Work can flow across the Sprint boundary
There is nothing in the Scrum Guide that says that you can’t have workflow across the Sprint boundary. I’m going to suggest that not only can you, but you should as long as you don’t endanger the Sprint Goal. UPDATE: To find out how to allow work to flow across the Sprint boundary you can […]
Why is the PSPO a Great Fit for the 8-week Immersive Learning Experience?
Taking Your Skills to the Next Level with the PSPO Immersive Learning Experience The PSPO: Your Gateway to an Immersive 8-Week Learning Experience Have you ever pondered, “Why is the PSPO (Professional Scrum Product Owner) a terrific match for an 8-week immersive learning experience?” I’ve delved deep into this and am here to share my […]
Decoding Scrum Team Work: Balancing Sprint and Refinement Work
Software Development is not just a systematic process but a dynamic interplay of critical work that shapes the progress of your product. A Scrum team’s work can be classified into Sprint work and Refinement. To steer your Scrum Team towards success, it’s essential to understand, manage, and balance these two types of work. This article […]
Why are recessions a great time for organizations to evaluate the opportunity of agile?
Why are recessions a great time for organizations to evaluate the opportunity of agile? I think it’s a bit deeper than simply exploring agile. The best time to invest in your marketing, sales efforts, people, and processes is when the world is a deeply troubled place. It’s when things go wrong that you need to […]
How would you help organizations pitch the opportunity of agile internally?
How would you help organizations pitch the opportunity of agile internally? It depends on whether you are managing up or down. Managing up. If you are working on a team or with a team and you want to adopt agile, but your organization is not yet ready to make the transition from project management to […]
The Agility Guide to Evidence-Based Change: Using Scrum to Transform Your Enterprise
Many organizations want to gain a competitive advantage by improving the value they derive from software development. They desire to take advantage of opportunities, respond effectively and deliberately to challenges, all while controlling risk and optimizing the return on investment. These organizations often turn to Agile processes such as Scrum, and embrace initiatives to become […]
Release planning and predictable delivery
Many organisations wrestle with the seeming incompatibility between agile and release management and they struggle with release planning and predictable delivery.
Audience
What is your role? No matter what you role is we have something that caters to your needs. UX Designers Edit This Design work can sometimes feel slow, and not well suited to quick agile cadences and Scrum events, but that isn’t the case. Learn UX techniques that fit beautifully into Scrum, and practice these techniques […]
Professional Scrum is for everyone in your organisation
Recently I worked with a new customer in Denver to help them move towards a greater degree of Scrum in their software development. The idea that Scrum is for everyone in your organisation is kind of new, but it reflects the modern understanding of the way people work, and the rejection of Taylorism and command […]
Professional Scrum Training for the Ghana Police Service
Last time I talked about the Ghana Police Service (GPS) I was talking about Professional Organisational Change and the approach the Inspector General of Police (IGP) is taking; using Scrum to incrementally make changes to the organisation. While Nana Abban and the IGP have been focusing on the big picture, I have been in Ghana […]