Blog: Agile & Business
Self-organization of the Team
We have this idea in Agile, that the Team should self-organize. This is an important idea. And, more, an important action of the Team. In Agile, self-organization is contrasted with command-and-control. We think self-organization is an important thing to study, both in general and in your Team. It seems simple, but like almost anything, to […]
Release Planning: Risks, Dependencies, Learning, MMFS and Other
[This is a continuation of a series on Release Planning that starts here.] Now we come to the point of (re)ordering the Product Backlog (PB). Note: After calculating the R Factor, I like to order the PB by R. Not that I would expect the Team to do the work in that order, but to […]
Enabling Specification
This is a “just enough, just in time” concept. As some of you know, just-in-time (JIT) was one of the first names for what we now call Lean. Just enough documentation to enable the implementers to implement it, delivered ‘just in time.’ This is closely related to the “Definition of Ready” or DOR concept. Which […]
“Ozymandias” – Creativity can take some courage
It is hard sometimes to be creative, to create. We wonder, will our creation ever survive. I have spoken already of a book called The Courage to Create by Rollo May. Here is a short poem by Shelley, Ozymandias: I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of […]
Release Planning: Effort (2)
[This is a continuation of a series on Release Planning that starts here.] Now we come to the point of describing Planning Poker. This has been done before; we will be brief. It is described at greater length many other places. *** Some basic characteristics: * We find the 5 best experts (or 4-7 people) […]
The importance of a real team
Scrum requires a real team. The word ‘team’ is often used, often in different ways. So, let us define it. According to “The Discipline of Teams” by Katzenbach and Smith, this is what you should look for: 1. A meaningful common purpose that the Team has helped shape. 2. Specific performance goals that flow from […]
Meet the Meeting Killers
Here is an entertaining article in the WSJ. About the types of people who kill meetings. Scrum of course has some meetings. It is trying to minimize meetings, and make meetings better. But as soon as you have people and meetings, you can have some….umm…interesting times. So, may your meetings not be interesting this way. […]
What to do with managers?
First, unlike some in the agile community, I think managers can be and even are useful in lean-agile-scrum. Even essential. The first problem is that we do not explain to them how things have changed, and how they can be effective in the new environment. Still, there is a lot of evidence, on many levels […]
Why our CSM (Scrum) course + Workshop is unique.
We believe our CSM (Scrum) course plus Workshop is unique. And better. For the following reasons. 1. We focus on results. We want you, your team and your customers to get real results in a big way. In 3 words, more satisfaction, more money, more fun. 2. Therefore the teaching style is not toward remembering […]
Killing Babies or Sizzling Steak?
I thought I would share this story, with one or two key metaphors. Perhaps useful to you. I use the story in classes quite a bit. *** OK, the PO is trying to optimize on the Pareto idea (80-20, the vital few). (More about the Pareto idea elsewhere.) It is Feb 1. At the beginning […]
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