Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

I like to talk about project managers being the glue that holds the team together, and we do that through discussion, conversation, facilitated meetings and chat. You will also need to consider the frequency and detail preferred by the most influential stakeholders so that you can meet their expectations from the beginning.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2021

You will also need to consider the frequency and detail preferred by the most influential stakeholders so that you can meet their expectations from the beginning. This step is all about action – issuing meeting minutes, providing reports, and documenting proposed changes as agreed. THE COMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT PROCESS.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 15, 2021

The best way to prevent this from happening is by setting a cadence for meetings, requiring status reports , scheduling interdepartmental collaboration time and any number of other ideas. Otherwise, the team will begin to feel like multiple, independent departments working toward different goals.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

In this article we’ll look at what is a project board, and other names they are known by, who should be there, when to schedule meetings, what to talk about, how to report to this group and lots more so you can make sure it’s working effectively and efficiently. Call your meetings anything you like. What is a project board?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

Whether you’re excited to meet them for the first time, or have had a few calls/sessions already, you are probably wondering if you are using their time effectively and asking the right questions. Use these as a starting point in your meetings with your mentor and see where the conversation takes you. Still looking for a mentor?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 5, 2021

CADENCE & RELIABILITY. CADENCE: What was the sprint cadence you folks started off with? What was sustainable cadence after improvements? In addition to all 5 scrum events, we added a pre-planning meeting at the halfway mark of the sprint to look ahead at the next sprint. UAT is part of DOD. .

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nTask

OCTOBER 5, 2021

To many of the fans of project management out there in the market, these rhythms are known as Kanban cadences. What are Kanban Cadences? To learn about Kanban cadences, you need to know about cadences first. The latter is the closest to what we can say for certain that Kanban cadences relate to.

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Kiron Bondale

MARCH 15, 2020

Sufficient capacity, knowledge and empowerment are needed to succeed in this role, but every time I teach an agile foundations class and ask the participants whether their companies are able to meet all three of these requirements for assigning product owners to their most important value streams, very rarely do I get an unqualified “Yes!”

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Kiron Bondale

APRIL 18, 2021

Whether your team sets a regular cadence for external product reviews or they are conducted on a just-in-time basis, it is important to get actionable feedback. But conducting a review is not just a matter of bringing people together. ” or “ How could we make this feature add more value to you?

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Kiron Bondale

DECEMBER 2, 2018

The Scrum Guide calls sprints the heart of Scrum as these time boxes set the cadence for all other events. It should also reduce bad surprises and the need for traditional status meetings. But to know if the Scrum heart is healthy we could track achievement of goals and value delivered sprint-over-sprint.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 10, 2022

Either way, report EAC monthly or to your normal project management reporting cadence, so you can spot trends and identify issues before they become too significant. You meet with the project team at the halfway point to find out how things are going. An Excel spreadsheet will give you the answers.

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Kiron Bondale

MAY 26, 2019

For those teams which use an iteration-based cadence for their delivery such as those who have implemented the Scrum framework there have multiple feedback loops to help them improve. Teams which don’t use feedback loops with their products and their processes should not consider themselves to be very agile.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2024

Reduces Predictability When Scrum teams work together, they develop a cadence of value delivery. This variability makes it very difficult to accurately predict when the Scrum team will meet target delivery dates or when the Scrum team will deliver the desired value. This reduces transparency and trust.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

If a Product Backlog item does not meet the Definition of Done, it cannot be released or even presented at the Sprint Review. Increment meets agreed engineering standards – You should decide rules for naming of methods, tests, variables and everything in-between. The 2020 Scrum Guide. What is a Definition of Done (DoD).

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2020

Teams should not be all over the place in terms of getting dragged to external meetings regularly or having to work in multiple teams or on multiple projects. People dare not speak up or need to move to separate meeting rooms to do so. It requires dedication. It is why Sprints, as container events, have a fixed time-box.

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NimbleWork

DECEMBER 10, 2023

A retrospective meeting, often associated with agile methodologies like scrum and kanban , is a crucial opportunity for a team to reflect on their recent work and identify areas for improvement. Retrospectives should ideally be done at a regular cadence. However, what happens if your team does not find them engaging or useful.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 30, 2021

When used with Scrum and the value-based metrics of the Evidence Based Management (EBM) framework, the ability for the enterprise to inspect and adapt its initiatives in order to meet the challenges of disruptive change increases both the relevance and outcomes driven by OKRs supported by Scrum's empiricism. . Conclusions.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 16, 2024

Such elements might include handoffs (specialization or authorization), queues (describing the same work at different levels), groups of teams not working in the same cadence, etc. Proposed remedial actions: Try to match the size of the work realistically to the cadence (do the stories fit in the iteration, and the features in the Pis?).

