The Big M Build Party
Scrum Inc.'s Joe Justice and Joel Riddle delivered a build party at SME's The Big M conference the first week in June. Special thanks to Dan Greening, Jonathan Watrous, and Ila Lee. If you are...
View ArticleJeff Sutherland on Aggressive Scrum
Aggressive Scrum The 2015 Chaos Report from the Standish Group shows only 39% of Agile teams are successful – that means that 61% of them are not meeting the values and principles of the Agile...
View ArticleScrum of Scrums
Scrum of Scrums The Scrum of Scrums is a scaling mechanism. Scrum scale fractaly and by doing so limits the number of communication pathways needed to transmit information relevant to the success of...
View ArticleHyper-Productive Scrum Metrics
Hyper-Productive Metrics Hyper-Productive metrics are designed to help Scrum Masters carefully tune their teams into a hyper-productive state. Hyper-Productivity is defined as a 400% increase in...
View ArticleScrum Metrics: Get 4x Velocity
Get Hyper-Productive with Scrum Metrics Hyper-Productive Metrics are tools that help closely examine Teams and conduct experiments to improve their productivity. They can be used to identify strengths...
View ArticleA3 – Root Cause Analysis
A3 - Root Cause Analysis The A3 is a tool for identifying root causes to deep problems and building consensus on how to remedy them. Estimated time for this course: 85 minutes Audience: Scrum Masters...
View ArticleWho Fires a Scrum Team!?
In an Agile 1.0 organization, where a traditional management structure exists with Scrum teams in delivery roles, management fires the Scrum team if they don’t perform. In an Agile 2.0 organization,...
View ArticleHow Complexity Changes Leadership
How Complexity Changes Leadership I just finished reading Retired General Stanley McChrystal’s outstanding book: Team of Teams. While the book is not specifically focused on Agile practices, it turns...
View ArticleScrum for Maximum Awesome
Scrum for Maximum Awesome As Agile practices and Scrum move outside of software we are seeing new pockets of innovation occurring. In this online course, you will learn how Agile software techniques...
View ArticleXM Patterns
XM Patterns Just as software design patterns have dramatically accelerated the speed of quality software development, we are seeing hardware design patterns provide repeatable solutions to common...
View ArticleExecutive Action Team
Responsibilities of the Executive Action Team Transitioning from traditional project management to Scrum is a paradigm shift. Too often, leadership believes implementing Scrum is a simple process...
View ArticleAgile Innovation: How to Scrum Ideation
Agile Innovation: How to Scrum Ideation I’m very interested in the growth and evolution of the Agile process, and its eventual mainstreaming into types of work beyond writing software. In...
View ArticleWriting Better User Stories
Writing Better User Stories User Stories are Product Backlog Items that are descriptions of functionality. The User Story always takes the form: "As a ______ I want to ___________ so that I can...
View ArticleWhat I Learned at Toyota
What I Learned at Toyota Test driving the new Toyota hydrogen powered Mirai with Pierre Masai I first met Pierre Masai, CIO of Toyota Motors Europe (TME), a few years ago at the annual Lean IT...
View ArticleScrum In Complex Systems – Hardware
Scrum in Complex Systems - Hardware Learn how John Deere uses Scrum to drive breakthrough innovation and business development. Join Scrum Inc.'s Joe Justice and George Tome, from John Deere's Global...
View ArticleHow Complexity Changes Leadership
How Complexity Changes Leadership I just finished reading Retired General Stanley McChrystal’s outstanding book: Team of Teams. While the book is not specifically focused on Agile practices, it turns...
View ArticleScrum for Maximum Awesome
Scrum for Maximum Awesome As Agile practices and Scrum move outside of software we are seeing new pockets of innovation occurring. In this online course, you will learn how Agile software techniques...
View ArticleXM Patterns
XM Patterns Just as software design patterns have dramatically accelerated the speed of quality software development, we are seeing hardware design patterns provide repeatable solutions to common...
View ArticleExecutive Action Team
Responsibilities of the Executive Action Team Transitioning from traditional project management to Scrum is a paradigm shift. Too often, leadership believes implementing Scrum is a simple process...
View ArticleAgile Innovation: How to Scrum Ideation
Agile Innovation: How to Scrum Ideation I’m very interested in the growth and evolution of the Agile process, and its eventual mainstreaming into types of work beyond writing software. In...
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