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NOVEMBER 30, 2020

This post was written collaboratively by Christiaan Verwijs, Barry Overeem, and Johannes Schartau. We also offer 40+ experiments to recover from Zombie Scrum. In this series, we share experiments that didn’t make it to the book but are still very helpful.

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AUGUST 19, 2021

Picture by Christiaan Verwijs. This also connects well to our other study with 1.159 Scrum teams (Verwijs & Russo, 2021). This also matches the findings of another study ( Verwijs & Russo , 2021). This study suggests that Developers are in fact the most important contributors to successful Agile transformations.

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MAY 29, 2023

In the past years, Johannes Schartau, Christiaan Verwijs, and I wrote many articles on Zombie Scrum. Heck, we even wrote a complete Zombie Scrum Survival Guide ! I’d like to believe that since our book, Zombie Scrum completely disappeared.

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MAY 19, 2020

We — Johannes Schartau , Christiaan Verwijs , and Barry Overeem — are currently up to our necks in the process of writing a Survival Guide for Zombie Scrum. Why don’t you give the Zombie Scrum Symptoms Checker a try? Sign up for the book.

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APRIL 8, 2021

Figure 7 The risk of absent or bad Goals Source- Barry Overeem and Christiaan Verwijs. This understanding of agile is just wrong. Any initiative without a clear goal is futile. It puts everyone at risk as shown in Figure 7. .

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MARCH 19, 2022

I did incorporate my new ideas into the Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master II class , which I created together with Christiaan Verwijs. I never updated the original paper with my new insights. The popularity of the original paper exceeded my wildest expectations. I don’t have the intention to completely rewrite the original paper.

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AUGUST 25, 2023

Since Christiaan Verwijs and I started the development of the Scrum Team Survey, almost 12.000 teams and 30.000 people diagnosed the state of their team. This post isn’t intended as a promotion, our survey is one example of a diagnosis tool. Totally fine if you have your own, the challenge I describe in this article remains valid.

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MAY 17, 2022

To answer the question of what makes Scrum teams effective, we analyzed data from 1.900 Scrum teams from across the globe (Verwijs & Russo, 2021). For the full definitions and details on how we measured this, please consult Verwijs & Russo (2021). Verwijs, Christiaan, and Daniel Russo. “A Springer, Cham. Shastri, Y.,

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Johannes Schartau , Christiaan Verwijs , and Barry Overeem ?—?are If you’re interested in learning the detailed steps on how to conduct these experiments: sign up for our “ Zombie Scrum Survival Guide ’”. Sign up for the book. are currently up to our necks in the process of writing a Survival Guide for Zombie Scrum.

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AUGUST 17, 2022

Use Generative Relationships STAR during the kickstart of a new team (picture by Christiaan Verwijs). Three obvious opportunities to use the tool are: During the kickstart of a new Scrum team; To assess the relationships within an existing Scrum team; To evaluate a Scrum team that feels they can improve collaboration.

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Scrum.org

AUGUST 7, 2018

With the “embargo” lifted by Scrum.org, we can now share with you the incredible journey that Christiaan Verwijs and I have been on for the past months. This is why Christiaan and I set out to develop an advanced class where we wanted to deepen and broaden the understanding of Scrum and the role of the Scrum Master.

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MARCH 15, 2020

Johannes Schartau , Christiaan Verwijs , and Barry Overeem ?—?are Why don’t you give the Zombie Scrum Symptoms Checker a try? It’s completely free and anonymous and offers your team a profile that helps you identify the areas for improvement. Sign up for the book.

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JUNE 10, 2020

Johannes Schartau , Christiaan Verwijs , and Barry Overeem ?—?are Why don’t you give the Zombie Scrum Symptoms Checker a try? It’s completely free and anonymous and offers your team a profile that helps you identify the areas for improvement. Sign up for the book.

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APRIL 13, 2020

your ‘Mythbusters’ Christiaan Verwijs & Barry Overeem ?—?address Instead, Scrum provides the minimal boundaries within which teams can self-organize to solve complex problems with an empirical approach. This simplicity is its greatest strength, but also the source of many misinterpretations and myths. In this series of posts we?—?your

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

It was a privilege to experience the course stewards Barry Overeem and Christiaan Verwijs facilitate the course in a way that I could only strive to reach. I attended the PSM II course myself back in June at a Train the Trainer event at Scrum.org HQ ahead of its launch. It changed the way I think.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Christiaan Verwijs and I created the Scrum Team Survey to support Scrum and other Agile teams in their continuous improvement loop. This article is also available as a free PDF on our webshop. It’s a nicely styled paper and allows you to easily share it with others. You can download the PDF here.

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DECEMBER 27, 2019

We — Johannes Schartau , Christiaan Verwijs , and Barry Overeem — are currently up to our necks in the process of writing a Survival Guide for Zombie Scrum. So go out and include your customers and users into the development of your product. It will be much better because of it. Sign up for the book.

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JANUARY 15, 2020

We — Johannes Schartau , Christiaan Verwijs , and Barry Overeem — are currently up to our necks in the process of writing a Survival Guide for Zombie Scrum. Why don’t you give the Zombie Scrum Symptoms Checker a try? Sign up for the book.

