Scrum.org

JULY 10, 2019

You Are not Doing Scrum. You are not doing Scrum." Scrum Police are a legion. If you are not doing , you are not doing Scrum. Now I think that the crux of the problem is twofold: a rigid and orthodox reading of the Scrum Guide and a less than desirable level of practitioners implementing and teaching Scrum these days.

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SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Certification Agile 192

Scrum.org

JUNE 11, 2019

During a recent meetup of The Liberators Network, we got together with 30 enthusiastic Scrum Masters. This post combines the shared experience of a large group of Scrum Masters. The participants also agreed that by delivering done software every Sprint, stakeholders start trusting the experience-driven approach of Scrum.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Software Review Lean 192

Scrum.org

AUGUST 21, 2022

I think of the three accountabilities in the Scrum framework as creating a balance of power. And the Scrum Master helps to maintain the balance between them. of the accountabilities in Scrum gets a bit — um — power hungry? The Product Owner accountability is critically important for the Scrum Team. The Scrum Master.

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SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Agile Risk Management 195

Scrum.org

APRIL 8, 2024

The project management principle to enable change to achieve the envisioned future state is inherently supported by the Scrum framework. Scrum's approach, characterized by close stakeholder involvement and iterative development, naturally facilitates the adoption of new behaviors and processes.

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SCRUM Technical Review Closing Risk Management 200

Scrum.org

JANUARY 1, 2024

I have been trainer in PRINCE2® and PRINCE2 Agile®, in Management of Portfolios (MoP®) and Portfolio, Programme and Project Offices (P3O®), and in AgilePM®. Not that these project management methodologies were no good; they did help me understand what works and what doesn't in a given context. All rights reserved. All rights reserved.

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Prince2 SCRUM 2001 PMI 202

Scrum.org

JANUARY 30, 2024

The Scrum Master accountability is not fading. However, the Scrum Master role is evolving rapidly to be more capable and standing for true leadership in an ever-changing work environment. Recently, there's been speculation about the relevancy of the Scrum Master role.

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2024 SCRUM 2020 Innovation 193

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

Scope management is the way to deal with that, so let’s talk about how we can use change control protocol to help with it all. What is change control and why is it important? Change control or change management is the process of managing unplanned but desired influences on the project.

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Underperforming Technical Team 2009 Risk Management Controlling 472

Scrum.org

JULY 16, 2019

Although the paper is focused on training in general, my mind made the connection in how Scrum consultants, trainers, and coaches try to have organizations learn Scrum. How organizations expect to succeed with Scrum by hiring consultants, trainers, and coaches. Or the other way around. What I see happening a lot is…. Complexity.

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SCRUM Consulting Lean Initiating 173

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 20, 2020

The conference serves developers, team leads, architects and project managers. Change Management 2020 Conference. Change management is changing, and this is the annual meet-up to stay updated on the shifting environment. Global Scrum Gathering. May 3-6, Anaheim, CA. May 11-13, New York, NY.

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2020 PMO PMI Underperforming Technical Team 393

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Tools, Part 1. The Scrum framework is purposefully incomplete, […].” ( Source.) This half-sentence is probably one of the more often misinterpreted statements of the Scrum Guide. On the one side, it defines the necessity to enhance Scrum with other practices and tools.

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SCRUM Lean 2023 Agile 194

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 12, 2018

I think events like this are showing how diverse the project management community is. Change Management 2019: Orlando, Florida, USA, 28 April-1 May 2019. The Association of Change Management Professionals (ACMP) is hosting their annual conference in Orlando, Florida this year. This is an levels conference.

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2019 2018 PMO PMI 382

Scrum.org

AUGUST 18, 2023

Whether teams are new to Scrum or refining their methods, this remains a challenge. The answer lies in the transformative potential of Value Stream Mapping within Scrum. Instead, Scrum makes these challenges transparent, allowing teams to recognize and address them. Welcome to the first post.

