Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Let’s be honest – being the only Scrum Master in an organization is not fun! That is why I found working in organizations where we had a team of Scrum Masters or other Agile professionals a much more rewarding experience. Scrum thrives on self-managing cross-functional teams. Even when I was already experienced in the role.

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Scrum.org

MAY 17, 2022

The first intuition of many Scrum Masters?—?including I have a hunch that this single observation alludes to a more persistent pattern across Scrum Masters. Namely, that Scrum Masters are often more focused on the quality of the process than on the value of the outcomes. So what do Scrum Masters do most of their time?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 25, 2021

TL; DR: Scrum Master Job — 4 Steps to Identify Suitable Employers or Clients. Are you considering a new Scrum Master job? Don’t worry; there are four steps of proactive research to identify suitable employers or clients for Scrum Masters and avoid disappointment later. The Scrum Master Job Market Is Promising.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Their paper provides useful insights into why the Scrum Framework might be so effective when it comes to managing complex work. Their article inspired me to apply the same insights to Scrum and to extend it with my own. Why our brain is not built for software engineering. This is a great example of situated cognition.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

TL; DR: Getting Hired as a Scrum Master or Agile Coach Are you considering a new Scrum Master or Agile Coach job? Don’t worry; there are four steps of proactive research to identify suitable employers or clients for getting hired as a Scrum Master and avoid disappointment later. I just received my author copies ! ?

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ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 12, 2022

What to Expect: Sessions focus on agility, software engineering and lean business. Global Scrum Gathering. The Global Scrum Gathering is produced by the Scrum Alliance, which is a member-driven nonprofit certifying body that has supported the agile movement since 2001. Where: Denver, Colo., USA and Virtual.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 31, 2023

However, the Introduction to Agile Development and Scrum course does recommend that you are comfortable using a computer and that you’ve had some involvement in software development or IT project management, perhaps as a team member or stakeholder in development projects. You don’t need any prior experience.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 7, 2023

Since I became a Professional Scrum Trainer in November, I have been asked a lot about the current state, and the future perspectives, for Scrum and agile development in Japan, where I’ve worked for the last six years. So much so that many consider the paper to be part of the roots of Scrum. Why is that?

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Scrum.org

JUNE 13, 2022

TL; DR: Scrum Developer Anti-Patterns. After covering the anti-patterns of the Scrum Master, the Product Owner, and the stakeholders, this article addresses Scrum Developer anti-patterns, covering all Scrum Events and the Product Backlog artifact. The Role of the Developers in Scrum. Source : Scrum Guide 2020. .

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Project managers who are yet to take a professional certificate but don’t meet the requirements for the course they are looking at, for example, not meeting the eligibility criteria for the Project Management Professional (PMP)® exam. For example, in the Intro to Agile Development and Scrum course. What’s the honors content?

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 31, 2019

For example, in traditional project management methodologies , customers negotiate the requirements for the product in detail—before work starts. While, as we stated earlier, we have no horse in the race, software engineer and author has a good definition. Is Agile a Methodology? Some say, if it walks like a duck, it’s a duck.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 22, 2023

One of the most exciting outcomes of Scrum being adopted by a team is innovation. The following interview is with Marjolein Pilon , a Scrum Master from the Netherlands. But I know you have some practical ideas for how Scrum and Teams can help. What if all Scrum Teams would do that? Broadly that is described as innovation.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 11, 2020

After covering the Scrum Master and the Product Owner, this article addresses Development Team anti-patterns, covering all Scrum Events as well as the Product Backlog artifact. The Role of the Development Team in Scrum. Source : Scrum Guide 2017. . TL; DR: Development Team Anti-Patterns.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 10, 2020

The inherent lack of a product/engineering culture in those legacy organizations usually results in hiring numerous contractors and freelancers—software engineers, UX designers, Product Owners, agile coaches, Scrum Masters, etc.—to Download the ’Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide’ for Free to start at least some projects.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 13, 2019

The Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK) course has now been out for more than 6 months at Scrum.org. As one of the first few trainers who wanted to teach this course when it came out, I find that it is a great way to combine the Scrum framework with Kanban as a strategy to deliver value to your customer.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 22, 2023

In software that the production line may take the form of an automated build and deployment. We never solve the exact same problem again in software engineering and other creative work. A great example of that are scrum values. Values and Principles In this world, values guide how we do the work.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. For example, there are supposedly eight stances for Product Owners. From our own quantitative research with 1.200 Scrum Teams , we know that teams are more effective when they are more aware of the needs of their stakeholders.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 19, 2022

And we share results from our own analyses based on actual data from stakeholders and Scrum teams that we collected through the Scrum Team Survey. Each post discusses scientific research that is relevant to our work with Scrum and Agile teams. We collected the data through our Scrum Team Survey. We worked with Prof.

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Scrum.org

JULY 7, 2020

From the long list of observation, heuristics, and mental models in psychology, organizational design, or software engineering, I pick six “agile laws” that seem to be particularly relevant in this area of distributed agile teams: Conway’s Law. Remote Agile (Part 1): Practices & Tools for Scrum Masters & Agile Coaches.

