¿La integración continua está muerta?
Cuando empecé a trabajar, unas de las primeras cosas que me pidieron fue profesionalizar la construcción de software. Esto me lo pidieron como el 2010. Siempre pensé que pasaria de moda,…
Is revenue a good Product Goal?
Interestingly, so many organizations have revenue or profit as their Product Goals as well as Strategic Goals. Some organizations do not consider using Product Goals at all. Or they are…
Neun Sprint-Ziel-Prinzipien, die Ihr Scrum-Team in Schwung bringen 🇩🇪
In Kürze: Sprint-Ziel Prinzipien In Scrum dient das Sprint-Ziel als Schlaglicht, das Transparenz in das Sprint-Backlog bringt und gleichzeitig für Fokus und Zusammenhalt sorgt. Kein Scrum-Team war jemals in der…
Improving Private Equity Outcomes using Agility / Evidence-based Operating Systems
In this article, I’ll explore the need for and the attributes of an agile business operating system related to Private Equity (PE) portfolio companies. It hopefully helps leaders of such…
How are Done and your Product Backlog related? 🚀 (72)
We started this Scrum foundation series explaining we see four underlying concepts of the Scrum framework. In the past series of mails we covered the three pillars of Empiricism, the Scrum Values,…
Interview with the Scrum Cow
We interview the world's first Scrum Cow. As it turns out, Scrum has become very popular on the farm and cows everywhere are performing stand ups on a regular…
Minecraft Scrum – 3 Years of Teaching and lLarning
“The Minecraft experiments.” This is how I refer to each of the 4 times we are in the game within the course. Minecraft creates an immersive world, so players see…
The Efficiency Trap
Many people choose to do things efficiently, because they probably assume that it is the best way to be successful and that it is the best way to get the…
Employee Engagement and Professional Scrum – Part 3 of 5
In this post we will cover questions 4-6 of the Gallup Q12 Engagement Survey, and how they can be addressed through Professional Scrum. Question 4: In the last seven days, I have…
Employee Engagement and Professional Scrum – Part 4 of 5
In this post we will cover questions 7-9 of the Gallup Q12 Engagement survey, and how they can be addressed through Professional Scrum. Stay tuned for the 5th and final…
Minecraft Scrum – 3 years of teaching and learning
“The Minecraft experiments.” This is how I refer to each of the 4 times we are in the game within the course. Minecraft creates an immersive world, so players see…
Waterfall won the war with Agile!
Agility and self-organisation were beaten to a stalemate by hierarchy and command & control. We must fight back but can't do that while continuing to frame complex red practices in…
How can the Scrum Master support the Product Owner?
While talking to numerous Scrum Master over the last few years, I came across a concerning pattern. Although, we have Scrum Guide and other complementary resources, many Scrum Masters, especially…
Nine Sprint Goal Principles to Get Your Scrum Team Going
TL; DR: Nine Sprint Goal Principles In Scrum, the Sprint Goal serves as the spotlight that provides transparency to the Sprint Backlog, as the flag that allows the team to…