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 193

Scrum.org

APRIL 1, 2022

Long has spoonfeeding solutions and off-the-shelf feature descriptions prevailed in many development teams. Although some issues might have been fixed, I rarely see the full potential of a Scrum Team being achieved. Going all-in on predefined features fails to capitalize on hidden ideas in the brains of team members.

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Innovation Leadership 227

Scrum.org

JUNE 11, 2021

The Product Owner is a critical role in Agile and Scrum. And although the Scrum Guide doesn’t give much guidelines around great product ownership, the role is still absolutely necessary for great Agile and Scrum Teams. A Product Owner guides the efforts of their Scrum or Agile Teams. Scrum Reading List.

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Lean SCRUM Certification Development Team Review 234

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 172

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 4, 2022

TL; DR: Business Agility, Scrum and Generative AI’s Take on Getting There. I thought it might be fun to ask ChatGPT a few questions about business agility in general and Scrum in particular. . ???? Zur deutschsprachigen Version des Artikels: Generative KI: ChatGPT von OpenAI über Business Agilität und Scrum. ??

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ChatGPT Generative AI SCRUM Agile 213

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Long has spoon-feeding solutions and off-the-shelf feature descriptions prevailed in many development teams. Although some issues might have been fixed, I rarely see the full potential of a Scrum Team being achieved. Going all-in on predefined features fails to capitalize on hidden ideas in the brains of team members.

Underperforming Technical Team 202

Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Innovation Leadership 202

Scrum.org

AUGUST 3, 2020

What the Scrum Guide says: “Cross-functional teams have all competencies needed to accomplish the work without depending on others not part of the team. The team model in Scrum is designed to optimize flexibility, creativity, and productivity.” - K. Sutherland, Scrum Guide, 2013. Schwaber and J.

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Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review Development Team Review 253

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Professional Scrum Master (PSM-I) workshop has a module that talks about the Definition of DONE (DoD) and Technical Debt. As stated in Scrum Guides the Definition of Done (DoD) is –. This is the definition of ‘Done’ for the Scrum Team and it is used to assess when work is complete on the product Increment.

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Development Team Review Software Review Technical Review SCRUM 203

Agilemania

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) involves connecting strategy to execution by using lean principles. Budgets are allocated to execute an enterprise’s strategy by portfolio management teams. Business agility can be improved by combining LPM and agile development practices. Review of strategy alignment.

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Lean Cadence Development Team Review Leadership 98

Scrum.org

JUNE 2, 2024

Recursos Sugeridos para aprender los fundamentos: Manifiesto Agile : AgileManifesto.org Libros : “Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time” de Jeff Sutherland “Agile Estimating and Planning” de Mike Cohn. La guía Scrum 2. La más popular y ampliamente adoptada es Scrum.

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Agile 2001 SCRUM Development Team Review 194

nTask

AUGUST 22, 2019

“Scrum” is a phenomenal subject – i.e. if you are familiar with it. As an Agile project manager, I have seen my fair share of so-called “Scrum Masters” and “Agile Experts” claiming to be masters of their craft. The truth, however, is that they don’t know a lot of things about Scrum and Agile. Introduction – Why Scrum?

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SCRUM Technical Review Development Team Review Software Review 132

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Now let’s have a look if this can also work out for your Daily Scrum. What does the Scrum Guide say about the Daily Scrum? The Development Team uses the Daily Scrum to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and to inspect how progress is trending toward completing the work in the Sprint Backlog.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Software Review Lean 203

Scrum.org

AUGUST 15, 2022

Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! ?? ?? ???? Advanced Professional Scrum Master Online Training w/ PSM II Certificate — September 6-9, 2022. ?? ?? What [shall we] do when a product requires many development teams? Hands-on Agile 42: Lean Roadmapping and OKRs with Janna Bastow.

