One of the activities to give more effective results to your team is to motivate them to deliver all tasks. And how can you engage your team to produce more, on and on? Gamification has been part of the management world since managers realized that how important it was to change the subject and focus […]
7 great ways to Perform Organizational Design in Large Scale Scrum
All right, your strategy to scale productivity in your team has been great. But, when you realized that something is still missing, what could it be? Perhaps your organization is not designed the way your team understands every task they need to deliver, because they find it very confused. Today’s world is made up of […]
Become an Exemplary Leader to Your Team with Scrum and Agile
Use the Scrum Framework to Become a better leader Leadership is a very rich topic, and it’s been discussed lately on the remote work context. There are several leadership styles and company profiles. So, it’s not possible to state that one single model or formula is suitable for every business and team. Each organization has […]
Scrum and Agile for Dummies – Benefits you shouldn’t miss to make your work better
If you’re interested in project management because it can help your business achieve goals, but you still have no idea what these terms are – Scrum and Agile, and what they have to do with you, this article is for you. We know they may sound difficult, but the fact is that you should not […]
The 3 pillars of Scrum for all your business life
To work with Scrum pillars deals effectively with a changing world. Decisions are made on the basis of observation and experimentation, not the anticipation of detailed planning. Scrum pillars utilizes an empirical approach to adapt to changing customer requirements. The empirical approach is based on facts, experiences, and evidence. In particular, progress is based on […]
6 Steps for a Successful Large-Scale Organizational Agility
Do you know what organizational agility is? This is a subject that companies talk about in the corporate environment. Beyond the competition, the company needs to respond quickly to customers’ concerns. In addition, keeping up with technology is a must to maintain a prominent position in the market. Organizational agility implements people management techniques, internal […]
How to Implement Kanban in your Creative Project
Kanban is one of the simplest software development methods to apply, making it adaptable to almost any type of culture. Unlike other methods like Scrum that force a change from the beginning in structuring a team with specific roles, Kanban seeks the evolution of what is already formed. And it is the perfect tool to […]
How the Scrum Master motivates Agile Teams fostering self-organization
One of the problems in an Agile Team is gathering all members into a single and direct goal. And the reason could be the lack of organization that is damaging the outcomes of the company. Meanwhile, some tools are there to help teams in different areas and projects, such as Scrum. And those who master […]
6 Kanban Rules that will lead you to Sustainability and Profitability
Kanban is definitely a must-want tool for every single company. It helps you organize the workflow and show you the next steps to improve the performance of your team. Perhaps you find a way to keep progression work and update your staff with new tasks and demands in an organized board, just like kanban. But […]
Scrum and Waterfall: How Changes Can Impact Your Business
Just right before Scrum and some other Agile methodologies came to rise, there was a traditional approach to lead teams: the Waterfall Method. Why was it important to change from a static method to a more agile, efficient tool? Needless to say that Waterfall methodology had its role and it was not ruled out to […]
Make your company a Great Place to Work with Scrum and Agile
WHAT IS A GPTW – “GREAT PLACE TO WORK” “Great Place to Work™” (GPTW) is a well-recognized certification, created by a global people analytics and consulting firm with the identical name. They work with companies all over the world, getting access to their reports, employees assessments, and surveys, with the Trust Index™, which they use […]
Squads: Spotify Model as a world reference
The Spotify Model came in 2012 with a different view of producing more results from main squads. To take over a role in a project, these teams (squad, chapter, tribe, and guilds) Made up by the giant Spotify, the Squad model has proven to be efficient in many companies. And what moves any company is […]
Set SMART Goals with Kanban to reach expected results!
Developing and creating new tasks in your teams have been, perhaps, a quest for excellence. Sometimes you might feel lost or disoriented by not having a target to aim in long-term jobs. And SMART tool is perfect for helping you organize your goals. Kanban Boards help you organize your tasks and demands and they are […]
Diversify tasks with Kanban and expand the potential of your work
The Kanban Board is definitely one of the most important tools for those who use agile methods in their projects. Its usability relies on organizing tasks for every project you are involved in and makes your life easier to control all workflow. It may seem a little rusty tool, but when you are using it, […]
Valuable instructions to Scale Agile in Large Organizations
Using Agile methodologies has been part of the major companies daily. Although it seems like there are many options and opportunities to spread out these activities, you have to know how to scale productive tasks, especially in large organizations. The agile methodology is increasingly disseminated and applied to companies, which need to constantly adapt to […]
What are the leadership roles of a Scrum Master and an Agile Coach?
