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Digital pragmatism at Volvo means more control and less agile

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Paring down agile Another change the digital organization has gone through recently is to start backing away from a pure agile approach. Volvo Cars’ digital department started to work agilely according to the SAFe Framework in a product-oriented model in 2018. But even with great advantages came disadvantages.

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From pyramid to communities: How pharma company reinvented themselves using Scrum

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A pharmaceutical company (Roche Pharma Finland Oy) decided to transform their Operating model in late 2018. The post From pyramid to communities: How pharma company reinvented themselves using Scrum first appeared on Agile Alliance. The implementation phase of the new Operating Model started in November 2019.

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Business Agility – The Intersection of Outcomes and Efficiency

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Business Agility – The Intersection of Outcomes and Efficiency. There is a debate In the global Agile coaching and training community about whether we should focus on the outcomes or efficiency of teams. At the same time, there is the question about the difference between business agility and team agility. .

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Scrum@Scale at GOTO Copenhagen and NETS Agile Meetup (slides)

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Last week I visited Trifork in Copenhagen to do a Certified Scrum Master course and a Certified Scrum@Scale course with Jens Ostergaard who is both a Scrum Alliance Certified Trainer and Scrum@Scale Certified trainer. See lower right in photo of Scrum@Scale Train the Trainer Workshop last January.

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Agile 2018 – Linear Scalability of Teams: The Holy Grail of Agile Project Management

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Scrum@Scale is a sponsor of Agile 2018. At 2pm on Monday, I presented "Linear Scalability of Teams: The Holy Grail of Agile Project Management." Agile 2018 S@S. You can't make this happen without descaling first, i.e. eliminating impediments that slow down your Scrum. A link to the slides is below.

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A Roadmap for Scrum@Scale

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Give Thanks for Scrum 2018 had a full house at Microsoft's training facility in Burlington, MA on 20 November. In my talk, I laid out the roadmap for deploying Scrum@Scale than enables a "scale-free" architecture that works in any size project. Go See" - Scrum Coaches develop a list of organizational problems.

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Scrum Trainer Spotlight: Paula Elisa Kvedaras on Scrum in Education

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Scrum Trainer Spotlight: Paula Elisa Kvedaras on Scrum in Education. by Scrum Inc. Paula is a Scrum Trainer by Scrum Inc., Paula combines her experience in implementing and teaching Scrum professionally with her project management background to deliver relevant, diverse material. Trainer Community.

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