Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

JUNE 23, 2019

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JULY 8, 2018

The Scrum Guide is the de facto standard for how to do Scrum for Scrum.inc.org.alliance. But at Net Objectives we believe you can and should go beyond it - pragmatism over dogmatism - work over framework. . . There is, of course, a reason that the Scrum guide says "Scrum’s roles, events, artifacts, and rules are immutable."

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

JUNE 24, 2019

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. They set a goal every Sprint of having zero net new defects, agreeing to drop Stories rather than push new defects out of the door. 3] [link]. [4] 4] [link].

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Net Objectives

APRIL 1, 2019

This was originally published May, 2017 Note: This blog assumes the reader understands the basic roles and practices of Scrum.

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Crunchbase News

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Michael Proman of Scrum Ventures I’ve spent the past 20-plus years working in sports and entertainment, a vertical that has commonly had a reputation for being a net importer of innovation. Now, it’s how people are finding meaning and belonging in a world where swiping, scrolling and loneliness reigns — but, hopefully, not for long.

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Codegiant

AUGUST 20, 2020

From the desk of a brilliant weirdo #1: Are your hand shivering and pouring yourself with sweat right before your scrum master interview? If so, this “ Scrum Master Interview Questions and Answers ” article can, without a doubt, boost your confidence up and put your worries at rest.

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scruminc

JUNE 3, 2021

by the Scrum Inc. is not clear (or worse yet, a net negative), it’s likely time to either downsize and move to a hybrid model or consider remaining fully remote. . Colocation has long been a mantra in the Agile and Scrum communities. But consider the updated 2020 Scrum Guide. Team | June 3 , 2021 | Blog. If the R.O.I.

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Net Objectives

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Targetprocess and Net Objectives Announce Strategic Partnership. The partnership pairs Net Objectives’ FLEX (FLow for Enterprise Transformation) with the Targetprocess platform, which also supports SAFe, Scrum and Kanban. Net Objectives has been a thought leader in Scrum, Lean, Kanban and SAFe. BUFFALO, N.Y.

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Net Objectives

JUNE 24, 2018

Scrum has proven to be effective but companies often encounter severe challenges with its adoption. At Net Objectives, we believe otherwise. After using and teaching Scrum for two decades, we see the root cause of challenges with Scrum adoption lie in how it is promoted and the ways in which it is adopted.

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RapidValue

JULY 27, 2020

Scrum Metrics: Widely used metrics that focus on the effective delivery of the working software to the clients. Release Net Promoter Score: Also called as NPS, Net Promoter Score helps to measure customer satisfaction while also predicting the business growth. References: Scrum Institute, Kanbanize. Eg: Burndown Chart.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

MARCH 12, 2020

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CIO

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Customer-centric Net Promoter Scores are equally important, he adds. “To Your leadership team should behave like a Scrum team, enabling end-to-end delivery and support.” Decisions, he advises, should focus on optimizing IT services in general and not only concentrate on locally optimized decisions.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

FEBRUARY 27, 2012

They agree to raise the issue in the next Daily Scrum. Day 2 During Daily Scrum Ian describes what theyve learned from installing Sonar and trying to configure PMD. Scrum by Example is a narrative-style blog series designed to help people new to Scrum, especially new ScrumMasters.

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CloudGeometry

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

higher employee Net Promoter Score 50% higher market capitalization growth over three years The winners in SaaS deliver on feature agility by minimizing feature friction. customer satisfaction, quantity & quality goals 2.2x Software innovation doesn’t count until it’s in production.

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Net Objectives

JULY 11, 2018

While it's useful to bring in someone who can actually help with the work, such as a technical or ATDD coach, when it comes to Scrum or Agile coaches it's usually better to grow your own.There are several reasons for this: . it is harder to learn your own environment and product that it is to learn the essential understandings of Scrum.

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Net Objectives

DECEMBER 15, 2018

The Scrum Guide tells us “Scrum’s roles, events, artifacts, and rules are immutable” This presumes people need this structure and can’t think on their own without it. Why “Scrum-ish” is better than Scrum".

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Net Objectives

JULY 7, 2018

Scrum pre-defines the “right” thing & says keep working on until you do it correctly. Scrum can be improved by simply adding “Scrum’s roles, events, artifacts, &rules can only be changed if the resulting change has the same intent of the original” to the Scrum Guide. Of course, you won’t be doing Scrum anymore.

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Net Objectives

OCTOBER 1, 2019

Ken Schwaber & Jeff Sutherland created the Scrum Agile Framework based on The New New Product Development Game (TNNPDG) & empirical process control. In the 20+ years since Scrum’s ascension, other useful methods – Flow, Theory of Constraints, Kanban and Lean Management have come to the forefront.

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Net Objectives

JULY 30, 2019

What causes dark Scrum Commonly mentioned: management not involved people lack motivation Other reasons I see: forming teams is difficult (even not-advisable) but a practice to handle this situation not provided no technical skills provided (even how to interact with PO to do tests-first) teams are told to do things they don’t see the benefit of … (..)

