Catégorie : Scrum
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10 signs that the collaboration between a Product Owner and a development team is defective
No one knows who the Product owner is Tasks in Sprint Backlog are dictated by the Product Owner The team’s default behaviour is to assume what the Product Owner wants The Product Owner doesn’t understand that great new feature presented during the Sprint Review All features presented during the Sprint Review are refused by the…
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An Agile coach’s journey into PMI country – Day 1 – I’m very disappointed!
It feels good to have a common enemy, someone or something to hate or discredit. What this usually does is create a sense of unity between individuals who share a common view. We do this with programming languages (Java vs. .Net), philosophies (Waterfall vs. Agile) and even within those philosophies (Scrum vs. DSDM vs. Crystal…
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A Christmas Retrospective
‘Twas the night before Christmas And Santa was dizzy Trying to grasp Why things got so crazy The plan was perfect Created by experts But the elves on the floor Knew so much more What if we’d Scrummed it Santa as P.O. An ordered backlog And of course the retro A Lift-Off would be…
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I just want my coffee!
My current client is located near a McDonald’s so it has become my office away from the office. The main features of this location are wireless internet connection and of course, lots of coffee. To my surprise, the coffee at McD’s is pretty good! But getting a cup of it is a tad bitter. The…
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The Scrum Hawks
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…
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What about the team?
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…
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Scrum is like an onion…
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…