Sjoerd Kranendonk — December 14, 2018 — December 14, 2018 By now, most organisations are using Scrum, however, many of them feel like the agility of their organisation has degraded, and they might be right! Often, using Scrum starts out as a way to improve development efforts coordinated within an IT division or department, but … Continue reading Is Scrum Hurting Your Agility?
Robert Pieper — December 14, 2018 — December 14, 2018 Does a Scrum Master really need technical business knowledge? If you’re trying to break in the world of Scrum, you might be asking yourself: Does a Scrum Master really need technical knowledge? Do they need business knowledge? I’m here to set the record straight. It’s … Continue reading Do I Need Domain Knowledge to be an Amazing Scrum Master?
Paul Grew — November 27, 2018 — November 27, 2018 I’ve been in a situation a few times where I’ve interviewed a candidate for a role. I’ve matched their CV to a well-prepared job specification. I’ve prepped a whole bunch of competency-based questions that the candidate answered well. An offer has been made, but when … Continue reading Who Should Interview a Scrum Master?
Yuval Yeret — November 22, 2018 Follow @yuvalyeret — November 22, 2018 SAFe includes Scrum – so how come many Scrum practitioners and thought leaders consider it unsafe? The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is one of the most popular approaches to applying agile at scale out there. SAFe’s perspective is that “Nothing beats an Agile … Continue reading Improving SAFe Through Professional Scrum
Chee-Hong Hsia — November 20, 2018 — November 20, 2018 Ahhh… the never-ending debate. What’s the value of (Scrum) certifications? Is there any value? Why should you get certified? Is it even necessary? Hmmm… Definitely an interesting topic and when you start “googling” it, you’ll stumble upon many MANY yes, no, yes, no, maybe debates. … Continue reading The Value of Scrum Certifications
Yuval Yeret — November 13, 2018 Follow @yuvalyeret — November 13, 2018 “There’s no predictability/commitment in Agile/Scrum” Over the years I’ve heard my share of these kinds of statements from various levels of executives: “When my guys run a product development release I really want to know what I will get at the end so … Continue reading Risk-Aware Product Development (a.k.a. Scrum)
Jesse Houwing — November 1, 2018 — November 1, 2018 You’re likely to have been asked the question: “we need to go faster, how many more people do we need?” Most people naturally understand that just adding a random number of people isn’t likely to make us any faster in the short run. So how … Continue reading Scaling Scrum to the Limit
Louis-Philippe Carignan — October 26, 2018 — October 26, 2018 I have an important favor to ask to Scrum practitioners who are asking their team to commit themselves to their sprint backlog at sprint planning. If you do so, please stop. The Scrum Guide doesn’t mention committing to work planned at sprint planning. Have a … Continue reading The C Word in the Scrum Guide
Jasper Alblas — October 15, 2018 Follow @alblasj — October 15, 2018 Scrum Master. One of the mandatory Scrum roles. Ever important to dictate the Development Team what to do. Keep track of metrics. Gather people to the daily Scrum. Hold performance reviews. Make sure the team improves and that if more Development Team members … Continue reading Master, UP Your Scrum!
Ian Mitchell — August 23, 2018 — August 23, 2018 “I travel around the world constantly promoting my projects and endorsing products.” – Paris Hilton Agile coaching is a journey into irony. One of the chief discoveries you can make on this voyage is that the more experienced you become, the worse at the job … Continue reading Projects and Products in Scrum
