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How AI Is Reshaping the Future of Agile, Scrum, and Kanban

At Sprightbulb, we’re always looking ahead. So let’s explore how AI might shake things up in project management—and why that’s actually a great thing for Agile teams.
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7 Common Pitfalls in Agile Adoption and How to Avoid Them

Read to learn the most common pitfalls we see in Agile adoption—and how your team can sidestep them for lasting success.
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How to Scale Scrum Effectively: Tips for Large Teams and Enterprises

Scaling Agile practices in large teams and enterprises presents unique challenges, but with the right strategies and frameworks, organizations can maintain Agility and deliver value effectively. This guide explores key considerations and practical tips for to scale Scrum, ensuring that as your organization grows, your Agile practices evolve to meet increasing demands.
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Scrum Master Secrets: Top 3 Mistakes to Avoid in Your Daily Scrum

The Daily Scrum. A cornerstone of the Scrum framework, this 15-minute time-boxed event is designed to keep the development team synchronized and on track towards the sprint goal. Seems simple enough, right? Yet, even with the best intentions, common pitfalls can turn this vital meeting into a time-wasting exercise. As a seasoned Agile training provider, we've witnessed these Scrum faux pas firsthand. So, let's dive into the top three mistakes that can derail your Daily Scrum and how to avoid them:
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If Agile Is Dead, Who Killed It? Suspect #3: The Changing World

If the perception that Agile is dying is starting to take hold, the trained criminologist in me wants to know: who killed it? Read more to find out my #3 suspect
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If Agile is Dead, Who Killed It? Suspect #2: SAFe

If the perception that Agile is dying is starting to take hold, the trained criminologist in me wants to know: who killed it? Read more to find out my #2 suspect.
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If Agile Is Dead, Who Killed It? Suspect #1: Your Boss

If the perception that Agile is dying is starting to take hold, the trained criminologist in me wants to know: who killed it? Read more to find out my #1 suspect
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How to Successfully Navigate Agile in a Hybrid Work Environment

The essence of Agile lies in adaptability, and this is particularly crucial in a hybrid work environment. With teams scattered across physical and virtual spaces, Agile principles need to be seamlessly integrated into both remote and in-office settings. Embracing this new paradigm involves reevaluating traditional Agile practices to suit the diverse needs of hybrid teams. Let's explore strategies for implementing Agile in a hybrid work environment and fostering success in this dynamic landscape.
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Agile in Unexpected Places: The Universal Adaptability of Agile Methodologies

Agile methodologies have long been associated with IT. However, we'll discuss some unexpected markets you may find people using Agile.
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5 Mistakes You Must Fix to Master Your Product Backlog

Skillful management of the product backlog starts with being aware of five common mistakes that can prevent you from motivating your team, engaging stakeholders, and achieving success. Read about what those five mistakes are and how to fix them.
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Why is Agile Scaling So Hard?

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What Is the Difference Between Scrum and Kanban?

Both Scrum and Kanban provide principles and practices that you can apply to deliver high-quality solutions faster. They share many similarities but have distinct differences. Both methods were originally developed for software development, however, they can be applied to be more productive in any line of work.
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How Agile Leads to Cost Savings

If you’re interested in reducing costs, you may wonder if it's worth it to invest in Scrum, Kanban, and other Agile training. Here are five ways that embracing Agile can benefit your bottom line.
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Common Questions About Sprint Review, Answered

Interested in doing a sprint review, but unsure what it is and how it works? We've answered some common questions about sprint reviews.
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When the Scrum Master Role is Set Up to Be an Anti-Pattern

If you’ve never experienced what a good Scrum Master does for a team, it’s easy to misunderstand the role as being administrative: scheduling team meetings, taking notes on impediments, nagging people to update the status of things. When that happens, it’s natural for decision makers to feel that the role of Scrum Master is not a real job, and therefore decide not to invest time or money into it. At that point, one of several anti-patterns typically happens. Here are the ones I see most often:
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5 Qualities of a Great Agile Coach

Read about five things to look for to find out what working with a great Agile coach feels like.
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Three Reports Expert Scrum Masters Use

In this blog, we’ll explore the purpose of three core reports every Scrum Master should understand and use: burndown, burnup, and throughput. We'll also explain how to read and create each chart.
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Common Questions About Sprint Planning, Answered

The goal of sprint planning is to ensure the Product Owner (PO), Developers, and Scrum Master are aligned on a plan for the upcoming sprint and collaboratively working toward the sprint goal. We'll cover Scrum Guide's sprint planning event topics.
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Defects: Find Them Early, Fix Them Fast

Software defects, also referred to as issues, bugs, observations, or oopsies (my personal favorite), are one of your largest sources of wasted time and money. Read more to learn what you can do to fix them fast.
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Stop Adding Tasks to User Stories

Creating tasks for each user story before implementation may seem like it is adding value and saving you time in the long run, but is it? Is it really? Or is it something you have always done without questioning its value?
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The Three Inspect and Adapt Loops in Scrum

Read more to learn about EPC, why we use it, and which three inspect and adapt loops are used within the cycle of the framework, once per sprint.
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Scrum Education Units (SEUs) and 5 Tips for Getting Them

If you have a Scrum Alliance certification, your certification is good for two years. Then, you can renew your certification, a process that involves paying a renewal fee and collecting Scrum Education Units (SEUs) to prove your Scrum prowess. Read more to learn 5 tips for getting SEUs.
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A-CSM & CSP-SM: What’s In It For You?

Learn about the CSM Journey and why A-CSM and CSP-SM were created.
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7 Reasons You Can’t Stabilize Velocity & How to Fix It

Learn a few reasons that teams can't seem to stabilize velocity and how to fix them.
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A Scrum Master’s Checklist for Problem-Solving

We have created a checklist for Scrum Masters who are potentially stuck on one issue and unsure how to proceed.
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Two Quick Tips that Will Immediately Make Your Scrum Teams Better

Looking for quick ways to improve your Scrum team and its processes? These two quick tips will show immediate improvements.
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How to Stop Waterfalling the Sprint

A team that appears to be planning and executing sprints, but inside of the sprint timebox they still handle all of the phases of work as discrete, siloed steps is called Waterfalling the Sprint. Read to learn why it's a problem and how to stop doing it.
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