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5 Whys to Explore Scrum with an independent Scrum Caretaker

Gunther Verheyen

I embarked on my Agile journey in 2003 when we wrapped eXtreme Programming in Scrum. Besides having engaged with many teams and organizations I have also created and facilitated many Scrum workshops and classes about various topics for various audiences since then. Warm regards Gunther independent Scrum Caretaker What?

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How to complain less and do more

Scrum.org

I believe branding this behaviour as a binary concept like “good” or “bad” rather than evaluating it in a spectrum doesn’t help at all. Agile Manifesto, Scrum Framework) to change this mindset and put individuals over processes from the outset. We will try to evaluate these sources in a Scrum Team context.

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Addressing The Elephant: And Why Most Conflicts In Teams Are Invisible

Scrum.org

And when you don’t see them, or don’t talk about them, it limits your ability as a team to grow and learn from it. There, they thoroughly impressed me with their experience in navigating conflicts in teams. The study concluded that the common belief that ‘conflict is good for teams’ is not supported by data.

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Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

Risk Management is essential for development and production programs. Effective Risk Management 2 nd Edition , Edmund Conrow, AIAA, 2003. This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to assess risks, their impacts, and handling strategies for software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods.

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A Compendium of Risk Management Resources

Herding Cats

This blog page is dedicated to the resources used to manage the risk encountered on software-intensive systems using traditional and agile development methods. Let's start with a critical understanding of the purpose of managing risk on software development projects. Risk Management is essential for development and production programs.

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Is Blue-print Thinking Limiting The Potential Of The Agile Community?

Scrum.org

Do you start a new Scrum team by explaining the roles, artifacts, and events? Do you rarely consider how to build coalitions and persuade people in power to support your work with Scrum? Are you thinking about the psychological needs of people and how to motivate them to work with Scrum? I think this is problematic.

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In-Depth: Stable Or Fluid Teams? What Does The Science Say?

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Recently, the concept of “fluid teams”, “dynamic reteaming” or “ad-hoc teaming” has gained traction in the Agile community. Although the concept has many different definitions, a characteristic they share is that members move in and out of a team during its lifetime. The need for fluid teams.