Pixars funny short film about a group of birds and how they react to a strange intruder reminded me of some teams and their behaviour I have seen in the past.
Seeing things the same way, having common values, the same enemies and reacting automatically and synchronously may be very powerful, but can also create problems [...]

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In the past Scrum has mainly been used for professional purposes, and there especially within the IT sector.
Using Scrum Cooking to show the practical applications, I’ve been showing for some time now how Scrum knowledge can also be helpful in private life.
Shortly the following message reached me:
“Your training is not only helpful [...]

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Today I ordered a car from Sixt. I was not able to do it online, as the website did not allow me to order a car for the same day. So I gave them a call. The nice voice on the phone told me to wait, put me on loop aksed me to punch keys [...]

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Lässt sich die Komplexität von agilen Projekten modellieren, simulieren oder analysieren? Wenn ja, was sind die Voraussetzungen? Zu diesem Thema ist in der Yahoogroup “deutschescrum” ein sehr interessanter Artikel aufgetaucht.
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/deutschescrum/message/889

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A ScrumMaster is a real leader. But what really defines a leader? Is it enough to have a vision or to be in a position of authority?
Let’s have a look at some of the – more or less known – great leaders and visionaries of the 18th century and let’s see what a modern [...]

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A memorable way to identify the separate roles in Scrum is to compare everybody involved with a team, producing a movie.
The 3 Roles in Scrum (describing the “Scrum Team” itself):

Scrum Master: The Film Director
Team: The Actors
Product Owner: The Storywriter

3 Additional Roles (I use to show how to handle other critical stakeholders who are [...]

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