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Entries from July 31st, 2009

Scrum und Soziologie

July 31st, 2009 · No Comments · 00 checked, Deutsch, Larger Scrum, Organizational Scrum, Scrum

Ich habe in Darmstadt am Institut für Soziologie studiert. Letztens ist mir wieder eingefallen, was das Motto des Institutes ist:
Das Institut sieht sich in der Tradition einer Soziologie, in der das analytische Denken Vorrang vor dem normativen und das Transparent-Machen unklarer, undurchschauter sozialer Verhältnisse als zentrale Aufgabe des Fach gesehen wird. [1]
Für mich ist Scrum nach [...]

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Scrum eine Sekte?

July 30th, 2009 · 8 Comments · 00 checked, Deutsch, Methods, Scrum, Scrum as Business

Schon wieder bin ich mit dem Vorwurf konfrontiert worden, dass Scrum eine Sekte sei. Was ist bloss mit den deutschen Software Entwicklern los? Eine Methode, ein Framework, ein Mindset, eine Herangehensweise, die weltweit Erfolge feiert, wird in Deutschland in die Nähe von Sekten gerückt.
Glauben denn die, die so etwas aussprechen wirklich, dass weltweit renommierte Firmen [...]

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Understanding comics – Storytelling

July 19th, 2009 · No Comments · 00 checked, English, Presentation, Scrum, Storytelling

again this video as a post. Have a look, it is worth the 18 min.

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Presentationzen is now available as video

July 11th, 2009 · No Comments · 00 checked, English, Presentation, Scrum, Tipps

Kara // Jul 11, 2009 at 12:37 am (Edit)

Thank you for the post on Garr Reynolds.
I work for Peachpit Press and thought you and your readers might be interested in knowing that he just released his first online streaming video, Presentation Zen: The Video, where he expands on the ideas presented in his book and blog. [...]

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Simplicity is not Simplistic by Garr Reynolds

July 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments · 00 checked, English, Presentation, Scrum

I stole this photo from Garr Reynolds website to bring it to you attention — if you want to read more go to his blog and watch his 43 minute keynote.
His keynote about Simplicity is again a great example about how a presentation should should look and feel like.
Have fun with it.

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Mark Bittman: What’s wrong with what we eat

July 9th, 2009 · No Comments · 00 checked, English, Real Stories, Scrum, Talks

When I was 17 I’ve been a vegetarian. It was ok and trendy not to eat meat. At some moment in time I started to eat meat again. Today I know that most people have this phase when they stop to eat meat for a while. Nowadays, 23 years later, I eat too much meat. [...]

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Moderationstechniken für ScrumMaster

July 8th, 2009 · No Comments · 00 checked, After a training, Deutsch, Germany, Methods, Scrum Meetings, ScrumTools

Die Moderationsmethode als Basis Werkzeug des ScrumMasters.

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A new interpretation of DEADLINE

July 6th, 2009 · No Comments · 00 checked, English, Scrum

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BMW – Gran Tourismo

July 5th, 2009 · No Comments · Scrum

Have a look at this website:
http://www.bmw.com/com/en/newvehicles/5series/gran_turismo/2009/experience/phase_1/experience.html
You will find a video that tells you something about the ideas behind the new BMW Gran Tourismo. [No I do not have one]
This shows all Product Owners how to explain their visions.
Have fun.

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Having a Healthy Disregard for the Impossible

July 4th, 2009 · No Comments · English, Product Development, Product Owner, Scrum

On page 11 of “The Google Story”, by David A. Vise you will find the sentences:
“…and we [Page and Sergey, Founders of Google] didn’t know exactly what we wanted to do. I got this crazy idea that I was going to download the entire Web onto my computer. I told my advisor that it would [...]

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Next Certified ScrumMaster Training | Munich 13+14th of July

July 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Scrum

Some seats left!
The next public Scrum Training takes place in Munich and is an english one. And it will include the famouse ScrumCooking event with Jürgen Margetich @ MACE kitchen on the evening of the first trainingsday.
Get to know the facts about Scrum. Roles, meetings, artefacts and all the knowledge inbetween you need to know [...]

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What is Potential Shippable Code?

July 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · English, Ideas, Professional Software Delivery, Scrum Artefacts

Ken Schwaber und Jeff Sutherland called the result of a Sprint: „Potential Shippable Code.“ The idea was to present to customer and everybody else a piece of the product that worked. In their trainings both of them showed that a team needs to discuss with their Product Owner and with the management the „Level of [...]

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What is a Backlog Item?

July 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Deutsch, English, Good to know, Organizational Scrum, Scrum, Scrum Artefacts, Scrum Basics

A Backlog Item is a defined as “Deliverables, Stories, Functionality Requirements”. A Backlog Item can be anything as long as the team understands that it has to have business value and is meaningful for the Product Owner.

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Kaiserlautern hat 32 neu Certified ScrumMaster

July 1st, 2009 · No Comments · Deutsch, Scrum

Morgen beginnt der Scrumalltag für ein neues Team in Kaiserlautern. Einer meiner Kunden hat in den letzten beiden Tagen von mir 32 Mitarbeiter trainieren lassen, um nun in der Lage sein zu können, Scrum selbständig zu implementieren.
Am Ende des Trainings hat der CTO der Company noch einmal den Anwesenden bestätigt, dass die Team die Unterstützung [...]

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