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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

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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How effective are your agile ceremonies?

Kiron Bondale

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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Minimal measures for minimal stability in a complex environment

Scrum.org

No sustainable agility is achieved. 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. Originally published at [link].

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5 Tips for Making a Retrospective Meeting More Productive

NimbleWork

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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5  misconceptions about Scrum's Sprint Event

Scrum.org

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

Scrum.org

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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