One of the most frequent Scrum questions I get in my travels is this: “How can we improve our Sprints so that we don’t run out of time for testing?” The answer is simple. Stop treating your Sprints like a
How to Run A Coaches Clinic
Here is a link to my recipe for running a Coaches Clinic at a conference. My experience is with Agile Software Development conferences but this structure could be used for any conference that has people seeking a little coaching help.
What People Are Asking About Scrum
I recently had the pleasure to facilitate my third Coaches Clinic at an Agile conference. Here are some things that people asked about.
What are the Best Practices for Agile?
“What are the Best Practices for Agile?” If I had a dollar for every time I have been asked this question, I could buy a weekend on Maui. This industry term has taken on a “silver bullet” quality. In our
Fun at the Seattle Scrum Gathering 2011
I spent the week at the Seattle Scrum Gathering, starting with a day-long retreat for Certified Scrum Coaches and Trainers. I learned a lot this week and made a lot of notes about things to check out, new ideas, new
Where Does a Project Manager Fit in Scrum? part 2
In our last post, we described an exercise for discovering how traditional Project Management duties are shared by the 3 Scrum roles. We raised the question: Is there still enough left to justify a Project Manager? If not, what is