Agile becomes Easier with Useful Tools
For the last 3 months I have been lucky to work with tools and in an environment that is agile. My job requires lots of small projects and tasks and my job title is clear but my work is every changing....
View ArticleThree Ways of Expanding the Scrum Definition of “Done”
The Definition of “Done” is an important concept that helps us understand how to produce working, potentially shippable software at the end of every Sprint. Previously, I wrote about how to expand the...
View ArticleThe Rules of Scrum: I volunteer for a new task from the Sprint backlog as...
Every Scrum Team Member should be working on tasks in the Sprint Backlog. Generally speaking, this should be one task at a time with little or no work done on work that is not on the Sprint Backlog....
View ArticleThe Rules of Scrum: I never tell any other individual team member which task...
All tasks done by individuals on a Scrum Team must be chosen voluntarily. If one Team Member, in any way, tells another Team Member what task to work on, this breaks the principle of self-organization...
View ArticleComparison of the ScrumMaster, Product Owner, Project Manager and Team Lead...
Learn more about our Scrum and Agile training sessions on WorldMindware.comOften in my classes, I’m asked for a clear comparison between the various traditional roles and the new roles in Scrum. Here...
View ArticleFamily Kanban for Cleaning
Learn more about our Scrum and Agile training sessions on WorldMindware.comTwo nights ago I had a great discussion with my son, Justice Berteig, about how we have been managing to do house cleaning...
View ArticlePitfall of Scrum: Assigning Tasks
Learn more about transforming people, process and culture with the Real Agility ProgramEven though the concept of self-organizing teams has been around for a long time, still some people think that a...
View ArticlePitfall of Scrum: ScrumMaster as Contributor
Learn more about transforming people, process and culture with the Real Agility ProgramThe ScrumMaster is like a fire-fighter: it’s okay for them to be idle – just watching the team – waiting for an...
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