The Technical Debt of Elizabeth Regina, Product Owner
Lately, my wife and I have been bingeing Netflix’s “The Crown,” and it’s made me start to see some connections between the British monarchy and Agile-- even though the British…
Continue ReadingLately, my wife and I have been bingeing Netflix’s “The Crown,” and it’s made me start to see some connections between the British monarchy and Agile-- even though the British…
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 ReadingThis post is inspired by an exchange I had with my fellow facilitator Niamh McNally recently. I met Miamh in a facilitation course we both attended, and we started talking…
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…
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