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No Scrum Master? How should Enterprises fill the Scrum Master Role? I field this question very often and especially from members of technology organizations where agile and scrum in particular is being introduced top down from Management. Note: Scrum of scrums really works for this scenario!). No Problem.
Top Ten Thoughts for SCRUM Newbies. My colleagues and I from BusinessWeek gave a presentation last week covering our agile planning and development process and ended with an intro to SCRUM by @silviogalea. Roughly the same time, @jurgenappelo posted an excellent, easy to follow slideshare on The Zen of SCRUM 1.0. Newer Post.
Daily scrums, stand-up meetings, weekly tactical team meetings that have nothing to do with the work but everything to do with the team. Back in 2012, my girlfriend dragged me to have coffee with a friend and her boyfriend,” says Lebre. “I Communicating is the biggest challenge in business — any business — so over-communicate.
When I talk to leaders and teams about agile and scrum, they get the basics right away - sprint length, stand ups, commitments, getting to done, and basic backlog management. Who should be the scrum master? If you are using a coach, Id recommend using them as a Scrum Master on this team. ► 2012. (17). Newer Post.
More and more teams and companies are considering agile processes, SCRUM, Extreme, or hybrids to either pilot new initiatives or to establish the practice. ► 2012. (17). and business transformation. Sunday, September 07, 2008. Top 7 Ingredients to Establishing an Agile Development Practice. Blog Archive. ► 2013. (21).
Ive been asked lately about the role of project managers on agile or SCRUM teams. Some specifics: Scrum and agile are very team and inward facing. ► 2012. (17). Enterprise Agile Development - Why you still need Project Managers. Blog Archive. ► 2013. (21). ► July. (3). ► June. (2). ► May. (2).
It covers agile release planning, scrum of scrums, and a number of other advanced topics. ► 2012. (17). I then saw this post Agile Project Management: Lessons Learned at Google that I found on the Agile Software Development topic at Business Exchange that gave me some new ideas on scaling agile. Blog Archive.
I then discussed how BusinessWeek moved to an agile development process (specifically, SCRUM), to build its newest product, the Business Exchange. 1 comment: shannon 7:16 PM Any tips for how to budget when using SCRUM rather than waterfall? ► 2012. (17). Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Blog Archive. ► 2013. (21).
Agile proponents did themselves a favor adopting the generic agile development to represent processes like SCRUM, Extreme Programming, etc. Also, agile practitioners (product owners, scrum masters, developers, etc.) ► 2012. (17). But enterprises have a few issues to contend with when going agile. Blog Archive.
But to be a agile family with a scrum board, and family retrospectives? ► 2012. (17). A colleague sent me this TED talk, Agile Programming for your Family. I know of companies that have used agile methodologies outside of technology including marketing, construction, and operations. ▼ February. (3). ► January. (3).
Agile practices (SCRUM, XP , etc.) We didnt spend a lot of time discussing SCRUM or other approaches internally or with executives. ► 2012. (17). Shifting to an agile cycle has both cost and risk and should not be a goal in itself without accompanying business goals. are almost a standard at startups ? Blog Archive.
Recognize that process is always in a state of flux and improvement, so when improvements are needed or opportunities identified use an agile / SCRUM process to schedule, commit, and measure improvements. Next post: SCRUM for Process Maturity. ► 2012. (17). Isaac Sacolick. Email This BlogThis! Blog Archive. ► 2013.
I'll always remember the Business Exchange team as being one of the best Scrum teams I have worked with. ► 2012. (17). No Scrum Master? It was fun working with you at BW. fun and challenging :-) always a good combination. I learned a lot there, and hopefully gave something too. Newer Post. Older Post. Blog Archive.
Your coach will probably have a program, but heres one on How to Implement Scrum in 10 Easy Steps. Also, see my Top Ten Thoughts for SCRUM Newbies. Agile Software Development with Scrum Reply Delete InnomaxMediaLLP 4:52 AM Hey friend! ► 2012. (17). Then follow a guide for starting agile. I truly liked it.
Measuring actual costs turns out to be an easier process assuming that you have a tool to manage the backlog and a scrum master running daily standups. ► 2012. (17). So How Do You Measure Actual Costs. Youll also need to have some basic governance and insure that >X% of the teams activity is captured as stories. ► May.
5) Help the team make it successful - Make sure all team members have a basic foundation in an agile (probably scrum) process. I highly recommend training and ideally an agile coach if you can afford it, but at minimum make sure you have a team lead (scrum master.) ► 2012. (17). Blog Archive. ► 2013. (21).
I also covered some practical matters on when to use (and not use) pair programming , a bit on the Scrum Master role , and on story writing vs requirements docs. ► 2012. (17). I wrote a bit on organizational change , content agility , product planning , and agile load testing. Blog Archive. ► 2013. (21). ► July. (3).
One good way to insure a smooth transition is to learn the process either through participation, taking a training class, and ideally applying agile/SCRUM as a business process. ► 2012. (17). This white paper, Agile Terminology Explained is a good quick read. Blog Archive. ► 2013. (21). ► July. (3). ► June. (2).
The problem is, using agile process (scrum specifically) for planning, problem solving, developing a strategy, documenting an architecture requires some discipline and thinking a little differently. ► 2012. (17). In my case, they are using agile to plan out an architecture. Why agile for planning? Blog Archive. ► 2013. (21).
If youre practicing SCRUM, make key members of your teams have some basic training. ► 2012. (17). From Iterative to Agile Once we optimized around iterative delivery, there was a collective effort between members of my team as well as our offshore partner to move to agile development. Blog Archive. ► 2013. (21).
1 comment: Korayem 11:07 AM I work as a consultant with some scrum teams and i am glad to read your insights. ► 2012. (17). Share to Twitter Share to Facebook. Labels: agile software development , business exchange , product management. Blog Archive. ► 2013. (21). ► July. (3). ► June. (2). ► May. (2).
This is especially true with agile practices since the choice of what processes to establish and areas to mature needs to fit a business need and priority and these improvements can be managed through the scrum process. ► 2012. (17). Blog Archive. ► 2013. (21). ► July. (3). ► June. (2). ► May. (2).
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