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In this article Simon Powers asks : “What is Agile?” It’s a question that’s been asked (too) many times, but again, it’s in Agile’s nature to keep changing so the question will probably stay around for a while 🙂 The article is about this diagram: The bottom line is: Many organizations think that they’re agile […]
I stumbled across this article on LinkedIn : “What is means to be an open leader”. It states : Being an open leader means creating the context others need to do their best work. It’s a definition that’s close to agile and it resonates with me. The initiator, the CEO of Red Hat, states that ‘context […]
I read this article: Where is the Agile I was promised ? It’s about the soul of agile and it expresses my feelings quite well. It’s message is: Agile is not a list of artifacts, but agile is a mindset. Or call it a Soul, which you, as a person working in a team should follow over it’s […]
“Yes, always! “ is my initial response. I’d even say: if you discard all of the ceremonials of Scrum and have to choose 1 to re-introduce, it should be the retrospective. Without a doubt. But I have a confession to make. Mike Cohn wrote an article that caught my attention, since I’m currently working with 2 teams […]
Is Scrum just a list with artefacts? A lot is written about Scrum. And Gunther also wrote a good story about signs you may have a wrong idea of it. Basically he states: Scrum is not a list of artefacts, but it’s a state of mind. I totally agree. As a ScrumMaster, I’m not interested […]