I have been pondering lately what the purpose of a Scrum Master or Iteration Manager is. Many believe that it is a 100% full time role. Some are even concerned that there are formal positions springing up for this role. Here is my stance (and work in progress model) on the role: The purpose of …
Last week Assembla posted the 7 things they hate about Agile. Here is my take on their seven things I hate about people that hate Agile: 1) My cultural norms are not your cultural norms Apparently according to Assembla everyone that does Agile is old. Damn I have been doing Agile since I was 27. …
In April 2002 Rob Thomsett released his successful book Radical Project Management. Contained within was a little gem known as Project Success Sliders. In normal Project Management there is a well known term called ‘the Iron Triangle’. This triangle represents the three key facets that a Project Manager needs to normally watch like a hawk …
It all started with a problem with the way we were doing software development. Projects took years with “phases” such as Requirements, Design, Development and System Testing taking six months each. We used to create thud factors where our value was determined by how much the table shook as we laid down our documents that …
When people think of the term ‘gamer’ it engenders ideas of pasty white teenagers living their days in a zombie like state in the basement of their parents house spending over forty hours a week with their eyes glued to the pixels on their screen smashing keys on their keyboard. Despite this stereotype, 72% of …
Over the weeks we have had considerable deep dives into Scrum and how it has evolved over the last ten years. The first week we looked it at a high level, then we had a look at the roles, ceremonies and artifacts. Now we have the opportunity to see how it has not evolved. It …
In Part 1 of Scrum evolution over time we looked at the high level overview of Scrum and how it has changed over the years. In part 2 we looked at the roles and part 3 we looked at the ceremonies and how they have adapted, or not, over the years. It is now time to have a look at …
In Part 1 of Scrum evolution over time we looked at the high level overview of Scrum and how it has changed over the years. In part 2 we looked at the roles and how they have adapted, or not, over the years. It is now time to have a look at the key activities and ceremonies. …
Daily retrospectives are is not a new idea, but it is important to recognise and re-iterate that there are other things than just running a retrospective at the end of each iteration. Consider the heart of Agile for a moment – it is a reflective improvement framework aimed at dealing with the complexities of imperfect …
In a previous post I shared my wonderment of how teams work hard to reach peak performance when they cannot see each other in the gaming world. I see great synergies here with Agile – how different is it when software development is done in a distributed or offshore manner? Let’s take a look at the techniques gaming …
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