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agile is an attitude. Understanding the Agile Manifesto principles takes disciplined practice and learning from failures. In this post, we explain the principles behind the Agile Manifesto for software development.
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Best practice is not the final discovery.

[Dhaval Panchal @dhavalpanchal]

Since the early 2000s, the Scrum Master job title has exploded in the job market. And as markets behave, there have been many ups and downs.

The Scrum Master's accountability in the Scrum Framework represents a unique position, marking a complete break from Taylorism.

The Scrum Master is a courageous individual. Perhaps a fool to even take on the assignment. The Scrum Framework rules do not grant them any authority over the team members. Yet, the Scrum Master is accountable for enabling a group of people with egos and drama to develop into a cohesive team. They are the one who has everyone else’s back. They are a leader who earns the trust of their team one day at a time.

Influencing people with no explicit authority teaches one to let go and embrace uncertainty. It also teaches a great deal about oneself. The Scrum Master is in the thick of it every day, creatively leading the Scrum team to resolve the tensions between the needs of the individual, the team, and the larger organization. Fulfilling the Scrum Master's accountability effectively is a humbling experience.

Taylorist, rigid organization structures can smother this drive into a set of routine behaviors. And many Scrum Masters get rendered ineffective.

As with any market when a brand takes off, fake replicas get traded as well. In my experience, an effective Scrum Master stands out from the crowd. Their personalities differ greatly, and they are not conformative. They are change-agents.

The worldwide tribe of Scrum Masters identifies itself as programmers, facilitators, experts, coaches, mentors, and practitioners. They are multi-skilled. Frankly, they scare people who have been conditioned to take orders and give orders. They have broken out of the shell imposed by limitations of others' expectations and taken ownership of acquiring skills necessary to problem-solve through the complexities of people, product, and technology challenges. They have gained exposure and experience to a variety of organizational issues. And they have had to find a way for the right people to acknowledge the flaw and then support them in improving the system. They are the ethical hackers of the organizational operating system.

Effective Scrum Masters have the qualities of an effective leader. They are emotionally mature, hear “bad news first” on a daily basis. They cause the removal of impediments. They are field-tested.

In my work experience, effective Scrum Masters get promoted to managerial positions. They have the experience and exposure to develop win-win solutions for organizational challenges.

Before you place someone in a managerial position with organizational power and authority, test them out for a year as the Scrum Master.

You will find out if they have the wits to lead.

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Innovation and Management core capabilities are integral to business agility. Most organization leaders understand this intuitively, but they run into alignment issues operationally.

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This time-lapse animation video of GPS tracks from King County Search Dog air scent training where the K9 Lincoln is red and the handler D33 is blue is a fantastic example of the explore-exploit dynamic that business agility requires.
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Join us for a career-defining agile leadership journey in a jargon-free, real-world look into the practicalities of leading agility.

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A capstone activity in the Certified Agile Leader course is for participants to collaborate on designing and developing a flag for the Agile Leader. These flags are heartwarming reminders of our passion for enabling agile leadership.
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According to the June 2024 IT Salary report, CIO magazine named the Certified Agile Leader (CAL) certification training the second most valuable and in-demand certification for IT professionals. https://t.co/UAKMSmezSc
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We are very proud to be sponsoring the @scrumalliance Global Scrum Gathering.
Learning to learn is a lifelong skill. As they say in New Orleans - "down is easy, but up is good." - Keep on learning.

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Three Scaling Agile Maxims
+ Nail it before you scale it.
+ Stitch it to flip it.
+ Fake it, and you won’t make it.

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If I were to use a metaphor for different agile scaling frameworks, then it would be:

(1) Nexus: Sheepdog
Guarding and herding Scrum teams within the nexus to develop an increment each Sprint.
(2) LeSS: Snow Leopard
Inspecting and adapting in a challenging environment with many Scrum teams as a cohesive whole.
(3) Scrum@Scale: Turtles..all the way down!
Meetings are everywhere and for everyone.
(4) SAFe: Chicken-Bear-Fish
This beast of a “framework” has the courage of a Chicken, the risk exposure of hanging out with a Bear, and the flight of a Fish.

Comparing Agile Scaling Frameworks can become a case of comparing apples and oranges. But the one thing in common to different approaches is the dependency management mechanisms designed into the framework.

Check out this latest article on Comparing Agile Scaling Frameworks. https://t.co/Q2V1bYUMPE
We evaluate Empirical Goal-based, Empirical Flow-based, and Deterministic Plan-based scaling approaches.

We look beyond the surface labels into the dependency management mechanisms and governing constraints to evaluate them on their own terms.

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Are your lights on?

This book is an easy weekend read with powerful techniques and lessons for the problem-solving leader. Check out this infographic, where I have captured my key learnings and considerations.

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@ReeseNDesist When will the submissions for conference talk open?

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Surviving IT Project Cost Overruns: Portfolio Strategies & Digital Transformation

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Top three skills needed for leaders to get real results
1) Manage relationships, not people
2) Manage contexts, not tasks
3) Stay consistent, be the compass

Find out how
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A team friend
+ Smiley
+ No special treatment
+ Understands the team’s goal
+ Interested in the team’s work
+ Supports the team
+ Honest with the team
+ Helpful when needed

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Introduction to Systems Thinking and how we apply it to grow transformational capabilities.
At the heart of it is to build empathy and creatively problem-solve.
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I don't always coach, but when I do ...
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It always takes one extra trip to Home Depot to complete any weekend home improvement project. https://t.co/4tRSFYiZ53

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@kadikraman @zoltanarvai Welcome :) to #NoEstimates : beware of trolls, don't engage.
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Giving and receiving feedback is crucial for growth. And how you frame your feedback matters.
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