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. It is typically used for new product developments, software/app/website launches and business-wide changes. Phase 3: Development.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 27, 2019

Scrum requires self-organizing teams that can quickly solve problems in unpredictable environments. Scrum ceremonies are meetings that are unique to scrum teams. Scrum ceremonies ensure that everyone (the scrum master, product owner and development team) is in-sync. It’s a way to ensure transparency across the team.

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Planio

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Lack of consistency, frequent scope changes, and poor governance are three of the most common reasons that projects fail. The Stage Gate process is a project management methodology that breaks projects down into a series of defined stages and gates, each used to manage, validate, and control a project as it develops. Reduces risks.

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The IIL Blog

JULY 31, 2024

By Debra Khan Practitioners of content strategy do not have to go it alone when developing a strategy for a content project. Based on the needs analysis, project leadership typically develops a business case and charters a project. I like to do assessments from time to time, beyond the regular meetings and updates.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 17, 2025

Vision and Ideation: AI as a Creative Partner The product vision is the cornerstone of successful product development. For example, imagine a product owner for a meal-planning application using an AI tool to analyse thousands of customer reviews and support conversations.

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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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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 24, 2019

"The Development Team consists of professionals who do the work of delivering a potentially releasable Increment of "Done" product at the end of each Sprint." - The Scrum Guide. The Scrum Guide is markedly ambitious in the standard of professionalism it demands of a team. Additional work will be needed to complete it.

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Scrum.org

JUNE 22, 2019

For years, I’ve fulfilled the role of Scrum Master for many different organizations and Scrum Teams. These teams were mostly focused on software development. These organizations were able to attract the smartest developers and create products customers loved. Sprint Review at Schiphol Airport with lot’s of stakeholders.

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Scrum.org

JULY 5, 2022

During the first year of the pandemic, Scrum adoption more than doubled for software development teams. According to the 15th Annual State of Agile Report, the use of agile approaches for software development grew from 37% in 2020 to 86% in 2021. It is, in essence, the plan for what the Scrum Team will do next.

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nTask

DECEMBER 8, 2020

These qualifications have evolved due to the challenges that are faced by the companies in the project management paradigm – and that too on daily basis. They will help improve the communication channels that are present in the company, resulting in improved communication and collaboration between the team leaders and project managers.

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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.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The Project Manager is typically concerned with day-to-day progress of the Development Team. They rarely (or never) miss a Daily Scrum, they’re involved during the Daily Scrum and it might just be that they’re asking individual team members what they’ve done, what they’re going to do and if there’s anything blocking them.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 10, 2023

In the fast-paced world of software development, agility and efficiency are paramount. Within Scrum teams, the role of a Product Owner is pivotal. The Product Owner is the bridge between the stakeholders and the development team, responsible for maximizing the value of the product.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 2, 2020

Too bad, when nowadays diversity, autonomy, mastery, and purpose become the driving factors in a highly competitive environment where more of the same for everyone is no longer creating value. Flow disruption: The Scrum Master allows stakeholders to disrupt the flow of the Scrum Team during the Sprint. The Sprint. Nice try #1.).

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

It's a key inspect and adapt opportunity for the Development Team, encouraging them check their progress towards the Sprint Goal and adjust their plan accordingly. It's also supposed to be an event for the Development Team and run by the Development Team but as we know in "the real world" it's not always implemented that way!

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 12, 2020

On the one side, they address typical Scrum events such as Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, and the Sprint Retrospective. As somebody hiring for a Scrum Team, you need to determine for yourself what works for your organization — which is a process, not a destination. Generally, insisting that the team achieve specific KPI, e.

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Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

Recently, the concept of “fluid teams”, “dynamic reteaming” or “ad-hoc teaming” has gained traction in the Agile community. Although the concept has many different definitions, a characteristic they share is that members move in and out of a team during its lifetime. The need for fluid teams.

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The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 11, 2024

The bad news is that this complicates the decision on which to choose. Clear Deadlines and Roles Each team member’s deadlines are listed clearly next to their tasks and they can see how those deadlines impact others’ deadlines [3]. It also makes it easier for the team to understand their tasks [4].

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Scrum.org

APRIL 10, 2019

Are we really a Team? . Looking back a couple of years ago, I had a chance to work with the great team. They are a great team, but not from the beginning.that was a broken team when I came. - The team used Scrum but the Transparency was lost. Development Team hid issues from Product Owner when he came to ask.

