Learn more about agile management anti-patterns the aspiring servant leader should avoid during the organization’s transition: From applying the Stage-Gate® approach...

Somewhere between the 15th and 45th minute of the first pre-sales call, the prospect usually asks me - "Based on what you have heard about our company, by when do you think we will be 100% Agile Transformed and what will it cost...

Este canvas de Scrum.org te permite hacer una revisión básica de como ha adoptado Scrum tu equipo y organización para identificar mejoras accionables. Esta herramienta se usa mejor en un taller colaborativo con los miembros de los equipos Scrum, el management y otros roles relevantes de la organizac...

Vielleicht habt ihr euch auch schon das ein- oder andere Mal über die Übersetzung mancher Wörter im Kontext von Scrum gewundert.

This experiment is about creating transparency around dependencies and the effect they have on your team’s ability to ship fast.

En este post vamos a aclarar y enfatizar la diferencias entre input, activity, output, outcome y impact.

El Product Owner es un líder que actúa de acuerdo a diversos escenarios y circunstancias. Ser un líder que atraviesa y vive estas situaciones exige que pueda adoptar diferentes posturas que le permitan mejorar la entrega de valor.

Is your organization really agile? How do you know? This whitepaper describes the foundation mindset, actions and behaviors of agile in four simple statements supported by 12 principles.

Scrum Master aufgepasst! Der Sprint beginnt nach dem Sprint Planning. Handelt es sich hierbei um einen Scrum Mythos oder Fakt?

Have you ever faced challenges in enabling effective adoption of Scrum in an organization? If not, you have something awesome going and this blog might not be a good use of your time.

Values drive behaviour. Therein lies the importance of the Scrum Values, for different people and roles involved in Scrum.

Twenty questions for you — the new Scrum Master — that fit into a 60 minutes time-box.

When I ask this rhetorical question in a training class or a coaching call, I often get knowing smiles and uncomfortable laughs. This problem shows up in Scrum Teams, and it shows up well beyond Scrum Teams.  In this post, we will explore the 3 common challenges that lead us to end a meeting with th...

What's up, awesome people? I hope you are having a good weekend. Recently, many people asked me how to write a perfectly detailed user story...

In this series of ‘In-depth’-posts, we take time to consider the bigger picture. This series is not about easy answers or practical tips, but to develop a more complete understanding of what may be going on.

Scrum se ha convertido en el marco ágil de trabajo más usado en el desarrollo de software en el mundo.

What is the biggest mistake managers make as they transition from a traditional command and control culture to an agile culture based on Servant Leadership and Self-Organization? What is the single most important adjustment needed in an Agile manager's focus?

One of the key stances of the Scrum Master is being a Coach. Often coaching is perceived as the art of asking powerful questions. How many times while taking a coaching stance do you ever feel like you’re chasing the coachee? Have you ever felt that the coaching sessions are going around in circles,...

En este video exploramos los límites de la autoorganización y el papel que desempeña el Scrum Master en la protección del equipo y el proceso empírico.

An attendee of a course I delivered recently reached out to me post course to ask a question. [This is something that I always encourage, with new knowledge often comes new questions]

The Scrum Master tactics series are a series of articles in which I write about and explore contemporary techniques that will aid you in your journey as a Scrum Master.

Suitable agile metrics reflect either a team’s progress in becoming agile or your organization’s progress in becoming a learning organization.

Put your understanding of the Scrum Framework to the test, with these 52 challenging cases for Scrum practitioners.

Le Sprint Planning est le premier évènement d'un Sprint. Son objectif est de collaborer à la planification du travail à effectuer durant le Sprint. C'est un timebox de 8 heures pour un Sprint d'un mois, proportionnellement moins pour un Sprint plus court. Toute la Scrum Team y participe.

¿Alguna vez te has preguntado qué hacen los gerentes en Scrum?

