Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

MARCH 12, 2020

The Scrum Guide offers very limited guidance, suggesting 3-9 people per team (exclusive of ScrumMaster and Product Owner), without giving reasons or context for those numbers. While this is primarily about Scrum, the lessons are applicable for any work that is collaborative and knowledge-based. Clearly, we need more useful sources.

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scruminc

MARCH 1, 2021

Scrum Success: Embracing The Ability To Adapt. For more than a year now, we have been part of a team consulting and coach a large client with multinational operations. We have seen this change as the Scrum implementation at this client continues to grow. The work of the hospitality teams here serves as a stand-out example.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

MARCH 13, 2020

The Scrum Guide offers very limited guidance, suggesting 3-9 people per team (exclusive of ScrumMaster and Product Owner), without giving reasons or context for those numbers. While this is primarily about Scrum, the lessons are applicable for any work that is collaborative and knowledge-based. Clear Roles and Responsibilities [ 8 ].

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Have you ever had friends or family ask, “I know you’re called a scrum master, but what does that mean? Tell them that the role of ScrumMaster is as a servant-leader, coach, and facilitator, navigating the dynamics of the team to ensure Scrum practices are followed and value is delivered effectively. What do you actually do ?”

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scruminc

JUNE 26, 2020

ScrumCast Coach The Coach #1 - What Kind of Coach Are You? Each episode will explore organizational Agility and Scrum patterns, tactics, and techniques that drive real-world success. Every great team has a great coach. In short, the quality of Scrum and Agile coaches matter. . 16 Personalities.

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Luis Goncalves

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

For example, if you’re looking at increasing the sales quota of your team members, you don’t just pick a number and say you want them to increase their sales by 90% at the end of the month. Coaching and feedback sessions or check-ins can also be more targeted since the manager knows exactly what the employee is working on.

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CIO

DECEMBER 8, 2023

The Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) certification , available through the Scrum Alliance , is an entry-level certification aimed at providing professionals with an awareness of the methodologies and values of Scrum, including team performance, accountability, and iterative progress.

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scruminc

APRIL 24, 2020

What Happens to Managers in Scrum? . Each episode will explore organizational Agility and Scrum patterns, tactics, and techniques that drive real-world success. Each episode will explore organizational Agility and Scrum patterns, tactics, and techniques that drive real-world success. There’s a word missing in the Scrum Guide.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

When the focus shifts to granular facets of agiles, like Scrum ceremonies, instead of actual content and context, agile’s true principles are lost, says Prashant Kelker, lead partner for digital sourcing and solutions, Americas, at global technology research and advisory firm ISG. Leaders must be committed to the enablement of agile teams.”.

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Evolution4all

MARCH 2, 2019

OKRs Examples and Templates. Before proceeding with the following examples and templates, be mindful that there is no universal approach for all possible uses and cases. Check out the following examples of OKRs: Example #1. Example #2. Example #3. Can it be achieved in a fixed period of time?

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Luis Goncalves

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Objective and Key Results Examples. Right below, you can get some overview of this framework plus objectives and key results examples to help you understand how to write it effectively. Objective and Key Results Examples. Check out the following objective and key results examples as a guide to come up with your own: Example #1.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) explained The Scaled Agile Framework encompasses a set of principles, processes, and best practices that helps larger organizations adopt agile methodologies , such as Lean, Kanban, and Scrum , to deliver high-quality products and services faster.

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scruminc

JULY 30, 2020

A good time was had by all at Scrum Day India 2020. A recent Forbes survey indicated to me that about 47% of Agile Transformations fail and 77% of Agile Transformations are Scrum transformations so most of the failures are due to bad Scrum. Why Scrum Works - Decision Latency. was well received.

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Evolution4all

AUGUST 5, 2018

Before I continue, I want to clarify that there are some businesses that can apply this organisational structure with success—Spotify, for example. There are clear roles for Product Owners , Scrum Masters , and Team Members, but nothing for Agile Managers. Employee reward discourage risk-taking. SMART objectives are DUMB objectives!!!

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scruminc

JULY 23, 2021

Should A Product Owner Attend The Daily Scrum? Should Product Owners attend the Daily Scrum? We’ll start by examining the Scrum Guide, then delve deeper via pragmatic real-life experience. Scrum Guide: The Rules of the Game. . Promoting quick decision-making is an essential reason for holding Daily Scrums. .

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Agile42

JULY 1, 2020

This week the “Meet the Coach” webinar series delved into the interesting topic of “ Prioritising with Cost of Delay”. In many cases we are comparing apples with oranges, for example how do you compare an initiative to attract new users with quality improvements? And don’t forget about the coaching. By Niels Verdonk.

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Evolution4all

MARCH 11, 2019

For example, if an entertainment brand’s vision statement is “to make children happy,” their mission statement will be something like this: “To be the world’s leading providers of entertainment and information for kids. Your mission statement lays out the reason why your company exists. Download The White-Paper.

