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A Scrum Flight Checklist

Agile Alliance

Are you concerned that your team might have strayed from the foundational principles of Scrum? The post A Scrum Flight Checklist first appeared on Agile Alliance. Process scrum TeamsThis checklist will help you stay on track.

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Reflections from a Non-Technical Scrum Master

Agile Alliance

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Scrum master anti-patterns 

Agile Alliance

Scrum masters are continuously looking for anti-patterns to help guide their team back onto the path of agility. The post Scrum master anti-patterns first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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Professionalising the Scrum Master Role

Agile Alliance

This article describes how the authors guided and supported the professional development of the Scrum Masters role and competencies, with an emphasis on challenges encountered and lessons learned. The post Professionalising the Scrum Master Role first appeared on Agile Alliance.

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A Masterclass in How to Navigate the Messy Connection Between Work and Value in Your Team

Speaker: Dave West, CEO of Scrum.org

In this talk, Dave West, CEO of Scrum.org, discusses the interesting, messy connection between work and value. He outlines how changes to the Scrum Guide have shone a spotlight on the challenge that many teams face when delivering more value.

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Introduction to Scrum Methodology

Perficient

Introduction This read provides information to the enthusiastic readers the knowledge of scrum Scrum is an Agile model framework. Scrum is an agile method that enables us to concentrate on providing the greatest value to our business in the shortest possible time.

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Scrum Core Roles – An Insight

SCRUMstudy

Explicit definition of roles and responsibilities is mandatory for the successful delivery of any project and delivering projects using Scrum is no exception. So, what are the Scrum Core Roles? The core roles are the Product Owner, Scrum Master, and Scrum Team.

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Scrum Survivor

Agile42

agile42 is proud to present a new TV series format: Scrum Survivor! Continue reading Scrum Survivor at agile42. Scrum Survivor agile April Fools scrumThree software development teams of 7±2 people will battle it out on reality TV. Who will be the winner?

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Superhero Scrum Masters; helpful or bottleneck?

Xebia

The Superhero Scrum Master is no exception. The Superhero Scrum Master is the first one to dive into any impediment to resolve it. EXCEPT it’s the Scrum Master’s job to help the Scrum Team strive towards a good level of self-management. This touches all the Scrum Values.

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Scrum in Practice

Agile Alliance

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Team Leadership in the Age of Agile

Speaker: Roy Osherove, Technology and Leadership Consultant

To do this, you've learned a wide variety of techniques and methodologies - SCRUM, Kanban, TDD, DevOps, self-organized teams, and much more.

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Reflections of an Undercover Scrum Master

Agile Alliance

Dane took a two-year break from his job as a Scrum Master to join a development team. His perspectives as both a developer and Scrum Master are insightful. People scrum scrum masterOur latest conversation is with Dane Weber.

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Agile scrum methodology

InnovationM

UI Design UX Design 65K Method Limit methodology Scrum scrum blogWhat is Agile? Agile is an approach or a way to project management and software development (web, android, etc.)

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Juggling Multiple Scrum Teams

Agile Alliance

Instead, let me introduce our latest curated experience report author and Scrum Master juggler Iurii Ilantaskii. In his report, Parallel Juggling while Coaching Multiple Teams, Iurii shares his experiences juggling his duties as a Scrum Master in support of multiple teams.

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A Scrum Master Wears Multiple Hats

SCRUMstudy

The use of Scrum framework to deliver projects has enabled organizations to go to market with their products and services faster than ever. To adopt the Scrum framework correctly and produce the outcomes the organizations require, they need to have an expert on the team — The Scrum Master!

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Success Story: Swiss Insurtech Company Hires a Remote CTO from Ukraine

Read a story of a Swiss Insurtech startup which successfully extended their remote development team in Ukraine to 15 people and found their perfect CTO to manage their software development team.

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Messing With the Scrum Recipe

Agile Alliance

Scrum has been around since the mid-eighties, so why is it that some companies make it work so beautifully while others end up in such chaos that they run back to old methods? Maybe those companies that flounder or fail do so because they stray too far from the “Scrum Recipe.”

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Agile/Scrum is a Failure – Here’s Why

DevOps.com

In this week’s The Long View: Agile and Scrum are increasingly getting a bad reputation, being associated with the worst aspects of toxic workplace culture. The post Agile/Scrum is a Failure – Here’s Why appeared first on DevOps.com.

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The Top Benefits of a Scrum Certification

DevOps.com

The Scrum framework is a staple part of many businesses – and for good reason. And, like most processes, Scrum can be mastered with the right training and commitment. The post The Top Benefits of a Scrum Certification appeared first on DevOps.com.

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Scrum and Micro-Retrospectives

Agile Alliance

Process continuous improvement retrospective scrumOne of the twelve principles behind the Agile Manifesto says: “At regular intervals, the team reflects on how to become more effective, then tunes and adjusts its behavior accordingly”.

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Daily Scrum: Is it a Waste of Time?

Agile Alliance

Daily Scrum? Daily Scrum is just a chance for the Scrum Master to show up and micromanage. Daily Scrum is for reporting status, but I could do that in an email. People collaboration scrumIt’s a waste of time and interrupts my work. Do any of these complaints sound familiar? These days, it’s become rather trendy to deride … Continued.

