Reflections and findings triggered by an experience interview with Daniel Vacanti.

Indicator's of a team's health that's beyond velocity

Muitas pessoas que estão começando sua jornada como Scrum Master ou estão dentro de Scrum Teams, possuem dificuldade para entender o que é o Definition of Done (DoD), e a sua verdadeira importância. Na maioria das vezes, acabam confundido com critérios de aceite, ou limitam o compromisso a um simples check list, que após sua criação raramente é revisado pelo time. O desconhecimento sobre o assunto, faz com que essas pessoas tenham dificuldades na hora de realizar a prova e tirar a tão sonhada PSMI. Então resolvi escrever esse artigo para desmistificar o que é a Definition of Done e trazer exemplos da sua aplicação em diferentes situações.

Cuando empecé a trabajar, unas de las primeras cosas que me pidieron fue profesionalizar la construcción de software. Esto me lo pidieron como el 2010. Siempre pensé que pasaria de moda, que las máquinas montarían el software solas. Pues esta semana del 2022, me han pedido volver a definir una integración continua para una organización. ¿Tu crees que la integración continua está muerta?

Interestingly, so many organizations have revenue or profit as their Product Goals as well as Strategic Goals. Some organizations do not consider using Product Goals at all. Or they are not aware of this need.

Kein Scrum-Team war jemals in der Lage, die Vorteile des Frameworks in vollem Umfang zu nutzen, ohne das Sprint-Ziel zu einem Eckpfeiler seiner Bemühungen zu machen. Die folgenden neun Prinzipien weisen auf kritische Punkte hin, die jedes Scrum-Team auf seinem Weg zur Exzellenz berücksichtigen sollte.

In this article, I’ll explore the need for and the attributes of an agile business operating system related to Private Equity (PE) portfolio companies. It hopefully helps leaders of such companies and PE professionals focused on the operations side expand their perspective on what “Agile” and "Agility" mean in their world and how they can help them improve returns realized in their investments. 

We interview the world's first Scrum Cow. As it turns out, Scrum has become very popular on the farm and cows everywhere are performing stand ups on a regular basis! Watch to learn moooooooore! 

Many people choose to do things efficiently, because they probably assume that it is the best way to be successful and that it is the best way to get the highest value with the least amount of effort. But substituting efficiency for effectiveness makes things worse instead of better. The fact is that efficiency and effectiveness are two different things.

Here are my observations made after teaching Scrum using Minecraft Education for approximately 3 years. Minecraft is used to create a world (metaverse?) in which students are asked to develop a product. The immersive nature of the platform replicates the workplace and invites students into reflection how are they approaching work as an individual and as a team.

Improving Employee Engagement with Professional Scrum (Questions 7-9 of Gallup's Q12 Survey)

Improving Employee Engagement with Professional Scrum (Questions 4-6 of Gallup's Q12 Survey)

Agility and self-organisation were beaten to a stalemate by hierarchy and command & control. We must fight back but can't do that while continuing to frame complex red practices in a complicated blue context.

In this article I will focus on both the theoretical aspects of true leader who serves as well as practical.

No Scrum team has ever been able to reap the benefits of the framework without making the Sprint Goal a cornerstone of its efforts. The following nine principles point at critical issues any Scrum Team needs to consider on its path to excellence.

​​​​​​​According to the 2020 Scrum Guide, “The purpose of the Sprint Retrospective is to plan ways to increase quality and effectiveness.”  Scrum Teams must take the Retrospective seriously to achieve these outcomes.  In this article, we will look at four tips for getting the most from your Sprint Retrospective and provide several agenda ideas that you can use to keep this event fresh.

Lohnt sich der Besuch einer Konferenz noch? Können wir nicht bereits alles im Internet lesen? Geben wir in die Amazon-Buchsuche „Scrum“ ein, dann erhalten wir 10000 Treffer. Auf dem Scrum.org-Blog wurden allein im Juli 60 Artikel zu Scrum veröffentlicht. Und auf YouTube erscheinen jeden Tag mehr als 10 Videos zu Scrum. Trotzdem besuche ich weiterhin Konferenzen. Heute ist die Herausforderung eben nicht mehr, wie ich an Wissenswertes zu Scrum komme, sondern wie ich dieses Wissen bei der Lösung komplexer Probleme anwende. Aus meiner Sicht eignen sich Konferenzen dafür besonders. Natürlich geht es nicht ohne etwas Vorbereitung. Im Folgenden findest du drei Tipps. Wenn du diese beherzigst, wird sich auch für dich jeder Konferenzbesuch lohnen.

