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A long time ago, in a country far, far away, or at least far away from us as we write this, the Agile Alliance board decided to ask themselves two questions:
Why do we exi…
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Agile Alliance is a nonprofit organization with global membership, supporting and serving the Agile software community since 2001. We support people who explore and apply Agile values, principles, and practices to make building software solutions more effective, humane, and sustainable. We share our passion to deliver software better every day.
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In a world seeking sustainability heroes, the Agile Sustainability Initiative emerges as a beacon of hope. At the helm of this voyage is Ines Garcia, a visionary Agile Coach h…
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This post was written as part of the Supporting Agile Adoption program, an Agile Alliance initiative dedicated to supporting organizations and their people to become more Agil…
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In the ever-evolving world of Agile approaches, where adaptability and effectiveness converge, there exists a beacon of ethical guidance — thanks to the spirited efforts of in…
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I had a conversation with one of my developers earlier this week that was eye-opening. He had been resisting some of our practices, specifically pairing and test-driven develo…
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The Agile Coach Camp Worldwide Initiative (ACC-WW) is beginning its 2024 worldwide tour in Costa Rica!
As an experiment to increase participation from countries with devel…
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Agile Alliance is pleased to announce our Call for Nominations for Agile Alliance Board of Directors term of 2025-2027. Nominations are due by April 11, 2024. Anyone intereste…
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We are thrilled to announce the launch of the Agile Alliance Young Professionals Committee! This committee, which will be chaired by Semira Allen, was approved by the Board of…
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Agile Alliance New Zealand (AANZ) is a volunteer-run not-for-profit society founded in 2016 by 17 passionate Agility enthusiasts and incorporated under New Zealand law as an a…
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The Agile Sustainability Initiative, aiming continuously to improve the State of Sustainability in Agile (SoSA), invited participants to a Digital Cleanup Gathering on March 1…
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Transitioning from a traditional project manager to a Scrum master was an exciting and transformative journey for me. It was a shift in mindset, approach, and leadership style…
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Hi, everyone. I’m Brian Button, Board chair for Agile Alliance. We’re deeply into our conference season, with the acceptances and rejection notes for sessions just having come…
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Agile may look like a simple concept, but it can be a difficult mindset to adopt.
Agile product development is essentially an iterative and incremental approach that enable…
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Agile Alliance is excited to host our Agile2024 conference in Grapevine, Texas! Thank you to all of our members and others who are contributing to the agenda and the environme…
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As I was perusing an insightful article featured in Inc. magazine, discussing Patrick Mahomes' admiration for his coach, Andy Reid, a fascinating parallel struck me between th…
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Agile’s strength lies in its adaptability and efficiency, yet a crucial principle gets overshadowed – minimalism.
Minimalism extends beyond a reduction in size or scope. I…
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Dear Agile Enthusiasts,
Are you fully tapping into the wealth of resources Agile Alliance offers? As part of our dynamic community, you might be receiving our informative n…
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Dear Agile Alliance Members,
You might recall Agile Alliance reduced membership dues in 2020 (from $99 to $49) in response to the financial challenges posed by the COVID-19…
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The intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Agile methodologies is creating a transformative wave across industries, promising to redefine how we approach project man…
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My name is Brian Button, and I am honored to be the chair of the Agile Alliance 2024 Board of Directors. I want to take a few minutes to introduce myself to Agile Alliance mem…
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As we step into the new year, it's the perfect time to set goals for personal and professional growth.
If you're looking to enhance your leadership skills and take your ca…
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What is the purpose of this initiative?
Reimagining Agile: Refresh, extend, and make Agility accessible to all.
What is the scope of this initiative?
To remind us ab…
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For 2024, Agile Alliance is offering a new and exciting level of engagement beyond event sponsorship: the Agile Alliance Annual Partner Program.
Through this program,…
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Are you looking to level up your Agile game in 2024? Well, look no further!
Agile Alliance is here to help you on your journey towards Agile excellence.
As the members…
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2023 was another exciting and eventful year for Agile Alliance. Let's take a closer look at some key highlights and milestones from this past year.
In-person conferences
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As we look back on a year filled with insights and advancements, the posts on the Agile Alliance blog offered a wealth of knowledge for professionals at all levels. From embra…
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Got unused Professional Development funds? Put them to great use with an Agile Alliance membership!
