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The Cone of Uncertainty in Scrum
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The Cone of Uncertainty in Scrum

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Uncertainty in the Product Backlog is a big risk for the schedule of a Scrum project. How clever your estimations might be, Agile has to consider them using the notion of “cone of uncertainty”. share share share share 

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Scaling Agility in Customer Experience at Ford Motor Company
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Scaling Agility in Customer Experience at Ford Motor Company

March 5, 2026 0

Benjamin Igna worked with Ford Motor Company and lead the transformation within the launch of the new Ford Explorer (EV). In this presentation, he shares his learnings and approaches during the change towards agility of the CX organization across 5 different Markets and cultures affecting multiple hundred people in sales and marketing.

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Even if Agile approaches favor collocated teams, distributed Scrum teams with remote work are more common that what you might think. Many Agile software development teams are based on a virtual organization.

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  • Scrum & Kanban Open Source Tools for Bugzilla

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    Bugzilla is a popular open source bug tracker created originally by the Mozilla Foundation. It has an open architecture that allows extending its basic functionalities. This article lists the Bugzilla plugins, called add-on in Bugzilla, that allows integrating an Agile project management approach like Scrum or Kanban around the bug [...]

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    This presentation allows you to understand how artificial intelligence (AI) can transform Agile and coaching practices, enabling more effective, personalized and scalable solutions. share share share share 

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