, ensuring that your Scrum foundation is solid is crucial.

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To Fix Your OKRs – Go Back to First (Familiar) Principles

Scrum.org

As defined by WhatMatters.com : OKRs – an Alignment Framework – a collaborative goal-setting methodology used by teams and individuals to set challenging, ambitious goals with measurable results. It’s much easier to define an OKR for everything – and then when everything is important, nothing is really important.

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Improving SAFe Through Professional Scrum

Scrum.org

SAFe includes Scrum - so how come many Scrum practitioners and thought leaders consider it unsafe? It takes advantage of established frameworks and techniques that work well - Scrum being the first and foremost of those. SAFe's Scrum Master is more of an Agile Team Lead. I hear a lot of questions and claims.

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