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SCRUM Software Review Technical Review Software Engineering 172

Leading Agile

JANUARY 17, 2023

The core of change management is helping an organization prepare, support, and apply changes to an organization. In execution during an Agile Transformation, it looks different depending on how the organization is going about this change. How Change Management is Typically Implemented. Culture First.

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Change Management Governance Government Agile 126

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Scrum is easy to understand, yet difficult to master. The Scrum Guide says so and it's true. If you have worked with Scrum in your organization you probably recognize it also. It's not difficult to start with Scrum. The good thing about Scrum is that the framework is lightweight and therefor it's not difficult to start.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Lean Risk Management 166

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

B – Project Management Terms Backlog Backlog is a term from the Agile methodology Scrum, but is also used across industries to track every single thing that is needed to complete a product in development. The goal with change management is to avoid scope creep in a project and produce maximum efficiency during the project.

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Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Lean Event Chain 418

International Institute for Learning

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Abstract Change Management is the discipline that guides how we prepare, equip and support individuals to successfully adopt change, which in turn drives organizational success, deliverables, and outcomes.

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Change Management Lean Information Technology Certification 105

Scrum.org

JULY 17, 2023

The purpose of the Scrum Master is to enhance the efficiency and productivity of the Scrum team. It’s an important accountability for the success of the Scrum team, and yet, it is surprising that many people are uncertain about the qualities they should seek when hiring a Scrum Master.

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SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Monitoring 165

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 25, 2022

The first is to judge all project manager skills inside the Project Management framework. In this scenario, the broad skill set could include items such as Prince2®, Kanban, Scrum , Sigma Six, or PMBOK standards. The deep focus would be on a single management framework or concept.

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Prince2 Construction SCRUM Risk Management 439

Kiron Bondale

DECEMBER 5, 2021

An example of this is “Water-Scrum-Fall” which is a common interim step which some teams adopt when moving from a predictive to an adaptive life cycle. Using different life cycle approaches to complete different deliverables within the overall project scope.

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Leadership Agile SCRUM Defining 358

Scrum.org

AUGUST 13, 2019

The first part contains my personal journey in becoming a Scrum Master, the second part includes recommendations for new Scrum Masters. Part 1 — Becoming a Scrum Master. Nine years ago I changed my title from Project Manager into Scrum Master. Do you have any recommendations for my Scrum Master journey?”.

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SCRUM Certification Telecoms Agile 150

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 21, 2021

Or do you have to have sub-teams working in a truly agile way, with sprints and a backlog and the trappings of Scrum? Magpie project management. Tailoring happens whether we know we are doing it or not, because the best project managers are magpies. Hybrid is a sliding scale.

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Telecoms 2021 Prince2 PMI 479

ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 27, 2018

The article is insightful in why projects fail, defining terms, goals and why project management is similar but different than change management. Agile vs. Scrum vs. Kanban: Weighing the Differences. Some of the newer approaches to project management, like Agile, are controversial.

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2018 Initiating PMO SCRUM 361

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 1, 2016

Today I’m partnering with Eylean to give you an overview of three agile methodologies: Scrum, Kanban and Scrumban. Scrum, Kanban and a method that blends the two (turning Scrum Kanban into Scrumban) are all quite different. Scrum is a way of managing the work within defined timescales called sprints. A Scrum board.

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Agile SCRUM Software Review Technical Review 150

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 29, 2020

The first is to judge all Project Manager skills inside the Project Management framework. In this scenario, the broad skill set could include items such as Prince2, Kanban, Scrum , Sigma Six, or PMBOK standards. The deep focus would be on a single management framework or concept.

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2009 Prince2 SCRUM Construction 351

NimbleWork

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Continuous Innovation: From Agile methodologies to change management, these influencers are at the forefront of evolving project delivery practices. Elizabeth is also a prolific author, having published seven books on project and change management.