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Agile42

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Observational Coaching Starting out as a new agile coach is difficult. Learn to leverage a structured approach to coaching that defines a way to prepare and execute coaching activities. As coaches, our opinions and unconscious biases can mislead or misdirect those we are coaching. Where do you go?

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Luis Goncalves

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

For a better view, let’s make Walt Disney Company as an example. We provide Team Coaching , Agile Training and Agile Consulting , OKR Training and OKR Consulting , Innovation Training and Innovation Consulting. Your mission statement is where you plan how your products or services will take you to realise your company vision.

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CIO

APRIL 2, 2024

For example, KPMG reports that 51% of technology executives have not seen an increase in performance or profitability from digital transformation investments. Agile and scrum methodologies put most of the emphasis on delivery activities when teams focus on completing user stories every sprint.

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Luis Goncalves

FEBRUARY 6, 2019

For example, a one-year goal can be broken down into a 12-month key results, or quarterly key results. With OKRs, employees set their goals with the guidance of their leads, often done through one-on-one coaching sessions. What are Key Results ? According to Grove, these answers whether a company has achieved its goals.

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InfoQ Culture Methods

OCTOBER 7, 2019

Although many organizations use Scrum, the majority struggle to grasp both the purpose of Scrum as well as its benefits. They do Zombie Scrum; it looks like Scrum from a distance, but you see that things are amiss when moving closer.

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Evolution4all

MARCH 2, 2019

Examples of companies that are using this system are Amazon and Google. We provide Team Coaching , Agile Training and Agile Consulting , OKR Training , OKR Consulting , Innovation Training and Innovation Consulting. OKRs is a goal-setting methodology that was developed by Andy Grove of Intel and Gary Kennedy of Oracle.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

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Agile42

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

For our series of interviews, we sat down with Magnus Kollberg, a Mid Sweden University graduate who has recently joined the agile42 Sweden team as an Agile coach. I spent the last two years coaching a product development unit of 40 software, hardware and production engineers to shift from a waterfall approach to an agile one.

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Evolution4all

MARCH 11, 2019

For example, don’t state that you want to grow your business as your objective. We provide Team Coaching , Agile Training , and Agile Consulting , OKR Training , OKR Consulting , Innovation Training and Innovation Consulting. You have to state your objectives in a precise language. Don’t sound vague. Download The White-Paper.

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Gorilla Logic

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

Although there are many Agile certification bodies, the most recognized and highly regarded organizations (as of September 2020) include: • Scrum Alliance (founded in 2001) . Not only are there different certification providers, there are different types of certifications, including: • Scrum Master. Scrum developer. Agile coach.

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Evolution4all

MARCH 2, 2019

For example, saying that you want to improve your sales department is not an objective that expresses clarity. An Actual Example of the Application of OKRs at Google. A great example of the application of OKR at Google is the one by Rick Klau. Make sure you set clear, specific and measurable objectives for your company.

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Agile42

SEPTEMBER 6, 2019

I sometimes get the impression that this is the way that Scrum Masters are seen. Often in classes and when coaching I conclude that Scrum Masters are expected to simply ‘fill the gap’. Call the Scrum Master. Call the Scrum Master! Call the Scrum Master! This is what makes being a Scrum Master so challenging.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

FEBRUARY 6, 2012

Many of the stories require multiple handoffs, example: Brad (BA) > Ian (Middle Tier) > Martin (Database Specialist) > Ian > > Tammy (Tester). Story Steve raises this as an impediment at the Daily Scrum and asks for quick meeting right afterwards. The team isnt respecting its own WIP limits. Images via: [link]

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Evolution4all

MARCH 15, 2023

Let me give you an example. This is a great example of how old-fashioned PMPs will try to create standard processes instead of helping teams find their own solution. But double-check that consultants are no longer Scrum Masters who are certified PMPs. You can create different revenue streams like you never imagined.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

DECEMBER 11, 2023

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

JUNE 23, 2019

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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. In a real-world example, groups at Microsoft have done this by targeting Zero Defects. [ Do you want to coach your team towards better solutions?

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

AUGUST 28, 2014

Some examples of how to handle this situation. Add a column to the Scrum Task Wall - We didnt quite do that, instead we created a Kanban wall that acknowledges some of the work is beyond our teams span of control. Scrum by Example is a narrative-style blog series designed to help peoplenew to Scrum, especially new ScrumMasters.

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Agile Pain Relief Notes from a Tool User

JUNE 26, 2012

There was a pause and Scrum Master Steve asked, What do you know about our estimation process? Editor's note When coaching new teams, I suggest stories of size 2, are very small. Scrum by Example is a narrative-style blog series designed to help people new to Scrum, especially new ScrumMasters.

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scruminc

MAY 8, 2019

BLOG NOTE: Dave Slaten is a Principal Consultant at Scrum Inc. The answer may seem obvious to those of us well versed in Scrum. Perhaps more importantly, how would you describe it to those new to Scrum in a way they could quickly grasp? . Scrum has its own vocabulary. I tried to get them started with a Daily Scrum.

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