We’ve already seen definitions of Scrum and Agile. But now we are about to fly over some experts who are truly into Scrum and Agile methods, such as Scrum Master and Agile Coach. Both of them are evolutions of the practices of these methodologies and sometimes they might work separately or together. Some terms related […]
Learn why B2B Industries and Services are Scaling Scrum to support their growth
WHAT IS SCALE@SCRUM Scaled Scrum is the expansion of the Scrum structure to Nexus units. Nexus are sets of up to 10 Scrum teams, working together to hand in a potential product or service increment. This concept applies to several Scrum teams working on the same product or service. Scrum@Scale is an organizational framework in […]
Increase your team’s performance with the Spotify Model
What moves any company are its employees. Without people, no idea can take shape and develop, even with the constant advancement of technology. For many years managers and human resources professionals have been trying to understand the best model for managing teams and it was in this context that Squads emerged. Startups popularized the Spotify […]
Scaling Scrum for People and Enterprise’s Alignment
One of the reasons for the success of a company is the enterprise’s alignment with workers. Although there are important positions in every enterprise, the joint of all members to one goal can bring outstanding results, when everyone understands the culture of the organization, as well as feels part of a good work environment. And […]
What are the obstacles to use Scrum?
Agile practices have not been new for some time. Several companies already use Scrum and other agile practices as an innovative Framework, geared towards business needs. However, there are some obstacles to using Scrum in teams. What is also not new is that, before using these practices and tools, many organizations. Especially those that do […]
5 Best Scrum Practices in an Organization
Scrum practices are definitely the most popular framework in project management. You’ve seen how you can use it and what are some branches of Scrum practice to improve your team’s performance. However, when you’re scaling scum, you are giving a wild jump to encourage everyone in your team to develop products in a timely and […]
Remote Work with GitScrum [E-Book]
Is your company migrating to a virtual format, working on a hybrid system (remote + presential), or fully online? Are you a remote worker or a business manager looking for better ways and tools to coordinate remote teams? So, this GitScrum e-Book is for you! See how to apply all the Agile principles to guide […]
How to use Product Backlogs to Improve your Team’s Productivity
In its literal meaning, backlog means “an accumulation of something, especially uncompleted work or matters that you need to deal with”. In the management world, you may find another definition that is the most used by anyone who works with projects: several items and lists of things to do. But this term came from the […]
What is an efficient Scrum Master Cycle?
We already talked about Scrum itself and its importance for a whole agile process in a team’s productivity. Scrum at Scale has two cycles: ”The What”, which is the Product Owner cycle, and “The How”, which is the Scrum Master cycle. By that, we will go further into the Scrum Master cycle and what is […]
How to eliminate Bottlenecks in your business with Kanban?
One of the major problems in a team is delivering demands, tasks, or even a product at the right time. When was the last time your team delivered a product on time? No delays or any overtime made by certain members. Process bottlenecks are among the reasons why projects are delayed, budgets are blown with […]
Scrum and Agile: understand these concepts and how they can change the way your team reaches results
In the team’s work world, Agile methodology and Scrum are two words that are very popular within its environment. Many project management teams, tasks leaders, Scrum Masters, Agile Coaches, etc, manage both of them, and sometimes you might get confused when you work them simultaneously. But before we go deeper into these details, you need […]
Use the Nexus Framework to Scale Scrum with Positive Impacts to your Team and Work
Scrum is unarguably the best agile way to improve and bring better performance to your team. In order to oversee new procedures to scale Scrum in project management, Scrum[dot]org has brought the Nexus Framework to sustain products on the scale. In this article, you will understand what is the Nexus Framework and how you can […]
Understand the difference between Large Scale Scrum and Scrum of Scrums to succeed in huge projects
As we’ve discussed in a previous post on Large at Scale Scrum, LeSS is the framework that seeks to apply the principles and ideals of scrum in a large-scale enterprise context as simply as possible through defined rules and guides. Its simplicity makes Large at Scale (LeSS) earn the label of a “barely sufficient” framework. […]
How to Create and Promote an Agile Culture inspired by Spotify Model
There is a concern in many organizations that the workflow process needs to be more accurate and assertive, in order to create an agile culture. Because of that, there are a lot of companies that are looking for a methodology that allows them to be more agile in their processes, which is processes related to […]
5 Scrum Values to change a Business for good!
We already brought some of Scrum’s inception and its main principles. There are some branches of this method that are applicable to many teams or only to a few of them. You probably remember that the Scrum conception came into project management from rugby. Like a rugby team preparing for a match, Scrum helps Agile […]