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Scrum.org

JULY 21, 2020

Regularly, we find articles from developers detailing why ‘Agile’ in general and Scrum’s nature, in particular, deserve our collective disdain. These rigid methodologies inevitably turn developers into mindless cogs in a corporate machinery—churning out more and more code—while ignoring the true potential of these knowledge workers.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

As Scrum Trainer I get to meet a lot of teams and hear of many different ways to do Scrum. In this post we'll have a look at the Sprint Review. The Sprint Review is generally the hardest event to get right. It's where the Scrum Team and their stakeholders meet, thus the event with the largest number of participants.

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Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

In this blog post, I’ll explain how it’s possible for managers to work with Scrum Teams so no one has to worry about rebuilding their resume. Scrum leverages self-organizing and cross-functional Development Teams to maximize the amount of value that can be delivered. The kind of manager that unifies the team.

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Kiron Bondale

AUGUST 5, 2018

toxic culture, poor compensation) which are preventing you from attracting them, and in a pinch, contracting might be the way to go. Development team members are also valuable, but talent across most skill areas is available for the right price and with the right culture in place.

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Digite

MAY 15, 2018

In the most recent post in Steve Porter’s series, Yuval Yuret presents Scrum in a manner that is intended to educate Kanban teams. It also encourages everyone to review/adopt the values (in Scrum language) that can help software development teams succeed in building software. Disclaimer. You should go read it now.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 11, 2023

Why do we deliver poor quality? The tool: Product Opportunity Assessment (POA): What problem will this solve? Why do we build unnecessary products? Why are we most often too late? Why are most products more expensive than expected? From a bigger perspective these are all different risks. Do we try to analyze more? Can the user use it?

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Leading Answers

JUNE 22, 2022

This is part one in a series on leading agile teams from the Beyond Agile book. We will examine what leadership entails and how it applies to agile teams. We can create backlogs and release plans all we like, but until there is a motivated team with a shared vision of the end goal, it is like trying to push a rope—ineffective.

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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. This poor choice then leads to a fragility within the solution. The Scrum Guide does not contain the term technical debt. Lean Principles Work Types.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Imagine you’re a Scrum Master and the line manager of your team believes that the best sign for a successful agile transformation is a steady increase in the Scrum Team’s velocity. Moreover, if the team fails to deliver on that metric something is wrong with the Scrum Team. Faking Agile Metrics for Scrum Masters.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 11, 2019

The Sprint Review is running smoothly. The Sprint Retrospective allows the team to find 1 or 2 axes of improvement without revolutionizing the world. You observe that Sprint Planning becomes very delicate because you realize that you have great difficulties in estimating the actual working capacity of the development team.

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Planio

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Rituals tie your team together, creating a shared purpose and a powerful culture. While everyone has their own routines to help them maximize productivity, team rituals create a sense of togetherness and motivation that takes performance to the next level. Jump to a section: What are team rituals? What are team rituals?

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 28, 2020

What is important about Scrum is that it is a framework, and Scrum Teams need to define their process, practices, and tools within the framework. I have worked with many Scrum Teams who have been using the concept of mid-term and longer-term goals as part of their Product Backlog management strategies. Scrum is still Scrum. Absolutely!

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Epicflow Blog

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

There is no doubt now that Agile is not just a buzzword, but a really working methodology that takes software development to the next level. . How does it differ from the traditional approach to product development? SDLC (software development life cycle) is a sequential approach to software development.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

But many teams struggle with this rule. An increment is considered “Done” by the Development Team, but requires further testing and stabilization in the next Sprint. Or work is considered “Done” by the Development Team, but the install package still needs to be created. It is tempting to fall into “shades of Done”.

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Project Bliss

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Projects stay interesting with new challenges, opportunities to collaborate with teams, and the satisfaction of delivering value and solutions. You need strong leadership and communication skills, which you can develop during your work in any level of project management. And a project manager role can be fulfilling and interesting.

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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? I often failed to help developers understand its true purpose.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 29, 2024

( Japanese version・日本語版 ) When picturing an effective and truly agile product development team, one often imagines a software development team, pushing some software to production every day, maybe multiple times a day, ala Amazon. But most teams that try it find out that the benefits exceed the costs.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 30, 2020

Those meetings aren’t working sessions that are moving us forward and creating new insights as a team; instead they feel like a waste of time. This problem shows up in Scrum Teams, and it shows up well beyond Scrum Teams. Consensus means that individuals can disagree and still commit to and support the team decision.

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