Luke Hohmann has explained in his article “Why Prioritizing Your Product Backlog for ROI Doesn´t Work” [1] that it is necessary to priorize a backlog item: “identify stakeholder preferences, understand which backlog items align to corporate strategy, and demonstrate which backlog items drive profit.”
Whether you go along with his ideas, which he is stating very [...]
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5 min on Scrum | Business Value
March 11th, 2010 · No Comments · Product Backlog, Product Owner, Scrum · Edit
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Scrumlies | The ScrumMaster
February 22nd, 2010 · No Comments · Manager, Roles, Scrum, ScrumMaster, Team · Edit
In our last story the Manager insisted in using existing resources – understandable from an economical point of view. But our Team found out that the blood could not be used any more. So it’s the ScrumMasters job to find a way to remove the impediment. And according to the 24h rule this should [...]
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Scrum | The Team on the Customer
February 20th, 2010 · No Comments · Roles, Scrum, Team · Edit
Have you ever worked with people like this Producer? They have no sense of art, it is incredible. Customers are important, agreed but ….
We are happy that Penelope has to deal with the Customer, and we only see them in the reviews and in the Sprint Planning meetings. Customers always change their desires. Today [...]
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Management in Scrum Organizations
February 18th, 2010 · No Comments · Insights, Manager, Scrum, Scrum and Management, Scrum as Business · Edit
“We do not need Managers!”, was the first idea of most agile people in the beginning. I found this statement always suspect. I knew that this idea is wrong and therefore I introduced the role “Manager” in my interpretation and my doing of Scrum.
But what does management do? It is very simple: They direct the [...]
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Professional ScrumMaster
February 16th, 2010 · No Comments · Professional Scrum, Scrum, Scrum Basics, ScrumMaster · Edit
The moderation training, which has been held with Dieter Rösner in Munich a week ago, was a complete success. The participants are all on their way to become Professional ScrumMasters (certified by bor!sgloger).
What is a Professional ScrumMaster? I always had the idea that a ScrumMaster is appointed by their role to change the situation in [...]
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Education as a Professional Scrum Master
February 10th, 2010 · No Comments · Germany, Scrum Training, ScrumMaster · Edit
Since February 2010 we are offering an education as a Professional ScrumMaster. What is that and why am I doing this?
I always had the opinion that a ScrumMaster is a manager who is challenged by extremely difficult tasks. The ScrumMaster has to innitiate changes in behavior of his team members, he has to establish a [...]
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