As the fiscal year draws to a close, it's the perfect time to review you…
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In case you haven’t heard, Agile2024 is set for July 22 through 26 in Dallas, Texas! Behind every successful conference lies a team of dedicated individuals who work…
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When we think of Individuals and Interactions, we generally think this value emphasizes the importance of the people involved in software development. We consider work/life ba…
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In 2001, the “lightweight” methodology community was the size of a marble, while today, it is expansive. In 2001, the internet was just unfolding; today, AI is ascendant. In 2…
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November 3, 2023, marked a big day: the first appearance of the annual State of Sustainability in Agile event (SoSA 2023).
The Agile Sustainability Initiative set up this …
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In case you haven’t heard, Agile2024 is set for July 22 through 26 in Dallas, Texas! Behind every successful conference lies a team of dedicated individuals who work tirelessl…
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Sometimes, you need a really quick game to liven up a meeting or workshop. For October’s Game On!, we hacked some of the popular Minute-to-Win-It Games to add some Agile …
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As we encounter numerous large-scale environmental challenges, the Agile community is beginning to focus on the pressing concern of sustainability.
In the following Q&A…
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In case you haven’t heard, Agile2024 is set for July 22 through 26 in Dallas, Texas! Behind every successful conference lies a team of dedicated individuals who work tirelessl…
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The explosive influence of AI is showcasing how Agile-based thinking is the key to success
Since the mid-20th century, every industry has encountered wave after wave of tec…
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Have you noticed that some people “get” Agile more quickly than others?
This doesn’t seem to have much to do with seniority, tech/non-tech background, or the type of indust…
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My first year submitting an agile conference abstract must have been quite an adventure for the review team. Even though there were required fields in the system, I had no clu…
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Back in 2003, when I first dipped my toes into the world of Agile, I had no idea that it would become such an integral part of my life. Two decades later, my passion for Agile…
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This entry was written as part of the Supporting Agile Adoption program, an Agile Alliance initiative dedicated to supporting organizations and their people to become mor…
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If you implement Scrum ceremonies, you are technically doing Scrum, but are you embracing an Agile philosophy? Is your team engaged in productive work valued by the stakeholde…
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Wow! Thank you to all our members, speakers, sponsors, and guests who made Agile2023 another extraordinary Agile conference! More than 20 years after the Agile manifesto was w…
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This post is from The Adaptavist Group, an Agile2023 sponsor.
A company’s ability to adapt is arguably its core competitive advantage. Research by global…
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This post is from ValueOps™ by Broadcom, an Agile2023 sponsor.
In its simplest form, a value stream is the series of steps your company takes to provide …
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This reflection on Pride Month in 2023 is from Agile Alliance Board Chair Heidi Musser
I Am
I am a human being, wife, daughter, niece, sister, sister-in-law, aunt, f…
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Adaptability is a fundamental competence that organizations must have to achieve sustainability. The ability of any system to adapt transcends the world of organizations and h…
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Starting a new project can feel as daunting as taking down a powerful empire headed by a dark force, especially at the beginning when the project’s scope looms over your plann…
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Are you committed to your community? Then volunteer with your favorite association and everyone wins!
Nonprofit organizations fill a void. They provide essential services a…
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I’m sure most of us in this position have a similar story, but I didn’t intend on doing this. Speaking at and planning professional conferences, to be specific. When I first s…
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When I hear Agile teams complain their retrospective is not working I often see these three patterns:
“We run retrospectives when we need to” which is a bit like going to …
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The Agile Sustainability Initiative is an effort to create awareness about sustainability within the Agile community and explore how Agile can contribute to a more s…
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As an Agile champion, I have often found myself trying to spread the word about Agile and convincing others of its benefits. However, I have come to realize that simply throwi…
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A common question in the world of membership organizations is, “What’s the value proposition for becoming a member?” In other words, why should anyone invest to join and activ…
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The Milestone-Kanban Schedule (MKS) is a hybrid project scheduling and management technique that combines traditional and Agile best practices. The technique is well-suited fo…
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As we come to the close of the year, we’re also nearing the end of the terms for two of our volunteer board members, Craig Smith and Ellen Grove. We interviewed them both so t…
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Getting back into the swing of things in the first week of January can be a bit of a grind. We wanted to build some excitement about kicking off the new year with a Game On me…
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Should a user story fit entirely into one sprint?
