My friends at Integrum Technologies have a regular podcast they call The ScrumCast. Once in a while they invite me to hang on the microphones with them. Last January we did an episode of Agile Predictions for 2011. Well, we just had to follow-up this year to see how right (or wrong) we were and […]
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Limiting WIP: People, Organizations and Scrum
(It’s been a long time since I have posted. I’m back at it now!) I have seen a common thread all through my career. A problem experienced seemingly everywhere, at all levels, including with myself. This problem causes all sorts of dysfunctions and symtoms, from frustration and poor quality to wasted effort and missed deadlines. […]
AGL-101 at Gangplank in December, 2010
It’s December. Time for gifts and good feelings. Time for another free class! As I did in September, I’ll be teaching the four-hour workshop “AGL-101 ntroduction to Agile and SCRUM” on Saturday, December 18th. This is a no cost workshop where we will explore the basics of the Agile Manifesto and the Scrum Agile Framework. The class […]
Deep CSM Workshop
Last week I had the opportunity to be co-trainer in a Certified ScrumMaster Workshop. Mike Vizdos was the Certified Scrum Trainer leading the session. It was a small class with just four attendees. And they were awesome attendees with major contributions to the discussion! I learned some interesting things that I’ll try to pass on […]
Certified ScrumMaster Workshop Nov 17-18
I continue to explore my coaching and training abilities. Hopefully I am learning from those around me. Next week will be great opportunity to learn from both my original ScrumMaster trainer and from many of you! On Wednesday and Thursday, November 17-18 I will be co-teaching a Certified ScrumMaster Workshop. I am not a Certified […]
AGL-101 at Gangplank in September, 2010
I’m excited to announce that I’ll be teaching a four-hour workshop “Introduction to Agile and SCRUM” on Saturday, September 18th. At this no cost event, we’ll participate in exercises and discussion about the Agile Manifesto and the Scrum framework of agile project work. The class will be held at Gangplank HQ in downtown Chandler, Arizona. Gangplank […]
What Does A Product Owner Do, Anyway?
A recent question in the scrumdevelopment group captured my imagination. I had to write a response before sleeping. Most of this post repeats my message in the group. I’ve tried to polish it a bit for posterity. The Questions The original post in the group asked some hard questions about the role of the Product […]
“BDUF Scrum” – Don’t do it!
Finding the Theme I enjoy helping people with Scrum and Agile. The more I do it, the more I learn and enjoy it. Many of my recent in person and online encounters have had a similar flavor to them. I didn’t put my finger on it until this morning. In an online exchange people have […]
What I Did At Camp
Desert Code Camp, that is. Last Saturday, May 15th, was the seventh incarnation of Desert Code Camp. As I briefly announced before, Code Camp is a day of volunteer presenters and attendees bent on learning from each other. I throughly enjoy these events. Deeper Into Scrum My first session was “Going Deeper Into Scrum, An Agile […]
Dynamic Scrum Team Leadership
The most popular post in this blog, by far, is “Scrum Teams Have a Team Lead.” The hits from Google indicate that many people are trying to figure out the role of team leader when applied to Scrum. I have had one comment on the post expressing a negative opinion of not having a single […]
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