Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

TL; DR: Scrum Master Interview Questions (1). Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. Though whatever the case, we can say for sure that Scrum is very popular in software development.

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Henny Portman

OCTOBER 14, 2024

The book “ The Lean-Agile Way – Unleash Business Results in the Digital Era with Value Stream Management ” by Cecil ‘Gary’ Rupp, Richard Knaster, Steve Pereira, and Al Shalloway provides a comprehensive roadmap to optimize processes, improve products, and enhance service delivery.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 3, 2022

. Can scrum be used outside software development? A lot of agile coaches, and scrum masters think when people are resisting some of the ideas that we’re presenting, they think that we’re presenting a fake wall that there really is no barrier that, the person they’re thinking hasn’t been opened or not. Absolutely. .

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 4, 2023

When it comes to Scrum Sprint reviews, one fundamental question often emerges: What do my stakeholders care about? It's crucial to present our achievements in a way that captivates their interest, ensuring they see the direct benefits of our work. Understanding this is the cornerstone of effective stakeholder engagement.

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Technical Review SCRUM Lean Consulting 213

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

This is why I appreciate A Scrum Book ( which I co-authored). It presents patterns not rigid processesthat teams can apply based on their specific challenges. Take the Daily Scrum, for example. If you dont have the problem that a Daily Scrum is meant to solve, then forcing it doesnt make sense. Do you need it?

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Scrum.org

MARCH 17, 2020

TL; DR: Remote Agile, Part 1: Practices & Tools for Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and Product Owners. As a Professional Scrum Trainer, I strive to provide training classes without using PowerPoint or digital devices. Of course, there is also a specialized commercial service for that purpose, the Lean Coffee Table.

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Agile SCRUM Lean Energy 243

Scrum.org

JUNE 11, 2019

During a recent meetup of The Liberators Network, we got together with 30 enthusiastic Scrum Masters. And what will make your future success possible (Future~Present)? This post combines the shared experience of a large group of Scrum Masters. Experiments are the best friends of Scrum Masters. Involve stakeholders.

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SCRUM Development Team Review Software Review Lean 192

Scrum.org

JANUARY 22, 2024

TL; DR: The Rise of the Scrum GPT Fewer Jobs for Scrum Masters, and now we see the universal Scrum GPT entering the competition: Will Scrum Masters change from essential practitioners to a niche role? The job market is currently challenging for many agile practitioners, particularly Scrum Masters.

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Inloox

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The SAFe method is based on the Lean philosophy and offers a fixed framework in which Scrum and other agile management methods can be scaled to the entire company. The basic concept SAFe divides enterprise agility into three level of abstractions: Team level (Scrum teams). Program level ("project" level).

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Scrum.org

APRIL 1, 2022

Although some issues might have been fixed, I rarely see the full potential of a Scrum Team being achieved. Agility, and predominantly the Scrum framework, has been accepted by the vast majority of corporations that work in complex domains by now. We seek out frameworks in the hope of solving our issues.

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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. It’s more than watching presentations by experts. Scrum thrives on self-managing cross-functional teams.

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Inloox

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The SAFe method is based on the Lean philosophy and offers a fixed framework in which Scrum and other agile management methods can be scaled to the entire company. The basic concept SAFe divides enterprise agility into three level of abstractions: Team level (Scrum teams). Program level ("project" level).

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Lean Innovation Agile SCRUM 237

Scrum.org

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

At a recent training class one of the delegates spoke about their present company, about how it was the most “Agile” place he had ever worked. Reading between the lines, I think he saw the difference between going beyond an implementation of the mechanics of Scrum and embracing the true Agile mindset. Welcome to Lean Startup.

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Software Review SCRUM Underperforming Technical Team Cadence 161

Scrum.org

JULY 16, 2019

Although the paper is focused on training in general, my mind made the connection in how Scrum consultants, trainers, and coaches try to have organizations learn Scrum. How organizations expect to succeed with Scrum by hiring consultants, trainers, and coaches. Or the other way around. What I see happening a lot is…. Complexity.

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ProjectManager.com

MARCH 12, 2019

Some of those are Scrum , Extreme Programming, Adaptive System Development, DSDM, Feature Driven Development, Kanban , Cystal and others. The manifesto outlined basic ideas that are present in each agile framework. It makes sure that the quality of the work fits the purpose of the product and the organization.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

Agile certifications: These are ideal for those project managers that want to work in agile environments as a scrum master, agile certified practitioner or agile value stream consultant. Present to stakeholders reports on progress as well as problems and solutions. Allocate project resources. Create schedule and project timeline.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Although some issues might have been fixed, I rarely see the full potential of a Scrum Team being achieved. Agility, and predominantly the Scrum framework, has been accepted by the vast majority of corporations that work in complex domains by now. We seek out frameworks in the hope of solving our issues.

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Underperforming Technical Team SCRUM Innovation Leadership 201

Scrum.org

JANUARY 13, 2020

TL; DR: Product Mindset and OWnership in Scrum Teams. How is that supposed to scale, you might ask, isn’t that approach turning the Product Owner into the Scrum team’s bottleneck, impeding value creation rather than spearheading it? Well, cargo cult Scrum might end up in that dead-end. What Do We Know about our Customers? .