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Influencer 2025 Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 111

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 9, 2019

TL; DR: Scrum Master Career 2020. Last week, about 30 members of the Hands-on Agile community in Berlin came together to identify opportunities for personal and professional growth for the coming year, using Liberating Structures’ Ecocycle Planning in the process, to further your Scrum Master career 2020. Scaling Scrum (LeSS).

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2020 SCRUM Planning Agile 29

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 29, 2019

But what do we need this Scrum Master for? And what is a Scrum Master supposed to do the whole day? The role of Scrum Master is often completely new for many organizations. So that’s why I decided to focus this blog post on the responsibilities of the Scrum Master. What the Scrum Guide says. The Scrum Guide.

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SCRUM Agile Defining Influencer 129

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 12, 2019

Some of those are Scrum , Extreme Programming, Adaptive System Development, DSDM, Feature Driven Development, Kanban , Cystal and others. Agile was never intended simply as a tool of IT project management. The techniques of agile can change the management process in other enterprise projects.

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Agile Software Review Technical Review 2001 388

Scrum.org

AUGUST 22, 2023

Those newly introduced to the Scrum framework often have the same first question: What’s the difference between Scrum and traditional project management? Most people are familiar with the basics of traditional project management, so the question is a great place to start for understanding Scrum and its benefits.

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SCRUM Risk Management Risk PMI 131

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

Here are the main project management certifications offered by the PMI: Project Management Professional (PMP): This certifies that you’re a capable project manager who is competent in waterfall and agile project management. Theoretical and practical project management knowledge. Experience as a project manager.

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Certification Prince2 Monitoring PMI 476

Scrum.org

JUNE 30, 2020

Becoming agile is about more than just Jira and Scrum. We’ll look at topics related to complex domain business strategy, finance, accounting, people management, change management, contracting, and vendor management. To be a successful company, the entire organization must play their part.

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Executing Agile Finance SCRUM 214

The IIL Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Many of the traditional project management processes, tools, and techniques used in operational projects do not apply to strategic or innovation projects. Today, executives have realized the value in using project management for all types of projects. New methodologies, such as agile and Scrum, have a strong focus on collaboration.

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Sustainability Innovation Governance Government 158

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 14, 2024

Project Quality Manager Project Scheduler (often found in the construction industry or engineering) Project Risk Manager If you love agile project management, then look for a Scrum Master role — even though this is not the same as project management it might be a good fit for you.

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PMO Construction Engineering Logistics 405

Scrum.org

JULY 26, 2022

I was the Scrum Master for a Scrum Team and Jon (not his real name) was the Scrum Master with another team at the company I was at. The teams’ Sprints were synchronised, so the Scrum events usually took place at the same time. Now, I knew that the Scrum Team that Jon was part of had been having a difficult time recently.

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SCRUM Leadership Monitoring Agile 214

NimbleWork

JANUARY 2, 2025

Mike Cohn Mike Cohn is a Certified Scrum Trainer and co-founder of the Scrum Alliance, where he served as Chairman of the Board. A pioneer in Scrum since 1995, Mike has supported Agile adoption at leading companies like Google, Microsoft, Intuit, and Yahoo. Founder of Scrum Inc.,

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Lean Influencer Technical Review 2025 105

Scrum.org

AUGUST 31, 2023

I have witnessed the growth of Scrum, the rise of DevOps, the impact of XP, the expansion of SAFe, and the growing connection to professional coaching. Scrum was being used, and they had seen much success, but they found its growth hard. Their issues were less about Scrum and more about change in general.

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Agile 2023 2009 Energy 222

The IIL Blog

JULY 24, 2024

Agile (Scrum). Scrum is characterized by a series of design-build-test iterations (sprints), commonly two weeks long. Hybrid-agile projects follow a scrum-like model but are subject to more traditional project constraints. They can be used to manage the flow of documentation or track development and testing activities.

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2024 Lean Software Review Sustainability 78