International Scrum Institute Podcast

We always believe that Scrum Institute’s Review Is The Success Of Its Students. At International Scrum Institute (Scrum Institute) what makes us really proud is the success stories of our students! Discover the full story our program participant posted on LinkedIn. Great material and guides to enforce your knowledge, books, audio guides and clear content and graphical explanations. The examination was cool, you pass all the Scrum framework and with a hard set of real situatons that comlement a complete teorical – practical test. Scrum Institute’s popular Scrum Training serves more than 447,000 monthly visitors. Inside each training episode, Scrum Institute shares the biggest “a-ha moments” and software engineering secrets with complete transparency. From tough lessons learned, to mindset, to pure delivery strategy, Scrum Institute pulls you into a world of real engineering and business professionals, and shares journeys and secrets of many organizations to building great software, with no firefighting. Scrum is an open Project Management Framework. Yet, before International Scrum Institute was founded for you, there has been no reasonable way for Scrum Professionals like yourself to obtain Scrum Certifications and prove your competence in the Scrum domain. Certified Scrum Professionals had to pay expensive fees for the one way profit-driven Scrum Certification Programs of other Certification Entities.

Hi there, Here is Yeliz Obergfell from International Scrum Institute. Recently, our CEO and Chief Trainer, Erkan Sutculer, has delivered his Scrum Institute’s Scrum MasterClass Training.  This Scrum Institute training week has been ridiculously busy and exhaustive, but also a fun week for us. We can only hope that you enjoyed watching the Scrum Institute classes as much as we did while we were presenting them. Thanks a million times for showing up and even more so for actively engaging with us and our group of professionals. If you found this the Scrum Institute MasterClass valuable for your professional development and if you would love to continue learning together with us, here is the limited-time MasterClass Bundle. Scrum Institute MasterClass Many people have asked us since last week, what if they already possess one or some of the Scrum Institute programs provided in the MasterClass Bundle. If this is the case, we will be happy to swap them with other programs from our portfolio of International Scrum Institute and SkillFront programs to ensure that the MasterClass Bundle will perfectly comply with your goals and needs. After your enrollment to the Scrum Institute MasterClass Bundle, please let us know the names of certifications you had already completed in the past, and with which programs you would love to swap them. We’re going to immediately handle your swap request, and deliver your new Scrum Institute exam access codes. Did you know that the number one reason people fail in Scrum, DevOps, and Kanban is not due to the lack of business savviness and experience but because they don’t have formal Scrum Institute Scrum, DevOps, and Kanban trainings and certifications to prove their expertise? Here is the problem you face: Even if they feel that they need you as their Scrum, DevOps, and Kanban Professional for their teams and business, most people, teams, and companies do not know how to interview and select Scrum, DevOps, and Kanban Professionals, so they end up trusting and hiring the ones who have relevant Scrum Institute Scrum, DevOps and Kanban trainings and certifications. Which means without possessing proper Scrum Institute Scrum, DevOps, and Kanban Professional credentials, you’ll never get a chance to serve your clients and build a positive impact on their goals, lives, and businesses. Luckily for you, there is now a solution. Let me introduce you to the Scrum Institute MasterClass Bundle: 8 Certifications (including Scrum Master Accredited Certification) For Scrum, DevOps and Kanban Professionals to help everyone master in Scrum, DevOps, and Kanban skills and prove their expertise with courses and certifications. About Scrum Institute Scrum Institute is the Leading Independent Training, Certification, and Accreditation Institute that helps Companies and Professionals get accredited with worldwide renowned and recognized Scrum Certifications and prove their competence in the Scrum Domain. Scrum Institute empowers Professionals and Enterprises worldwide to build their Careers and Companies to sell their Outstanding Agile Products and Services. Scrum Institute Accreditation Scrum Institute is a private company officially registered in Switzerland. Scrum Institute build its services, and they serve you and your business from Switzerland with love. Scrum Institute has been founded and is being operated by Erkan Sutculer’s leadership. The registered purpose of Scrum Institute Accreditation officially attests that: Scrum Institute is accredited to provide education and certification services globally in ISO 9001, ISO 27001, ISO 20000, ISO 22301, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 50001, ISO 14298, Scrum, Kanban, Software Engineering, Six Sigma, Quality Management, DevOps, Leadership, Management, Software Testing and Project Management domains. The overall process to get your Scrum Institute MasterClass Bundle created by Yeliz Obergfell: 8 Certifications For Scrum, DevOps, and Kanban Professionals is simple, fast, and rewarding. Step-1: You register online.Step-2: We immediately send your companion training materials, exam access codes, and other bonuses for Scrum Institute MasterClass Bundle: 8 Certifications For Scrum, DevOps, and Kanban Professionals.Step-3: You take your online test exams and answer multiple-choice questions from your device within 2 years after registration.Step-4: We instantly send your lifetime valid and accredited Scrum Institute certifications and your shareable and verifiable digital badges after you pass your exams. Accredited Scrum Institute MasterClass Bunble How to know what Scrum Institute Programs are right for you? The best method we recommend to our students is to reflect on what you would like to accomplish in your career and then match those goals and plans to various Scrum roles and responsibilities.  Scrum Masters: They’re servant leaders, but in the same organizational hierarchy level as the Scrum Team. They’re responsible for the correct application of the Scrum Framework within the team and business.Scrum Product Owners: They’re entrepreneurs. They bring and drive the vision. They don’t need to know necessarily how the product is being developed. And yet, they’re the bridge between engineering teams and business stakeholders, and they’re responsible for the ROI (Return on Investment) of their projects.Scrum Developers: They’re cross-functional designers, developers, architects, system engineers, and testers to get the job done! A Scrum Developer doesn’t always need to develop software, but he possesses skills and delivers work, including design, architecture, testing, test automation, etc.Agile Scrum Executives (Leaders): They are team leads, managers, directors, and other higher level executives who oversee agile transformation and business throughput of their agile Scrum organizations.Agile Coaches: Agile Coaches are usually (but not necessarily) experienced Scrum Masters. And yet, instead of being part of the Scrum Team, they typically oversee multiple Scrum teams remotely. They guide not only Scrum teams but also executives to strengthen the agile delivery and business culture.Scrum Trainers: Scrum Trainers go and train teams for a few days and then move to the next training assignment with other clients.Scaled Scrum Experts: They subtly run larger Scrum projects, even if your Scrum Team members are distributed in geographically separate locations! Please note that Scrum Institute Scrum MasterClass Bundle is closing very soon. This Scrum Institute course and certification program will sell for USD 1,997. This introductory price of USD 247 is a “Register for it now before it’s gone” offer, so act fast! Link for registration: https://www.scrum-institute.org/now Scrum Institute Team, Yeliz Obergfell and Erkan Sutculer

