Heartbeat retrospectives need to be performed after every iteration!
We had a very interesting discussion during the Retrospective Gathering in Bath 2008. Tim Bacon, Tim McKinnon and I wondered how long such a retrospective should be and how intensive the experience needs to be.
The Project retrospective has a different purpose. It wants to give the organization [...]
Entries from April 30th, 2008
Heartbeat retrospectives (2) | Introduction
April 30th, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, English, Methods, Scrum
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Kinderkrebsforschung in Wien | St. Anna Spital | 29.05.08
April 29th, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, Deutsch, Scrum, Vienna
Ich bin leider in Brasilien. Aber tut mir einen Gefallen und geht zur Langen Nacht der Kinderkrebsforschung am 29. Mai. 08:
Am Donnerstag, dem 29. Mai 2008 ist es wieder soweit! Die St. Anna Kinderkrebsforschung lädt zum 5. Mal zur „Langen Nacht der Kinderkrebsforschung“ ein. Von 17.00 Uhr bis 22.00 Uhr wird ein vielfältiges Programm [...]
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Photos from the class in Denmark | May 2008
April 29th, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, Denmark, English, Scrum, link offline
As promised here are the pictures from the class in Struer this month. -> Webgallery
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Scrum Cooking | Certified ScrumMaster training | Boris in Vienna
April 29th, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, English, Events, Methods, Scrum, Vienna
I am looking forward to next week as I will be in Vienna. On Monday 5th May, I will run the Certified ScrumMaster class in Germany. Did you know, that we have more interest in Scrum in Austria than in Germany?
The training in Vienna is always a special event, as we have included in the training [...]
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CMMi and Scrum | Recife, Brazil May 23rd, 2008 | C.E.S.A.R.
April 29th, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, Brazil, English, Events, Scrum
C.E.S.A.R. organizes a very special event about Scrum and CMMi in Recife. Details can be found on http://www.cesar.org.br/ . I have the honour to be invited to speak there. The conference will be in Portuguese.
- “CMMi for Small Settings: Benefits and Challenges”, by Renato Vasques – lead appraiser CMMi, ISDBrasil, São Paul
- “CMMi = Scrum. A provocation [...]
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Platz 1 :) Peter Becks Kommentar
April 28th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Deutsch, Scrum
Wow! Peter Beck hat einen tollen Kommentar geschrieben:
(…) Nicht das die Scrum-Bücher am Markt bisher schlecht waren, aber sie haben es nach meiner Meinung nicht geschafft zu vermitteln was einen guten ScrumMaster ausmacht.
Das hat sich jetzt geändert. Boris Glogers neues Buch hat Platz 1 meiner Hitliste eingenommen: “Scrum – Produkte zuverlässig und schneller Entwickeln”
Endlich gibt [...]
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Life is too short for bad relationships | Kurt Nielsen and Boris in Legoland :)
April 28th, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, Denmark, English, Scrum
Kurt and myself did a wonderful class in Struer, one hour drive away from Legoland (Billund), together.
Did you know that Bang & Olufsen is in Struer? The whole town is dominated by this fantastic manufacturer. Very impressive. We did our class in one of the buildings of them, in a very fancy meeting room [...]
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Jeff Sutherland about me…
April 27th, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, English, Good to know, Scrum
I am honored. Jeff Sutherland wrote a wonderful recommendation. Jeff, thank you.
“I worked with Boris in workshops and Scrum training for many years through the Scrum Alliance. We recently did Scrum Certification courses in Frankfurt and Vienna together. Boris is an accomplished teacher/trainer and has a deep knowledge of Scrum having published his first book [...]
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People are … talent | Adorno | (2)
April 27th, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, English, Social Studies, Talent
When I studied philosophy 15 years ago, I read Theodor W. Adornos texts with the mindset of a boy from the working class. I understood his message in terms of my view of the world: that all people need to be “mündig” — able to be responsible for themselves.
For me self-responsibility and being free [...]
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Seth Godin about work and Henry Ford
April 26th, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, Agile Planning, English, Scrum, Social Studies
I am astonished – how productive Seth Godin is. I wonder if he really writes all that text himself. But the last post I saw from him: About work and Henry Ford is worth mentioning. He talks about the change that the new production system of Ford caused.
People in productive industries get paid [...]
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News of the week | Scrum adoption in China
April 25th, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, English, Good to know, Scrum
Very interesting short article about the adoption of Scrum you will find on InfoQ. The funny thing is, the statements you can read there are a bit like the one I heard, when I trained people at BenQ China, 2007. Very interesting.
Other interesting news of the week
How to choose the right career path – really [...]
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Willems Blog
April 25th, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, Agile Planning, Deutsch, Scrum
Es gibt wirklich viele interessante Blogs über Agile Software Entwicklung. Willems Blog ist mit Sicherheit einer der besten. Ein “must-read”. more
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Heartbeat retrospectives | My new slides |
April 24th, 2008 · 1 Comment · 00 checked, English, Scrum
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People are … talent | The world is flat
April 24th, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, English, Scrum, Social Studies, Talent, ask miu
A truly creative society: Each person moves from project to project, from gig to gig. Global Voluntary Communities of Interest, rather then corporations, provide the bedrock upon which we stand. * LEARNING NEVER CEASES. SELF-RELIANCE IS THE NORM. EACH CAREER CONSISTS OF NUMEROUS “MINI CAREERS,” WITH TIME-OUTS ALONG THE WAY. (The cubical slave is dead! [...]
