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: Methods
Scrum in Informatik Spektrum
There’s my comment in the magazine Informatik Spektrum: Scrum – Der Paradigmenwechsel im Projekt- und Produktmanagement – Eine Einführung. [1] I have tried to write a very brief but complete introduction to Scrum. Here’s an excerpt: “Scrum ist heute der De-facto-Standard in der agilen Softwareentwicklung. Es hat sich in den letzten Jahren aus einer (agilen) … weiterlesen →
Scrum / Agile’s inherit shortcomings? A Reply
Helene Valadon, one of our consultants has brought this super interesting post [1] to my attention. I love it, as it clearly shows some of the super misunderstandings that are caused by not enough experience or knowledge about Scrum. I want to bring my answers to your attention as an open email. Hi Chris, I … weiterlesen →
What are StoryPoints?
There is an interesting but confusing thread on one of the email groups [1] about “What is a Storypoint?” A lot of interesting ideas have been condensed by one of the writers. I believe this question needs to be answered by the way any other metrics is defined. It is a definition. Any group of … weiterlesen →
Scrum Tools | Tobias Mayer wrote about the Taskboard
This is a review and a comment about the great article of Tobias Mayer: “The Heart of Scrum.” [1] “The longer I teach and coach Scrum, the more I become convinced that the task board is the heart of Scrum. Without the task board there is no center, no focus, no hub.” I completely agree. The … weiterlesen →
Facilitation Techniques for ScrumMaster
Self-organization needs self-reference. In other words: A system has to be able to “observe” itself to organize itself. To enable a system to do so, relevant tools and methods are required. The so-called Metaplan techniques have been developed in Germany during the 1970′s. This technique has been developed later to facilitation methods by companies like … weiterlesen →