The Daily Meeting Trap
Scrum daily meetings may seem simple on the surface, but believing they are easy is common trap. It's not at all difficult for things to go wrong quickly. Learn how to avoid several common mistakes so that your daily meetings can continue to be an accurate thermometer of your team's progress.
Managing an Agile Project Portfolio
The problem with traditional project portfolios is that struggling projects go on too long. Agile projects open new doors for project managers: doors that can lead to success.
Closing the Gap
One goal of self-empowered teams is to have the team find, own, and fix their problelms by themselves. Applying gap analysis to team practices enables teams to visualize areas of concern and come up with their own action plan to address the shortcomings.
The Blue Peter Problem: How to overcome the perception that agile artifacts are unprofessional
Tools that are simple have a tendency to come across as childish and simplistic. Here are some ways to combat that perception (at least until the tools are better understood).
Product Development Reading List
Check out this reading list, designed to help those “in the trenches” with product development and the social aspects of building great product development teams.
Spring 2007 Scrum Gathering
Ever wonder what goes on at a Scrum Gathering? This article reviews the 2007 Spring Gathering that took place in Portland, Oregon.
Certified Scrum Coach Program Formation: An article regarding the formation of the Certified Scrum Coaching Program
Members of the Scrum Alliance community, you have thirty days to weigh in on the new Certified Scrum Coach program. Does the proposed certification meet you needs and those of your company? Read this article and the referenced attachment and let us know.