http://www.scrumwanted.com A weblog for Scrum enthusiasts Fri, 23 Jul 2010 13:03:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear Scrum community, Boris Gloger has published a brand new website where Scrum Masters, Scrum team members and Product Owners can search for Scrum jobs offered by companies using Scrum. Check out scrumjobs.com at http://scrumjobs.com/ http://www.scrumwanted.com/2010/07/scrum-jobs/ Recently, a couple of agile fellows and I discussed why we see many Scrum projects fail. Here are some reasons we witnessed or experienced ourselves during our work on so called Scrum projects. The purpose of this list which is by no means exhaustive is to help you avoid making the ... http://www.scrumwanted.com/2010/07/why-do-so-many-scrum-projects-fail/ 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! [caption ... http://www.scrumwanted.com/2009/12/seasons-greetings-to-the-scrum-community/ 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 ... http://www.scrumwanted.com/2009/12/oh-we-just-call-it-scrum/ 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". http://www.scrumwanted.com/2009/12/dilbert-about-upfront-planning/ This is part 2 of "A retrospective about a dead Scrum Master".  Click here to read part 1. [caption id="attachment_116" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Sleeping sheepdog on flickr by alexvalentine, http://www.flickr.com/photos/41006494@N00/379686989)"][/caption] During his first days on the project, the Scrum Master silently observed the people and their activities on the project. He roamed ... http://www.scrumwanted.com/2009/12/a-retrospective-about-a-dead-scrum-master-part-2-impediments/ 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! http://www.scrumwanted.com/2009/12/scrum-jobs-coming-soon/ [caption id="attachment_116" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Sleeping sheepdog on flickr by alexvalentine, http://www.flickr.com/photos/41006494@N00/379686989)"][/caption] Once upon in time, a Scrum Master was asked by a large company to help introduce Scrum in one of their most important and strategic projects. The Scrum Master asked for the company’s motivation to use Scrum and was told ... http://www.scrumwanted.com/2009/12/a-retrospective-about-a-dead-scrum-master-part-1-once-upon-in-time/ [caption id="attachment_75" align="aligncenter" width="296" caption="Photo by Flickr user "johnscotthaydon" http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnhaydon/3252135212/"][/caption] "Scrum does not work and I won't even give it a try!" -- anonymous ignorant This collection of all the ignorant statements I have come across since I have been using Scrum should help you reply to similar statements in case you ... http://www.scrumwanted.com/2009/12/scrum-ignorance/ [caption id="attachment_75" align="aligncenter" width="296" caption="Photo by Flickr user "johnscotthaydon" http://www.flickr.com/photos/johnhaydon/3252135212/"][/caption] "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. http://www.scrumwanted.com/2009/12/daily-scrums-are-micro-management/