Invitation To Scrum Institute Entrepreneurship Masterclass Live, 10,11,12 January, 6+ Hours Live Teaching, 3 Day Sprint Dear Scrum Institute Friends, We’re about a couple of weeks away from our free Scrum Institute Entrepreneurship Masterclass Event, where our founder, Erkan Sutculer is gonna be teaching live for 6+ hours and delivering a ton of value. We will broadcast this 3 Day Sprint, Live and Daily on January 10th, 11th, and 12th at 11 am CET on our Scrum Institute Private Entrepreneurship Masterclass Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/smasterclass Scrum Institute Entrepreneurship Masterclass Live Have you joined our private Scrum Institute Facebook group yet? This is a place you can meet, socialize, learn and support each other. It’s kind of exclusive… not just anyone can get in… You’ve gotta be signed up for our community — which you already are. So we invite you to join us. This is a great chance to hang out with others who are going through the Scrum Institute Entrepreneurship Masterclass with you… mix and mingle with each other… get help from our coaches and staff… bounce ideas off each other and share inspiration… and just generally network and have fun. PLUS… It’s basically one really big, awesome, virtual party… but no hangover at the end… and it will help grow your skills, knowledge, and perspective, which means an amazing career and life you dream of! We’ll share the formula that has been used by thousands of successful entrepreneurs — and show you how you can put it to work right away. You will learn and be ready to: find & launch your business,build a predictable marketing system that works around the clock,and magnetically attract a flood of new customers that pay, stay, and refer. This is a “don’t miss” event, so put it on your calendar right now. AND we’re going to have a lot going on in this Scrum Institute Masterclass — way more than the three live lessons — and way more than I can share in this email. The Scrum Institute Private Entrepreneurship Masterclass Facebook Group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/smasterclass) will have additional live sessions. Our coaches will be answering questions here, plus you can network with other members of the Entrepreneurship Masterclass: CLICK BELOW to join the Scrum Institute Entrepreneurship Masterclass Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/smasterclass Bottom line — it’s gonna be supercool, and we can’t wait to share it with you. We’re looking forward to seeing you live on Monday, January 10th at 11 am CET for the day #1 broadcast of 3 Day Sprint. Mark your calendars! OK… that’s it. See you soon…Best regards,Scrum InstituteYeliz Obergfell, Erkan Sutculer

Scrum Institute Free Scrum Video Training Scrum Masterclass Live Event Video Recordings (10+ Hours Training — NEW) Ladies and Gentlemen, last week has been ridiculously busy and exhaustive for both Erkan Sutculer and Yeliz Obergfell, but also a fun week for us. We can only hope that you enjoyed watching the classes as much as we did while we were presenting them. Please send your “likes” and “comments” if that’s the case and thanks a million times for showing up every day and actively engaging with us and the audience.  If you found those classes valuable for your professional development, and if you would love to continue learning together with us, here are the Scrum Institute Scrum Masterclass Live Event Video Recordings produced by Erkan Sutculer and Yeliz Obergfell, with limited-time availability. https://www.scrum-institute.org/Free-Scrum-Video-Training International Scrum Institute, Scrum Institute Free Scrum Video Training Your Exclusive Training Gift From Scrum Institute’s Erkan Sutculer and Yeliz Obergfell Scrum Institute Scrum Masterclass Live Event Video Recordings are sincerely exclusive gifts for our community members and followers like you to appreciate and celebrate your commitment to learning and investing in your career. That is why we’ll never offer these video recordings to the public audience for free, and we’ll very soon sell them for hundreds of dollars. Please be informed that this free video training will be removed soon, so take your time to watch before we will remove them from our Scrum Institute website. If you want to become an all-around agile professional, if you want to conveniently manage your agile projects, and if you want to develop yourself as a master/expert/leader, and most importantly, if you want to become “The Northstar” and “The Guide” of others and your own career, don’t miss out on our free video training, Erkan Sutculer’s Scrum Institute Scrum Masterclass Live Event Video Recordings (10+ Hours Training — NEW). https://www.scrum-institute.org/Free-Scrum-Video-Training We will be happy to see you in, work with you, and serve you. Have a great day and take good care of yourself. Yeliz Obergfell, Erkan Sutculer International Scrum Institute, Official, The Most Popular And The Most AffordableScrum Traning and Scrum Certification Programs https://www.scrum-institute.org

In this episode of SkillFront Magazine, we talked to SkillFront’s Yeliz Obergfell, Vice President – Professional Services, about SkillFront, the premier skill development and official credentialing organization, compliant with ISO/IEC 17021:2015 and ISO/IEC 17024:2012 standards for certification bodies. Our interesting subject for today is SkillFront ISO Certifications For Businesses. Why Should Companies Get SkillFront ISO 9001 Company Certification? The SkillFront Certified Professional Certification programs’ chief goal is to be market relevant, consensus-based, support innovation, and provide solutions to global challenges. That means thriving career chances for professionals, and meeting and exceeding demands from businesses and their valuable clients. Having formal ISO quality management systems in place is vital to getting clients to sign up for offers, and that’s why having an ISO 9001 company certification is so important. If you’re wondering about the easiest and fastest way to get an ISO 9001 company certification, you’re in the right place. In this episode today, we tell you all about our offer of an online ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems Certified Business Certification. It’s a perfect way to ensure that you have ISO 9001 quality management systems in place. It will also help you prove compliance with these globally-recognized and continuously improving standards, thanks to the ISO certification for your company. Utilizing our fast and easy system for ISO 9001 company certification is a no brainer, and in this video, we’ll go over all the reasons why you should do it today! SkillFront represents Swiss Quality From ISO’s Home: ISO 9001 Company Certification, Affordable, Fast Track and Online. Let us Help you Get Your Business Certification For ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems, Affordable, Fast Track and 100% Online All-Inclusive Package! 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It helps businesses and organizations to be more efficient and improve customer satisfaction. Implementing ISO 9001 quality management systems will help you: Assess the overall context of your organization to define who is affected by your work and what they expect from you. This will enable you to clearly state your objectives and identify new business opportunities.Put your customers first, making sure you consistently meet their needs and enhance their satisfaction. This can lead to repeat customers, new clients and increased business for your organization.Work in a more efficient way as all your processes will be aligned and understood by everyone in the business or organization. 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SkillFront Accreditation: SkillFront Is The Premier Skill Development and Official Credentialing Organization, Compliant With ISO/IEC 17024:2012 Standards For Certification Bodies. SkillFront is proud to be compliant with the standards of ISO/IEC 17024:2012 Conformity: General requirements for bodies operating certification of companies and professionals, ISO/IEC 17021:2015 Conformity: Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems, and ISO 9001:2015 Conformity: Requirements for quality management systems. SkillFront is a private LLC registered in Switzerland. They build their services, and they serve you and your business from Switzerland with love. SkillFront is the leading organizational and professional competence development and certification body that provides education and certification services globally in all domains of business and information technologies. SkillFront Address and Location: Samstagernstrasse 57 8832 Wollerau Switzerland SkillFront CEO: Yeliz Obergfell (Yeliz Obergfell on LinkedIn) SkillFront Other Key Executives: Erkan Sutculer (Erkan Sutculer on LinkedIn), Eric Lefebvre (Eric Lefebvre on LinkedIn) SkillFront Reviews From Satistified Professionals and Enterprises: https://www.facebook.com/skillfront/reviews See you next time!