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Net Objectives

DECEMBER 2, 2018

Many proponents of Scrum based frameworks say: knowledge workers are people who know more than their managers we must trust & respect people people must self-organize But then their courses go on to tell people what to do. … Continue reading "The contradictions in many Scrum-based Framework Training (Scrum, SAFe, …)". .

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Net Objectives

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

First of all, I like Scrum. This means initial training of Scrum should include more of the flow model (eliminating … Continue reading "What I Think About Scrum". I think it can be a great framework when used in the right place. But I also think it must be taught as a tool in your toolbox, not an end in and of itself.

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Net Objectives

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

I understand why people think I don’t like Scrum. I have used Scrum for almost 2 decades with great results. But I teach it differently and base it on a different model than the Scrum Guide. I’ve been realizing what I love about Scrum comes from The New … Continue reading "Getting back to the original Scrum".

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Net Objectives

JANUARY 16, 2019

Looking at differences between Scrum and Kanban can help us see which will work better for us. 1) Scrum requires planning the sprint ahead. 2) Scrum requires cross-functional teams, a good thing to have. Kanban doesn’t but this often misses the opportunity … Continue reading "The Differences Between Scrum and Kanban".

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Net Objectives

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

Scrum was inspired by the article “The New New Product Development Game” (’86). Several characteristics of successful development included: Teams work best when they work autonomously … Continue reading "The True Intention of Scrum". It introduced a new way to develop new products.

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Net Objectives

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

Scrum presumes it is effective to give all teams a simple preset, immutable framework that each team must follow until they figure out how to manifest it. Scrum is designed for and requires cross-functional teams doing work that is plannable.

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Net Objectives

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

the why) Double-loop learning: Learning that results in … Continue reading "Using Double Loop Learning on Key Scrum Concepts to Improve Scrum". Here are his definitions: Single-loop learning: Learning that changes strategies of action (i.e. the how) in ways that leave the values of a theory of action unchanged (i.e.

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Net Objectives

MARCH 12, 2019

Here are some things I have learned from Scrum. Small batches are good and … Continue reading "What I have Learned from Scrum". Small batches are good and … Continue reading "What I have Learned from Scrum". Cross functional teams are good. And they improve innovation by the team.

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Net Objectives

JULY 25, 2019

At a minimum, anytime a request is made the question “how will I know I’ve done that” should be asked An understanding that delays in feedback, … Continue reading "Scrum for Software Development". In this one I’ll describe some principles and practices that should be in it Use some degree of test-first.

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Net Objectives

MARCH 31, 2019

This was originally published in May 2009 Virtually 2 years ago I wrote a blog called Challenging Why (not if) Scrum Works. Basically, I was looking to see why Scrum worked so I would be able to best take advantage of Scrum.

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Net Objectives

JANUARY 29, 2019

Focus on Scrum. Daily Scrums provide an opportunity to pivot each day. This is the common way certified … Continue reading "Three ways to get trained in Scrum". This is the common way certified … Continue reading "Three ways to get trained in Scrum". Use its practices, events and artifacts to drive teams to improve.

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Net Objectives

MARCH 30, 2019

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". I have left the # of years the same to keep context.

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Net Objectives

JANUARY 20, 2019

Scrum is based on empirical process control. Scrum is accordingly set up with a set of rules, roles, artifacts and events designed in such a way that if they are followed good results will happen. … Continue reading "The Insidious Side of Scrum and How I’d Fix It (and yes, I know it wouldn’t be Scrum anymore)". .

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Net Objectives

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

Recently, Scrum.org announced the integration of Kanban practices into Scrum and that “Observe Orient Decide Act (OODA) is the mindset of Scrum. This comes on top of the announcement of Scrum team training a few years ago. These are all good things.

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Net Objectives

FEBRUARY 3, 2019

Scrum is based on empirical process control, the pillars of which are transparency, inspection & adaptation. It’s just that when we do use theory we must verify it … Continue reading "Improve Your Scrum by Using Flow Thinking". This mostly means that instead of following a plan we observe how things are going & adjust accordingly.

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Net Objectives

JULY 24, 2019

Scrum proponents take pride in the fact that Scrum can work anywhere, in any domain. The result of this is often that people have to reinvent things and don’t have ready access to concepts that would guide their … Continue reading "Why we need a Scrum for Software Development Teams".

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Net Objectives

AUGUST 4, 2018

People often conflate Scrum with Agile. But Scrum is not the same as Agile. Scrum is a framework consisting of roles, rules, artifacts and events. It has many of the practices that those in the Scrum community suggest be incorporated into Scrum. XP is quite different.

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Net Objectives

JANUARY 29, 2019

On twitter someone suggested this is why I have so much energy on Scrum. Scrum is great and can really help teams. The common focus on the framework anticipating people will figure out what they have to do … Continue reading "No, Scrum did not back its car over my dog". Here was my response.

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