Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2021

Join more than 100 peers from May 27-29, 2021 , for the Virtual Agile Camp Berlin 2021, a non-profit live virtual Barcamp using open space technology principles and practices. The team addressing unplanned priority bugs. Has the level of technical debt increased or decreased during the last Sprint?

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

Similar to the waterfall methodology , the phase-gate process is a linear project management concept punctuated by stages of development followed by benchmarks for assessment. Phase 3: Development. The dev team starts developing; the copy team starts writing, and the design team starts designing.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Scrum Anti-Patterns: From Product Backlog to Sprint Review. I added new questions on Scrum anti-patterns, from the Product Backlog to the Sprint Planning to the Sprint Review, to provide more insight into the Scrum value creation process and the organization’s return on investment. Question 45: Scrum Master Anti-Patterns.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 9, 2023

Follow-up question : Why is it beneficial that the team adheres to the values and practices of Scrum? This can help improve the overall quality of the team's work and ensure that the team is meeting its goals. Question : Should a Scrum Master remove problems on behalf of the Scrum Team? Or is this terra incognita?

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Scrum.org

MAY 5, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 crisis, chances are that everyone in your organization is working from home. This includes your Product Owner and Development Team. How to improve team dynamics? How to show servant-leadership and ‘read the room’ when you’re not physically present with the team? Things to try….

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 23, 2020

But virtual teams are very much a reality, and they’re becoming more prevalent with each passing day. A virtual team is no longer an outlier. Organizations have realized the benefit of using technology to look beyond their local community for talent. Regardless, it’s clear that virtual teams are here to stay.

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Scrum.org

JULY 29, 2019

Doesn't product quality interest the developers, as well as code health and the amount of technical debt hiding beneath the surface? Team health? Flow of work, from the time the team starts working on a Product Backlog item until your customer is using it? Invite your manager to the Sprint Review.

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Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review Software Review 181

Digite

MARCH 12, 2018

That is, does the question below, which I answered on a technical forum recently, describe a situation you might be facing or may have faced in the past? Far too many projects and teams are occupied by far too many crises all through the development/ implementation lifecycle. Dev Lane for the main dev activity.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 30, 2020

The Daily Scrum is where the Development Team plans their collaboration towards achieving the Sprint Goal for the next 24 hours. The cards “Keep the team focused during the Sprint” help craft the Development Team a plan for the upcoming day. Sprint Review. The Sprint Review happens at the end of a Sprint.

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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. The authors.

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Technical Review Development Team Review Engineering 2017 124

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

On June 30th Christopher Handscomb and I presented a webinar based on our joint research on the topic of the value of enterprise agility. Successful transformation to an agile operating model touches all aspects of an organisation - structure, process, people, technology - and needs to do so in an integrated way.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Intermediary : Acting as an interface between management and the team and the process of disseminating domain knowledge. This includes training, technical support, and preparation for new releases. Which activities can be fulfilled by others in the team, and what is needed for that? technical staff doesn’t need to know”).

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The IIL Blog

JULY 31, 2024

Align with the Business Need A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge ( PMBOK ), the bible for project managers, states that “projects are initiated due to internal business needs or external influences”. But that is not always the case, especially in technology.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Let’s have a look at some examples of Product Owner anti-patterns from 60-plus German, UK, and US job descriptions that should raise a red flag: The Scrum team spokesperson I : “Your responsibility: Provide product presentations to stakeholders and customers.” (All The Scrum mentor : “Leading and mentoring scrum teams.”

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nTask

AUGUST 22, 2019

This framework contradicts the traditional Waterfall approach, which is based on extensive analysis, planning of requirements and documentation before starting the development phase. This method often results in low-quality products due to delays in milestones, financial issues and lack of prioritized characteristics for the products.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

A Scrum Team’s communication with stakeholders should not be run through a gatekeeper (e.g. solely through the Product Owner) because this hurts transparency and negatively affects the team’s performance. Increased software quality can be demonstrated by measurably less technical debt, fewer bugs, and less time spent on maintenance.

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Planio

JANUARY 31, 2022

That’s why a product roadmap is the backbone of every great development team. Review and align your roadmap with other internal teams. Presenting your roadmap to get support. Your engineering team’s internal roadmap will focus on different elements than one designed for executives. An execution phase.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

Edmondson (2012) argues that dynamic teaming is important to share and encourage learning. The professional literature around fluid teaming tends to conceptualize it as a necessary response to the reality that no team is actually stable. This shared understanding is captured in the “team mental models” that drive team cognition.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2020

Daily Scrums are an important part of Scrum, but not all Daily Scrums need to be formal — a Development Team should not have a Daily Scrum for the sake of having it; it serves a different purpose than ticking off a box on a checklist. A small, experienced, and co-located team may use a morning coffee break for their Daily Scrum.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 9, 2018

This ‘seperate team’ pattern results in the ‘delivery sub-team’ being reduced to axe-grinding, code-wielding backlog lumberjacks (programmers & testers), do we want this? Research outside of the Scrum Team. A common scenario is where UX research is done outside of the Scrum team, or at least outside of the Development team.

