Robbin Schuurman — December 3, 2019 What is a Clerk? The Clerk is your personal waiter for all your user story serving. Gathering all the wishes, user stories and demands is what The Clerk does. (S)he isn’t focussed on achieving the product vision, nor on crafting clear goals and objectives and the Clerk most certainly … Continue reading The Clerk (A Misunderstood Product Owner Stance)
Chris Lukassen — December 2, 2019 What is a Manager? The Manager is concerned with the wellbeing of the Scrum Team. The Manager loves to see happy, engaged and motivated people. (S)he loves it when people are developing themselves, learning new skills, obtaining new knowledge and making mistakes. The Manager is a real people person, … Continue reading The Manager (A Misunderstood Product Owner Stance)
Robbin Schuurman — November 26, 2019 What is a Subject Matter Expert? The Subject Matter Expert or SME is the expert in telling you how stuff works. Product Owners that favor this stance are a blessing and a curse. When you bring relevant domain knowledge to the Scrum Team, they can make more informed decisions … Continue reading The Subject Matter Expert (A Misunderstood Product Owner Stance)
Chris Lukassen — November 26, 2019 What is a Gatekeeper? The Gatekeeper is the single point of contact between the Scrum Team and the outside world. The Gatekeeper tends to block all connections between the Development Team and its stakeholders; all communication goes through him/her. The Gatekeeper may be acting as or really being an … Continue reading The Gatekeeper (A Misunderstood Product Owner Stance)
Robbin Schuurman — November 28, 2019 The Project Manager is typically concerned with day-to-day progress of the Development Team. They rarely (or never) miss a Daily Scrum, they’re involved during the Daily Scrum and it might just be that they’re asking individual team members what they’ve done, what they’re going to do and if there’s … Continue reading The Project Manager (A Misunderstood Product Owner Stance)
Chris Lukassen — November 24, 2019 You’ve met them: slightly curved back, eyes glued to the screen, minimized font size and a 14 step template in Jira. Story, check. Acceptance criteria check. Examples, check. Logfiles, hmm still have to run that query. Mockups, check. Test scenarios, check. Linking all previously known issues to this one, … Continue reading The Story Writer (A Misunderstood Product Owner Stance)
Keira Koscumb — September 4, 2019 — September 4, 2019 The theory that innovation is necessary to maintain a successful business has evolved into a rule in today’s business climate. Companies are in a rush for the next big idea, vying with their peers to be labeled the “most innovative” in their industry. It’s a … Continue reading Innovation is The Misunderstood Silver Bullet
Blockchain Still Misunderstood By Many by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, Yesterday About 64% of organizations consider blockchain a tech initiative, but 46% of executives at these organizations feel unprepared to effectively use the technology, That’s according to Globant’s 2019 Blockchain Technology Business Guide, released this week. The findings are based on a survey of about 679 U.S. senior-level … Continue reading Blockchain Still Misunderstood By Many
Laura Levy — April 6, 2018 — April 6, 2018 Coming up with the right copy can be tough. You try to be clear, concise, and witty, and to pack a strong message in a small space. You scour the internet for just the right image to go with your text – something compelling, intriguing, … Continue reading Message Received and Misunderstood: When Readers Just Don’t Get You
Marcie Wiehagen — February 13, 2017 — February 13, 2017 Back on the second business day in January, I overheard a conversation between two accounting people about how deserted the office was during the holidays. The line that resonated was “there certainly weren’t any marketing people in the office!” Ouch! That is made even worse … Continue reading How the Value of the Short Break Is Misunderstood