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Scrum.org

JULY 11, 2022

Does the Scrum Guide give some direction? It does indeed: “ Scrum Teams are cross-functional, meaning the members have all the skills necessary to create value each Sprint. ” [1]. Is cross-functionality about the individuals or is it a quality of the Scrum team? . Let’s pick an example from the IT world.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 10, 2021

Staggered iterations lead to more technical debt and lower quality software. Updated to reflect the 2020 Scrum Guide! If you are moving from a 4-year iterative process to a 4-month one you will see the value, but your process will be opaque and will only reduce your ability to deliver working software. Martin Hinshelwood.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

What contexts are Scrum suited to, and which not? What if you end up applying a methodology like Scrum to a context where it isn’t suited, and people leave the company as a result? when everyone is pro-Scrum, or against SAFe or against estimation, or exclusively Scrum Masters? Is scaling always a bad idea?

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 13, 2019

The Professional Scrum with Kanban (PSK) course has now been out for more than 6 months at Scrum.org. As one of the first few trainers who wanted to teach this course when it came out, I find it is a great way to combine the Scrum framework with Kanban as a strategy to deliver value to your customer.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The term is used in software engineering; especially in development methodology Extreme Programming and Agile software development. — Wikipedia , Oktober 2019?—?. The Customer Representative and Scrum. An example of how value can be expressed, is via the B2B or B2C value pyramids.

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Wrike

JULY 9, 2024

This robust framework comes from two key areas: Understanding the phases that every software project should go through to ensure nothing is missed Defining an approach to the project that makes sense for the whole team and the assets they need to produce Let’s start by breaking down the phases typical for software development project management.

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Teamweek

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

And choosing from the many different project management software types can be quite a challenge. To make it simpler for you, we’ve compiled this list of 21 different types of project management software and example tools for each type. Types of project management software based on the use case. Example: Toggl Plan.

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Leading Agile

OCTOBER 19, 2022

As strategic priorities shift toward a focus on technology, hiring Scrum coaches just isn’t going to suffice to make Agile work. Especially when you’re running up against the complex and seemingly impossible process of untangling monolithic legacy software.

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PM Basics

JULY 1, 2020

For sure, the easiest way to become a software project manager is by getting a promotion inside an IT company. So, if you are just starting your career, I strongly recommend getting a job on an IT project in any other capacity like QA, Developer, DevOps, Business Analyst, or a Scrum Master. That’s your way in. Just a side note.

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Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

Exploring Agile methodologies provides teams with flexible, efficient, and collaborative approaches to software development and project management. Beyond Scrum , several Agile frameworks were developed to address the unique needs and challenges of projects and teams.

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Epicflow Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Hybrid, Critical Chain, Critical Path, Kanban, Scrum, Six Sigma, Waterfall [3]. SCRUM certification with passing the Professional Scrum Master I certification exam (PSM I) [4]. What Are the Best Software Tools to Use for Project Management and What Tools Are the Worst? It depends on the certification.

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Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2017

The likelihood of a failure for example. Hybrid–Agile Software Development Anti–Patterns, Risks, and Recommendations,” Paul E. McMahon, Cross Talk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering , July/August 2015, pp. Nord, CrossTalk: The Journal of Defense Software Engineering , May/June 2013.

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PM Basics

MAY 16, 2022

Additionally, need to learn a bit about Scrum and Kanban. There are a lot of resources on the internet about Scrum and Kanban. Check out the Mountain Goat site or get the book Scrum and XP from trenches. For example, a small and unsuccessful startup may take you as a manager. Team Composition on a Software Project.

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PM Basics

APRIL 24, 2018

So, I will bring more clarity to this topic and will show examples of SDLC below. When I googled “software development life cycle definition” I found different variants. Examples of Software Development Life Cycles. The main phase of a project is implemented with Scrum Framework. SDLC doesn’t equal Scrum or Kanban.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 7, 2018

50], [397] DSM relates entities with each other in ways schedules cannot, for example, the tasks that constitute a complete program. An example of a DSM Di-Graph is. This always takes us back the coupling and cohesion discussion all of us who were Software Engineers in the 1980's . The result is a directed graph ?

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Epicflow Blog

MAY 14, 2019

Read more: Examples of Lessons Learned in Construction Projects. Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering by Robert L. Great Planning Disasters by Peter Hall (University of California Press, 1982), recommended by Sean Doull-Connolly , a Senior Process Engineer at TIAA. Perform Risk Management.

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Herding Cats

JUNE 12, 2018

At a minimum, at the end of every week, a Scrum team assess physical percent complete at the end of the Sprint. So when you read some numbers on slide 16, and there is no Root Cause for those late or failed examples, there can be NO way that the conjecture of NOT Estimating can be connected with any corrective or preventive action.

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Leading Agile

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Software Engineer (SE): Couldn’t care less. Software Engineer (SE): Couldn’t care less. They told us so in our Certified Scrum Master class. Have you written any code lately that has inspired awe on the level of those examples? Are you up for it? You’ll be gone soon. SE: Master , eh?

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