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Project Bliss

MAY 24, 2017

A project executed with waterfall methodology follows sequential phases as the team moves through planning and execution before delivering the final product to the customer. The project manager works with the project team and customer to determine the project scope. Review and Adjust. Collaboration.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 27, 2020

There are some great posts out there that present a conceptual model for thinking about Sprint Goals, like this one and this one. This was automated to some extent in later Sprints; The code for an item is peer-reviewed by someone else in the team. The Sprint Review was fairly limited from the perspective of stakeholders.

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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. Backlog A list of tasks, features, or requirements to be addressed by an agile project manager or team and is often associated with Agile methodologies.

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Leading Answers

JUNE 22, 2022

We must also be able to make the team feel capable and develop team members to their fullest potential. Instead, it recommends leaders build leadership teams that comprise all the necessary skills. This is another instance where having diversity on the team is helpful. Why pay twice for the same opinions?”.

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Scrum.org

MAY 7, 2019

Facilitator : Open Space Technology , Conversation Cafe , 25/10 Crowd Sourcing. Mentor : UX fishbowl , Future ~ Present. One of the responsibilities of a Scrum Master is to coach the Development Team in self-organization. like presentations , status meetings, and managed discussions. Presentation ?

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 10, 2018

Since this forecast lies within the 126 point “budget” indicated by their average velocity, the team might feel bullish about their ability to do the work and to meet any associated Sprint Goal. They run 1000 simulations to assess the likelihood of 125 points actually being completed in their Sprint of 10 working days. days or less.

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Teamweek

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Since 2000, agile product development and project management have been on the rise, with 60% of companies claiming to experience profit growth after adopting an agile approach. But, interviewing for technical positions like Product Owner can be challenging. This article will cover the trending Product Owner role.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 19, 2018

You warn that agile development could actually prove more expensive, at least to begin with, as any new practices will take time to bed in. Also, there is likely to be improved transparency over certain hidden costs, such as technical debt, which might presently be compounding unappreciated.

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Leading Answers

MARCH 29, 2019

I learned this week that two of my presentation submissions for the Agile 2019 conference in Washington D.C.  Here are the outlines:   The Future Looks Awesome, and Moving Beyond Agile - The Future of Agile Software Development (IEEE Software) track. August 6-10 have been accepted.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 25, 2019

The key is to understand intention and create best possible solution with the known boundaries of architecture and technology. When Development Team understands why the use wants it and what the user wants to achieve they can come up with set of possible solutions. Looking from the technical point of view it was perfect.

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Teamweek

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Since 2000, agile product development and project management have been on the rise, with 60% of companies claiming to experience profit growth after adopting an agile approach. But, interviewing for technical positions like Product Owner can be challenging. This article will cover the trending Product Owner role.

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Development Team Review Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team 52

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 8, 2020

THIS IS A REPOST ARTICLE DETAILING THE KEYNOTE I CO-PRESENTED AT THE LESS CONFERENCE IN 2019. Our Business Lending product is being developed by more than 20 teams spread across 3 sites. Each team contains business, IT and operations skills. Output driven development. How to bring all of this together?

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

But, finally, I would say that some agilists have no choice but to work in organisations that use SAFe due to lack of proper’ agile jobs. I have only had one customer that was more or less successful in implementing SAFe, but it was already practicing Scrum for more than five years in their separate development teams.

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Lean Software Review 2022 Technical Review 213

nTask

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

They are considered to be an invaluable source of collecting information and feedback from the development team and help in keeping the team aligned with the Sprint goals. Sprint Review Meeting. Usually, the entire team is expected to be present during this meeting, including the product owner and the Scrum master.

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Leading Agile

JULY 28, 2022

They can negotiate the amount of work they accept into their sprint during sprint planning based on their team’s past velocity. Work is then incrementally completed and kept track of through daily stand-up meetings, and the sprint is reviewed afterward to see what can be improved next time. Getting to a Definition of Done.

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Leading Answers

MAY 8, 2022

The organizations we see adopting it today are in the "Late Majority" and "Laggard" categories of Geoffrey Moore's Technology Adoption Life Cycle. There are thousands of agile practices documented in books, blogs and presented at agile conferences every year and likely many times more that never get reported.

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LiquidPlanner

AUGUST 25, 2022

By asking your team this top question, you’ll prompt a discussion around what all projects aspire to but rarely deliver. Ultimately, all project stakeholders will contribute to achieving what is promised so start early with a candid and realistic review of what can be delivered when and for how much. Priceless! .

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