At the end of a one day Scrum Introduction Training workshop the question comes up during the final session of questions and answers, what exactly does the acronym S.C.R.U. M. stand for. Of course every question deserves an answer, so as an experienced Scrum Trainer I followed the most important Scrum rule: Ask the team! … weiterlesen →
Author Archives: Jürgen Margetich
And give us our daily status…
“Status Meeting for the team” This is what was at the beginning of a German Scrum website about reading the Daily Scrum. My first reflex was to say spontaneously, that is not what it is all about. Because what is the point of a team who has worked on a Story together to every morning … weiterlesen →
Less Code – More Food!
Boris Gloger & Team are at a ScrumMaster’s Training in Frankfurt today and tomorrow. Like in Vienna and Munich we are also hosting our ScrumCooking within the framework of this Training. ScrumMaster Teams in the kitchen, guests from the Frankfurt area, wine from Austria and culinary surprises from the ScrumKitchen. This is our Backlog ;). … weiterlesen →
An Epoch of Enlightenment – Organisation Development with Scrum
There are matters that we, in our present times, take for common inalienable rights of mankind, for the indisputable and unchangeable basis of our social structure and our possibilities. However, all of these were more or less brought into being by the Enlightenment of the 18th century. Before, such thoughts were mere utopias. It took … weiterlesen →
Case Study: ImmobilienScout 24 – Scrum works where everyone lives it
Let’s be honest. When we imagine when and where Scrum can be implemented successfully, we often end up with a single team, that has more or less developed on its own. That Scrum can also be successfully developed in other dimensions, can be seen in the Case Study of Oliver Zeiler, CTO of ImmobilienScout 24, … weiterlesen →
Case Study: Scrum in the context of a traditional insurance company
The present Case Study from insurance was told to us in Munich by Robert Weidinger, information technology manager with the company Lebensversicherung von 1871 a. G. (LV 1871), a life insurance company founded in 1871. In addition to the presentation in which he tells the story of Scrum and the LV 1871, we want to leave the talking … weiterlesen →
Scrum – the Emperor’s New Clothes?
During the last few weeks when thinking about Scrum and the current movements in the markets, I remembered this fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen in 1837. Like in the fairy tale it seems to me things are the same with Scrum. Conferences, trainings, consulting and specially based event agencies operate in this fast … weiterlesen →