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Scrum master certification: Top 13 certs for agile pros

CIO

The agile methodology, which facilitates collaboration between stakeholders, teams, and customers during software development, is fast gaining prominence in today’s enterprises. What is Scrum? What is a Scrum master? They also oversee Scrum teams, which consist of the product owner, the developers, and the sum master.

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What Are the Limits of the Scrum Framework?

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

Frequently in workshops, I get asked, “Where shouldn’t we use Scrum?” The short answer is there are lots of instances where the Scrum framework doesn’t fit. However, to give a more complete and effective answer to this question, first we need to have an idea of why and when Scrum does work and what the key conditions are for success.

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No Fighting In This (Agile) Dojo with M. David Green

Marcus Blankenship - Podcasts

David Green, discuss Agile Dojos and how they can make teams more effective. The results will be more engaged team members, scrum masters, and a way of working that converts skeptics and naysayers into Agile evangelists. What is an Agile Dojo? (00:53). Engaged scrum masters are essential for long-term change (26:49).

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AoAD2 Chapter 4: Investing in Agility

James Shore

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. Investing in Agility. They’re the secret to Agile success. Second Edition cover.

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Top 15 project management certifications

CIO

Offered by the PMI, the Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP) certification is designed to validate your knowledge of agile principles and skills with agile techniques. The exam covers topics including Scrum, Kanban, Lean, extreme programming (XP), and test-driven development (TDD).

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Scrum by Example – How to Handle Production Support Issues in Scrum

Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

Today, our ScrumMaster and their Team grapple with these issues, to help you understand how they affect a Scrum Team and what you can do to prevent them from dragging you down. At the company developing the World’s Smallest Online Bookstore, they have a chronically understaffed helpdesk group who provides two lines of support.

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AoAD2 Chapter: Scaling Agility

James Shore

This is a pre-release excerpt of The Art of Agile Development, Second Edition , to be published by O’Reilly in 2021. Visit the Second Edition home page for information about the open development process, additional excerpts, and more. Scaling Agility. A system of interdependent Agile teams is called large-scale Agile.

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