Have you ever wanted an introductory course on flexible (a.k.a., "agile") project management? Help us make our course better by taking it for a test drive.

The course is based on one that @jim has run at https://dhsi.org/ for several years, but rewritten for nonprofit organizations rather than humanities research projects.

More details and a link to sign up at https://www.empathyforward.org/2026/05/flexible-project-management/

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If your idea of a Scrum Master is "the one who runs stand-ups (aka meeting booker)", you’re missing the point a bit. Honestly, that version of the role is replaceable. #Scrum #Agile
Impact Mapping by Gojko Adzic is on sale on Leanpub! Its suggested price is $10.00; get it for $7.00 with this coupon: https://leanpub.com/impact-mapping/c/LeanPublishingDaily20260515 #agile #business_and_management #software #startups
Impact Mapping

Benedikt Kantus revisits his three-year-old prediction that Scrum is in decline. The evidence has only gotten stronger.

What the sprint boundary was always doing was setting a delivery cadence. Sprint review every two weeks because that's how often most teams could ship.

Once CI/CD made the cadence continuous, the proxy lost its job. The framework didn't fail. The cadence it modeled became smaller than the boundary itself.

#engineering #softwaredelivery #agile
https://www.leadinginproduct.com/p/scrum-decline

The Scrum decline: Three years later, and I was right

Scrum is declining. Discover why modern teams are switching to Kanban and Shape Up for better flexibility and continuous delivery.

Leading in Product
Wieder mal ein interessanter Artikel von Rudolf Gusy.
#agile #kanban #scrum
https://agilereflection.org/while-wip-roi-0/
while (WIP) { ROI = 0; }

Solange etwas WIP ist, ist es kein ROI. Es gibt diesen Moment in jedem Teammeeting. Das Board ist voll. Überall Karten. Überall Bewegung. Jemand sagt stolz: „Wir haben gerade 42 Dinge in Arbe…

Agile Reflection

Velocity isn't the problem—it's the symptom. Fix the flow, and the numbers follow. Try this for two weeks, then share what changed.

#Agile #Kanban #SprintVelocity #AkioMorita #Sony #FamilyBusiness #Transport #ServiceIndustry #LeanManagement #WorkflowOptimization #ContinuousImprovement (11/11)

The Cost of Silence

https://crrglobal.com/the-shadow-in-the-system/Agile Moose is a reader-supported publication.

Agile Moose

Closing thought: Compliance doesn't have to be the brake on your agile engine. Build it into the assembly line, and it becomes the thing that keeps your SaaS platform running smoothly at scale. Try decomposing one regulation this sprint and see how it changes your team's rhythm.

#Fintech #SaaS #Agile #Compliance #HenryFord #XP #RegTech #ScaleUp #DevOps #EngineeringLeadership (10/10)

A podcast guest told me this once: I've seen teams proudly refuse to "work agile" because every agile transformation they'd been through just added bureaucracy.

Instead they just talked directly, shipped fast, and focused on results.

That IS agile. They just didn't call it that. That's fine!

#agile #scrum

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