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Top Global Lean/ Agile Thought Leaders and Influencers 2025

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Karl A L Smith Karl Smith is a global expert in customer engagement, specializing in Agile methodologies and enterprise technology across various industries. Karl holds a master’s in computer science and has a deep background in design and technology. Founder of Scrum Inc.,

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Development Team Anti-Patterns

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Development Teams are hence essential to Scrum’s built-in checks & balances as the Development Team has the sole control over the Sprint Backlog and is watching over the Definition of Done. Finally, the term Development Team seems to limit the role to technical people, for example, software engineers. Team leads?

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Scrum Developer Anti-Patterns

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However, the Developers are always accountable for: Creating a plan for the Sprint, the Sprint Backlog; Instilling quality by adhering to a Definition of Done; Adapting their plan each day toward the Sprint Goal; and, Holding each other accountable as professionals. Hence you may notice tickets queueing in the code-review-column, for example.

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What Makes Scrum Teams Effective? A scientific investigation of 1.200 Scrum teams

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This post is a non-technical version of an academic paper about Scrum teams that I wrote with Daniel Russo. Daniel is a Professor at the University of Aalborg and is specialized in empirical software engineering. Please note that our paper is currently reviewed by academic peers. . What about Sprint Goals?

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The Roles and Responsibilities Document on Projects

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Here's a definition: A Roles and Responsibilities document is a formal way of defining what each role is responsible for on a project team. In an IT project, for example, you could have system developers also taking on a testing role or peer reviewing their colleague's work in a quality role. Roles are not the same as people.

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Where to Start with Scrum? Is Value Stream Mapping Your Answer?

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In the realm of software development, principles of DevOps and a commitment to technical excellence can further enhance the process. It champions the idea that a team's Definition of Done (DoD) should culminate in a product increment poised for release, fostering swifter feedback cycles.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

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A working definition of Agile and Stakeholders. I prefer a process-based definition of agility. This definition answers the question: “What kind of processes typically happen in Agile teams that distinguish them from non-Agile teams?”. So we went to Google Scholar and searched for review articles. We worked with Prof.

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