Scrum.org

MAY 24, 2022

One of the first things that I usually hear after describing the Scrum framework and its five events to someone new to Scrum is, “that’s a lot of meetings!” . . Only the Daily Scrum happens every day, and that event has a 15-minute timebox. The first event in Scrum is the Sprint. The Sprint. Sprint Planning.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

What is the ‘Navigating the Scrum Events’ Series? If you or your team are new to Scrum, you can use this as a starting point to answer, “what should we be doing and why?” for each Scrum Event. The Sprint Sprint Planning Daily Scrum Sprint Review Sprint Retrospective The Sprint - What’s The Point? page to learn more.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 7, 2023

In Scrum, the Product Owner is accountable for maximizing product value for the customer. That’s the focus of the entire Scrum framework, where value is delivered frequently and incrementally. But sometimes, the customer can jeopardize the value the Scrum Team is set to deliver. Sometimes, there’s a middle ground.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 4, 2022

Many well-meaning Scrum practitioners have misconceptions about Scrum, which sometimes leads to creating “rules” that do not exist in the framework. Scrum is deliberately incomplete because the framework is used in complex environments where simple best practices won’t fit all situations.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

In Kürze: Die 4 Elemente der Scrum Empirie. In seinem Theorieteil verweist der Scrum Guide auf die drei Elemente der Scrum Empirie: Transparenz, Inspektion und Adaption. Ein viertes Element, das die Grundlage für die Empirie bildet, ist jedoch in einem Satz über die Scrum-Werte versteckt. Die Theorie der Scrum Empirie.

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Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2023

Professional Scrum with User Experience: Gaining the Competitive Edge Discover how Professional Scrum with User Experience Training offers your team a competitive edge through a synergistic approach that enhances product success.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2024

I once worked with a Scrum team that deliberately underestimated the size of Product Backlog items during refinement to enable them to pull oversized items into the Sprint, bypassing the team agreement that restricted larger items from being pulled into the Sprint. The Scrum team doesn't 'disappear into a dark room' for months.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Figuring out the right Cadence . It’s all about finding the “goldilocks” cadence that provides frequent enough transparency and the opportunity to inspect and adapt at the right level. There can be a different cadence for everyone involved in achieving an OKR as compared to the cadence involving all stakeholders interested in that OKR.

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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. .

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Scrum.org

JULY 15, 2024

The maximum duration of the Sprint in Scrum is one month. This means that at least once per month, the Scrum team should deliver a valuable increment of usable product. For those who are new to Scrum, this timebox can seem, well, intimidating. And yet, the timebox is the source of many of the benefits of Scrum.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 14, 2020

Doing Scrum is not enough! The precious result will not be achieved just by understanding and following the rules and principles of the Scrum Framework. Every day organisations are starting and failing with business agility, praise and blame Scrum. And everyday organisations are succeeding with Scrum! Professional /pr??f???nl/

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Scrum.org

APRIL 25, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns. Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! Scrum’s Sprint Planning aims to align the Developers and the Product Owner on what to build next, delivering the highest possible value to customers. Shall I notify you about articles like this one?

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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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MPUG

DECEMBER 28, 2020

A new version of Scrum guide was released last month. It contains commitments for each of the Scrum artifacts. Product Goal also reflects one of the values of Scrum: “Focus.” Now, every artifact in Scrum comes with a commitment. The formal artifacts in Scrum are three: Product Backlog. Commitment based Artifacts.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Calling work in different names but still being involved in the details as if it were still early days in the lab/garage/WeWork shared space – instead of providing clarity about the mission and staying at the right altitude—choosing strategically what check-in cadence and involvement is appropriate where.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 29, 2022

What is one of the most important aspects of holding the Scrum Master accountability? Read on to see why your mindset and what you bring of yourself to your Scrum practice are critical to success. Read on to see why your mindset and what you bring of yourself to your Scrum practice are critical to success. Open and curious.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 5, 2021

In December 2020, my friend Adrian Galarza and I delivered a Scrum.org Scrum Pulse Webinar - A Cycle Time Journey: 164 to 8 Days in 6 Months that summarized the journey of Adrian’s Scrum Team. STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT: How did the scrum masters engage stakeholders outside the team to show up and collaborate more? BACKGROUND.