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Heartbeat retrospectives (1) | Introduction
April 24th, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, English, Events, Germany, Methods, Scrum, Scrum Training
In the following weeks, I will describe the basic principles that guide all project retrospectives. Most Scrum teams never perform project retrospectives, but they do Sprint retrospectives. The original name for Sprint retrospectives: “Heartbeat” retrospectives was chosen by the Retrospective Facilitator Community 2004 in Vienna. I still like the name heartbeat retrospectives better, because [...]
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Über das Schreiben: Leidenschaft | Passion | Freewriting
April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, Deutsch, Scrum, Writing
Schreiben ist eine Leidenschaft. Es, der Gedanke drückt sich in mir aus, schreibt sich selbst. Es ist nicht etwa so, dass ich immer weiß, was ich schreiben will. Es schreibt sich in mir selbst.
Diese Zeilen werden gerade im Freewriting-Modus geschrieben. Dabei geht es nur darum, dass man schreibt. Ohne zu denken. Damit meine ich, es [...]
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Skills of a good ScrumMaster | Inspired by Megan Sumrell
April 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, English, Scrum, Scrum Basics
I recently found the blog of Megan Sumrell. She remembered me of the skills a ScrumMaster should have. Jens Oestergaard and I created together with our people in the Certified ScrumMaster training the following list:
Good listener
Good negotiator
Leadership skills
Willingness to take action
People skills
He is like Robin Hood, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King
She knows Scrum
She understands business [...]
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The five secrets of a successful Scrum training | May 22nd , Recife, Brazil
April 22nd, 2008 · 3 Comments · 00 checked, Brazil, English, Events, Scrum, ask miu
I will run a Scrum “Train the trainer” session on May 22nd in Recife, Brazil.
The five secrets of a successful Scrum training
Agenda:
1) Differences between training and coaching?
2) How to structure a training?
3) How to do your presentations – working with flipcharts & co?
4) How to deal with questions?
5) How to tell stories?
Duration — 3hrs
In case [...]
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YouTube | Scrum of hell | Daily Scrum
April 22nd, 2008 · 1 Comment · 00 checked, Deutsch, English, Scrum, Scrum Basics
Wer schon immer mal ein gutes und richtig schön durchgeführtes Daily Scrum sehen wollte, sollte dieses Video anschauen.
Wir haben dieses Video vor mehr als einem Jahr aufgenommen und mittlerweile ist es weit oben im Ranking von YouTube.
Daily Scrums sollten alles andere als langweilig sein. Viel Spass beim Anschauen.
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Scrum is like a chair | Metaphors
April 21st, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, English, Ideas, Scrum
Metaphors are a very good way to understand the world. They help us to understand the world based on our imagination as they are more intuitive. Let’s try some methaphors over the next couple of weeks.
Scrum is like a chair:
It is solid
It has four legs
You can rely on it
It is real
To make it you need [...]
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News of the week | Blogs and more
April 20th, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, English, Good to know, Scrum
This is worth to check out:
Agile version control with multiple teams, Henrik Kniberg
HICSS-42 CALL FOR PAPERS – due 15 June 2008
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_42/minitracks/st-asd.htm
January 5-8, 2009
Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort
Waikoloa, Big Island, Hawaii
Boris moves on
Scrum the alcoholic perspective, Tobias Mayer
The course broschure of Willem van den Enden is out
Scrum group in Vienna
cu — Boris Gloger
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Scrum certification | Sao Paulo, Brazil
April 19th, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, Brazil, English, Scrum, Scrum Training
Maybe you remember my last trip to Brazil. I have been to Sao Paulo, Recife and Rio de Janeiro in January. Due to the very high demand — I was “forced” to come back to Brazil.
I will be in Recife from May 19th till 25th and maybe you have time to join me for a [...]
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Scrum consulting – A way to be on the wave
April 19th, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, English, Scrum, Scrum as Business, ask miu
Friedman writes that there are two groups he calls “untouchables” in the new economy:
1. The specialists: consultants like Ken Schwaber, Tom Peters etc.
2. The localized: a barber, dentists etc.
These two groups are untouchable because they are not affected or even better, they will benefit from globalization.
I am not a dentist or a hair stylist. I [...]
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“Defining Done” – Mitch Lacey (CST)
April 18th, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, English, Professional Software Delivery, Scrum, link offline
At the end of a sprint the product development team will demonstrate the functionality they have created. A Scrum Team delivers potentially shippable code.
This is Rule # 1 of Scrum. All other principles of Scrum are equally important but this is the most equal one :). During the Scrum trainer retreat this year I found [...]
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Pangea Day – May 10, 2008: A global film event harnessing the power of film to inspire and compel social change
April 18th, 2008 · No Comments · 00 checked, English, Events, Scrum, ask miu
Today I received an email about Pangea Day –
“Wherever you will be on Saturday May 10, Pangea Day, you are warmly invited to join me and countless others around the world for a powerful, first-of-its kind experience.
Gathered in homes, movie theaters and larger venues, we will participate in a remarkable program of films and talks [...]
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