Powerful Questions (and an extra coaching tool)
As an agile coach I often write this blog about, well, agile topics. Today I want to focus on the other side of that title, and talk a bit about…
Continue ReadingAs an agile coach I often write this blog about, well, agile topics. Today I want to focus on the other side of that title, and talk a bit about…
Continue ReadingI read a post by Carl Adamson today titled "Can I invite the Product Owner to the Daily Scrum." In the post, Carl points out that while in the past,…
Continue ReadingI want you to imagine it's December 2019. You are part of a Scrum Team. Not just any scrum team, but a great one. Super-high performing, on target in everything,…
Continue ReadingI've written several blog posts about the role of a Scrum Master. Most recently, I wrote about why we shouldn't refer to Scrum Masters as leaders. But the new revision…
Continue ReadingThe new Scrum Guide came out on November 18th 2020. This first major revision in three years softens the language of many ideas in the guide, making it less prescriptive…
Continue ReadingI worked on a scrum team once that had most of its members co-located in two offices in Israel, with one guy, Peter, in an office in California, a 10…
Continue ReadingI usually write about professional agile topics. Today, I want to say something a little different: Scrum people are awesome. Recently I took and passed the Professional Scrum Master II…
Continue ReadingThe recent US Senate hearings on content moderation had to be briefly put on hold, with senators and the media all waiting impatiently. The reason? Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook,…
Continue ReadingA couple of years ago my family and I fulfilled a long time dream and moved to a little village in the Czech Republic. Since I’ve always done at least…
Continue ReadingIf you’ve even been to a scrum course or company training, you have probably heard of something called a “user story.” User stories are a way to present a functional…
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