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OCTOBER 24, 2023

What recommendations do you have to help a team start improving❓ This post by Christiaan Verwijs might be a good starting point: " What Is This Thing Called Business Value? ". What's your experience with defining 'value' for a Scrum team? What's your take on the term?

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FEBRUARY 19, 2020

In the Scrum.org PSM II class, which Christiaan Verwijs and I designed together with Scrum.org, the Manager isn’t mentioned as a separate stance anymore either. For example, servant-leadership is an attitude and mindset you should always have. It’s something by which you fulfill all the other stances.

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APRIL 5, 2022

It’s something Christiaan Verwijs and I have been working on for the past years. An alternative approach that’s more helpful, doesn’t compromise on the rules of the Scrum framework but also acknowledges the tough challenges many teams and organizations face. In this blog post, I share my thoughts on this alternative approach.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2022

At the time, a few gentlemen in the name of Barry Overeem and Christiaan Verwijs just created the PSMII class and I decided to reach out to them for advice. I started to define ideas that I could do to get more knowledge and ideas that I could directly apply. Ask Scrum.org for a coach to support you through the process.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Johannes Schartau , Christiaan Verwijs , and Barry Overeem ?—?are If you’re interested in learning the detailed steps on how to conduct these experiments: sign up for our “ Zombie Scrum Survival Guide ’”. Sign up for the book. are currently up to our necks in the process of writing a Survival Guide for Zombie Scrum.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

your ‘Mythbusters’ Christiaan Verwijs & Barry Overeem ?—?will Instead, Scrum provides the minimal boundaries within which teams can self-organize to solve complex problems with an empirical approach. This simplicity is its greatest strength, but also the source of many misinterpretations and myths. In this series of posts we?—?your

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JULY 25, 2021

In December 2020, Johannes Schartau , Christiaan Verwijs , and I published the Zombie Scrum Survival Guide. We wrote it to help readers understand why Scrum so often descends into Zombie Scrum and to offer practical and down-to-earth help. Zombie Scrum isn’t something you fix with one simple experiment.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

Why Scrum Requires Completely "Done" Software Every Sprint , by Christiaan Verwijs. But if you need to get started right away, here are some articles which should help you: Improving Your Definition of Done , by Simon Reindl. Walking Through a Definition of Done , by Ian Mitchell. Conclusion.

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OCTOBER 30, 2018

This week, we’ll be teaming up with web-agency Fonkel and animator Laurens Verwijs for a 5 day Sprint to realize this idea. Because we (Christiaan and I) also contribute to the Sprint with work related to development?—?e.g. A couple of weeks ago we announced the development of the new website for The Liberators.

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JULY 1, 2023

With our own company — The Liberators — Christiaan Verwijs and I also use a Sprint rhythm. A good Scrum Master isn’t stuck to Scrum and supports the team with an approach that suits them the best. “A A good Scrum Master isn’t stuck to Scrum and supports the team with an approach that suits them the best.”

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

These are some histories that have inspired me: Christiaan Verwijs. I would like to invite you to start your own journey and join this amazing community. Click in this link to become a PST. If you want to read more inspiring stories from others PSTs. Shirley Santiago and more here.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

We — Johannes Schartau , Christiaan Verwijs , and Barry Overeem — are currently up to our necks in the process of writing a Survival Guide for Zombie Scrum. The purpose of this article is to create awareness for the whitepaper and to help you decide if you’re willing to invest time in reading the 12-page paper.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

We - Christiaan Verwijs , Johannes Schartau , and myself - love the Scrum Framework for what it makes possible. , “Should a bug be on the Product Backlog?” or “Should I stop the Daily Scrum exactly at 15 minutes?”. It’s easy to get stuck in the minutia when you forget (or don’t see) the bigger picture.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Barry Overeem and Christiaan Verwijs. Give them a try, and unleash the superpowers of your team, organization, and community! Unleashing Teams All Over The World. We are The Liberators?—?Barry Our mission is to create data-driven products to unleash the superpowers of teams all over the world. Awesome content for awesome teams.

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MARCH 6, 2020

It’s also a great way to get a sense of who your users are and what they’re looking for; - Picture by Christiaan Verwijs. You can even film the session if the user doesn’t mind. Rinse and repeat to gather feedback from different users. Our findings. Take sufficient time to prepare the survey questions that observers use.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Barry Overeem and Christiaan Verwijs. Give them a try, and unleash the superpowers of your team, organization, and community! Unleashing Teams All Over The World. We are The Liberators?—?Barry Our mission is to create data-driven products to unleash the superpowers of teams all over the world. Awesome content for awesome teams.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Two years ago Christiaan Verwijs and I started the process of creating this new training for Scrum Masters?—?obviously The class teaches students about related practices and skills to enable them to have the right types of conversations and how to apply them to become better Scrum Masters.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

A couple of years ago, Christiaan Verwijs and I created the “ Definition of Done exercise ” for the Scrum.org Professional Scrum Master II class to make transparent what this means, and what happens when teams are unable to do so.

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JULY 16, 2019

That’s one of the first statements Christiaan Verwijs and I make at the start of the Scrum.org PSM II class. The start and support of the Dutch Liberating Structures user group. Let’s explore these initiatives in more detail. The Professional Scrum Master II class. “We We are not the experts!”.

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