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Scrum Masters are People Too – Give ‘Em a Break, and a Hand

Agile Alliance

There are great Scrum Masters and lousy Scrum Masters. Scrum Masters are people too. People agile teams scrum scrum masterThere are also great and lousy managers, developers, testers, salespeople, and neighbors.

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Influencing software quality as a Scrum Master

Xebia

Scrum Masters serve a key role in achieving both aspects. A Scrum Master serves the team by coaching members in self-management and cross-functionality, helping them focus on creating high-value increments, and removing impediments.

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Scrum Guide Release 2020 – Scrum Guide Celebrates 25

scruminc

2020 Scrum Guide Launch. Celebrating 25 Years of Scrum. Join Dr. Jeff Sutherland and Ken Schwaber for a live event featuring the release of the updated Scrum Guide and celebrating 25 years of Scrum. Scrum is a framework and not a methodology. Scrum Masters.

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Scrum in Healthcare

scruminc

Scrum in Healthcare: Operating Room Process Improvements Lead to Better Outcomes for Patients and More Revenue for Providers. And they partnered with Scrum Inc. Joining the Scrum Inc. We and our partners began using Scrum in a single pod of three operating rooms.

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Scrum Non-core Roles – An Insight

SCRUMstudy

In Scrum the non-core roles are those roles which are not mandatorily required for the Scrum project. They may not be continuously or directly involved in the Scrum process. They are not accountable for the success of the Scrum Project. Scrum Guidance Body.

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Scrumban Should NOT Just Be a Hybrid of Scrum and Kanban

Agile Alliance

The post Scrumban Should NOT Just Be a Hybrid of Scrum and Kanban first appeared on Agile Alliance. Process hybrid just in time kaizen kanban kanban board lean lean kanban scrum

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Better Scrum with Essence

scruminc

When over 50% of Scrum implementations fail to deliver on time, on budget, with happy customers according to Standish Group data, we need to find tools and techniques to help us improve the odds against this. Scrum itself is not the issue but it’s in how it is adopted and put into practice.

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Scrum Meetings – Source of Transparency and Information

SCRUMstudy

Open communication and transparency play crucial role in Scrum projects. Unlike the popular view that most meetings are waste of time, Scrum lays a lot of emphasis on conducting highly focused, time-boxed and effective meetings to allow transparency and free flow of information.

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Scrum Framework – Artifacts that Matter

SCRUMstudy

In the context of Scrum, we work with three fundamental artifacts necessary to deliver a Scrum project effectively. The list of the tasks to be executed by the Scrum Team in the upcoming Sprint is called the Sprint Backlog. What are artifacts?

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Achieving Flexibility in Scrum

SCRUMstudy

Scrum helps organizations become more flexible and open to change. However, it is important to understand that although the Scrum framework emphasizes flexibility, it is also important to maintain stability throughout the change process.

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Article: Surviving Zombie Scrum

InfoQ Culture Methods

The book Zombie Scrum Survival Guide by Christiaan Verwijs, Johannes Schartau, and Barry Overeem aims to support teams that are stuck in Zombie Scrum. Scrum Teamwork Agile Practices Assessment Adopting Agile Book Review Culture & Methods article

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What we learned from descaling 25 Scrum teams

Agile Alliance

We learned that some additional roles and events are needed to address cross-team and cross-organizational alignment and prioritization, when our organization went from a ‘Spotify-inspired” setup to a descaled setup with 25 stand-alone autonomous Scrum teams. What happens when you descale?

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Article: Better Scrum Through Essence

InfoQ Culture Methods

Scrum is easy to explain and hard to do well. The majority of Scrum Teams struggle to do Scrum well. This article explains how Essence Scrum practices produced by Ian Spence and Dr Jeff Sutherland can help your teams get better at Scrum regardless of the context By Ian Spence.

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Scrum Las Estrategias del Juego: Es Póker, No Ajedrez

Agile Alliance

Este libro le muestra cómo usar Scrum para crear una mano ganadora a partir de las cartas que le han repartido. The post Scrum Las Estrategias del Juego: Es Póker, No Ajedrez first appeared on Agile Alliance

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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.

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Is Scrum Agile and is Agile Scrum?

Xebia

Scrum is Agile but Agile is not (only) Scrum. The post Is Scrum Agile and is Agile Scrum? Agile IT Scrum2 minutes read (drawing by Alexander) The short version: yes and no! Future Fit Organizations Organizations want to become flexible and Agile or as we like to call it at Xebia: Future Fit. Just like when you go to the gym and want to become […]. appeared first on Xebia Blog.

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Subbing for the Scrum Master to fill a project gap

Perficient

So when your project’s Scrum Master has to step away for a period of time, the business analyst may be the role that temporarily steps in to fill the gap. Here are some things to consider if you’re stepping into the Scrum Master’s shoes. What About a Scrum Master Certification?

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Scaling Scrum to the limit

Xebia

So how do you scale Scrum to the limit? The post Scaling Scrum to the limit appeared first on Xebia Blog. Agile Agile Coach ScrumYou’re likely to have been asked the question: “we need to go faster, how many more people do we need?” Most people naturally understand that just adding a random number of people isn’t likely to make us any faster in the short run. And what are […].

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Scrum in HR Webinar

scruminc

Scrum in HR: A Better Way To Engage, Equip & Empower People. This free webinar explores how and why Scrum helps Human Resource professionals tackle some of their most pressing challenges. . Scrum in HR: People Practices that Engage, Equip & Empower. Scrum In HR Webinar.

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