Magdalena Firlit — April 9, 2019 Follow @magda_firlit — April 9, 2019 Through my professional experience, while serving my customers, working with Scrum Teams and training people in Professional Scrum, I have observed that some Scrum Masters only work to serve the Development Team and the Product Owner. According to the Scrum Guide, Scrum Master … Continue reading A Scrum Master Works on 3 Levels
Stephanie Ockerman — April 7, 2019 Follow @thetravelchica — April 7, 2019 One of the most important things we can do to help individuals and teams improve is coach them to embrace the agile mindset. The Manifesto for Agile Software Development provides values and principles to help guide teams in navigating the complexities of product … Continue reading The Agile Values in Practice
Jim Sammons — April 4, 2019 — April 4, 2019 How can I show the team what the Scrum values look like in action? How do I get my team to trust and/or respect me? How do I demonstrate servant leadership? Typically, the person asking me these questions is either a new Scrum Master or … Continue reading Scrum Master Tips – Mind Your “Say:Do” Ratio
Max Benz — April 4, 2019 — April 4, 2019 Project management tools can help you organize tasks, visualize projects, share feedback, and more. So they can help you keep your project on track, your team motivated, and your clients happy. But these tools come at a cost. When every cent counts, you have to … Continue reading Top 30 Free Project Management Software Solutions to Get Things Done
Alex Kudinov — March 26, 2019 Follow @AlexKudinovPST — March 26, 2019 This question “What is the duration of a Sprint” is seemingly simple, but depending on the interviewing situation, company, interviewer, and their familiarity with Scrum you might need to give them more or less details and answer additional questions your answer might bring … Continue reading What is the Duration of a Sprint?
Max Benz — March 21, 2019 — March 21, 2019 Modern marketing moves fast. As a project manager, you will manage large multidisciplinary teams which work together in real-time. You need to incorporate feedback quickly, efficiently, and accurately to keep the ball rolling. Here’s a closer look at how to use feedback loops to make … Continue reading How to Harness Feedback Loops in Your Projects
Ian Mitchell — March 16, 2019 — March 16, 2019 “My advice would always be to ignore the perceived wisdom and look for the most reliable evidence on the ground” – D.T. Puttnam Hearing a senior executive announce “We’re committed to becoming agile!” is not the bombshell moment it used to be. It no longer … Continue reading Becoming Agile: Evidence Based Management
Liz Kislik — March 12, 2019 Follow @lizkislik — March 12, 2019 Most projects and initiatives start out with carefully thought-out plans and a decent chance of success. But every once in a while, you get that sinking feeling that something is heading for a flop: not the kind of failure that comes from a … Continue reading What Should You Do When You Know a Project Is Bad?
Jasper Alblas — March 11, 2019 Follow @alblasj — March 11, 2019 The Scrum Team consists of three roles. The only three roles needed in Scrum. But all needed! And all equally important to be successful. This first sentence is all there is to it. And if we would practice Scrum within our companies the … Continue reading Equality – the Roles in Scrum
Stefan Wolpers — March 8, 2019 Follow @StefanW — March 8, 2019 TL;DR: Technical Debt & Scrum If technical debt is the plague of our industry, why isn’t the Scrum Guide addressing the question of who is responsibly dealing with it? To make things worse, if the Product Owner’s responsibility is to maximize the value … Continue reading Technical Debt & Scrum: Who Is Responsible?
