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The Importance of Connecting Agile to Business Value

Leading Agile

Work with executives to define clear, strategic objectives that Agile practices will help achieve. Starting with a defined scope targeted at a tangible outcome lowers the risk. Transformation is an investment, and the results of that investment need to be communicated on a regular cadence. Trust isn’t built overnight.

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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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How We Reduced Cycle Time from 164 Days to 8 Days in 6 Months

Scrum.org

How do we define “cycle time” in our context? In my opinion, I would first look for defining characteristics in a PO. CADENCE & RELIABILITY. CADENCE: What was the sprint cadence you folks started off with? What was sustainable cadence after improvements? ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES.

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Minimal measures for minimal stability in a complex environment

Scrum.org

No sustainable agility is achieved. Define and identify your product first. Sprint is a stable container event that provides overall rhythm and cadence to the opportunities for inspections and adaptations foreseen within a Sprint; Sprint Review, Daily Scrum, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective.

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5  misconceptions about Scrum's Sprint Event

Scrum.org

The Sprint is one of the five events defined in the Scrum Guide. The duration of the Sprint is timeboxed to a maximum of one month, establishing a cadence within which the Scrum team works together to deliver value. According to the 2020 Scrum Guide, the Sprint is the “heartbeat” of Scrum.

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"Why can?t we plan Sprints accurately with velocity?"

Scrum.org

It could be that the team has too much to do at once, or the PBIs are too big or vaguely defined. Scrum is a framework for addressing complex problems, and Scrum teams that can reach a cadence where their goals are regularly met are going to instill more trust, manage stakeholder expectations and manage that complexity sustainably.

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Summary and review: The lean-agile way

Henny Portman

The book is organized into four parts: Building on lean-agile foundations – mastering the basics, attending to our value-streams – prioritize improvements by their value-added impact, achieving lean-agile and VSM mastery – for product-oriented business transformations and driving sustainable transformation – strategies to achieve lean-agile mastery.

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