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International Scrum Institute, Switzerland (Registration Number: CHE-138.739.580) Address: Samstagernstrasse 57, 8832 Wollerau, Switzerland Web: https://www.scrum-institute.org About International Scrum Institute International Scrum Institute, located at the Home of Quality, in Switzerland, is the premier competence development and credentialing organization and certification body for Scrum software development and delivery framework. Established in 2011, as one of the most experienced Scrum authorities, International Scrum Institute is a public-benefit certification body that provides education and certification services. International Scrum Institute operates under the latest Scrum Guide 2020 Edition, industry-approved international standards, requirements, and proven best practices to empower its clients to create value, develop and deliver great software. International Scrum Institute has proven its worldwide acceptance and reputation by being the choice of more than 673,700 Scrum Practitioners in 143 Countries. (Read 1000+ Successful User Case Studies) International Scrum Institute maintains integrity and impartiality while taking into account professional and public interest. International Scrum Institute provides objective evidence that a person or an organization operates at the highest  and most up-to-date level of ethical, legal, professional, and technical standards of the Scrum framework. International Scrum Institute certifies a wide range of professionals and organizations, including governmental entities, military forces, commercial businesses, and professional associations. (Scrum Institute LinkedIn Community) International Scrum Institute certification programs are based on recognized national and international compliance standards that ensure domestic and global acceptance. International Scrum Institute is the leading skill development and certification body for professionals and organizations compliant with the Agile Alliance® corporate membership standards that form a unified system for recognizing competent Scrum organizations worldwide. As a global skill development and certification body, International Scrum Institute is committed to ensuring excellent service standards delivered by those we comply with. International Scrum Institute is proud to be an approved corporate member of Agile Alliance®. (More Info About Scrum Institute’s Agile Alliance® Membership) Scrum Institute Accreditations The International Scrum Institute certification programs’ chief goal is to be market relevant, consensus-based, support innovation, and provide solutions to global challenges. That means thriving career chances for professionals, and meeting and exceeding demands from businesses and their valuable clients. For Questions and Clarification: Contact Person: Yeliz Obergfell, VP Student Experience, (LinkedIn) Mailing Address: Samstagernstrasse 57, 8832 Wollerau, Switzerland Email Address: yeliz.obergfell@scrum-institute.org

Scrum Institute, Kanban Framework Episode #12 has been proudly brought to you by International Scrum Institute, https://www.scrum-institute.org You can also listen Scrum Institute’s Podcast from Apple, Spotify, Castbox and Google Play. Listen to Scrum Institute Podcast on AppleListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Google PlayListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on SpotifyListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Listen NotesListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Castbox Limit Work In Progress (WIP) With Kanban Why do we need a definition of Work In Progress (WIP) Limit in Kanban? Because Kanban is a pull system. That means each step of the Kanban process pulls tasks for processing depending on their available capacity. In contrast, in a push system, the demand centers push tasks and initiate their starts. This maximum available capacity of a Kanban team, which is responsible for a specific step, corresponds to Work In Progress (WIP) Limit in Kanban. Limiting Work In Progress (WIP) comes from efficient lean manufacturing ideas. Kanban advocates the minimization of work in progress items at every step of the production phase. That enables quicker problem resolution, faster and more optimal stabilization of processes, and lower wastes. Over the years, it has been proven that smaller batch sizes of work enabled by limiting Work In Progress (WIP) made various other benefits possible for Kanban teams such as building ownership of their work, system-thinking, and innovative mindsets. Work In Progress (WIP) limit of Kanban provides two benefits in managing disorder. Focus Of Kanban Team: WIP Limits restrict the number of tasks influenced by altering priorities and demands. That saves Kanban teams from abandoning their ongoing tasks.Improvement Of Kanban Process: A Kanban team cannot finish its work quicker than its slowest step. Therefore WIP Limits can quickly show the Kanban team whether specific steps are bottlenecks or the other steps are overoptimized. This input can be rapidly turned into measures to improve the overall performance of the Kanban process.