In late 2018, Vodafone New Zealand set out to improve its customer experience by adopting a ‘digital first’ mindset. Investing in agile would underpin this approach by introducing ways of working that reduce complexity, improve collaboration and bring the customer to the forefront of each decision.

Have you found yourself facepalming in cringe-worthy Sprint Reviews that degenerate into finger-pointing and food-fights? What are the top reasons why this happens? Would you be interested in learning some course corrections that might help you break out of this unhelpful pattern? If yes, watch this...

This blog is inspired by two books I read recently "The Power of Full Engagement" & "A-Team of Leaders".

I am continuing my exploration of the value of the Scrum Values for different people and roles involved in Scrum. Having explored the Scrum Values from a Product Owner perspective , I want to now consider the Scrum Values from the Stakeholder’s perspective.

What are the Scrum Product Owner's Accountabilities & Responsibilities? Are they just Business Analysts who detailed User Stories in JIRA?

Was denkst Du, handelt es sich hierbei um einen Mythos oder um einen Fakt? Die Antwort erfährst Du in meinem Scrum Mythen und Fakten Check.

Inspirado en la estructura liberadora TRIZ. Ser un buen Product Owner es un desafío que puede iniciar entendiendo su rol como promotor de la transparencia y del trabajo en equipo respetando los límites de la autoorganización.

Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world, a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand.

In this post, we explore eight common biases, underlying research and how they distort our thinking. We also offer what you can do to reduce them.

Scrum prescrit cinq événements, le Sprint en est le coeur et le conteneur de tous les autres. Il a une durée d'au maximum un mois, ou moins, au cours de laquelle un Incrément de produit...

With the launch of the Kanban Guide for Scrum teams in 2018, its 4 flow metrics have gained more popularity amongst the Scrum community.

Besides the earlier published English version, there's a Russian version of the paper "Scrum: a Framework to Reduce Risk and Deliver Value Sooner" as well!

Der Scrum Master muss beim Daily Scrum anwesend sein!

Angesichts des Hypes um Agilität, Business Agility und „New Work“ höre ich aus Unternehmen häufig: „Wir brauchen eine neue Kultur!“ Dieser Ausruf wird dann von Consultants gekontert mit dem Allgemeinplatz: „Kultur kann man nicht machen. Kultur entsteht!“ Wie aber entsteht diese Kultur? Und wesha...

If Scrum was a body, then the Scrum values would be the blood flowing through the body.

Desde a Revolução Industrial, o aumento da concorrência levou os negócios a estratégias que preservam e expandem sua participação no mercado. Mais de 100 anos atrás, Henry Ford, revolucionou a produtividade industrial com sua tecnologia de linha de montagem. Com o tempo, inúmeros outros aprimoraram,...

What looked like a good idea back in the 1990ies—outsourcing software development as a non-essential business area—has meanwhile massively backfired for a lot of legacy organizations.

Facing a large number of risks while delivering products seems to be normal. And, it is. It is common and natural. What we need to do, is manage the risk.

En est post vamos a cambiar un poco el formato y he preparado un video corto sobre historias de usuario de unos 5 minutos.

What I usually hear is “Scrum is great, but it doesn’t work in my organization, because...” and then follows a list of excuses why change is impossible or hard.

Have you been frustrated by unhelpful Sprint Reviews that result in nothing other than the sound of crickets or a cacophony of conflict? Would you like to learn what adjustments might help us make improvements? If yes, watch this webinar with Professional Scrum Trainer Ravi Verma and Steve Tallent o...

L'équipe Scrum est autogéré et pluridisciplinaire. Elle est composée de trois rôles avec des responsabilités clairement définies

Para ser exitoso con Scrum un Product Owner debe complementar sus competencias con prácticas y herramientas...

Some may confuse the word “Foundation” in the name of the Professional Scrum Foundation course to mean simple or basic. But in truth this means it is a course for everybody to build a solid base of knowledge,

The focus of this article is on one of the most important things giving lifeblood to the Product Backlog and promoting its characteristic of long-living artifact, the Innovation.