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Scrum.org

APRIL 26, 2021

About five years ago I published the paper “ The 8 Stances of a Scrum Master ”. In the paper, I describe the misunderstood and preferred stances of a Scrum Master. It often gets fulfilled in such a way the Scrum Master becomes Scrum police. Within their organization, Scrum Masters are not teaching but preaching.

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NimbleWork

OCTOBER 21, 2024

This article presents the top 25 project management influencers who have distinguished themselves through visionary thinking, practical expertise, and an unwavering commitment to advancing the profession. With expertise in agile transformation, she helps teams adopt practices like Scrum, ScrumBan, Kanban, and Lean IT.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 26, 2020

This paper is geared toward Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, and change agents that work with large change initiatives. Misunderstanding of the Scrum Master Role. Recently, I worked with a group of Scrum Masters in a large service organization. Each Scrum Master was working with one team only.

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Inloox

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Agile approaches such as Scrum, the critical path method or Kanban are characterized by a fundamental idea of flexibility. If both certainty and agreement are only present to a relatively low degree, it is a complex decision-making environment. For complicated projects, agile methods such as Lean Management or Kanban are usually used.

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Agile Technical Review Construction Lean 264

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

Nehmen Sie an einer von Stefans kommenden Professional Scrum-Schulungen teil ! I would be in favor of a scaled framework that empowers teams to solve customer problems the way that Scrum does. SAFe is for compliance and contacts, Scrum for performance. Lean UX is neither Lean nor UX; don’t be fooled by the name.

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Lean Software Review 2022 Technical Review 212

The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The approach was presented in a PMI-hosted webinar in January 2024 and accompanied by an article in the Harvard Business Review, “ It’s Time to End the Battle Between Waterfall and Agile.” The primary options are iteration-based (DA Agile) and flow-based (DA Lean). Scrum is the most commonly used iteration-based agile approach.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

In many large organizations, Scrum teams fall into the ‘feature factory’ trap, focusing more on churning out features than creating real value. Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! Preorder the Scrum Anti-Patterns Guide book now for delivery in January 2024! ?️

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Technical Review Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Sustainability 213

Leading Answers

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

On Friday, September 30, I will be presenting a session on Beyond Agile at the HTEC Project Management Virtual Conference. For example, we can say, “Yes, Scrum has been tremendously popular partly because of its initial simplicity, And when we add ideas from emotional intelligence, it can be even more effective.” You can register here.

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Scrum.org

OCTOBER 3, 2022

Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! ? ? ?? In this presentation, Allan "Nuke the backlog" Kelly suggests you rethink the very idea of the backlog and rebuild your agile process around outcomes. Hands-on Agile 42: Lean Roadmapping and OKRs with Janna Bastow. The Product Backlog.

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Agile 2022 SCRUM Lean 203

Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

The Agile Manifesto will soon be 20 years old, and Scrum was first introduced 25 years ago. We believe this is a great opportunity to present some tips on how you can increase the agility of your team and organization. Tips #6–10: In our next article we will present five more tips for you about agility. .

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 13, 2017

The first day will be filled with keynote and presentations and the second day will offer 15 PM² training sessions. Global Scrum Gathering: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 16-18 April 2018. There is a good mix of presentations, hands-on workshops and coaching. Global Scrum Gathering: London, UK, 8-10 October 2018.

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Scrum.org

MARCH 24, 2020

Generally, Liberating Structures are well suited to improve the level of engagement among participants of Scrum events, thus stimulating the kind of outcomes that are necessary to create learning organizations. LS for Scrum. Read all articles of the Liberating Structures for Scrum series.). scenario, our struggling startup.

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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. Scenario A: It’s 9:00.

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Scrum.org

JANUARY 6, 2022

Scrum, agile thinking, modern software development working practices are synonymous with Digital Technology and have evolved out of the fundamentally different characteristics of the opportunity presented by technology. I realized this after reading Jeff Gothelf and Josh Seiden’s book titled Lean UX.

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Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

Join Stefan in one of his upcoming Professional Scrum training classes ! I would be in favor of a scaled framework that empowers teams to solve customer problems the way that Scrum does. SAFe is for compliance and contacts, Scrum for performance. Lean UX is neither Lean nor UX; don’t be fooled by the name.

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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. Product Goal also reflects one of the values of Scrum: “Focus.” Now, every artifact in Scrum comes with a commitment. The formal artifacts in Scrum are three: Product Backlog. Commitment based Artifacts.

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Project Bliss

JULY 26, 2020

A scrum master servant leader can lead his team to greatness with this advice from Geoff Watts’s wonderful book Scrum Mastery. Please see the Editor’s note below regarding the variation in spelling of the term Scrum Master. Scrum’s framework is easy to understand but hard to master.

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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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The Strategic Project Manager

OCTOBER 12, 2022

The concepts of scrum are powerful in business, not only in software development but also in other areas. This post reviews the basics of agile scrum roles, ceremonies, and their impact on developing strategy and managing projects. Agile Scrum Roles. The scrum team has its origins in rugby, an ultimate team sport.

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