What Can We Do About (Or Perhaps Better, For) Our Managers?
I owe the title of this piece to Alistair Cockburn, who several years ago wrote a favorite article of mine for Cutter IT Journal entitled “What Can We Do About Our Project Managers?”# I think it remains a relevant read today. In it, Al...
Are you ready for Agile?
A Checklist of Questions to Consider Before Starting a Large-Scale Agile Adoption
By Ramesh R. Donnipadu, Bala Kishore, Pete Deemer
Abstract
The ability to deliver business value earlier and more often, increase productivity, and improve employ...
Scrum is so easy! Why don't they get it?
Management can see that Scrum works for developing software. What they often have more trouble understanding is that Scrum is a project management process that should govern the entire project, not just the "development part."
What Scrum Can and Cannot Fix
The Scrum framework brings a structure to projects that can right many wrongs, but it is not a silver bullet, and it certainly won’t make all problems disappear.
Performance without Appraisal: Part I: Pay, Promotion, and Improvement
In part one of a two-part follow-up to the highly debated, "Should a ScrumMaster Give Performance Appraisals," Esther Derby makes the case for eliminating performance reviews altogether.
Should a ScrumMaster Give Performance Appraisals?
It's sometimes difficult for managers who aren't on the Scrum team to figure out how to rate those who are. Some turn to the ScrumMaster for input. Others have the ScrumMaster do the appraisal in their stead. Is either of these solutions a workable one?
Are You Ready to Coach? Seven questions to ask yourself before you begin coaching.
As a ScrumMaster, part of your job is to improve the productivity and engineering practices of the team in any way possible. One way to help the team improve is coaching. In this column, I’ll talk about one of the foundations of successful c...
Use Your Scrum Senses
Sight, Sound, Touch. You were born with powerful learning tools. You have only to tap into them.