The Team is supposed to improve. It is expected to simply learn from its mistakes and work even faster. Many Managers doubt that this can work, considering that their Teams are currently not even delivering or delivering without complying to the requirements, as deadlines are ignored. How is it possible to push a Team towards … weiterlesen →
The ScrumMasters‘ Checklist
Particularly when ScrumMasters have been operating in one company over a long period of time, they turn blind to organisational deficiencies. Of course, a good ScrumMaster would have already taken initiative and found someone that can give him regular feedback. However, it is not always that easy. For this reason, I would like to present … weiterlesen →
Scrum is KANBAN – but does that even matter?
Over the past weeks, we have thought a lot about Don Reinertsen‘s ideas on Second Generation Lean Product Development. His input lays the foundation for understanding methods like KANBAN, which was created by David Anderson and is currently being sold as the counterpart to Scrum. Having dealt with the ideas of Don Reinertsen intensely and … weiterlesen →
The ScrumMasters‘ Checklist
Particularly when ScrumMasters have been operating in one company over a long period of time, they turn blind to organisational deficiencies. Of course, a good ScrumMaster would have already taken initiative and found someone that can give him regular feedback. However, it is not always that easy. For this reason, I would like to present … weiterlesen →
The Purpose behind Amateurism in the World of Agile Product Development
“For purpose-creating systems, everything has a purpose.“ (N. Luhmann) Meaning: Even apparent nonsense has some meaningful purpose. I recently read an article in the knowledge magazine SZ Magazin of the South German Newspaper („Dem Amateur ist nichts zu schwör“, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Number 24/ 20120615), which discussed amateurs in the fields of politics, economy and … weiterlesen →
Back to the future: Product Backlog Templates!
Recently, a friend of mine tried to convince me to have a look at this Japanese, animated series (please do not ask me about its title…) in the same breath he told me about annoying sequences in these animes, where suddenly the main story line is interrupted by some nonsense episodes called fillers, in which … weiterlesen →
The Purpose behind Amateurism in the World of Agile Product Development
“For purpose-creating systems, everything has a purpose.“ (N. Luhmann) Meaning: Even apparent nonsense has some meaningful purpose. I recently read an article in the knowledge magazine SZ Magazin of the South German Newspaper („Dem Amateur ist nichts zu schwör“, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Number 24/ 20120615), which discussed amateurs in the fields of politics, economy and … weiterlesen →