The 8 Stances of a Scrum Master
According to the Scrum Guide, the Scrum Master is responsible for ensuring Scrum is understood and enacted. Scrum Masters do this by ensuring that the Scrum Team adheres to Scrum theory, practices, and...
View ArticleDaily Scrum Drama
The Daily Scrum, or most of the time referred to as the “stand up.” Probably the most well-known event when we talk about Scrum. An event that lasts no longer than 15 minutes and where the Development...
View Article11 Ideas to Spice up Your Retrospective
This week I got a question from a colleague about the Scrum Retrospective. She’s Scrum Master of a team that for sure has room for improvement. But somehow, during the Retrospective nobody is really...
View ArticleThe Three Pillars of Empiricism (Scrum)
Empiricism means working in a fact-based, experience-based, and evidence-based manner. Scrum implements an empirical process where progress is based on observations of reality, not fictitious plans....
View ArticleEvolution of the Development Team
What are the characteristics of a good Development Team and how does a Development Team evolve when it is using Scrum? In my previous two blogs I described the pattern of an evolving Scrum Master and a...
View ArticleAgile Table Manners
Table Manners There is a striking similarity between good table manners and good agile behaviours – “agile table manners”. It is even more clear when viewed through the lens of the Scrum values:...
View ArticleScrum Myths: Quality is traded for speed in Scrum
One of the arguments used against Scrum and a common misconception at the same time is the idea that quality is traded for speed in Scrum. As a PST with years of experience in Quality Assurance I...
View ArticleThe 3rd Scrum Wave (a forward looking observation)
The Scrum framework thrives on empirical process control. The inspection of observable results gives us insights in what might be most valuable next, always acknowledging that the future is unwritten....
View ArticleScrum Myth: You can only Release the Product at the end of the Sprint
One of the recurring Scrum Myth discussions I have with colleagues, teams new to Scrum and those attending training when comparing Scrum & DevOps relate to a misinterpretation of the following...
View ArticleScrum Myths: Scrum is “Meeting Heavy”
When Scrum is introduced in a company, most of the time, the development team embraces it with lots of enthusiasm. Scrum embodies self-organizing, autonomous, multidisciplinary teams that acknowledges...
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