Scaling Scrum: the alcoholic perspective
April 9, 2008
“Scaling agile is the last thing you want to do” — Martin Fowler [ref] Everybody wants to scale Scrum. It seems like one of the first questions asked on many CSM courses. Day one, 11am: Yes, but how can I make this work with 5,000... Read more...
Addition and Subtraction in Scrum
March 4, 2008
On a recent scrumdevelopment thread about changing Scrum (here) Dave Barrett wrote: I think that [Agile Software Development with Scrum] is just as relevant today as it was when Ken wrote it. We still use 30 day Sprints, an Excel spreadsheet for burndown... Read more...
Latest News
January 13, 2008
Happy New Year everyone. I have revamped my website at http://agilethinking.net and added a “Latest News” link to the front page. I also updated my About Me page and added a short essay entitled “Adventures With People”. My plan... Read more...
No More Self-Organizing Teams. Not.
September 13, 2007
An open letter to Jim Highsmith Dear Jim, No More Self-Organizing Teams by Jim Highsmith Cutter Consortium article, 9/13/2007 I read this article with interest. I am an anarchist at heart, and yes, I believe in grass-roots revolution as a way to fundamentally... Read more...
Estimation: Time or Size?
May 21, 2007
It surprises me, but I have recently come across a few people in the Agile field who prefer estimating in “real time” over estimating in size (e.g. story points); I have even heard statements such as: the most advanced implementations of Agile... Read more...
When is Scrum not Scrum?
February 22, 2007
In teaching Scrum during the past year, and working with organizations in a consulting/training capacity I have found more and more that some of the principles as outlined in the two Scrum books are out-dated and unhelpful. I teach what I know works... Read more...
SX: The Beginning
August 14, 2006
The Scrum Exchange (SX) in Palo Alto, California is just three weeks away, so I thought it was time to start blogging about it. In this post I’ll give a brief summary of my experience in organizing this event; later I’ll add posts about... Read more...
Argentina Scrum - Day 4/5/6
August 14, 2006
Little to report. Slept most of Thursday, followed by a trip to Buenos Aires Opera House to see a Wagner concert (okay, not exactly Latin American culture, but my host already had the tickets). We wondered the theatre district and ate pizza that night. ... Read more...
Argentina Scrum - Day 3
August 10, 2006
Scrum In A Box So… they say that Scrum is not an “off the shelf” methodology. Well, wouldn’t it be nice if it was? Time to create Scrum In A Box – the ultimate off-the-shelf methodology for the smart, bargain-hunting Software... Read more...
Argentina Scrum - Day 2
August 9, 2006
The Falklands War, 1982, Diego Maradona and the Hand of God, 1986, Andreas my next-door-neighbor in London, 1993-99, The ear-torturing Evita, 1978, German refugees, polo, the tango, red wine, high quality beef… Yep, that’s about it, the... Read more...