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What You Need to Know about the 2020 Scrum Guide

Scrum.org

What is important about Scrum is that it is a framework, and Scrum Teams need to define their process, practices, and tools within the framework. If you’ve taken a Professional Scrum course with me or read my book , you know my thoughts on best practices. Having a team within a team was a bit confusing.

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Government Lessons in People Over Process

Leading Answers

My first opportunity to create and run a large agile team did not start well. Having had good successes with small to medium sized agile teams I was keen to unleash the benefits on a bigger scale. A clean-sheet development opportunity with a smart team and engaged business group – what could go wrong?

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Moving Beyond Velocity

Scrum.org

In my role as an Agile coach and Scrum trainer, I get the chance to talk to a lot of Scrum Masters and teams. When I ask them about what their team is measuring, the most common answers I hear are velocity, story points, and burn-down charts. Team health? I often failed to help developers understand its true purpose.

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Scrum Methodology: Roles, Events & Artifacts

ProjectManager.com

The scrum methodology was developed as a response to rigid project management approaches such as the waterfall method, which didn’t adapt to the needs of agile product and software development teams. The bad news, it’s hard to master. It stresses accountability and is an iterative progress towards a well-defined goal.

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Government Lessons in People Over Process

Leading Answers

My first opportunity to create and run a large agile team did not start well. Having had good successes with small to medium sized agile teams I was keen to unleash the benefits on a bigger scale. A clean-sheet development opportunity with a smart team and engaged business group – what could go wrong?

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Metaphorically Speaking

Leading Agile

Metaphors that have become defining terms. Metaphors people may have forgotten are not defining terms. A metaphor usually captures some salient aspect of a Thing, but never comprehensively or definitively defines or describes the Thing. “Velocity” in software development doesn’t mean velocity.

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A ChatGPT Job Interview for a Scrum Master Position

Scrum.org

I believe I would be a good fit for the role because I have a strong understanding of Scrum and the Agile framework, and I am able to communicate and facilitate effectively with team members and stakeholders. Follow-up question : Why is it beneficial that the team adheres to the values and practices of Scrum?

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