Author: Eric Laramée

I guess you’ve all heard about chickens and pigs in Scrum.  A client of mine just offered me a new one: The Scrum Hawk. He explains it like this : “When SCRUM is new to an organization, the first couple of sprints will likely not go as well as planned. At this point, the scrum…

What about the team? Individuals and interactions over processes and tools. This basic core value stated in the Agile Manifesto implies so much it’s hard for     anyone to totally grasp it.  As an Agile coach I owe it to myself and to my clients to properly understand this value and do my best in   helping…

Scrum stinks? I don’t think so. Scrum makes you cry? I’ve seen it happen. You leave Scrum out in the sun, it gets all brown, start sprouting’ little white hairs? No! Layers! Scrum has layers! The outer layer of Scrum is the high level process.  This includes the ceremonies of Scrum such as the daily…