A brief introduction A while ago I was presenting a workshop about Scrum. I wanted to ensure that the core pillars ( Transparency, Inspection and Adaptation ) became clear for the audience even though they did not consist of technical…
When should a team start working? When should the team say yes or no to a story being included in the sprint backlog? These are some of the questions that a clearly defined Definition of Ready can answer. The team needs…
One of the most challenging pursuits as a Scrum Master or implementation agent of Scrum is establishing sustainable cultural change within an organisation. After having the privilege of attending a session presented by Henrik Kniberg I gained some insight into possible approaches.…
Does this sound familiar? I think that the best approach a team can take is to use empirical feedback to learn about the system and its use, and then apply what was learned as an input for the improvement for…
Scrum Sprint Retrospectives are the most important meetings in the Scrum process. In these meetings the process gets improved and optimised. If there was ever a doubt regarding the empirical nature of Scrum this meeting should clear that up. Although…