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Prince 2 and Agile: any Relationship?

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Tweet The below blogs come from some of the most reputable experts in the industry.  Please, reach out to any/each contributor directly to collect additional insight and recommendations. Experience Report by Guest- Blogger Rowan Bunning Rowan Bunning, CST and Agile Coach working for ScrumWithStyle, based in Australia, shares his extensive experience of working in environments, where … Read more

September 17-19th: Certified LeSS Practitioner Course With Bas Vodde | NYC

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Experience Report by Guest-Blogger Heitor Roriz Filho I am not going to entertain your hypothetical situation” answers Bas during the LeSS training in the last three days in NYC. His modesty during answering the questions posed by participants, advanced or more basic, really struck. The strong influence from Systems Thinking brings to mind the importance of … Read more

Sept 13 -14 | 3rd Global LeSS Conference | NYC

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Tweet Unforgettable 2 days at the 3rd Global LeSS Conference, at Angel Orensanz Foundation – the historical landmark in NYC. Conference Space and Our People Experience Report by Guest-Blogger Ram Srinivasan Though I have been associated with the Large Scale scrum (LeSS) community for about five years (though the “community” did not exist,  I can … Read more

August 25: Certified LeSS Basics (CLB) Course | NYC

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  This class brought together people of different skill set and domain expertise: hands-on software engineers, managers and analysts, agile coaches, trainers and Scrum Masters. It was a high-pace introductory review of LeSS framework, with the focus on organizational design, system dynamics, LeSS principles/rules/guides, local optimization vs. global optimization, feature vs. component teams, LeSS roles … Read more

May 30th-June 1st: Certified LeSS Practitioner Course With Craig Larman | NYC

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Another LeSS Training (CLP) with Craig Larman is in the CompuBox.  This highly engaging training brought together 35 attendees from all over the globe.  One of the attendees was Chet Hendrikson.  A bit about Chet: Chet has been involved with Agile Software Development since 1996 and is the first signatory to the Agile Manifesto. Along with his … Read more

Centralized vs. Decentralized Coaching

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Key Takeaways Read the original post on InfoQ.  There is a frequently seen confusion with respect to the definition of agile coaching: coaching focus (e.g. enterprise vs. team) is confused with coaching alignment (centralized vs. decentralized) within an organization Centralized coaching departments run the risk of turning into a single-specialty organizational silos that are locally … Read more

2018 BIG APPLE SCRUM DAY: COACHING CLINIC

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2018 Big Apple Scrum Day (BASD)  is in the Copy Box.   This was another amazing  annual event, organized by BASD team of volunteers. The agile coaches-clinicians serviced more than 30 attendees, by addressing a variety of questions and concerns.  While some of the discussion topics were similar to the prior years’ clinics, there was a … Read more

2018 BUSINESS AGILITY CONFERENCE – NYC

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Summary 2018 Business Agility Conference @ NYC is in the books.  More than 300 people attended – they came from all over the world: to listen  to selected speakers, on great topics.  Evan Leybourn (the main organizer) also announced the birth of Business Agility Institute. On impulse, and with a lot of excitement,  NYC-based meet-up … Read more

2018 BIG APPLE SCRUM DAY: COACHING CLINIC (Coaches Worksheet)

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This page is being gradually developed towards May, 2018 Big Apple Scrum Day Coaching Clinic. For similar past events please visit: 2017 Big Apple Scrum Day 2016 Big Apple Scrum Day Coaching Clinic Guidelines Below are some basic guidelines for participating coaches on how to run a coaching clinic during Big Apple Scrum Day.  Experience and working … Read more