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    Introducing Scrum via Buy a Framework

    Today I am going to share with you a engaging , interactive and brief exercise I use to teach Scrum in the first twenty... Read More
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    Getting Help with Daily Scrum Meeting

    Want to make your Daily Scrums a total waste of people’s time? Take a look at the following conversation – which represents... Read More
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    Best metrics for Scrum Teams

    Scheer’s Law – An Observation Regarding Metrics When I worked as an internal Scrum consultant for a San Diego biotech, I... Read More
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    Main Reasons Why I Avoid Sprint Zero

    Avoid Sprint Zero – Try Liftoff I have never been a big fan of the concept of Sprint Zero. Recently, I heard a story from a... Read More
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    Get the Data to Remove the Really Hard Impediments

    I was looking through some old notes and found this question from a LinkedIn group. “Has anyone experienced where... Read More
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    Purpose of a Sprint Backlog

    I came across this question\comment on the LinkedIn ScrumMasters group the other day asking about Burndown Charts and... Read More
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    Scale Scrum and Agile with LeSS Framework

    As it turns out, there is a way to do Scrum at scale and it’s name is LeSS – referring to the idea that less is the key to... Read More
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    Customer Interviews: Analyzing the Data

    She analyzes synergies, or synergizes analogies… or some such thing.—Edward Norton (as “Father Brian Finn”), Keeping the... Read More
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    Customer Interviews: How to Conduct the Interview

    My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.—Peter Drucker, American management... Read More
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    Customer Interviews: Getting Ready

    Personally I’m always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.—Winston Churchill, British prime minister Read More
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    Onshore ScrumMaster Offshore Team Does NOT Work

    A recent question in the Certified Scrum ProfessionalsLinkedIn Group, described a common scenario that people have when... Read More
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    Why Is Commitment Important to Scrum

    Commitment is essential to Scrum since it lies at the fundamental core of Scrum – personal accountability, the drive for... Read More
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    How to Improve Your User Stories

    Why does writing user stories have to suck so much? I recently heard from a colleague that they were looking for some... Read More
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    One Thing Executives Need to Know About Agile

    An agile consultant explained that the best way to get senior leadership on board with agile is for them to get Scrum... Read More
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    Done Ain’t Launchable

    I had the pleasure of seeing my colleague Barbara Nelson at Silicon Valley ProductCamp last Saturday. Her session on “Done... Read More