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Upcoming Webinar: Scrum In Construction

scruminc

Scrum in Construction: A Better Way To Design, Plan, and Build. This free webinar explores how and why construction projects done with Scrum are safer, come in under budget, and finish early. Scrum in Construction: A Better Way To Design, Plan, and Build. Agile and Scrum are revolutionizing construction.

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Challenging why (not if) Scrum works

Net Objectives

This was originally published in May 2007. I have repeatedly heard that “Scrum succeeds largely because the people doing the work define how to do the work” (see From The Top by Ken Schwaber for his full text). However, I do not … Continue reading "Challenging why (not if) Scrum works". Minor edits made.

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AoAD2 Chapter: Improvement (introduction)

James Shore

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. This excerpt is copyright 2007, 2020, 2021 by James Shore and Shane Warden. Manifesto for Agile Software Development. As I discussed in chapter “What Is Agile”, Agile is a philosophy, not a method.

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AoAD2 Chapter: Teamwork (Introduction)

James Shore

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. This excerpt is copyright 2007, 2020 by James Shore and Shane Warden. 1 When the Agile Manifesto was written, people thought about software development in terms of projects. The Agile Manifesto. Beck 2004].

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Future Perspective for Change: Why Backcasting Helps Get You Where You Want to Be

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

Too often the answer is, “ To be Agile ”. The problem, of course, is Agility is not the goal, it’s the outcome of improving the system. Few would have mentally pictured the iPhone features released in 2007, changing our expectations. We’re trying to reinforce that all aspects of an Agile work world can be self-organizing.

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From ScrumMaster to Team Coach – Revisited

Accenture

Over the last few years, we have seen a transition happening across Agile delivery teams. Where coaching used to be something you exclusively get from the outside of the organization, it is now crucial for organizations to develop an internal capacity to support, grow and sustain greater agility. Entry Point into Agile – ScrumMastery.

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AoAD2 Chapter: Planning (Introduction)

James Shore

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. This excerpt is copyright 2007, 2020, 2021 by James Shore and Shane Warden. Agile is adaptive, not predictive. It’s one of the things that sets Agile apart—the very source of its name!—and Planning Sources.

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