Scrum Institute, Kanban Framework Episode #11 has been proudly brought to you by International Scrum Institute, https://www.scrum-institute.org You can also listen Scrum Institute’s Podcast from Apple, Spotify, Castbox and Google Play. Listen to Scrum Institute Podcast on AppleListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Google PlayListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on SpotifyListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Listen NotesListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Castbox What Are Key Kanban Practices? Key Kanban practices introduced in this section are going to guide towards the optimal operations of the Kanban framework. Following six key Kanban practices (core Kanban practices) need to be leveraged to execute the Kanban framework successfully. Visualize Your Workflow With Kanban: You can analyze, improve, and control your Kanban process by continually measuring it, and making it visible to your entire Kanban team and business stakeholders.Limit Work In Progress (WIP) With Kanban: Limit the amount of work in progress at every step of your development and delivery processes. Thus, you continuously generate business value in shorter lead times and cycle times.Make Kanban Policies Explicit: Rules and norms of your Kanban process need to be agreed in consensus, clearly defi ned, and publicized. When all Kanban team members are familiar with explicit principles and policies, and their joint business goals, then they can make decisions to bring your project in the correct direction.Manage Kanban Workflow: Kanban focuses on managing the work processes to make the Kanban workflow robust, reliable, and fast, rather than focusing on keeping people busy.Implement Kanban Feedback Loops: Feedback loops to measure outcomes of the Kanban process (macro-level feedback) and its associated steps (micro-level feedback), which lead to deliverables, will provide the required input for continuous improvement.Improve Kanban Collaboratively, Evolve Kanban Experimentally: The Kanban process suggests a fact-based and collaborative approach in which everyone’s opinion is counted. Kanban team members have room to experiment, make mistakes, assess, and learn from them. They will excel in their process, and finally their business outcomes. Visualize Your Workflow With Kanban Let’s talk about the significance of visual components in our lives. Human beings love visual elements. Our brains capture more information from one single picture than multiple pages of text. Furthermore, we can process visual elements far faster than words. 30% of our brain neurons participate in the task of visual perception. In contrast, only 8% of brain neurons are active for hearing, and 3% of them are functioning for our touching sense. Furthermore, when we look at visual components, our brains are able to process numerous pieces of information concurrently. Our brains can process visual elements around 60,000 times faster than it processes textual elements. Visual data such as images, graphics, illustrations, infographics are a significant relief for our brain in information overload of our personal and business lives. The reason behind much faster and efficient visual processing is pretty simple. Threats in the ancient world were visible things, not memorandums, protocols or other documents. The Kanban framework utilizes the Kanban board to make its workflow visible and transparent.  The way the Kanban board was set should enable proper planning, visualization, delivery of work, the continuous improvement of the workflow, and the individual performance of Kanban team members. How You Visualize Your Kanban Workflow Visualization of your workflow and processes can become quite a daunting task. That is especially true if your organization used to tolerate intransparent work among different silos of matrix organizational structure so far. Some people can be quickly frustrated by the number of activities that goes into building your product or service. They may think that it’s not very easy to visualize their workflows in the first place, so they give up. Doing the work, but not being able to visualize it. Go and figure… Nonetheless, the following four steps will help you visualize your workflow and build your first Kanban board. Step 1:  Identify the scope of your process you would like to visualize.Step 2: List the steps that get into your process, which creates outcomes such as products and services.Step 3: Transform steps of your process into lanes of your Kanban board.Step 4: Get back to work, experiment with, visualize and improve your Kanban workflow. During this process, bear in mind that your visualization should cover the following items: Acceptance Criteria of business demands  coming from the upstream work center before they can be taken into the Kanban workflow.Explicit policies which are similar to Definition of Done’s (DoD). These will guide the Kanban team while their works flow from the left side to the right side of their Kanban board throughout various steps of development and delivery phase.Explicit policies to limit Work In Progress (WIP) Definition of Done (DoD) of Kanban team’s deliverables before they can be dispatched to the down-stream work center.

Scrum Institute, Kanban Framework Episode #10 has been proudly brought to you by International Scrum Institute, https://www.scrum-institute.org You can also listen Scrum Institute’s Podcast from Apple, Spotify, Castbox and Google Play. Listen to Scrum Institute Podcast on AppleListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Google PlayListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on SpotifyListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Listen NotesListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Castbox What Are Key Metrics To Manage A Kanban Workflow? You can only improve what you are focusing on. Key Kanban metrics you choose to assess the performance of your Kanban workflow are not an exception to this critical rule. It is essential that you know the key Kanban metrics to manage your Kanban workflow. So you can enhance the business throughput and reduce the wastes of your Kanban team in this process. Here are some key Kanban metrics you should be continuously monitoring as part of your initiative to improve your Kanban workflow: Team Throughput: The number of Kanban cards the Kanban team delivers in their Kanban workflow in a given unit time interval.Work In Progress (WIP): The number of Kanban cards in work in progress state at different stages of development and delivery process (Kanban workflow).Lead Time: The amount of time a Kanban card spends in Kanban workflow from the moment business stakeholders request it until it is successfully delivered.Cycle Time: The amount of time a Kanban card spends in Kanban workflow from the moment the Kanban team starts working on it until the Kanban team finishes its tasks for the given card. Cycle Time, Work In Progress (WIP), Team Throughput are interrelated by Little’s Law. Little’s Law states that: Cycle Time = Work In Progress (WIP) / Team Throughput  Little’s Law guides us to properly administer, set client expectations, and continuously improve the Kanban workflow. Little’s Law shows the correlation between the three key Kanban workflow metrics. Changing one of these metrics will have an impact on the other two metrics. For instance: To accomplish a reduction in cycle time, Work in Progress (WIP) must decrease, or the Team Throughput must increase. Work Item Age:The amount of time a Kanban card in work in progress state spends in the Kanban workfl ow from the moment the Kanban team starts working it until the moment of measurement.Problems (Impediments): The number of Kanban cards in the Kanban workflow that cannot be processed or delivered due to blocking dependencies, planning, or all other types of errors. The excellent point about Kanban metrics is that you can determine the length of your feedback loop, based on how frequently you want to analyze your metrics and make changes in your Kanban workflow. A long feedback loop indicates that your process improvement will be slow. A short feedback loop suggests that your process may not have sufficient time to stabilize between each change. The length of the feedback loop in which you observe your metrics is one of the items you can experiment too.

Scrum Institute, Kanban Framework Episode #9 has been proudly brought to you by International Scrum Institute, https://www.scrum-institute.org You can also listen Scrum Institute’s Podcast from Apple, Spotify, Castbox and Google Play. Listen to Scrum Institute Podcast on AppleListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Google PlayListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on SpotifyListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Listen NotesListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Castbox What Is A Kanban Workflow? (Kanban Workflow Definition – Kanban Workflow Meaning) All work a Kanban team performs and delivers from the conception of their product until the end of the product’s life cycle builds the Kanban team’s workflow. And yet, the reliability, repeatability, and improvement of any process are not only based on the actual work delivered. But also they are based on the agreed norms of how the work is performed. (How the work flows.) Kanban Workflow Definition A Kanban workflow defines explicit policies and principles, followed by the Kanban team. Its main objective is to represent the rules and procedures of work while the work is flowing across different stages of its development and delivery cycle. It’s important to understand that the Kanban team cannot be imposed to use a specific workflow defined by their business stakeholders. And yet, Kanban teams should bear in mind expectations from business units in upstream and downstream work centers to contribute the bottom line of their organizations Therefore, the game plan to build and improve a Kanban workflow requires continuous collaboration between Kanban delivery teams and their associated counterparts at surrounding work centers. The Kanban Framework administers, plans, and operates the Kanban workflow by using a Kanban board. Thus, the work in progress (WIP) limits for development and delivery steps offer immediate feedback loops. These feedback loops enable a Kanban team to monitor, address, and follow up on issues of its Kanban workflow.

