Scrum.org

OCTOBER 1, 2024

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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Technical Review Cadence SCRUM Defining 165

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Every Scrum event has a maximum allowable time period to carry it out, called a timebox. There seems to be a misunderstanding about applying timeboxes in Scrum. While Scrum events have a maximum amount of time, they do not have a minimum amount of time. Scrum Event Timeboxes. The first event in Scrum is the Sprint itself.

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SCRUM Technical Review Cadence Lean 210

MPUG

DECEMBER 28, 2020

A new version of Scrum guide was released last month. It contains commitments for each of the Scrum artifacts. This definition of the ‘goal’ can create confusion for many who understand project-program-portfolio management and how goals aligns with the vision, mission, strategy, and objectives of an organization. Sprint Backlog.

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SCRUM Cadence 2020 Agile 116

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

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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SCRUM Development Team Review Technical Review Cadence 138

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

In its theory section, the Scrum Guide refers to the three elements of empiricism: transparency, inspection, and adaptation. However, a fourth element, foundational to enable empiricism, is hidden in a sentence on Scrum Values. Read on and learn more about the complete picture of Scrum’s empiricism. ???? Empiricism.

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2020 2022 SCRUM Cadence 197

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

I was hired by a bank to help them to get started with agile and Scrum. Most people who see the value of the Scrum Master role will agree that a seasoned scrum master can support up to three experienced teams when sprinting. But is one Scrum Master enough to start up three teams from scratch simultaneously? Day 4 and 5.

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SCRUM Estimate Cadence Initiating 225

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 7, 2018

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.

SCRUM 114

SCRUM Development Team Review Technical Review Cadence 114

Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2020

Scrum, in its more general definition, is a simple framework to help us address complex challenges. Scrum is increasingly being discovered as a simple framework to address complex problems and situations other than software and product development. Define and identify your product first.

Cadence 207

Cadence SCRUM Software Review Technical Review 207

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

I was hired by a bank to help them to get started with agile and Scrum. Most people who see the value of the Scrum Master role will agree that a seasoned scrum master can support up to three experienced teams when sprinting. But is one Scrum Master enough to start up three teams from scratch simultaneously? Day 4 and 5.

SCRUM 189

SCRUM Estimate Cadence Initiating 189

Scrum.org

MAY 4, 2023

By Lavaneesh Gautam , Professional Scrum Trainer Effective Stakeholder Engagement is key to the success of the product and one of the essential skills all product people should have. By Lavaneesh Gautam , Professional Scrum Trainer Question 1: What Message Do We Want To Provide? Are they part of our Definition of ‘Done’?

Influencer 195

Influencer Cadence Software Review SCRUM 195

Scrum.org

MAY 16, 2024

In Org Topologies™, “the Product gap” is the space between the team-level product definition and the customer-level perception or whole business-level of the Product. In our Scrum classes, we teach that Product Owners are value maximizers. They study and do the work in a shared cadence (Sprint). What is ownership?

Agile 178

Agile Software Review Cadence Engineering 178

Agilemania

MARCH 19, 2021

Scrum vs. Kanban is one of the most trending comparisons in the world of agile methodology! However, while Scrum and Kanban both have differences, their principles are the same. Both Kanban and Scrum will help you to build high-quality products and provide better services with less hassle. Scrum vs. Kanban: The Definitions.

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SCRUM Lean Software Review Cadence 98

Leading Agile

MARCH 29, 2023

It’s just means that, by definition, they aren’t Agile.” The most common small team Agile methodologies are Scrum and XP, maybe Kanban, or a combination of the three. Scrum focuses more on management activities. Agile teams, by definition, operate independently, in close proximity to an actual customer or product owner.

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Agile Underperforming Technical Team Cadence Governance 133

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Many teams grapple with the intricacies of Scrum, and one of the most pivotal components is the Sprint Goal. Thanks to our reviewers: Ralph Jocham | Scrum.org TLDR; The Sprint Goal is the heart of Scrum, representing the team's commitment to the value derived from the Sprint's outcome. Sprint Goal videos!