Des del punto de vista de agilidad, no debemos olvidar nunca que en 2001 el Agile Manifesto fue concebido para el desarrollo ágil de software. En las organizaciones modernas, hay una lucha constante con las que tienen éxito o fracasan en su capacidad para desarrollar, entregar y aprovechar el software que entregan. ¿Cómo entrega hoy tu organización? Te invito a ver como podría hacerlo mejor

What is Large Scale Scrum (LeSS)? LeSS is a de-scaling framework. Also referred to sometimes as a scaling framework, but it's really aimed at simplification and it's designed for product development. This article explores what large scale scrum is about as well as its events. https://linktr.ee/johncolemanxagility - social and podcast links https://linkpop.com/orderlydisruption - order training from right here

Motivation matters! If you have a suitably motivated team, who are empowered, resourced and focused they will likely overcome most obstacles in their way.

In diesem inspirierenden 44. Hands-on Agile-Meetup stellte Allan Kelly eine Sache klar: Das Produkt-Backlog war eine großartige Idee, bis sie es nicht mehr war. Erfahren Sie mehr über Allans Lösung für übergroße Produkt-Backlogs.

Scrum and Digital are not the same things, but often Digital Transformations comprise some sort of agile change. In this blog, Dave West discusses a recent Dare To Lead Podcast where the overlap between Scrum and Digital was apparent. He discusses the six elements of a digital strategy and their relationship with Scrum.

The Mid Sprint Check-in, Demo, or Review: these meetings make Scrum much less effective while giving the illusion of control and predictability and may be masking other problems. Does your Scrum Team need another meeting?

In this vlog, PST Joshua Partogi explains the differences between project management and product management and how to use Scrum from a product perspective.

In this article, we will discuss how limiting Work in Progress can help teams deliver a done increment which meets the Sprint goal.

The backlog was a great idea until it wasn’t. Many successful teams deliver backlog items daily, but their backlogs aren’t getting smaller. Learn more about Allan’s remedy for oversized product backlogs in less than an hour.

Die Chancen stehen gut, dass dein Team jeden Sprint erneut vor folgendem Problem steht: Einerseits möchtet ihr die Einträge im Product Backlog vor dem Sprint in Story Points schätzen, um die Komplexität der Arbeiten besser zu verstehen. Andererseits sollt ihr gegenüber dem Kunden ein Datum angeben, wann das Feature geliefert wird. Wir haben also immer wieder diese Schwierigkeit: Dein Team schätzt in Punkten, aber der Kunde möchte ein Datum.

En cada formación, en cada consultoría, en cada acompañamiento y en cada día que estoy ayudando equipos surge esta pregunta. ¿Es Scrum para mi organización?, y la respuesta muchas veces deja indiferente al preguntador. La respuesta se basa en el Cynefin o en el Stacey Chart. En artículo siguiente te muestra como ver si Scrum es para ti o no.

El liderazgo Ágil es fundamental para dar soporte al proceso de cambio y de otros tipos dentro de una organización. El líder ágil se puede ver desde varias perspectivas, pero su centro es la responsabilidad del crecimiento de las personas y el foco en la mejora de la entrega de valor y los resultados de negocio. Ser un soporte cultural del trabajo en equipo y la autogestión es vital para que se produzca la Transformación ágil en una organización.

An effective Daily Scrum is crucial to a healthy Scrum Team. So why is it so often boring, ineffective, and unhelpful? Jason has an idea on how to make it better, drawing inspiration from an unlikely source: American Football teams.

Der Zweck dieser anonymen Scrum Master Gehaltsumfrage 2023 ist es, einen klaren, datengestützten Benchmark zu erstellen, der es allen Mitgliedern der agilen Gemeinschaft ermöglicht, zu verstehen, ob ihre Vergütung angemessen ist. Der Bericht wird kostenlos sein.

The Scrum framework is not a set of work instructions; instead, the framework is a guide within which teams learn how to work together to deliver value to the organization and discover which complementary practices work best for them.  However, some see Scrum as a rulebook and take the guidelines too far.  Others consider one or more of the complementary practices as “required”.  In this article we will discuss a few of the common missteps that give Scrum a bad name.

Improving Employee Engagement with Professional Scrum (Questions 1-3 of Gallup's Q12 Survey)

Between Agility and Better Business Outcomes is Employee Engagement

Are you in the market for a new Scrum Master or Agile Coach? Do you need any help in preparing questions for the job interviews? Here is a short video with 10 questions I would like you to consider based on what I have learned about the art and craft of Scrum Mastery and Agile Coaching from Scrum.org, the Co-Active Training Institute and the ROI Institute. Word of warning - there might be an unexpected twist towards the end of the video, in case you make it that far :)

Is having specialists on Scrum Teams a good or bad thing? Find out as we discuss the pros and cons of specialized skills on a Scrum Team.