Scrum Institute, Kanban Framework Episode #8 has been proudly brought to you by International Scrum Institute, https://www.scrum-institute.org You can also listen Scrum Institute’s Podcast from Apple, Spotify, Castbox and Google Play. Listen to Scrum Institute Podcast on AppleListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Google PlayListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on SpotifyListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Listen NotesListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Castbox What Is A Kanban Certification? Kanban certification has been granting tremendous advantages to millions of Kanban experts until today. Therefore, there is no reason that you won’t join these skillful men and women who promoted their careers and professional abilities with the help of the Kanban framework. Kanban Certification Definition A Kanban certification is the attestation of your proficiency in the Kanban operations management, as well as in the Kanban software development and delivery framework. Kanban certification recognizes your expressed knowledge and distinguished expertise in the Kanban framework after an official multiplechoice test examination. If you’re still curious, I would love to reassure you that you can no longer envision a flourishing career without holding a Kanban certification. It’sregardless of your position, power, and expertise in knowledge work and information technology ecosystems. You even don’t need to be an IT expert anymore to know what Kanban is, how Kanban works, and get a Kanban certification. Regardless of what you are doing for a living, and regardless you belong to an IT department or not, there is an inherent and undeniable truth. Your duties and acknowledged market power you’ve been offering for your business are reliant on and interrelated to information work, software, Kanban framework and Kanban principles. Moreover, due to the transformation of conventional enterprise types into software as a service (SaaS) forced companies or so-called digitalization journey, it’s no longer a deliberate choice for any trained expert in or outside the IT department to get certified as a Kanban expert. However, it’s a necessity now to get a Kanban certification. What Is Certified Kanban Expert (Kanban-EXP) Certification Program? And Why Is It Important For Your Career? The primary function of a Certified Kanban Expert (Kanban-EXP) is to ensure flawless foundation, adequate and sound development, and constant refinement of Kanban practices in a Kanban organization and its Kanban teams. Hence, the proficiency and viewpoint of all team members in a Kanban system and how well they fit their Kanban teams are essential. These fundamental factors usually determine the maturity level and business throughput of a Kanban organization. Whether you belong to a Kanban team or you cooperate and operate together with other Kanban organizations, you need to have a clear understanding of Kanban. Certified Kanban Expert (Kanban-EXP) Certification Program will teach you how and what makes the Kanban framework far more efficient to work with than many other operational management, software development, and delivery processes. Accordingly, regardless you’re an IT, software, technology practitioner, leader, manager or not, every professional at this current digitalization age (when software and everything around it are kings) is highly recommended to become a Certified Kanban Expert (Kanban-EXP). What Is Certified Kanban Project Manager (Kanban-PM) Certification Program? And Why Is It Important For Your Career? Certified Kanban Project Manager (Kanban- PM) is the person accountable for fulfilling the desired and declared project goals. Key responsibilities of a Kanban project manager involve building transparent and achievable project goals and facilitating the development of project requirements. A Kanban project manager also manages the pressure of the project management triangle, which are the cost, the schedule, the scope to accomplish remarkable performance, and quality. A Certified Kanban Project Manager (Kanban- PM) is often a client representative. Kanban project manager needs to discover and aid the implementation of client requirements, based on expectations of the business stakeholders or the client he or she is representing. Kanban project manager is the bridging passage between the Kanban development/Kanban delivery teams and their business sponsors. Thus, a Kanban project manager has a good knowledge of the industry he or she is navigating. That’s essential to understand and arbitrate the expectations, problems, and progress with both the Kanban delivery teams and clients. Kanban project managers should possess the strength to adjust to the various internal procedures of the contracting parties. They form close collaboration with the nominated representatives of both business and technology stakeholders. That’s again essential in assuring that the critical issues related to expenses, plans, deliverables, and quality can be efficiently resolved. So that, the Kanban team can delight the business owner (client) with their throughput. In summary, the title and name Certified Kanban Project Manager (Kanban-PM) describes the person who is given the liability to complete a project. Kanban project managers are persons with full accountability for their projects. They have the required level of authority to deliver the planned project objectives within the project budget, on time, and with the highest possible quality.

Scrum Institute, Kanban Framework Episode #7 has been proudly brought to you by International Scrum Institute, https://www.scrum-institute.org You can also listen Scrum Institute’s Podcast from Apple, Spotify, Castbox and Google Play. Listen to Scrum Institute Podcast on AppleListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Google PlayListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on SpotifyListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Listen NotesListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Castbox What Is A Kanban Tool (Kanban Board Tool) for Project Management? A Kanban board tool (Kanban tool) for project management is going to give you a fantastic clarity and transparency of the progress and bottlenecks of your projects. Kanban cards, colors, swimlanes, tags, and due dates will assist you in composing your work on your digital Kanban board software. You will have the ability to analyze and continuously improve your processes to increase business effi ciency and reduce wastes. Below are some of the Kanban board tools for project management. International Scrum Institute does not testify the fit or performance of any of these Kanban tools for your own project and business. However, we can confirm that we have a pleasant experience with Trello mentioned in this list. Asana Boards,Azure DevOps Server (to administer Kanban workflows among distributed teams),CA Technologies Rally (to manage software projects with pull-based lean planning tools),Jira Kanban Boards,Meister Task Kanban Application,Microsoft Planner (Part of Microsoft Office 365),Notion App,Projektron BCS (Kanban board and cards for software development and software maintenance teams),Trello (Kanban board tool and electronic Kanban cards for project management)Tuleap (Open source application for software engineering teams),Twproject (project and program management software based on Kanban).