Infrastructure 181

Infrastructure SCRUM Cadence Monitoring 181

Leading Agile

JULY 28, 2022

They are the ones that must define clear acceptance criteria and definition of done. From a process perspective, like in Scrum, the product owner brings the backlog to the Scrum team, and they accept the work into their sprint. Getting to a Definition of Done. Avoid Pushing Work to the Next Sprint.

Agile 127

Agile Technical Review Cadence Software Review 127

Scrum.org

JANUARY 14, 2021

In both SAFe/Scrum it is a self-managing team of self-managed teams with a couple of key roles at the team of teams level. . Scrum theory emphasizes Empiricism and Self-management, coupled with Flow in recent years. Scrum theory emphasizes Empiricism and Self-management, coupled with Flow in recent years. Lean/Agile Leadership.

Cadence 140

Cadence Technical Review Development Team Review Lean 140

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2020

TL;DR: The Scrum Product Owner in 58 Theses. The Product Owner theses also address the Product Owner’s part in Scrum events from Sprint Planning to Sprint Review to Sprint Retrospective, and the Daily Scrum. The Product Owner is also the most vulnerable Scrum role. Do you want to get this article in your inbox?

Technical Review 212

Technical Review SCRUM 2020 Estimate 212

Scrum.org

JANUARY 27, 2020

The Product Owner introduces the business objective the upcoming Sprint is supposed to meet, the Scrum Team collaboratively creates a Sprint Goal, and the Development Team forecasts the work required to achieve the goal by picking the appropriate items from the Product Backlog, transferring them to the Sprint Backlog.

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Planning Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Cadence 222

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2018

If you’re also an experienced Scrum practitioner, you probably associate the time you started to use Scrum with the time you started to release more frequently. Transcending Scrum and the Increment? Before you recycle your copies of the Scrum Guide – can I ask you a couple of questions though? You were pretty proud.

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Cadence Development Team Review Technical Review Software Review 134

Digite

MAY 15, 2018

This article is the fourth in a series of “Kanban and Scrum – Stronger Together”. In the most recent post in Steve Porter’s series, Yuval Yuret presents Scrum in a manner that is intended to educate Kanban teams. Values shouldn’t be expressed as goals like they are in the Scrum Guide. Disclaimer.

Development Team Review 93

Development Team Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM 93

Scrum.org

MARCH 14, 2023

In Scrum terms, this is about improving upon the Definition of Done. Delivering Other organizations require the minimal defects and high productivity that allows them to ship on cadence and receive the market boost that comes from consistently Delivering when the market demands.

Agile 207

Agile Cadence Technical Review Development Team Review 207

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2018

If you’re also an experienced Scrum practitioner, you probably associate the time you started to use Scrum with the time you started to release more frequently. Transcending Scrum and the Sprint Increment? Before you recycle your copies of the Scrum Guide – can I ask you a couple of questions though?

Cadence 128

Cadence Development Team Review Technical Review Software Review 128

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 8, 2022

The Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) community helps bring our mission to life by delivering classes around Scrum and working with customers directly. Your Professional Scrum Trainer (PST) supports the classroom sessions as an expert in the subject matter and by facilitating exercises, simulations, and constructive discussions.

Influencer 178

Influencer Cadence SCRUM Construction 178

MPUG

JUNE 5, 2024

With this background, let’s proceed and learn how these boards can be used separately by individual teams, Kanban Flow Masters (equivalent to Scrum Masters in Scrum ) and Kanban Service Request Managers (equivalent to Product Owners in Scrum) to manage and track the work items. Knowing how to scale definitely helps.

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Agile Construction Cadence PMI 106

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Make at least one definitive move toward your goal.”?—?Bruce With the release of the 2020 version of the Scrum Guide, we now have Product Goals but what are they? See the Professional Scrum Product Owner book for more details. Product Goals are an often overlooked mechanism that can help you in this area. “If Product Samurai.

