No Longer Tolerate ‘Blocked’ or ‘Waiting’ States
January 24, 20211 Month ago, I shared a thought at LinkedIn and the response was significant. It’s nice to see widespread agreement that this one, simple…
1 Month ago, I shared a thought at LinkedIn and the response was significant. It’s nice to see widespread agreement that this one, simple…
Foreword The following article was originally published in 2015 by my friend, colleague, and mentor, Mike Caspar . As he’s retired and in…
Foreword The following article was originally published in 2012 by my friend, colleague, and mentor, Mike Caspar . I have re-published it…
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…
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…
Starting with PSF (Professional Scrum Foundations), a crash-course in iterative & incremental product development with self-organizing…
Starting with PSF (Professional Scrum Foundations), a crash-course in iterative & incremental product development with self-organizing…
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…
Great Scrum Masters have a well-developed interpersonal intelligence (an eye for team dynamics), excellent group-facilitation skills, broad…
Considerations for Individuals — My Advice When individuals approach me with questions about training and certification, the conversation…
Context I am a Professional Scrum Trainer, PST, licensed by Scrum.org. I’ll not hide my obvious bias toward our catalogue of courses and…
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…
The Problem With so much discussion about teams and their work environments, it’s important we be careful with terminology…
The map below illustrates a classic problem with the common use of 'velocity' as a metric. Scenario Your family travels each weekend to a…
Approximately 600 people worldwide are authorized, by the authors of Scrum, to teach Scrum. I am honoured to be part of that expert…
A Workshop Facilitation Guide This sense-making workshop helps teach a team how to simplify valuable documentation and reduce wasteful…
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…
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 discussion is raging at LinkedIn about the Iron Triangle because the co-authors of Scrum say that “Scrum breaks the Iron Triangle…
One of the most powerful assumptions built in to Agile methods is that we learn by doing — that our learning, our planning, our problem…