How does Scrum work with a big team?
When we teach people about Scrum and working as teams, the question that inevitably comes up is “What is a team?”, and in particular “How… Read More »How does Scrum work with a big team?
When we teach people about Scrum and working as teams, the question that inevitably comes up is “What is a team?”, and in particular “How… Read More »How does Scrum work with a big team?
When helping teams get started with Scrum we recommend that they create a set of Working Agreements. These are helpful because they define what behaviour… Read More »Team Agreements
When coaching new ScrumMasters we often get asked what people should do if teams don’t want to come to meetings like the retrospective, or standups.… Read More »ESVP Retrospective Checkin Activity
We often see agile teams that have adopted the ceremonies and language of Scrum, but in reality they do waterfall in 2 week increments. One… Read More »Assessment – How agile is your testing?
I bought Ron Jeffries’ latest book: The Nature of Software Development as soon as it came out, and then as usually happens I forgot about… Read More »Book Review: The Nature of Software Development
We talk a lot about the importance of creating teams in agile. People need to learn to work together towards an overall goal and share… Read More »Fantastic Team Building Activity!
Here is a technique to handle what to do when an important member of your team is away for a long time. Generally you know… Read More »Planning Forward – What to do when a team member is away
We are coaching a new team to use Scrum, and a question has popped up about who owns the various meetings in Scrum. Many people think… Read More »Who owns the meetings in Scrum?
After I received the feedback on my Agile 2014 talk on Performance Appraisals without a number, I realised the talk missed the mark for some people.… Read More »My agile performance appraisal talk – what I didn’t say…
You’ve decided to create a physical task board for your team. Great! Now the question, what materials are best? White boards, pin boards, sticky notes?… Read More »Physical Taskboards