Scrum.org

JULY 27, 2023

TL;DR; The only way to mitigate risk when employing Agile practices is by continuously delivering a usable working product. Conclusion: Be Agile, Truly So create a usable working product on a regular cadence, close the feedback loops, and leverage as much automation as possible. Yes, you read it right!

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 5, 2021

To shorten the feedback loop and reduce risk, our business stakeholders are part of our Scrum team and conduct UAT inside the Sprint. CADENCE & RELIABILITY. CADENCE: What was the sprint cadence you folks started off with? What was sustainable cadence after improvements? in environments like Dev, QA, UAT, etc.).?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2021

Did you know that 56% of your project budget might be at risk due to poor communications? Perhaps that number (from research by PMI ) surprises you, but I’m sure you aren’t surprised by the fact that good communication management on projects leads to higher success rates. We know that all projects use finite resources to achieve an objective.

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Kiron Bondale

MARCH 15, 2020

While this can result in delivery delays and might generate some stakeholder and team dissatisfaction, if expectations are managed well and if the product owner prioritizes the stakeholders they meet with, the risks can be managed. However, this is again a case of expectation management.

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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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Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2024

This practice severely affected the team's agility, predictability, visibility, adaptability, risk management, and value delivery. Reduces Predictability When Scrum teams work together, they develop a cadence of value delivery. Scrum teams thrive on developing a predictable cadence of value delivery.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 6, 2022

They let you know whether you can go overspent or what risk mitigation actions are the right ones for this point in the project. It was a much smaller group, and focused on strategic decision making instead of day-to-day problem solving and risk management. Risks and issues. They should help guide you to project success.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

At regular meetings You’ll find a regular cadence and probably settle into a regular agenda or routine with the check in sessions. The first meeting is likely to be all about getting to know each other, creating rapport and setting the intention going forward. Here are some sample questions you can use to keep the conversation moving.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 3, 2023

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. A shorter Sprint is better to reduce risk. There’s no meeting for “The Sprint”, you see. Consistency is Key.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 11, 2022

There’s no fixed cadence for strategy conversations. Think about the values, skills, culture and risks that might block your progress. What goes into your meeting (and therefore, your agenda) will very much depend on where you are in the strategy planning cycle. When do strategic meetings happen? Some businesses use quarterly meetings.

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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. Poor risk management. 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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Kiron Bondale

JULY 25, 2021

Whether a team uses a scheduled cadence for reviewing their WoW such as the use of retrospectives in Scrum, or they use a just-in-time approach they will come up with improvement ideas. But what about changes to the team’s way of working (WoW)? Some of those ideas will be all or nothing.

Software Review 207

Software Review Cadence Development Team Review Risk Management 207

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. Here’s why: To deal with the risk inherent in complex environments, Scrum uses an iterative, incremental approach. Below are five of the most common misconceptions about the Sprint. .

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Scrum.org

APRIL 24, 2024

These events need to happen on a cadence of one month per less to ensure that the team is collaborating frequently enough to reduce risk (the Sprint). The Sprint should ideally be just long enough to allow Developers to deliver a Done increment and just short enough to ensure that the risk is acceptable for the Product Owner.

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LiquidPlanner

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

You manage risk more effectively Another benefit of continuous testing is that you can spot risks earlier. Colleagues are more likely to talk about problems and risks with people they get on well with because they know their opinion will be trusted and they’ll be taken seriously. Is there likely to be a problem with a feature?

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Scrum.org

MAY 24, 2022

I think of the Sprint as the heartbeat of Scrum because it sets the cadence and frequency for the other events. In high-risk environments (say with unknown technology needs or rapidly changing customer requirements) it’s better to select a shorter Sprint. Planning for longer than one month takes more time and comes with more risk. .

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MPUG

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

In this article, we’re addressing a common question in modern project management: Do we need risk management in agile projects? Do agile projects have risks associated with them? And do we want to let those risks run wild without any effort to contain them? So, yes, of course, we need risk management in agile projects.

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

By Alan Zucker We make hundreds of assumptions and take small risks daily. Recovering from these risks may be inconvenient but not horribly impactful. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Our risks were identified, but a response strategy was never created.

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Velociteach

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

We make hundreds of assumptions and take small risks daily. Recovering from these risks may be inconvenient but not horribly impactful. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Project assumptions and risks are not as casual. Thoughtlessly making assumptions or ignoring risks can lead to critical problems.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 7, 2023

In some cases, the customer might have a work request that doesn’t warrant risking the value the Sprint Goal will deliver. The cadence of the Sprint is the heartbeat of Scrum, and it runs smoothly and consistently for high-performing teams. But sometimes, the customer can jeopardize the value the Scrum Team is set to deliver.