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Agile Planning Software Review 2022 213

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Nehmen Sie an einer von Stefans kommenden Professional Scrum-Schulungen teil ! Executives that are not close to the customer problems make the decisions at the portfolio level, and teams execute, which can lead to disengaged teams. SAFe is for compliance and contacts, Scrum for performance. Die Daten der Umfrage.

Lean 213

Lean Software Review 2022 Technical Review 213

Scrum.org

AUGUST 18, 2022

Nehmen Sie an einer von Stefans kommenden Professional Scrum-Schulungen teil ! ?? ?? ???? Advanced Professional Scrum Master Online Training w/ PSM II Certificate — September 6-9, 2022. ?? ?? What [shall we] do when a product requires many development teams? Hands-on Agile 42: Lean Roadmapping and OKRs mit Janna Bastow.

Agile 202

Agile Planning Software Review 2022 202

Project Bliss

MAY 10, 2017

The most efficient and effective method of conveying information to and within a development team is face-to-face conversation. Agile processes promote sustainable development. The sponsors, developers, and users should be able to maintain a constant pace indefinitely. Build projects around motivated individuals.

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Software Developers Software Development Software Review Agile 191

Scrum.org

JULY 1, 2019

In many organisations I see Scrum not producing its anticipated value. But there also is a universal anticipated value of Scrum. The Scrum Guide says about Scrum's purpose: “A framework within which people can address complex adaptive problems, while productively and creatively delivering products of the highest possible value.”.

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SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review Controlling 161

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

One of the key Kanban practices we discuss in the Kanban Guide for Scrum Teams is Limiting Work in Process. . Here are some patterns I found useful over the years when working with Kanban and Scrum teams: The Freeze. The gap between deciding to Limit WIP and actually lowering WIP. Essentially prioritize all work.

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Process Development Team Review SCRUM Risk Management 172

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

TL; DR: ChatGPT Product Owner Job Interview A few weeks ago, I ran a simulated job interview with ChatGPT for a fictitious Scrum Master position. Admittedly, I would not have invited this “interviewee” for an interview with other team members; however, the interview produced some remarkable answers.

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ChatGPT Development Team Review Technical Review SCRUM 172

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Like a job ad for a Scrum Master position, the equivalent for the Product Owner position also reveals excellent insight into an organization’s progress on becoming agile. A Brief Refresh: The Product Owner Role According to the Scrum Guide. How this is done may vary widely across organizations, Scrum Teams, and individuals.

Technical Review 209

Technical Review 2020 SCRUM Development Team Review 209

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

During the last year and a half, I was working as a Scrum Master with a team that was working on a product with a history of about ten years. When I started working with the team, they finalized a platform migration and were still struggling with a lot of remaining work. The Scrum with Kanban Beta class.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Estimate Defining 140

Scrum.org

JULY 29, 2019

In my role as an Agile coach and Scrum trainer, I get the chance to talk to a lot of Scrum Masters and teams. When I ask them about what their team is measuring, the most common answers I hear are velocity, story points, and burn-down charts. Team health? What about business value metrics, I ask?

Technical Review 181

Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review Software Review 181

Scrum.org

JANUARY 9, 2020

I am actively forming the opinion that this is the wrong term to be used both in how various assessments assess understanding and by practitioners in the agile community. The Scrum Guide does not contain the term technical debt. Lean Principles Work Types. Learn to deliver quality solutions using Scrum.

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Underperforming Technical Team Infrastructure Development Team Review Lean 159

Digite

MARCH 12, 2018

Most people, as well as me, are used to Scrum (or more likely Zombie-Scrum or Scrum-But ), but I believe it is too early to do proper Scrum here. Or rather one column per stage for the tasks (i.e., “in development”, “in testing” etc.)? Also, we have quite diverse roles in the team (i.e.,

Development Team Review 154

Development Team Review Software Review Cadence Technical Review 154

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! Executives that are not close to the customer problems make the decisions at the portfolio level, and teams execute, which can lead to disengaged teams. SAFe is for compliance and contacts, Scrum for performance. Survey Data.