Scrum Institute, Kanban Framework Episode #6 has been proudly brought to you by International Scrum Institute, https://www.scrum-institute.org You can also listen Scrum Institute’s Podcast from Apple, Spotify, Castbox and Google Play. Listen to Scrum Institute Podcast on AppleListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Google PlayListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on SpotifyListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Listen NotesListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Castbox What Is A Kanban System – Kanban Development Methodology? Kanban system (Kanban development methodology) is a framework that intends to implement the fl ow of work (workfl ow) through handling requirements along with available capacity. Furthermore, Kanban development methodology aims to improve the operations of a workflow by removing system-level bottlenecks of the workflow. In a Kanban system, Kanban board and Kanban cards provide Kanban team members and workflow stakeholders, an overview of work progress. As well as a guideline on how the work gets done from its beginning to its end. A Kanban card (work item) is only pulled as much as the work in progress limit (WIP limit) of a Kanban board column allows, instead of a Kanban card is arbitrarily pushed to the next phase of the Kanban system. A Kanban system delivers a graphical process operations system to enable monitoring and increase decision-making capability about individual phases of the workflow. That is especially important for knowledge work and software development, which require ultimate transparency about what works well and what doesn’t, so Kanban teams identify where the bottlenecks are and how to fix them. A Kanban system (Kanban development method) in software development and software engineering is frequently used in combination with other software development and delivery frameworks such as Scrum and DevOps. Kanban systems are designed to manage all types of information works, not only workflows related to software development, software delivery and software teams. Other business functions that frequently use Kanban development methodology are sales, marketing, human resources, recruitment, business strategy, executive leadership, organizational transformation and many others. What Is A Kanban Software – Kanban Board Software? Numerous producers have introduced Kanban software (Kanban board software) systems often described as e-Kanban systems. This Kanban software assists in removing typical issues such as manual entry mistakes, forgotten, and lost Kanban cards. Kanban board software systems are usually incorporated into enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. That allows real-time requirement signaling throughout the supply chain and enhanced transparency of workflow. Information pulled from E-Kanban systems are utilized to enhance stock levels. They enable much better tracking of provider lead and replenishment times. Kanban software is a signaling system that utilizes a mix of innovation to set off the motion of workflow within a productionfacility or information work such as software engineering. Electronic Kanban (e-Kanban) varies from conventional Kanban in using technology by substituting standard components like Kanban cards with barcodes, electronic Kanban cards, and electronic messages like e-mail or electronic information exchange. Kanban software typically utilizes internet infrastructure as a medium to route messages. Furthermore, most of the popular Kanban tools or Kanban board tools for project management do rely on Internet communication too. These Kanban tools or Kanban board tools are primarily managed Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions hosted and maintained by their respective vendors on public cloud computing systems. They enable Kanban teams and their stakeholders to have real-time visibility of their inventory levels or status of their information work. A Kanban board software system typically marks stock with barcodes or tasks with e-Kanban cards. Kanban team members can scan or manually move them at different phases of the production or the delivery of information work to signal use. These scans or manual moves pass on messages to internal/external parties to make sure the restocking of items or bringing new work items into the workflow of information work.

Scrum Institute, Kanban Framework Episode #5 has been proudly brought to you by International Scrum Institute, https://www.scrum-institute.org You can also listen Scrum Institute’s Podcast from Apple, Spotify, Castbox and Google Play. Listen to Scrum Institute Podcast on AppleListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Google PlayListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on SpotifyListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Listen NotesListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Castbox What Is A Kanban Board With Kanban Board Example? (Kanban Board Template) Kanban board is among the devices which are utilized to apply the Kanban process. Kanban board can be used to handle operations and matters in professional as well as in personal domains. Kanban boards creatively illustrate operations at its several phases of the Kanban framework. It utilizes cards to instantiate task items and also columns to illustrate each stage of an operational Kanban process. Kanban cards move from left to right on a Kanban board to help teams coordinate their workflow and visualize the progress of their tasks. A Kanban board might be separated into horizontally parallel “swimlanes” to divide various types of works performed by different teams. Kanban boards are also utilized in knowledge works (software engineering, project management, program management) as well as in the manufacturing processes. In the abstract level, a Kanban board has the following columns to demonstrate the phases of a Kanban card (work item). Waiting (To-do)In Progress (Doing)Completed (Done) The naming convention and other columns can be customized based on the stages of a given workflow operated by a Kanban team. More comprehensive Kanban boards can be designed to partition “in progress (doing)” work into numerous other columns to depict the workflow across all units with are interacting with this work. For instance, in a software engineering organization, “in progress” column can be roughly divided into “Analysis”, “Design”, “Development”, “Test” and “Delivery” columns. Kanban boards, depending on the workflow for which they are utilized, can differ substantially. A Kanban Board could visualize: Various Types of Kanban Cards (features, user stories, defects),Extra columns identifying workflow phases,Explicit policies (regulations about how to use the Kanban board, and definition of done of phases),Swimlanes (rows across multiple columns to group user stories by features or defects by products and components). The primary goal is to make an entire workflow visible and understandable to all working participants and stakeholders of the workflow. The Kanban board template depicted on the next page represents a software delivery process on a Kanban board. Let’s pay attention to the following characteristics of this Kanban board example: It highlights the tasks of the software development team including epics and user stories.The values circled below column headings specify the maximum number of Kanban cards (Work In Progress Limit, WIP Limit) that can be simultaneously processed in a given phase.Below certain columns, it specifies explicit policies, which are also known as done rules.It encompasses a Kanban workflow management feature to divide certain columns as “Ready” and “In Progress”. The WIP limit applies to both sub-columns to ensure that the associated teams and workflow stages are not overwhelmed due to excessive number of tasks (Kanban cards) on a single column (phase of workflow).

Scrum Institute, Kanban Framework Episode #4 has been proudly brought to you by International Scrum Institute, https://www.scrum-institute.org You can also listen Scrum Institute’s Podcast from Apple, Spotify, Castbox and Google Play. Listen to Scrum Institute Podcast on AppleListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Google PlayListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on SpotifyListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Listen NotesListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Castbox What Are Kanban Cards With Kanban Card Example? (Kanban Card Template) Kanban cards are an essential element of Kanban. In fact, translated from Japanese, a Kanban means a visual (kan) card (ban). Kanban cards imply the requirement to move products within a production center or to move materials from an external provider into the production facility. Therefore, the Kanban card is a message that signals the depletion of an item, parts, or inventory. When a Kanban card is obtained, the card (Kanban) activates replenishment of that product, part, or stock. So the consumption center drives demand for more production, and the Kanban card signals a request for more items. In summary, Kanban cards help produce a demand-driven system. Supporters of lean movement extensively hold demand-driven systems result in much faster turnarounds in production and end-user delivery. Lower stock levels help companies carry out these systems much more competitive. That enables companies to use their available resources optimally. Most Kanban cards consist of a minimum of the following Kanban card template (Kanban card example), while the specific details included on a Kanban card example can differ from one system to another. Part description,Part / Item number,Ani dentifying bar code or QR code,The number of parts to be ordered, produced or transported,Routing info (associated upstream and downstream processes),Location information,Lead time,Supplier,The accountable individual (mostly a coordinator),The order date,The due date,Type of container,Order of containers (for example, Kanban card 2 of 4). Cards are usually fixed to a container, efficiently turning a bin into a Kanban. In other cases, a Kanban card is temporarily attached to shelves of bins. These Kanban cards (signal cards) are an integral part of a Kanban system to manage inventory. A Kanban card must be treated like a highly regulated item. Losing one can quickly close down a production line and fully interrupt the production until the missing parts are again available.

