Blog: Agile & Business

Course Information for SurveyMonkey (Feb 2020)

February 4, 2020

Intro This is background information for the public survey. You can take our survey here (Survey Monkey). The key purpose of the survey is to serve you better. The needs of the larger group of our contacts are diverse. Some want courses, some need workshops. Some people are looking as individuals, and some are looking […]

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Michelin’s Agile Journey

January 24, 2020

Kevin Cosgrove, a great Canadian guy, made a wonderful presentation at Agile Carolinas last Wednesday night. I have three big takeaways, although it includes many great ideas.  (Others might have different take-aways.) 1. Team’s should be 100% dedicated. And (mostly) Michelin was NOT doing this at one time, but NOW is doing this. And a […]

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Webinar: When should a ScrumMaster be Full-Time? (video)

January 21, 2020

Here is the video (slides and voice) of the Webinar, including Q & A. About 40 minutes for the whole thing.  (We went over.) Enjoy!    

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Webinar: When to have a Full-Time ScrumMaster?

January 21, 2020

The simple answer is: usually.  When doing Scrum professionally. We also discuss seven situations where people have a part-time SM.  And give our comments. Here is the slide deck. Fulltime SM V2 On the Full-Time theme, Kerry added some cool pictures of clocks, AKA time machines. We will soon add a link to the video […]

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Excited for the Advanced CSM course

December 30, 2019

I enjoy doing the Advanced CSM course (A-CSM certification).  I recommend it to you. How do you benefit? First and foremost: You can help your Scrum Team more effectively, and they can become more effective as a Team.  That adds up to more fun and more satisfaction. Two: You get SEUs to renew your CSM […]

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5 Key Patterns from A Scrum Book (ScrumPLOP.org) – The slide deck

December 20, 2019

Here is the slide deck that we used in the webinar.  Enjoy! Patterns2      

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5 Key Patterns from A Scrum Book (ScrumPLOP.org)

December 20, 2019

The webinar below is a discussion of 5 key patterns from A Scrum Book by Jeff Sutherland, James Coplien, et. al. Joe Little (CST) shares his thoughts in this webinar. There is also some discussion by participants. Enjoy!

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Scrum is a Game!

December 16, 2019

I hope you have heard of the new book, called A Scrum Book.  It is by Jeff Sutherland, James Coplien, et al.  Wonderfully good.  You must get it. The subtitle is “The Spirit of the Game.” We also know that Scrum is named for the scrum formation in the game of rugby.  So, in that […]

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Surprise for the day: Agile at Scale and Agile in Science

November 5, 2019

I was walking through the Newark airport today.  I looked on the book shelves, and there it was: HBR’s 10 Must Reads 2020. I looked into it.  There was the article that Jeff Sutherland co-wrote “Agile at Scale” along with two guys from Bain. I recommend you read it, well, if.  If you are a […]

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Impediment List

November 5, 2019

I just got my copy of A Scrum Book – The Spirit of the Game.  By Sutherland, Coplien et al.  Awesome book. Recommended. See: https://www.amazon.com/Scrum-Book-Spirit-Game/dp/1680506714/ One of my favorites is Pattern #40. Impediment List. You must read their pages about this pattern for yourself. But let me add a few things. Metaphorically, I view this […]

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