The purpose of this anonymous Scrum Master salary report 2023 is to create a clear, data-backed benchmark that allows everyone in the agile community to understand whether their compensation is adequate.

Viele Unternehmen haben sich für Scrum als Prozess entschieden, um ihre Wertschöpfung zu steuern. Dabei gibt es nur ein Problem: Scrum ist eben kein Prozess. Scrum ist lediglich ein Rahmen, innerhalb dessen Teams einen Wertschöpfungsprozess erstellen und kontinuierlich verbessern können. Die kontinuierliche Verbesserung fußt dabei auf den drei Säulen der empirischen Prozesssteuerung: Transparenz, Überprüfung und Anpassung. Vernachlässigen Teams eine dieser Säulen, dann kommt es zu Dysfunktionen. Diese Dysfunktionen sorgen dafür, dass die Verbesserung der Wertschöpfung ausbleibt. Wenn du mehr über diese Dysfunktionen erfahren willst, dann lies weiter…

Cualquier persona que ejerza bajo las responsabilidades del Product Owner sabe que está muy ocupado y para ser de los mejores product owners debe desarrollar habilidades diversas. La Guía Scrum establece que las responsabilidades del Product Owner recaen en la gestión eficaz del Product Backlog. ¿Sabes cuáles? ¿Sabes que habilidades debe desarrollar un Product Owner?

In this podcast, PST Joshua Partogi share what he often explains to senior executives in the company about whether the company actually need a Scrum Master or an Agile Coach.

The Scrum Master is accountable for facilitating change by creating transparency so that inspection and adaptation can occur. However this is not something that is often seen as the Scrum Masters main responsibility. Often the Scrum Master is urged to facilitate Scrum Events or other sessions. While facilitating sessions is not wrong, the reason why often is.

Im August hat Scrum.org ein neues Assessment zusammen mit einem neuen Kurs veröffentlicht. Das Professional-Scrum-Facilitation-Skills-Assessment (PSFS) hilft dir, dein Facilitation-Wissen zu evaluieren. Ich habe bei der Vorbereitung mitgewirkt und kann deshalb wertvolle Einsichten in Scrum und die Facilitation mit dir teilen. Wenn du vorhast, dich an die Prüfung zu wagen, dann lies weiter.

In seinem Theorieteil verweist der Scrum Guide auf die drei Elemente der Scrum Empirie: Transparenz, Inspektion und Adaption. Ein viertes Element, das die Grundlage für die Empirie bildet, ist jedoch in einem Satz über die Scrum-Werte versteckt.

Within the Scrum community, Open Space Technology is a common practice. This post can be useful to make the most out of it! 

Can you be held accountable for something you cannot control? Yes! A Scrum Master does just that. Explore the challenges of leadership without authority as we look at the Scrum Master accountability.

Given that the Product Owner may represent the needs of many stakeholders, these stakeholders will lobby for their requests.  Unfortunately, some stakeholders often intimidate others as a means to get what they want.  Some will argue publicly, and some will take it offline. Facilitation skills will help you successfully navigate difficult conversations.

Given that the Product Owner may represent the needs of many stakeholders, these stakeholders will lobby for their requests.  Unfortunately, some stakeholders often intimidate others as a means to get what they want.  Some will argue publicly, and some will take it offline.  Facilitation skills will help you navigate potentially difficult conversations.

In its theory section, the Scrum Guide refers to the three elements of empiricism: transparency, inspection, and adaptation. However, a fourth element, foundational to enable empiricism, is hidden in a sentence on Scrum Values.

Am 22. August wollte ich einen neuen Kurs launchen. Ich habe die Trainingsunterlagen angefertigt, die Trainingsbeschreibung geschrieben und Blogartikel zur Ankündigung vorbereitet. Sonntagabend war alles im Content-Management-System eingepflegt. Montagmorgen drückte ich den Button „veröffentlichen“. Es passierte nichts. Die Beiträge wurden zwar veröffentlicht, allerdings nicht über die Social-Media-Kanäle ausgespielt. Jetzt gab es einen neuen Kurs, aber niemand erfuhr davon. Diese Erfahrung führte mir wieder vor Augen, was die Voraussetzung für erfolgreiche Produktentwicklung ist:

Esta semana Scrum.org anunció un nuevo curso basado en habilidades que se enfoca en la facilitación. Se llama Professional Scrum Facilitation Skills (PSFS) y proporciona una experiencia de aprendizaje práctica centrada en el desarrollo de habilidades de facilitación y la mentalidad para aplicarlas para liderar personas y equipos. Pero, ¿Facilitación? ¿Eso es para mi? Vamos a analizarlo según el articulo original de Scrum.org