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LiquidPlanner

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

In a project-led business it’s about having a clear picture of how a project is performing, including resource allocation and potential risks. A way to know when your objectives will be done even though the future is filled with changing priorities that prompt hand-offs between teams that always seem to risk slowing things down.

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Software Review Cadence Risk Management Risk 158

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2020

The main accountability of the Product Owner is driving value for customers and the organization while mitigating risk at the same time. Roadmap planning is—like Product Backlog refinement—a continuous effort, just at an extended cadence. Estimations are a crucial part of the risk mitigation strategy of the Scrum Team.

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Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2020

They have these conversations at the appropriate cadence, for appropriate duration's in order to elevate the transparency in their work. Slack also acts a risk buffer within the Sprint. Build in some slack & keep the risk buffer handy(10-20%)! These are conversations to plan, synchronize, and to reflect. It’s a shock absorber.

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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. The stand-up facilitates teamwork and risk management, boosts morale and keeps the team moving forward. #3 3 – The pre-planning or refinement conversation.

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Project Bliss

JANUARY 8, 2018

You can break out the different areas for individual status indicators, so any that need attention due to risk are highlighted and easy to see. You can also incorporate any risks that have occurred and how the team is addressing them. Be consistent – use a consistent format and cadence for your status reporting. Change Requests.

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Governance Government Cadence Budget 0

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2023

PI Planning serves as the cornerstone of the Agile Release Train within SAFe, establishing a synchronized cadence for multiple teams to work together towards a common goal. SAFe is a separate framework designed for scaling Agile practices to larger organizations.

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Scrum.org

MAY 14, 2020

How can we find the right cadence for collaboration and when should we collaborate? How should we collaborate to review the outcome of our work? How do we consistently optimise and improve how we work? How should we manage our interactions to consistently and deliberately learn and adapt? Agile isn’t just for software. .

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Kiron Bondale

DECEMBER 17, 2017

Benefits management, like project risk management, is practiced poorly by most organizations. This is especially true with discretionary investments as the benefits from mandatory projects are usually related to risk reduction and are usually immune to changes in strategic objectives or external environmental influences.

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Scrum.org

MAY 4, 2023

Based on the above information, our message may consist Overview of security risk Overview of security testing results, metrics Any security incidents (if any then severity, fix, response time, etc) Roadmap and Strategy Definition of ‘Done’ The message that we want to pass on will change over time. Do our roadmap and goals align with yours?

Influencer 203

Influencer Cadence Software Review SCRUM 203

Digite

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

In this article, he outlines the similarities of the two as WIP Limiting, Pull-based systems – with cadences and a focus on learning – while also explaining their differences. Incremental delivery of software also mitigates risk and maximizes the opportunity to learn from a business, process, and technical perspective.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Scrum uses a concept called a “Sprint” to eliminate the risk of complex product development and deliver value sooner to stakeholders. Even more interesting is when senior leadership mandated a 2-week cadence. These Sprints are no longer than 30 days in length. What if your customer’s needs change quickly? Yeah, I know.

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Cadence SCRUM Software Review Leadership 124

Project Risk Coach

MAY 15, 2017

Notice the cadence, pauses, and the repetitions in the speech. Take note of his quotes such as, “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”. And who hasn’t heard Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” speech? Lastly, YouTube provides a library of great speakers and speeches.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 21, 2019

Nor does any loss in the ability to mitigate serious risk, given that the team would no longer try to achieve significant goals, on cadence, in a complex product environment. In certain sprints the Goal could be to provide and meet an agreed SLE, whereas in others the traditional mitigation of feature risk could be more important.

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Digite

AUGUST 17, 2017

He highlights this with the adoption path for Kanban cadences (meetings) as to how Kanban is bottom-up and inside-out approach whereas ESP is the top-down and outside-in approach. We also anticipate the adoption of the Kanban Cadences to be different. ESP Compared to Kanban Method.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 27, 2020

Irregular Sprint lengths: The Scrum Team has variable Sprint cadences. Otherwise, transparency will suffer and flawed decisions might be made, reducing value creation and increasing risk.). Preparing a few basic Product Backlog items an hour before the beginning of the Sprint Planning is not enough.).

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Scrum.org

MARCH 20, 2019

Remember that Sprints are the containers for all other Sprint events and designed to provide cadence. At the same time during longer sprints risks might go uncover or stay unmitigated for longer. While this alignment sounds nice, we need to be acutely aware of the pitfalls of longer (long-ish?)

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SCRUM Cadence Consulting Risk Management 143

Kiron Bondale

FEBRUARY 11, 2018

Frequent identification – either on a fixed cadence such as in a sprint ending retrospective or just-in-time based on a team’s recognition that there is something of value to be captured and shared. So what have I learned about lessons over the past decade?

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