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The planning fallacy is a phenomenon in which predictions about how much time will be needed to complete a future task display an optimism bias and underestimate the time needed. This phenomenon sometimes occurs regardless of the individual's knowledge that past tasks of a similar nature have taken longer to complete than generally planned. The bias affects predictions only about one's own tasks. On the other hand, when outside observers predict task completion times, they tend to exhibit a pessimistic bias, overestimating the time needed. The planning fallacy involves estimates of task completion times more optimistic than those encountered in similar projects in the past.

Poker planning is an agile estimating and planning exercise that uses Planning Poker cards for consensus-based estimating in Scrum.

Do you know what psychological safety is not? First, let's get on the same page about what it is: In their book, "Personal and Organizational Change Through…

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The following is a short extract from our recent book, Scrum: Novice to Ninja, available for free to SitePoint Premium members.

Precision and accuracy in chronostratigraphy is very important when considering the age of moraines and other features in glacial geology!

The most innovative companies tend to push decisions as far down in the organization as possible, giving people at all levels the opportunity to move fast, utilize their creativity, apply their intellect, and assume responsibility. —Collins, Jim. [1] Principle #9 – Decentralize Decision-Making Surviving and thriving in today’s business environment requires quick and efficient decision-making. Disruptive technology, high interconnectedness, and intense competition mean opportunities are fleeting, problems escalate rapidly, and information moves faster than traditional organizational structures can handle. CreatingRead more

Learn how to align product stakeholders with a backlog prioritization workshop

Product Discovery is the iterative process of reducing uncertainty around the problem space as a product team. Here's how to stay on course.

What is a Product Vision statement? Learn more about Product Vision statements and other product management terminology in our resources library.

The Scrum@Scale Guide is the official guide to the Scrum@Scale framework, created by Dr. Jeff Sutherland. Read the online version today.

Prioritization is a challenge for any product manager. How do you decide what to work on first? Here is a simple scoring system to help prioritize well.

“Rugged” describes software development organizations that have a culture of rapidly evolving their ability to create available, survivable, defensible, secure, and resilient software.

SAFe 6.0 is the world’s leading framework for Business Agility.

The impression that ‘our problems are different’ is a common disease that afflicts management the world over. They are different, to be sure, but the principles that will help to improve the quality of product and service are universal in nature. —W. Edwards Deming, Out of the Crisis [1] SAFe Lean-Agile Principles Figure 1. SAFe Lean-Agile Principles Why the Focus on Principles? Building enterprise-class software and cyber-physical systems are among the most complex challenges our industry faces today. And, ofRead more

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The three major exam providers in comparison: Here you will find all the advantages and disadvantages at a glance! Which Scrum certification is suitable for whom?

The Scrum Guide provided in HTML format on the web.

Scrum is a framework for developing and sustaining complex products. The Scrum Guide contains the official definition of Scrum as authored by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland.

Scrum in easy steps provides an introduction to Scrum, then steps through how a team gets going on a project and how they sustain performance and continually improve.

Scrum of scrums is a scaled agile technique that offers a way to connect multiple teams who need to work together to deliver complex solutions.

In July 2016, the Scrum Values were added to The Scrum Guide.  These values include Courage, Focus, Commitment, Respect, and Openness. This poster provides a view of the Scrum Values with some descriptions to help you better understand them.

Choosing the right iteration length is an important decision. These are important factors you should consider when selecting your team's iteration length.

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TL;DR — Software engineers and SREs should share a single on-call rotation as part of a single team, as this is where empathy for each…