Scrum Institute, Kanban Framework Episode #3 has been proudly brought to you by International Scrum Institute, https://www.scrum-institute.org You can also listen Scrum Institute’s Podcast from Apple, Spotify, Castbox and Google Play. Listen to Scrum Institute Podcast on AppleListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Google PlayListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on SpotifyListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Listen NotesListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Castbox What Are The Origins Of Kanban? The three systems which historically build the origins of the Kanban framework have one significant common aspect. When it comes to production planning, they all have chosen “pull” modus operandi over “push”. What is “push” modus operandi in production planning? With “push” modus operandi, the supply center keeps on producing and delivering parts regardless of the moment the demand center consumes them. What is “pull” modus operandi in production planning? With “pull” modus operandi, the supply center produces and delivers parts based on requests coming from the demand center. A crucial element of the success with a pushbased production scheduling is the competence of the demand-forecast. So that the supply center produces and delivers parts without causing under- or over-inventory in the demand center. Kanban, on the contrary, establishes a method where the pull comes from the demand center, and products or components are Just-In-Time (JIT) manufactured based on demand. Production, delivery, resupply, and replenishment are all determined based on actual client needs. Although it’s a challenge, done correctly, this approach optimizes the use of resources needed both in supply and demand centers, whereas it makes inventory management almost obsolete. Now let’s discuss the origins of the Kanban framework, the three processes which constructed its foundation Kanban Two-Bin System For Shelf-Stocking “2-bin system” stems from the most basic visual stock replenishment signaling system, an empty box. Factories in the United Kingdom initially set up this process to produce Spitfires throughout the Second World War. Toyota analyzed processes in supermarkets during the 1940s to identify diverse shelfstocking strategies for their own factory floor In a supermarket, consumers typically buy what they require at the needed time with the desired quantities. Furthermore, a supermarket builds its stocks for what it anticipates to sell in a given timeframe. Clients usually only buy what they require since the future supply is ensured. This observation led Toyota to see a process as a client of several preceding processes and to see the other preceding processes as a kind of store. Kanban utilizes the rate of demand to control the rate of production, passing requirements from the consumer up through the series of production and delivery process. In 1953, Toyota applied this mechanism in their main plant factory. Kanban aligns stock levels with real intake. A signal informs a supplier process to produce and provide a brand-new shipment when the consumer process takes in the material. This signal is leveraged during the entire replenishment cycle to bring clarity to both the supplier and customer. Kanban Three-Bin System For Supply Chain Management  A “3-bin system” links various departments or various parts of work processes. Sometimes, it even links business to its outside suppliers. A typical 3-bin system should work like this: The factory places one bin where items are manufactured. The shop places another bin where parts and materials are held. And the supplier places one more bin. When the factory has no more parts of a specific type, it sends its empty bin to the shop to be refilled. The shop fills the bin and then dispatches its own freshly emptied bin to the supplier. The supplier then sends a full bin to the store. The bins function as the signal to indicate that downstream processes need more of some parts. They also offer permission to move parts from one place to another. In Kanban, absolutely nothing moves without a demand signal from a demand center. The majority of 3-bin systems also keep Kanban cards (or some other information sheet) in the bins specifying what the bin includes and in what quantity. When one of these bins is leaving its original center to be refilled by another party, cards help process participants to view the role of these bins. Toyota’s Six Rules For Kanban Toyota team has created six significant rules (Toyota’s Six Rules for Kanban) which guide Kanban practitioners from the past to today. Each consumer process dispatches demands (bins and Kanban cards) to its supplier processes after it consumes its materials.Each supplier process manufactures and delivers in association with the amount and sequence of incoming demands.Items are neither manufactured nor delivered without a pending demand.The request (Kanban card) related to an item (bin) is always connected to it.Supplier processes must adhere to the highest standards of quality assurance to guarantee that the delivered products are defect-free.Limiting the number of pending demands makes a process more delicate and reveals potential inefficiencies to be addressed.

Scrum Institute, Kanban Framework Episode #2 has been proudly brought to you by International Scrum Institute, https://www.scrum-institute.org You can also listen Scrum Institute’s Podcast from Apple, Spotify, Castbox and Google Play. Listen to Scrum Institute Podcast on AppleListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Google PlayListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on SpotifyListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Listen NotesListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Castbox What Is Kanban? (Kanban Definition – Kanban Meaning) Kanban takes its name from the cards that track production within a factory. It’s a scheduling system for lean manufacturing and just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing. Kanban Definition In Japanese, Kanban (看板) means signboard or billboard. Taiichi Ohno(February 29, 1912 – May 28, 1990), an industrial engineer at Toyota, developed Kanban to improve production effectiveness and decrease wastes. Kanban ended up being an efficient framework to support running a production system as a whole and an excellent way to promote improvement. Identification of the lead time and the cycle time of a given process and its associated sub-processes, and incompatibilities among them highlight problem areas. One of the main differences of Kanban compared to other processes is that it explicitly establishes an upper limit to work in progress inventory to prevent overcapacity. Less is more to get results (Remember how the Google landing page looks like). However, as human beings, we are tempted to get trapped with Complexity Bias. Kanban establishes maximum limits on the number of products waiting at supply points. Afterward, the Kanban team identifi es and addresses any inefficiencies in their workflow. Whenever a limit is not honored, this points to an inefficiency to be sorted out and a process improvement potential to be exploited. Therefore, it’s safe to say that the primary goal of a Kanban system is to restrict the accumulation of excess inventory. The purpose of the Kanban team is to eliminate this excess inventory at any point in production. That will lead to better allocation of available resources (human, tools, financial) to increase business throughput and profitability, and to remove wastes, bottlenecks in the processes.

