Scrum

    Stop met managen op ‘wanneer is het klaar’ en begin met vragen ‘hoe krijgen we de onzekerheid omlaag?’

    August 2022    Agile, Leadership, Planning, Scrum

    Jaarplannen In presentaties en spreadsheets worden de wensen, de verplichte verbeteringen en eventueel onderhoud en ondersteuning voor 2023 steeds duidelijker. De hoeveelheid werk wordt, met een natte vinger, enigszins ingeschat en BAM! opeens ligt er voor een aantal “Agile teams” een he-le-maal volgepland jaar. De moed zakt me in de schoenen, als “Delivery Manager”. Want […]

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    Wondering About Courage

    October 2018    Inspiration, Leadership, Scrum Values

    It’s great news that the Scrum Guide contains a new (ok, not that new anymore) focus on five values: Commitment. Focus. Openness. Respect & last but certainly not last: Courage.These values give direction to our work, our behavior and our actions. In a Scrum context the decisions we take, the steps we take, the way we play […]

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    Why is Why the Most Powerful Word in the Workspace?

    July 2016    Leadership, Retro

    Dan Sloan aks to challenge everyone in our workspace with the (sometimes annoying) WHY-Question. Why is this question important? “Why” do we exist? “Why” are we working on these particular Features? What makes it essential for our Customers? “Why” do we use Scrum to optimize business outcomes? How can we make it better and more focused? “Why” […]

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    I Want to Be a Laurence

    April 2016    Leadership, Roles, Scrum

    In this article, Simon Kneafsey describes his experience with a scrum master who was educated as an actor. Laurence worked only 2 years as a tester in a scrum team when he volunteered to become a scrum master. The only thing he could do, was learn to ask questions to make the team come up with solutions. Just because […]

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    A List of Pitfalls

    April 2016    Scrum

    Barry Overeem wrote a list of common pitfalls in Scrum, you might recognize (a few)  in them. Today, the one resonating with me is this one: Demonstrating the results to the Product Owner, instead to the stakeholders We can definitely improve on that one! The 5 Most Common Pitfalls of the Scrum Events

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    How Not to Do a Standup :)

    A video from Atlassian the old days (2013): about how not to do a standup. Just a nice teaser to the team to remind them to do preparation.

    What Exactly is an Agile Attitude of a Team?

    February 2016    Agile, Scrum

    If “Agile” means moving with quick, easy grace. “Being Agile” as an IT team might mean: Being able to easily and frequently release useful and quality software. If that definition is true, so is the following: Organizing yourselves in a team so you can easily handle changes Being ready for and responding to changes Maximizing […]

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    4 Immediate Improvements In Our Scrum Process

    June 2015    Agile, Scrum

    Attending a two day Scrum Master training by Jeff Sutherland & Serge Beaumont , I was drawn a very thorough picture of the success of the Scrum process . They proved from international & large longitudinal studies that teams doing Scrum were hyper-productive, swarming around topics and were feeling awesome. Who wouldn’t want that in their team? […]

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