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How and When to Use Timeboxes, Iterations, and Sprints to be Most Effective

Johanna Rothman

A colleague unfamiliar with lifecycles or agility asked, “How can we use sprints in this approach?” Not the thinking and learning that go into the deliverables where you end up with something demo-able, if not usable.” See Create Your Successful Agile Project for more details.). They do have product goals.

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How Interview Questions Reveal the True Organizational Assumptions & Culture, Part 5

Johanna Rothman

The problems in this question might not be problems at all, if the team is autonomous, has a product goal that could supersede a sprint goal, and collaborates to create mastery for everyone. Instead, I see assumptions that reveal a divide-and-conquer, and possibly a command-and-control culture, not an agile culture.

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How Scrum Masters Use Facilitative Leadership Especially When Planning, Part 4

Johanna Rothman

In Create Your Successful Agile Project , I recommend the team end an iteration in the middle of a week. The Wednesday Agenda 9:30- 10 am (or thereabouts) demo the progress the team made. 30 mins) 3:45 pm: How does this sprint support the overarching product goal? (Or Or otherwise create a sprint goal.) (20

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What is the Product Manager Career Path?

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Driving Agile ceremonies, including planning, grooming, demos, and retrospectives. Writing stories that articulate work to be done by Engineering in support of solutions and production support. You might not need hands-on product experience. You’re setting the aspirational product goals to inspire and push your team.

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What is the Product Manager Career Path?

ProductPlan

Driving Agile ceremonies, including planning, grooming, demos, and retrospectives. Writing stories that articulate work to be done by Engineering in support of solutions and production support. You might not need hands-on product experience. You’re setting the aspirational product goals to inspire and push your team.