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Team Retrospective — “Feeding the Machine for Corporate Review Season”
A Lean Startup is Going to Eat Your Lunch
Further Reading
I am a Professional Kanban Trainer with ProKanban.org
As I write this, there are 46 people worldwide authorized by the authors of The Kanban Guide to deliver Professional Kanban courses. I am…
An Agile Not-for-Profit Organization
Guidelines that Encourage Action If you feel that work needs to be done – it probably does. So, go ahead with it. If you feel responsible…
“Can we use Scrum with ‘remote’ staff?”
A Common Question I keep hearing from Scrum trainers that Scrum is not for remote teams. Is there any truth to that? The quick answer…
Certification Path for UX Leads
Starting with APS (Applying Professional Scrum), a crash-course in iterative & incremental product development with self-organizing teams…
Certification Path for Testers
Starting with APS (Applying Professional Scrum), a crash-course in iterative & incremental product development with self-organizing teams…
Certification Path for Solutions Architects
What Is a Solutions Architect (SA)? In my experience, Solutions Architect is a job title applied to one of these two roles: A developer who…
Certification Path for Scrum Masters
Great Scrum Masters have a well-developed interpersonal intelligence (an eye for team dynamics), excellent group-facilitation skills, broad…
Certifications: “If I Were You…”
Considerations for Individuals — My Advice When individuals approach me with questions about training and certification, the conversation…
Certification & Training Paths for Agile Practitioners
Context I’ll not hide my bias toward the Scrum.org and ProKanban.org certifications. Other organizations may provide similar courseware…
Does Your Team Produce ‘Bugs’?
Sub-title: Not Every Defect is a ‘Bug’ “Name It to Tame It.” Dr. Dan Siegal coined that phrase as a way of handling difficult emotional…
Defining Distributed, Remote, Co-located, and Dislocated Teams
The Problem With so much discussion about teams and their work environments, it’s important we be careful with terminology…
Velocity: Escape this Pitfall!
The map below illustrates a classic problem with the common use of 'velocity' as a metric. Scenario Your family travels each weekend to a…
I am a Professional Scrum Trainer with Scrum.org
Approximately 600 people worldwide are authorized, by the authors of Scrum, to teach Scrum. I am honoured to be part of that expert…
The Art of Agile Product Documentation
A Workshop Facilitation Guide This sense-making workshop helps teach a team how to simplify valuable documentation and reduce wasteful…
Looking for Work as a Scrum Master? Choose Wisely.
It appears to me there are more jobs available for Scrum Masters than ever before! Why is it so hard for some people to find employment with…
Canada’s “Phoenix Project” is the Reason Scrum Is Important
This is a story about one of Canada’s most amazing blunders. It's a story about a multi-billion dollar failed project and the reason Scrum…
A Scrum Team Increases Their Velocity by Doing Less Work
A discussion is raging at LinkedIn about the Iron Triangle because the co-authors of Scrum say that “Scrum breaks the Iron Triangle…
A Week in the Life of a Scrum Team
A Workshop Facilitation Guide The purposes of this activity are twofold: To illustrate for participants a few of the many real challenges…