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Scrum.org

APRIL 24, 2024

When people first start learning about Scrum, it can seem like Scrum requires many meetings. Each Scrum event has a purpose, and each event reduces the need for other meetings by ensuring that the team collaborates effectively. Here’s how the events reduce other meetings. It might even seem like Scrum is a waste of time.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 3, 2023

There’s no meeting for “The Sprint”, you see. And yet, the Sprint serves a pivotal role in Scrum by setting the cadence for feedback, inspection and adaptation in Scrum. However, it's crucial to recognize that the Sprint sets the cadence for all of the other events. The Sprint is the most commonly overlooked event in Scrum.

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LiquidPlanner

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

You create a delivery cadence Timeboxing in agile is a way of wrapping up work into a clearly defined iteration (or sprint). This creates a cadence for continuous delivery: there are new features released at the end of every iteration. Everyone knows what deadline they are working towards and what’s expected in that time.

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Scrum.org

JULY 15, 2024

This helps in organizing work and maintaining momentum, as team members can see the finish line and are motivated to push through any obstacles to meet the deadline. Predictable Progress: The regular cadence of Sprints provides a predictable schedule for delivering increments of work, enhancing transparency and trust with stakeholders.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Heck, many of the companies I meet these days still work that way. When we say “Working Software” in the Agile Manifesto, we don’t mean just “It is working and we tested it meets our acceptance criteria and our definition of Done”. A lot of people see the Scrum Sprint as mainly a release cadence. The Increment Got Us Here.

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Project Risk Coach

MAY 15, 2017

Project managers spend a large part of each day communicating—facilitating meetings, emailing stakeholders, responding to texts, writing reports, and having one-on-one conversations. Notice the cadence, pauses, and the repetitions in the speech. So, why not ask someone to observe you when you speak, teach, or facilitate a meeting.

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Planio

AUGUST 28, 2023

One-on-one meetings are consistently rated as the most impactful way to learn about your team, exchange feedback, and keep projects on track. Whether you’re a manager or employee, a proper structure for one-on-one meetings helps deliver value, make the most of your time, and achieve your shared goals. What are one-on-one meetings?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 4, 2022

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. Wouldn’t you want to meet with stakeholders more often at the Sprint Review to get feedback? According to the 2020 Scrum Guide, the Sprint is the “heartbeat” of Scrum. Conclusion.

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MPUG

DECEMBER 28, 2020

An Increment happens when a backlogged item meets the DoD. Introduction of Cadence. For the first time, we are introduced of a concept called “Cadence.” In Scrum, the cadence is provided in the form of five events: Sprint – the container event. Now, within a Sprint, multiple Increments can happen.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Heck, many of the companies I meet these days still work that way. When we say “Working Software” in the Agile Manifesto, we don’t mean just “It is working and we tested it meets our acceptance criteria and our definition of Done”. A lot of people see the Scrum Sprint as mainly a release cadence. The role of the Sprint.

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LiquidPlanner

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Increasing visibility ensures everyone involved in the project understands what the objectives are for the work and their personal role in meeting this goal – and managers spend a lot of time trying to achieve that. A work management software tool can help, but only if everyone looks at it. Enhance transparency and trust.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 7, 2023

During the Sprint, the Developers meet daily to inspect their progress and adapt their plan for the next 24 hours. At the end of the Sprint, the Scrum Team reviews the Done increment with stakeholders at the Sprint Review, and then the Scrum Team meets to discuss how they can improve how they work together.

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Scrum.org

MAY 27, 2021

Working on a fortnightly cadence, teams can go through a planning conversation whereby they focus on the most important things to have completed in the forthcoming two-week sprint. Deliverables are assessed against the goals which were determined during Planning meeting. Tailor this framework to meet your needs.

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Scrum.org

MAY 4, 2023

When his interest is also High, you may like to meet this person on a 1:1 basis or at least invite him to the respective Sprint Reviews. But the Product Owner was too busy with other meetings. Then we started digging a little deep bit into what conversation she was having in these meetings and with whom.

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Influencer Cadence Software Review SCRUM 189

Scrum.org

APRIL 11, 2019

I was successful with optimising for feature size that could be delivered in a two-sprint cadence. This approach is ideal to get a cadence from the influx of new features to done, closing the empirical process control loop from design to delivery. Last but not least, watch out for delegated meeting cultures.

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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. We are never too busy to pass on having coffee, so we agreed to meet and have a chat. .

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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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Digite

MARCH 12, 2018

At the same time, we ensure we follow many of the recommended Kanban cadences, including the Daily Standup Meeting, the Weekly Replenishment Meeting (where fine-tuning of the story/ defect prioritization takes place) as well as Release Retrospective and a Quarterly Strategy Review Meeting.

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Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2020

They don't view it as 'meetings’. They have these conversations at the appropriate cadence, for appropriate duration's in order to elevate the transparency in their work. Great DT's considers their Scrum events as an opportunity for collaboration and conversations. These are conversations to plan, synchronize, and to reflect.

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