Lean 183

Lean Software Review 2022 Technical Review 183

MPUG

DECEMBER 28, 2020

A new version of Scrum guide was released last month. It contains commitments for each of the Scrum artifacts. The Product Owner (PO) is the person who is responsible in building, and clearly communicating product goal to the team. Product Goal also reflects one of the values of Scrum: “Focus.” Commitment based Artifacts.

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Cadence SCRUM 2020 Agile 116

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

During the last one and a half year, I was working as a Scrum Master with a team that is working on a product with a history of about ten years. When I started working with the team, they finalized a platform migration and where still struggling with a lot of remaining work. The Scrum with Kanban Beta class.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Estimate Defining 133

Scrum.org

MARCH 20, 2024

According to the 2020 Scrum Guide , Scrum team members should be “self-managing, meaning they internally decide who does what, when, and how.” On the one hand, some Scrum team members think that self-managing means doing whatever they want. Our answer comes straight from the Scrum guide.

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SCRUM 2020 2024 Development Team Review 202

Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide! Any software that you create is an organisational asset and decisions to cut quality need to be reflected in your company accounts and as such those decisions need to made by your executive leadership and should not be made by Developers. All software development is product development.

Software Review 230

Software Review Technical Review Planning Manufacturing 230

The IIL Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Agile team A cross-functional group of individuals (e.g., Product Owner, Scrum Master, Development team members) who work collaboratively to deliver value in an Agile project. Benchmarking Identifying a project performance indicator or practice, then assessing it against industry standards or best practices.

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Development Team Review Project Life Cycle Underperforming Technical Team Estimate 148

Digite

FEBRUARY 13, 2018

Continuing our theme of helping Agile teams understand the Kanban Method, so they can effectively adopt it for their improvement efforts, I am again honored to publish a guest article by another great friend of ours – Dave White. A question that I often get while speaking with people is: What is the difference between Kanban and Scrum?

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SCRUM Cadence Lean Underperforming Technical Team 94

nTask

OCTOBER 4, 2018

Multiple efficient project management frameworks and methodologies have been introduced over the years to ensure effective team management and collaboration in a workplace. Numerous factors need to be considered before selecting the optimum approach for a team and subsequently a project. Let’s begin.

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SCRUM Agile Software Review Technical Review 113

Moira Alexander

JANUARY 12, 2017

Sustainable development is accomplished through agile processes whereby development teams and stakeholders are able to maintain a constant and ongoing pace. Throughout the development process, agile favors the developers, project teams and customer goals, but not necessarily the end user's experience.

Software Review 100

Software Review Technical Review Development Team Review Agile 100

Scrum.org

JANUARY 14, 2021

The Nexus group of teams is very similar to the Agile Release Train (ART) construct. In both SAFe/Scrum it is a self-managing team of self-managed teams with a couple of key roles at the team of teams level. . Scrum theory emphasizes Empiricism and Self-management, coupled with Flow in recent years.

Cadence 107

Cadence Technical Review Development Team Review Lean 107

Leading Answers

NOVEMBER 1, 2020

Modern agile project management tools have a variety of Kanban board and backlog viewing tools so stakeholders can review progress and task status remotely. Information radiators  – A common theme between the various lean and agile approaches is to show and share information.

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Agile Planning Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review 135

Scrum.org

AUGUST 6, 2019

Organizations use Scrum because they hope it can help them become more Agile. Think of delivering value to customers sooner by releasing early & often, decreasing cycle time and lead time, improving team morale, lowering the number of defects, optimizing return on investment and increasing innovation rate. It’s all about strategy.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Closing Lean 84

Scrum.org

JULY 10, 2018

While working diligently behind feature flags, using elements of Scrum, it wasn’t clear to the stakeholders the value being delivered and how well the teams were progressing towards their end goal. Development teams are structured and empowered by the organisation to organise and manage their own work.

Technical Review 124

Technical Review Development Team Review Engineering 2017 124