What are the benefits of having Stories smaller than one iteration? Why should you split bigger user stories? And why…
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Moving the needle: From a simple vision to real impact
Most of us have witnessed how a conference or a well-designed, forward-thinking event can become a transforming, eye-…
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As we come to the close of the year, we’re also nearing the end of the terms for two of our volunteer board members, Craig Smith and Ellen Grove. We interviewed them both so t…
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This entry was written as part of the Supporting Agile Adoption program, an Agile Alliance initiative dedicated to supporting organizations and their people to become more Agi…
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You’ve read enough by now about what the pandemic did to us all. We fled our office spaces trying to stay safe. In-person events were canceled because we all weren’t comfortab…
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Every group has a point where their working plan comes off the rails. This happens even with the most experienced Agilists – such as your Agile Alliance Board of Directors. Th…
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Objectives and key results, OKRs for short, are in vogue all over the world. And while they can certainly be valuable, unfortunately, bad, decontextualized, and inappropriate …
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Scrum masters are continuously looking for anti-patterns to help guide their team back onto the path of agility. But what if the anti-pattern originates from themselves? That’…
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Profiles in Agility, courage, resilience and humility
I am in awe of Agile2022–the world’s largest gathering of Agilists and all things Agile, which Agile Alliance hosted the …
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Thank YOU for an awesome conference!
It’s only been two weeks since we were all together in Nashville for Agile2022. But it was such a busy and awesome week, and now it seems …
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This post is from the International Institute of Business Analysis, an Agile2022 Sponsor.
Successful product owners need business analysis skills. Why? Often when impl…
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This post is from Isos Technology, an Agile2022 Sponsor.
Although I’m the Director of Agile Services at Isos Technology, I sometimes wish the word “Agile” wasn’t a par…
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This post is from Easy Agile, an Agile2022 Title Sponsor.
Organizations around the world have recognized the need to respond rapidly to meet the challenges of constant chan…
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This post is from one of our Agile2022 Title Sponsors Rally Software from Broadcom.
In navigating new, unprecedented change, disruption, and fluidity, teams simply can’t r…
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Hello, my name is Greg, and I’m a serial hobbyist. I’m looking forward to being your guide for Hobby Hall, a new element at this year’s Agile2022 conference in Nashville.
Bri…
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Happy Pride Month!
I’m proud to be a member of this global and inclusive Agile community--a thriving and diverse community of over 72,000 people who help people realize their …
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“Sometimes you want to go … where everybody knows your name”
Whether you are a solo Scrum Master in a small company or one of many Agile coaches in a massive transformation, t…
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(Kata is a Japanese word meaning "form." Traditionally, it referred to a detailed choreographed pattern of martial arts movements meant to help one learn/improve through repet…
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On my travels, I’ve been able to spend time with penguins—both northern rockhopper penguins and African black-footed penguins. They’re adorable. They’re cute, intelligent, and…
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The Agile2022 Conference thrives on community involvement. Lightning talks provide a way for conference participants to get involved and tell their stories or share important …
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We’ve made some big changes to the program for Agile2022. Our conference chair Kevin Stevens breaks it all down and shares why this year’s conference will be different than in…
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Agile Alliance is excited to share a special report on Agile Business, produced in partnership with Raconteur and published in The Times of London. This 16-page report include…
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In 2021, we noticed a trend with several of our full-stack development squads (scrum teams) of a stagnant or decreasing sprint velocity. My colleague Scrum Master Lauren Willi…
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As a Scrum team, the team and I have always taken pride in delivering on time. Our team (the Highway Team) has strived to make sure we complete stories correctly the first tim…
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We are excited to announce Teresa Foster as the new managing director for Agile Alliance! She starts with us on March 1, 2022, and will join the Agile2022 Conference Planning …
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The following post is about an Agile Alliance-sponsored non-profit event. You can see all our sponsored community events here.