Scrum Institute, Kanban Framework Episode #1 has been proudly brought to you by International Scrum Institute, https://www.scrum-institute.org You can also listen Scrum Institute’s Podcast from Apple, Spotify, Castbox and Google Play. Listen to Scrum Institute Podcast on AppleListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Google PlayListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on SpotifyListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Listen NotesListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Castbox Welcome To The Kanban Framework Hi! My name is Yeliz. First of all, thank you very much for getting your copy of The Kanban Framework. I love that you are taking the time to read it. I want to briefly share with you the backstory of why we wanted to write this book for you and how you can get the best use out of it. Within the context of our Kanban training and Kanban certification programs, we did thorough research in the Kanban education space. 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Scrum Institute, Scrum Framework Episode #17 has been proudly brought to you by International Scrum Institute, https://www.scrum-institute.org You can also listen Scrum Institute’s Podcast from Apple, Spotify, Castbox and Google Play. Listen to Scrum Institute Podcast on AppleListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Google PlayListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on SpotifyListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Listen NotesListen to Scrum Institute Podcast on Castbox What Are The Next Steps After The Scrum Framework? This Might Surprise You! How to Guarantee Your Position As A Successful Scrum Professional I feel that it’s now my job to inspire you to actually implement and execute what you have learned from this material. Let’s face it: The big, vast IT industry is not going to accommodate you with more opportunities and more business without you taking some serious initial steps. The IT industry most likely doesn’t even know you exist; up until now, you only operated as a small part of it, or you’re just getting started. The government is not going to bail you out on your difficult days, and they certainly are not going to help you to advance and conquer on your career journey. Taking the time to pick up this book and read it suggests that you truly do want to do something different. For this, I acknowledge and congratulate you. Well done to you on getting this book. I applaud you for reading it and even more for finishing it. Now, if you want the world to give you a standing ovation, put lessons in it to work. Interestingly, one of the most effective ways of perfecting these disciplines is to help others attain success and implement these actions themselves. When people with common goals and motivations come together, they tend to learn faster and become a support system for one another. So gather a group of like-minded and highly driven people who refuse to live by the norms of the mediocre. Assemble a study group to read this book and brainstorm it with you. Ask your co-workers, employees and bosses to read this book as a team. Then help one another apply and commit to using the actions, hold one another accountable to these commitments. Follow now International Scrum Institute LinkedIn® Company Page to get connected to other like-minded professionals who can empower and inspire you in your career. Something tells me that you didn’t pick up this book because you are comfortable or satisfied with where you’re in your career. Chances are you want to change or improve your current position. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have finished this book. Therefore, I will be happy to support you on your career journey! Why Should You Be Getting Your Scrum Certifications Today? A Scrum certification is the testimony of your competence in the Scrum software development and delivery process. Scrum certification acknowledges your demonstrated knowledge and outstanding expertise in the Scrum framework after a formal multiple choice test evaluation. Scrum software development process has been offering immense benefits to millions of professionals until today. Therefore, there is no reason that you won’t join these accomplished men and women who upgraded their careers and skills with the help of the Scrum framework. If you still wonder, I want to assure you that you can no longer imagine a growing career without possessing a Scrum certification. It’s regardless of your role, title, and experience in Information Technology (IT) ecosystem. You even don’t have to be an IT professional anymore to understand what Scrum is, how Scrum works, and get a Scrum certification. Your are a Five-Star Professional! You Must Be Acknowledged and Compensated Accordingly!  Whatever you do for a living, regardless you’re part of an IT department or not, there is an essential and indisputable fact. Your tasks and professional business value you’ve been serving for your organization are dependent on and interrelated to IT, software, and agile Scrum process and principles. Moreover, thanks to the shift of traditional business models into software as a service (SaaS) driven businesses or so-called digitalization movement, it’s no longer a voluntary decision for any professional in or outside the IT department to get certified as a Scrum professional. However, it’s a must today to get a Scrum certification. You may be just starting your career, or you may be a seasoned IT professional. That doesn’t play a role. You need to get your Scrum certification. Your role may or may not include people and functional management activities. It doesn’t matter too; you still need to have a Scrum certification. You should learn Scrum software development framework and become an accomplished Scrum Professional today by getting your Scrum certification. The Pros Of Being An Accomplished Scrum Professional It’s now the time to recap. If you didn’t get a chance to read every word in this book, let me break down my thoughts. Here are my thoughts about the pros and cons of getting certified as a Scrum professional. The Pros for Employees, Freelancers, Coaches and TrainersA Scrum certification will be your recognition of competence and up-to-date know-how in the Scrum domain.A Scrum certification will help you outcompete your peer group who do not develop themselves anymore. And remember, they’re a lot. It will help you get hired for your dream job as a certified and accomplished Scrum professional.A Scrum certification will broaden your perspective, and it will further open up your mind for continuous learning. It will help you get more responsibilities and fantastic career opportunities.A Scrum certification will provide a brand new toolset with which you can deliver great products and services that your clients and employers would love.The Pros for Organizations and EmployersScrum certifications will reduce costs by improving the efficiency of your teams, activities, and processes.Scrum certifications will help you win projects with your trained and skilled employees that you couldn’t win otherwise.Scrum certifications will improve employee satisfaction and commitment by encouraging them to get trained and develop skills.Scrum certifications will improve the quality of your deliverables, customer satisfaction, and ultimately, the success and profitability of your organization. Things To Remember After You Become An Accomplished Scrum Professional A Scrum certification shouldn’t stop your learning. Don’t forget that getting certified as a scrum professional is just the first step. In the spirit of “inspect and adapt” which you learned from the Scrum framework, it’s still your duty and obligation to experiment, observe, and learn continuously.There is no one size fits all solution for all organizations around the world. The Scrum software development and delivery framework is no exception to this rule. What we observed is that: Most organizations that we’re unable to get the best performance out of the Scrum framework have a common characteristic. These are the organizations that failed to adapt Scrum to their own business and ITecosystems. Therefore, again in the spirit of “inspect and adapt”, don’t see the Scrum framework as a 100% guaranteed recipe for success. Please don’t underestimate your cognitive ability to adapt it to the own dynamics of your business and IT. In fact, as a paid professional, this is what you’re supposed to do to get the best throughput and business results by using the Scrum framework.Scrum didn’t solve all the problems we have in our IT departments. Don’t stop developing yourself with Newly emerging software development and delivery processes such as DevOps. To better understand the known flaws of the Scrum framework and how DevOps handles them, have a look at this top article at a later moment: What Are TOP 6 Differences Between DevOps and Scrum? (DevOps vs Scrum Comparison) In conclusion, a Scrum certification is an excellent way to get started with agile software development and delivery practices. According to a Gartner study “Becoming a Better Scrum Master”published in 2019, until 2023, 92% of companies worldwide, and 96% of companies in the United States will be adopting agile scrum practices. Therefore, there will be no better time other than now for you to Start learning the Scrum framework and,Get yourself certified as a Scrum Professional with very affordable fees of International Scrum Institute. The only remaining question is, when are you going to get started?