Über die Jahre habe ich viele Mentoren gefunden. Wenn ich zurückblicke, dann sind diese Beziehungen das Geheimnis meiner Weiterentwicklung als Scrum Master und jetzt als Professional Scrum Trainer. Da ich…
What is Psychological Safety? Psychological safety is the belief that you will not be punished or humiliated for speaking up with ideas, questions, concerns, or mistakes. It is about creating…
In the Winter of 2016 - 2017, I changed jobs. I had been working as an Agile Coach at a 60-person technology start up here in Toronto, Canada and after…
In my previous blog Are you familiar with Agile Organization Design?, I introduced the Star Model. In this post, I build on that to show aligned and unaligned organization design. Developing…
Who is responsible for making and maintaining the Sprint Backlog? Who creates the Sprint Goal? Is it necessary to have a Sprint Goal in every Sprint, and is it…
In this article I share the case of mitosis – splitting a large team of 19 people into two independent feature teams working from a single Product Backlog. After the…
Because Scrum doesn’t promote a rigid set of steps or practices, it’s well-suited to developing products in complex, unpredictable environments. Teams are free to self-manage and find ways to work…
*In this article references to "workitems" shall be construed as "product backlog items". What is throughput? The number of product backlog items that the Kanban system members deliver to the…
What helps in my experience is to Define Acceptance Criteria for your Problems. That means, with some coaching questions you might be able to get a better and clear picture…
In this vlog, Professional Scrum Trainers, Andreanna Marshall and Scott Adams tell you about a company that failed spectacularly... and then turned it around with a 'Scrum Reboot'! Most companies would have given up…
TL; DR: Workshop Design with ChatGPT The following article explores whether we can use ChatGPT-4 to create workshops for agile practitioners; for example, Scrum Masters. While Liberating Structures have simplified…
Although conflict is a natural part of working with others even moderate conflict in teams decreases their productivity. This means that teams have to learn how to navigate conflict effectively…
Hast du dich jemals gefragt, welche Auswirkungen Stellenanzeigen für „Junior-Scrum-Master“ auf unsere Branche haben? In diesen Stellenanzeigen ist praktisch alles optional: Praktische Erfahrung in der Softwareentwicklung, Moderation, Coaching oder Know-how…
Effective Stakeholder Engagement is key to the success of the product and one of the essential skills all product people should have. This article is part 1 of the Effective…
As the most popular agile framework, organizations use Scrum for doing complex work in sectors ranging from software and hardware development to marketing and recruitment. With this widespread adoption, some…