Chris Belknap — January 10, 2020 The Scrum Guide provides no reference or guidance on how to get started with Scrum. That’s because Scrum is a lightweight, minimal framework to encourage self-organization. I have heard it stated that Scrum is intentionally incomplete. There are no special Sprints in Scrum, such as Sprint Zeros, either, which … Continue reading Getting a New Scrum Team Started (Part 1 of 2)
Cesario Ramos — January 7, 2020 In my earlier article, I explained what Scrum Patterns are and why they could be useful for you in your transformation. In this blog, I discuss how to select and use the Scrum Patterns from the Pattern Languages. Scrum Pattern Languages The patterns in our book organized into two … Continue reading How to Select Scrum Patterns
Alasdair Macleod — January 6, 2020 The Basics Within the scrum process, there are eleven basic elements that make up the framework. 3 roles, 3 artifacts, and 5 events. Practitioners need to learn to apply and understand the principles behind these in order to obtain the full benefits of the scrum process. As well as … Continue reading The Scrum Process Explained
We’re going to see more short-term flexible roadmaps rather than detailed marketing plans to stay agile in the coming year. Stacey Ackerman on January 3, 2020 Working in agile has been around on the software side for a few decades but the martech industry has been getting on the bandwagon in the past few years. … Continue reading How agile adoption will change the way we work in 2020
Micah Lally — January 2, 2020 You’ve probably noticed amongst your team members that everyone performs at different levels and in different capacities. That’s to be expected if you’re hiring diverse talent in order to empower your business’ wheelhouse. But have you ever been able to pick out one or two individuals who just seem … Continue reading The 5 Dimensions of Learning Agility (+ Why It Matters in Leadership)
Oliver Peterson — January 1, 2020 You’ll often hear the question: “Which is better? Kanban or Scrum?” or variations of this eternal deathmatch between two of the most well-established agile methodologies. People are wasting energy fighting over which methodology trumps another. If you’re an agile organization, you should be placing principle above practice. It makes … Continue reading Kanban vs Scrum: Understanding the Tools for Agile Success
Cesario Ramos — December 24, 2019 In 2017 I was talking to the head of the Agile Coach Group of a large bank. She asked me to come over to work with her and help to roll out their standard way of working across all branches in Europe. The idea was that they had invented … Continue reading Scrum Patterns – Putting Scrum Into Practice
Darleen DeRosa — December 20, 2019 Follow @onpoint_llc The traditional office might be on its way toward extinction. According to a 2018 IWG study that surveyed over 18,000 professionals from 96 countries, more than two-thirds of the global workforce works remotely at least part of the week. A similar study released in 2019 found that … Continue reading How to Be an Effective Virtual Project Manager
Karl Sakas — December 13, 2019 Follow @KarlSakas Choose the right PM software so you can do more at your agency! An agency owner asked me: “What PM software do you recommend? We’re in the process of switching from our current system.” She was considering Basecamp for client-facing and internal communication, and she planned to … Continue reading Picking the Right PM Software For Your Agency
Johannes Geske — December 13, 2019 Introduction The purpose of Scrum is to maximize product value by delivering a potentially releasable “done” increment through Sprints. While the Development Team is responsible for delivering the increment, the Product Owner is responsible for maximizing value by deciding about the content and the order of the Product Backlog. … Continue reading Outcome Mapping & Scrum: The Story of Amazing Decisions
