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Patty Aluskewicz started a spirited discussion on LinkedIn with a poll, What is your favorite Scrum Event to facilitate and
I spoke recently on the topic of retrospectives and continuous improvement. Readers of this blog may recall that I have
I recently posted a question on LinkedIn about how to staff the Scrum Master role in a small organization with
Eighty percent of people who are using agile today use some flavor of the Scrum Framework. As you can imagine,
As agile approaches continue to spread in organizations, the demand for great Scrum Masters is expected to increase and outstrip
At a recent client, I noticed the managers participated as members of the Scrum Team. When I asked about whether
The recently published 2019 Scrum Master Trends report has a few interesting takeaways. The report is the result of a
I recently hosted a client workshop on how to improve the retrospective event in the Scrum Framework. Rather than focus
A pretty common complaint with the Scrum Framework is that there are too many Scrum meetings. Let’s explore this complaint
Being a Great Scrum Master can be Learned In my related post, I argued that most Project Managers make lousy Scrum Masters.
As a Scrum Master, listening is one of the most important tools in your tool box. While there are reasons
Don’t get mad at me. Though it may sound tough or critical, the reality is that most project managers make
The very first Agile Coach I ever had taught me the practice of using Norm Kerth’s Prime Directive to start my
In my previous article, I argued that using a distributed team with the Scrum Framework was a bad idea and
Recent studies show that 3 out of 4 Software Development Teams using the Scrum Framework are distributed, meaning that at
Last month I wrote about bad Scrum and other abuse of the Scrum Framework. One of the common abuses that
We’ve all seen it – Scrum Gone Bad I think we have all seen Bad Scrum and misuse of the Scrum
Inevitably, when working with organizations and helping them move from Waterfall to the Scrum Framework, there is a lot of
The new Scrum Guide, the definitive reference for the Scrum Framework, is out. As of November 7, Scrum co-creators Jeff Sutherland and
Back in June 2017, we released the first version of our Agile and Scrum Tip Sheet as a free download.
I have a client that has been using Agile and the Scrum Framework for the last 3 years. Let me
I always thought that crew looked like a cool sport and I’ve admired crew teams. In crew, team members in
People don’t use the pigs and chicken metaphor in the Scrum Framework for Scrum Teams much anymore. I tend to agree
I find that many of my clients today are trying to improve their use of the Scrum Framework. Many of
Many Scrum Masters act as if their job is to keep all the tasks up to date in the online
Several years ago I had the opportunity to support a growing consulting firm to move from waterfall development to the
In several previous posts I wrote about the retrospective which is a key event and perhaps the most important in
This is part two in my series of posts about improving your retrospectives. As I mentioned in my previous post,
The Purpose of the Scrum Retrospective In my last post, I talked about the Scrum Retrospective meeting and how the
Most people are aware of the retrospective meeting that is part of the Scrum Framework. It is a key improvement activity
The daily Scrum Meeting is the most frequent meeting in the Scrum Framework, making it important to be done well.
Earlier this week I was facilitating a discussion on agile estimating at a Meetup. A question came up about whether
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