As a part of the Agile for Humanity 2022 Virt…
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If you’re interested in Business Agility, here are some upcoming things that you will want to keep an eye out for:
A special report on Business Agility in the Times on March 2…
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Working from home or another remote location is not a new concept. High-tech companies have been doing this over the last decade, and it was becoming increasingly popular even…
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2021 marked the 20-year anniversary of the publication of the Agile Manifesto. Though I was not present at that now famous Utah meeting of 17 back in 2021, I am very grateful …
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This entry was written as part of the Supporting Agile Adoption program, an Agile Alliance initiative dedicated to supporting organizations and their people in becoming more A…
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Heidi Musser, new Agile Alliance Board Chair
I am both honored and humbled to announce that I hav…
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Agile2022 will be my first in-person conference since 2018.
This Agile20XX conference has always been a special week for me. So much content. So much access to world-class spe…
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Welcome to 2022! I thought an excellent way to start the new year would be to take a few minutes and review the basics of Agile. This might be an old topic for some of you, bu…
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In a previous post, Writing a new playbook for Agile2022 in Nashville, I wrote about some of the feedback that the Agile Alliance has received about the last few in-person Agi…
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2021 was a very busy year for Agile Alliance!
As we come to the end of 2021, we wanted to highlight some of the great things that happened throughout the year that you may no…
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Report from the Agile2022 program team
As I write this, I am flying back to Buffalo after a weekend of planning the Agile 2022 Conference in Nashville. It was a fabulously pro…
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Growing a Global Community for Learning and Impact
“Ahas” are beautiful moments because of the learning within them. The pandemic exposed the elephant in the room here at Agil…
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I saw the following note about the Agile Alliance posted on LinkedIn by Ray Arell.
For 20 years, the Agile Alliance has been a critical resource for people and companies to b…
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Are you concerned that your team might have strayed from the foundational principles of Scrum or deviated from its core practices? What are the warning signs and what can you …
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I coach and mentor leaders in organizations that want to transform and learn to adapt to change successfully. As a coach starting to serve an organization, I need to learn a l…
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Reorganized Agile Experience Reports
Each year at the Agile20xx and XP conferences, we have experience report presentations. But what you may not realize is that each presenta…
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(See the original essay on Scrumban.)
The Meaning of Scrumban
If I could boil the essential idea of Lean production down to a single sentence, it would be this:
Continuous im…
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This entry was written as part of the Supporting Agile Adoption program, an Agile Alliance initiative dedicated to supporting organizations and their people become more Agile.…
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As more people become interested in Lean ideas and their application to knowledge work and project management, it’s helpful to find ways that make it easier to get started or …
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As we wrap up Agile2021, our first foray into running a large-scale global virtual conference–during an ongoing global pandemic–I’d like to take a moment to appreciate all of …
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Agile2021: With a Little Help from Our Friends
As we put the finishing touches on Agile2021, I want to take a moment to acknowledge the contributions of the MANY people and or…
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One of the few certainties about Agile 2021 is that it will be very different from past Agile20XX events. Moving Agile20xx online has required us to reconsider almost everythi…
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Overcoming One-Size-Fits-All Budgeting: Fitting Your Budgeting Approach to the Agility of Your Business
This entry was written as part of the Supporting Agile Adoption prog…
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Simon Sinek is well-known as a writer and commentator on Inspirational Leadership. In this article, we look at how Sinek's ideas can be applied to Agile and Scrum and look at …
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The mission of Agile Alliance for many years now has been to "create a global and inclusive community." It’s been almost 2 years since I took the stage during Agile2019 at Agi…
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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?…
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https://vimeo.com/546578265
In this podcast, Howard Sublett and I chat about how Agile Alliance and Scrum Alliance are working together this year to create a one-of-a-kind ex…
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This entry was written as part of the Supporting Agile Adoption program, an Agile Alliance initiative dedicated to supporting organizations and their people to become more Agi…
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Agile is built on many ideas (Kaizan, Lean, Kanban, etc.), but one of the most important is a body of research into human motivation. This article explores some of these ideas…
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I can’t juggle. But this post isn’t about me. Instead, let me introduce our latest curated experience report author and Scrum Master juggler Iurii Ialtanskii.
In his report, …
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April 18-24th, 2021 is Volunteer Week in the US and Ca