[9 Dec 2009 | No Comment | 137 views]
A retrospective about a dead Scrum Master (Part 2: Impediments)

This is part 2 of “A retrospective about a dead Scrum Master”.  Click here to read part 1.

During his first days on the project, the Scrum Master silently observed the people and their activities on the project. He roamed the floors and worked the phones to connect with all the people working on the project. He learned that 16 people, most of them distributed across several locations (and time zones), had been working on the project for 6 months. He was told that only very little functionality has been …

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About Scrum »

[19 Dec 2009 | No Comment | 125 views]
Season’s Greetings to the Scrum Community!

Season’s Greetings to the entire Scrum Community!
I wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Thanks to my buddy Christian Schweizer for this amazing light painting. He made this photo with a digital camera, autotimer, long exposure and a pocket lamp. No image editing at all. Again, thanks Christian!

To read more about light painting, click here: http://www.diyphotography.net/painting_with_light

Scrum Ignorance »

[18 Dec 2009 | No Comment | 147 views]

There is an interesting discussion going on in the Scrum discussion group on XING: The question is why organizations call projects Scrum projects although they seem to have no intention to use Scrum at all. Some people in the discussion suspect this a trend to make projects sound modern and appealing. I absolutely agree and think this is clear evidence of growing Scrum ignorance.

About Scrum »

[9 Dec 2009 | No Comment | 191 views]

No need to comment on this:

If you like to learn why up-front planning does not work very well and how agile planning works instead, I highly recommend reading Mike Cohn’s “Agile Estimating and Planning“.

Product Owner jobs, Scrum Master jobs, Scrum Team jobs »

[7 Dec 2009 | No Comment | 98 views]

Are you looking for Scrum jobs? Stay tuned, we are going to post Scrum jobs for Scrum Masters, Scrum Product Owners, and Scrum Team members soon!

Scrum Ignorance »

[2 Dec 2009 | No Comment | 119 views]
Scrum Ignorance: “Daily Scrums are micro-management. Let’s skip them!”

“Daily Scrum are micro-management! Let’s skip them!”
– anonymous ignorant

I will comment on this very recent statement soon. Meanwhile, feel free to comment on this statement to share your thoughts with me.