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 →
Category Archives: Agile Techniques
Communities are Communication Bridges
In my last post I made my case for describing organizations in terms of communication structures. Persons that are interacting much with each other should be in one cluster within the organization. Bridges between clusters are needed and are created by communication paths between at least one member of each cluster. By crossing multiple bridges … weiterlesen →
Agile and Organizational Structures
Putting up a Kanban board or holding daily Scrum meetings does not make an agile organization. Neither does the adherence to all the Scrum or Kanban – or whatever else – rules. You may even succeed in becoming really agile on a micro basis in your organization: The teams get a beautifully groomed backlog from … weiterlesen →
Agile Architecture can be changed!
Whoever wants to develop in an iterative manner has a basic problem: he doesn’t know if he will be required to do something which requires throwing out basic assumptions. In the most extreme case this can lead to large parts of a product having to later be changed. This knowledge leads many software developers to … weiterlesen →
ScrumMaster lone fighter? Cope with the Challenges of a ScrumMaster together with the Team / Part 1 / Dieter Rösner
Dieter Rösner, an experienced business coach, not only developed with us the ScrumMaster Pro Concept that leads to becoming a certified ScrumChange Manager, but contines to have brilliant ideas : the adaptation of existing coaching methods to our needs of a ScrumMaster. Over the next few days he will give a short synopsis of how … weiterlesen →
Definition of Done / Level of Done / Constraints
The last couple of days I experienced how difficult the topic of Definition of Done can be. I was confronted with many misunderstandings, ambiguities and confusing thoughts. We differentiate between three different aspects that are logically separated from each other: Level of Done – The Level of Done describes the achievable degree of completion of … weiterlesen →
Estimating vs. Planning?
Estimation is one of the points most often asked about regarding Scrum: When is estimation relevant? Can you rely on an estimation? How relevant is the estimation, if various people with different experiences and emphasis estimate a User Story? Many of these questions show, that people do not understand estimation or do not want to … weiterlesen →