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2009 Underperforming Technical Team Cadence SCRUM 234

Scrum.org

MAY 20, 2020

My fellow PST, Glaudia Califano, and I were sitting in a café (at a time prior to the current lockdown due to Covid-19), having agreed to meet up with a Business Analyst who had reached out to us to have a chat about Scrum and Agile. The purpose of completing PBIs is so the goals of the Scrum team are met. . was our next question.

Planning 172

Planning Cadence Technical Review SCRUM 172

Agilemania

FEBRUARY 22, 2021

Scrum vs. Kanban is one of the most trending comparisons in the world of agile methodology! However, while Scrum and Kanban both have differences, their principles are the same. Both Kanban and Scrum will help you to build high-quality products and provide better services with less hassle. Scrum vs. Kanban: The Definitions.

SCRUM 52

SCRUM Lean Software Review Cadence 52

Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide! Without a regular cadence of delivery of working software any belief that you will get a usable increment is misguided at best. Definition of Done (DoD) – Along with having sufficient requirements the single biggest blocker to predictability is a lack of common understanding of DONE.

Software Review 230

Software Review Technical Review Planning Manufacturing 230

Digite

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

The questioner asked – “I have recently joined a company and to one of the projects that I’m engaged we have this Scrum team that has a mixed backlog (USs and Bugs). Frequently, especially in a Scrum environment, it can be difficult to match the cadence of doing both. Not Scrum OR Kanban. Scrum and Kanban!

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Software Review Cadence 117

Gunther Verheyen

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Scrum, in its more general definition, is a simple framework to help us address complex challenges. Product development is the subset of complex problem domains where Scrum took root first; by explicitly acknowledging software and new product development to be complex work, serving to deliver complex products in complex circumstances.

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SCRUM Cadence Software Review Technical Review 58

Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

So if it doesn’t have the ability to do that, we by definition have a dependency of some sort. And that team, by the definition of Agile is operates off a backlog. But back in the day, one of the definitions I offered is basically set the criteria for this particular team. So the definition can be extended.

Agile 77

Agile Lean Government Governance 77

Leading Agile

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

And we can have multiple teams that are integrated in such a way that they produce integrated deliverables on regular cadences and where we have our portfolio items that actually move through our portfolio at a predictable rate. I operated from the Scrum framework. So that’s kind of the set up for what I want to try to do today.

Agile 62

Agile Cadence PMI Certification 62

Leading Agile

APRIL 4, 2023

You know, my general belief is that most, I’d say all the Agile methodologies, like the ones that come to mind like Scrum, XP, Scaled Agile framework, Large Scale Scrum, maybe Nexus on some levels, Disciplined Agile Delivery. And by the definition of Agile, it absolutely isn’t, right? That’s typically Scrum.

Technical Review 117

Technical Review SCRUM Agile Government 117

Scrum.org

APRIL 21, 2020

Like many Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches and Agile Managers, I am beginning to understand organizations are complex adaptive systems. By making distinctions we challenge existing norms, labels and definitions. One of the powerful properties of Scrum is that it makes a very clear distinction in roles, events and artifacts.

Underperforming Technical Team 161

Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Cadence 2019 161

The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Definitions Assumptions are things we know we do not know. He also holds multiple Agile certifications from Disciplined Agile, Scrum Alliance, and Scaled Agile. Context and environmental factors should govern process requirements, specificity, and formality. Enterprise frameworks or standards may also inform the practices.

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Risk Management Risk Cadence 2016 88

Leading Agile

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The Assumptions of Scrum. So, what does Scrum say about dependencies? And if you look at the way that Scrum is architected, you’ll notice that it assumes a lot, including that each team: Consists of six to eight people. The Reality of Scrum. At one point in time, Scrum came up with this idea of Scrum of Scrums.

Agile 127

Agile Technical Review SCRUM Cadence 127

Henny Portman

JULY 26, 2020

Furthermore, neither agile or scrum contemplates how the agile team should be connected to a larger organization and to external partners who will likely have differing development processes and cadences. Integrating events give much greater routine focus to ensure completion, and take the place of demo prep in many scrum projects.

Software Review 93

Software Review Process Lean Cadence 93