Posts Tagged ‘scrum teams’
The “Sashimi Method” for Building Software
So… we know that we’re supposed to be developing software incrementally, using an agile process like Scrum. We know we should be building our software a little bit at a time — coding, testing, and reviewing as we go, right? What does this actually mean? What do the increments look like? How big are they?…
Read MoreProduct Ownership is Hard
Scrum’s Product Owner has had an interesting journey over the years. At first, the Product Owner was a person outside the Scrum Team who had big responsibilities: The Product Owner “is the person who is officially responsible for the project”
Read MorePattern: Team Leader
Original Scrum is very powerful, but the fact that the Product Owner is outside the Scrum Team
can cause problems. We solve these problems by having a Team Leader.
Another Kind of Overloaded Product Owner
We all know that basic Scrum looks like this: I like to refer to this kind of Scrum as the “five people in a garage” kisnd of Scrum. In this metaphor, imagine the Team is all together in a garage, the Stakeholders live next door, and the Product Owner is talking to them over the…
Read MoreProduct Ownership and ‘Overloaded’ Product Owners
In this blog post I show that doing Scrum with an overloaded Product Owner may require two people. This has been done (in practice) for years, and I want you to know that it’s not a violation of Scrum — there is no need to apologize for it… 🙂
Read MoreExploring Scrum: The Fundamentals 2nd Edition
Exploring Scrum the 2nd Edition is here to help you with basic improvement to your agility. You can buy a copy by visiting the Amazon sale site with the full name of the book is Exploring Scrum: The Fundamentals. The Second Edition is updated with the most current information on Scrum techniques and implementation. Scrum…
Read MoreTeam Velocity and Story Points in Scrum
Learn more about Scrum and Team Velocity by reading a short piece from Dan Rawsthorne and Doug Shimp’s newly released second edition of “Exploring Scrum: The Fundamentals”
Read MoreR.A.T. – Remembering Agile Teams
One of our students in our Scrum classes sketched out a new way to remember agile teams: R.A.T. Take one handsome rat, combine him with great Scrum techniques and you’ve got a stunning, perceptive diagram.
Read MoreScrum Meetings: Painful or Successful?
Scrum meetings are a frequent and essential occurrence as we move through the Scrum framework. As a team member, a Product Owner, or a ScrumMaster, we have an obligation to facilitate meetings that are engaging. How to accomplish that?? It requires awareness and practice.
Read MoreI don’t like my teammates…
You don’t have to like your teammates. You don’t have to go to happy hour with your teammates or the office birthday parties with them. BUT this is what you do need.
Read More3Back Launches New Training: 4MAT® for Scrum Teams
 PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  3Back Launches New Training: 4MAT® for Scrum Teams ScrumMasters and their teams now can detect and maximize learning strengths to improve collaboration and build better client solutions. Racine, WI August 10, 2011- Today 3Back, a highly regarded Scrum consulting company, announced the newly developed training course, 4MAT® for Scrum…
Read MoreThe Scrum Wheel and the Learning Wheel United
Scrum teams spin the wheel daily.  Every product, story, and task begs for the Scrum wheel to be in motion.  Another wheel is spinning every time the Scrum team gathers.  Whether it be for a daily stand-up, a product demo or a sprint retrospective, the learning wheel is also present. Learning wheels churn through ideas and…
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