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Project Bliss

JUNE 19, 2017

When my team first started holding a daily scrum meeting, it honestly felt awkward. From the lessons I’ve learned through experience, I’ve compiled nine best practices that have helped our daily scrum meetings stay focused and efficient. The Purpose of the Daily Scrum Meeting. Keep the Daily Scrum Meeting Short.

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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.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The teams at his company had well established cadences for their Scrum events; well-oiled Daily Scrums that are done within 15 minutes and result in transparency of what the team will do for the next 24-hours. The Scrum Guide is explicit in stating that Scrum is a framework.

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The Strategic Project Manager

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The concepts of scrum are powerful in business, not only in software development but also in other areas. This post reviews the basics of agile scrum roles, ceremonies, and their impact on developing strategy and managing projects. Agile Scrum Roles. The scrum team has its origins in rugby, an ultimate team sport.

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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. A question that I often get while speaking with people is: What is the difference between Kanban and Scrum? You will enjoy this excellent article.

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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.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.org

APRIL 11, 2019

Intended audience: Scrum masters, Product owners, Managers and Agile coaches. 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.

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MPUG

MARCH 8, 2024

For Scrum , it happens at the end of the Sprint , whereas for Kanban , it can be based on cadence. For this article, our case study will refer to the Hybrid-Scrum project modality. As with the Scrum framework, we will have retrospectives built into our Hybrid-Agile plan. Yes, we can, and we will see how in this article.

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Agilemania

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Develop on Cadence; Release on Demand. In SAFe®, this is known as Develop on Cadence, a coordinated set of practices that support Agile Teams by providing a reliable series of events and activities that occur on a regular, predictable schedule. Agile Team and Agile Release Train Cadences. Scrum Master. Release on Demand.

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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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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 25, 2024

on Empowered Product Teams leveraging Scrum) What's the best way to consider dependency/interaction with business operations teams during planning / refinement activities? Scrum and other agile approaches doesn’t necessarily make sense everywhere in the organization! in the form of PBIs/Features)?

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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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Management Yogi

JULY 30, 2022

Odissi (pronounced o-dee-shee) is one of the classical dances of India from the coastal state of Odisha. Based on archeological evidence, it’s possibly the oldest living classical Indian dance. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US, notes in its web-archives that Odissi is two to three thousand years old.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 30, 2023

We cover how to create these scatter plots in the Applying Flow Metrics for Scrum and Professional Scrum with Kanban classes. Armed with the data, you can set realistic deadlines, allocate resources efficiently, and prevent delays that might disrupt your delivery cadence. Kanban #Scrum #DigitalTransformation FlowMetrics.

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Wrike

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Safe Scrum is a framework that has gained significant popularity in recent years for enhancing team performance in an agile development methodology. By providing clear guidelines and principles, Safe Scrum enables teams to collaborate more effectively, communicate transparently, and ultimately deliver higher-quality projects.

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Management Yogi

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The CIPSA framework uses both Scrum and Kanban at the team level. There are dates I’ve to meet, which may not be every week or two weeks, but release will happen on a cadence. Many organizations and teams choose Kanban. The work is mostly iterative

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Scrum.org

JULY 2, 2024

In Scrum, the Sprint Review event is when the Scrum Team collaborates with stakeholders by inspecting the work that was completed during the Sprint and discussing how to move forward in a valuable way. We advise Scrum Teams to really think about who should be at the Sprint Review.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide! The 2020 Scrum Guide. If you can’t ship working software at least every 30 days then by its very definition, you are not yet doing Scrum. Either we are handed an existing product, or we are the team that built it and are switching to Scrum. You are not yet doing Scrum.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 22, 2024

How to Communicate the Value of Agile to Executives Instead of emphasizing the team-level aspects of Agile like Scrum, standups, retrospectives, Kanban boards, and burndown charts, focus on how Agile practices can improve predictability, reduce risks, lower cost, and enhance the company’s ability to respond to market changes.

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