Stefan Rock hat einen interessanten Artikel über das Schätzen von Tasks veröffentlicht. In diesem berichtet er, wie sein Team versucht möglichst mit gleich großen Tasks zu arbeiten: Wir haben gute Erfahrungen damit gemacht, die Tasks nicht nur möglichst klein sondern auch möglichst gleich groß zu halten. Wenn alle Tasks gleich groß sind, muss man Aufwände … weiterlesen →

In the class we did run this week in Denmark, Vaijle, we did run the ball point game with ballons. The team reached an astonishing good productivity 56 ball-points in the last iteration. In the training I did in co-operation with Kurt Nielsen from Organic Objects. We had have the pleasure to trained a very … weiterlesen →

36 people – one of the largest classes I have ever trained, with some people doing the class for the second time. In Centurion, Gauteng, near Pretoria in South Africa, we, Peter and I, trained a very experienced and demanding group of people. They wanted to know everything! I was very happy about an exercise I did … weiterlesen →

Since I started to think about Scrum I have known that Scrum can be applied to many more business domains other than software development. By cooking together during the Scrum Training in Vienna, I was able to show that cooks actually use a kind of Scrum in their kitchens. Then I talked to an architect because I wanted … weiterlesen →

Have you ever done a Certified Scrum Training surrounded by BMW motor cycles in a BMW pavilion? Peter Hundermark, Certified Scrum Coach, Founder of Scrum Sense and a good friend of mine, organized the recent Certified Scrum Training I gave in Cape Town, South Africa. 26 people came to this event and became Certified ScrumMasters. … weiterlesen →

“Transforming the World of Work” – I was so exited when I read the new vision statement of the Scrum Alliance under the Scrum Alliance logo this week.  We - Jim Cundiff, Scrum Alliance, Peter Hundermark, Scrum Sense and myself helped to start the Scrum User Group South Africa this week in Cape Town and in … weiterlesen →

Die am wenigsten analysierteste Rolle in der agilen Software Entwicklung ist die des Managers, also des Managements. Bei keiner anderern Rolle wird soviel mit Vorurteilen, Geringschätzungen und falschen Bildern gearbeitet wie hier. “Manager haben keine Ahnung.” “Manager wissen nicht, wie man Software entwickelt” “Alles wäre viel besser, wenn wir keine Manager hätten. In meinem Buch … weiterlesen →