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What are the artifacts in Kanban?
My answer is: there are no predefined artifacts in Kanban.
Scrum has predefined roles, events, and artifacts but Kanban doesn't. Kanban just describes 4 principles and 5 practices:
Start with ...
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What's the difference between Kanban vs Lean Kanban?
Lean is to Kanban as agile is to Scrum. One is a concrete implementation of the other.
Using the term "lean kanban" is just an attempt to court favour from Google/Bing for keyword density and is the ...
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What is Scrum at scale?
It would not help you with multiple stakeholders.
Scrum is already meant to deal with multiple stakeholders (and a single Product Owner consolidating their needs into a single prioritized product ...
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To what framework do "User Stories" belong?
The earliest reference that I could find were that the terms 'story card' and 'user story' were used when Alistair Cockburn visited the Chrysler C3 project. Kent Beck and Ron Jeffries were responsible ...
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What is Scrum at scale?
TL;DR
Scrum@Scale is a specific framework developed by Jeff Sutherland and Scrum, Inc. for scaling Scrum beyond a single team. More generally, scaled Scrum (or "Scrum at [enterprise] scale") refers ...
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Can Scrum be used to schedule family chores?
Just do it? doing is the best example.
Set an iteration cycle period, lets say a week
Create a backlog together with the family
Do a planning sessions
Estimate the work
Make a realistic Sprint plan
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Is the “definition of done” required in Scrum?
TL;DR
Yes, the official Scrum framework requires a Definition of Done. You cannot claim to be using the official Scrum framework without defining and using one.
Framework Sources
The Scrum Guide is ...
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How to manage framework changes?
I've done this a couple times, tho it wasn't always a webapp & wasn't for scaling reasons. Here's what we did:
Treat it like a new app. In our case, we renamed the app when we did that.
Put it in ...
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What's the difference between Kanban vs Lean Kanban?
Kanban is a lean methodology focused on creating continuous flow of work while eliminating waste (muda) in the system. There is no difference between Kanban and Lean Kanban.
Where there are some ...
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How to manage framework changes?
I don't think there's a "right" answer to this. Vicki's answer is perfectly valid. I'm going to give another answer that I think is also right.
Start with making a list of the biggest problems your ...
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Can Scrum be used in non-development activities?
In order to accomplish Scrum, the following conditions must be met:
There must be buy-in from upper management (based on your question, you already have this)
There must be buy-in from the Team
There ...
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What are the artifacts in Kanban?
Instead of repeating what other contributed so far (and I agree with the notion of anything generated during the implementation/application of Kanban is an artifact by CodeGenome), I would like to ...
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What are the artifacts in Kanban?
Scrum Artifacts: Burn-Down Charts Aren't Mandated
Before answering your question, it's worth noting that burn-down charts are not required artifacts within Scrum. While the use of such charts is ...
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Can Scrum be used to schedule family chores?
I've been using Kanban for Family chores for about a year now. Scrum had too much overhead for simple chores and none of the chores required a any degree of planning or collaboration, so Kanban seemed ...
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What is the difference between ITIL and Scrum certifications?
Redirecting the Scope of Your Question
[C]ould someone explain what is the main difference between those two certifications, and which one is more significant for IT Managers?
Specific career ...
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What is the difference between ITIL and Scrum certifications?
If you are working as a project manager, then in my opinion, Scrum would be more appropriate than ITIL, as it relates directly to project management for a specific style of agile projects, but please ...
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How would we manage a project that involves replacing Cobol with Java?
Can I ask if anyone has been in a company who has replaced over 5 million lines of cobol with Java and how was the project managed.
I worked for an organization that looked at replacing legacy ...
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What is the difference between ITIL and Scrum certifications?
Set Certification Goals each Year
Is your organization more focused towards work involving ITIL? E.g., does your company have contracts that have ITIL v3 certification requirements? If so, having an ...
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What is different between Signal Event and Message Event in BPMN?
A broadcast versus a targeted event. If I recall correctly, a signal event is a broadcast message.
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Small team with diverse tasks and little overlap - which methodology?
Experiment.
Follow these steps:
Clarify what you value - Is it team morale? Is it productivity? Is it rapidly responding to change? etc.
Decide how best to measure the things you value
Try elements ...
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Small team with diverse tasks and little overlap - which methodology?
If the risk that you're trying to mitigate are the knowledge silos that exist in these individuals, then going with a single-team / single-product mindset would help mitigate that risk. Of course, ...
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task/workflow management best practice
Key aspects of a task list
I am seeking recommendations on how to manage an individual (my own)
task list or how best to create a work management plan.
Identify urgent vs important tasks: Urgent ...
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If SAFe must be continuously calibrated and measured in ideal days, why does the framework say recalibration is unnecessary?
Starting with the basics:
We all know that relative estimation is more accurate than absolute estimation.
We all know that effort based estimation is gamed! It creates multiple ill-effects of ...
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Can Scrum be used in non-development activities?
Non-Software Scrum Exists, But...
Scrum can be used for projects (as opposed to ongoing activities) outside of software development. However, in my experience adapting Scrum to administrative or ...
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What artifacts should be created during the lifecycle of a project?
I know nothing from transportation vertical industry, but regarding something industry independent and applicable for HW, SW, and embedded systems, the V-Model could be something to start with: http://...
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