Inhalte mit dem Tag "Scrum Basics"

b!g Scrum Checklist at InfoQ

August 14th, 2010 07:13 am von Katrin Dietze · No Comments · Good to know, Scrum Basics

The 2010 Version of Scrum Checklist is available at InfoQ! A non printable PDF is available here to Download for free. The printed version is available at book stores with the  ISBN 978-3000282010 or directly from us. Price €9,95 + postage. Order by E-Mail from bernadette.christ@borisgloger.com. The 2010 Edition is almost sold out, so please [...]

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Start with the Why

June 11th, 2010 08:23 pm von Christoph Oberle · No Comments · Scrum, Scrum Artefacts, Scrum Basics

A common model for writing UserStories is the UserStory after Mike Cohn [1]: As Who do I want What, so that Why. For example, “As a consultant I want to publish articles so I become famous.” When working as a ScrumConsultant for bor!sgloger I find time and again that the UserStories of our customers usually [...]

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Estimation and Product Backlog

June 6th, 2010 01:57 pm von Boris Gloger · 1 Comment · Scrum, Scrum Basics

A reader of my blog mentioned the following text: “Product Backlog.  Prioritized Lists of Requirements with timely estimates for their completion. A unit of estimation is usually a day of work. The higher the priority of a request the more exact the estimations need to be, because the product backlog is completed according to decreasing [...]

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Best Practices and Continuous Improvement

June 1st, 2010 01:36 pm von Boris Gloger · No Comments · Good to know, Scrum, Scrum Basics

Mike Cohn [1], wrote in his latest book “Succeeding with Agile” [2] that calling something “best practices is dangerous” [Cohn 2009, p. 9] and not a good idea for adopting Scrum. In case a company calls it a best practice, then continuous improvement stops. He refers to Taiichi Ohno [3] who said that standards are [...]

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Professional ScrumMaster

February 16th, 2010 07:56 am von Boris Gloger · No Comments · Professional Scrum, Scrum, Scrum Basics, ScrumMaster

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 [...]

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Soft Skills for Scrum Masters

September 7th, 2009 08:45 am von Boris Gloger · No Comments · Germany, Scrum, Scrum Basics, ScrumMaster

These are the ten most important soft skills fro Scrum Masters: Assertiveness Self-awareness Sympathy Being able to withstand tensions Keeping oneself back Taking pride in other people’s success Communicating ideas clearly, being able to convince Taking decisions and asserting them Enforcing rules Recognizing other people’s interests and helping them put them into practice. Can You [...]

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Taskboard Design

August 24th, 2009 11:09 am von Katrin Dietze · No Comments · Scrum Basics, Scrum Meetings, ScrumTools

I am a big fan of good designed task boards. I found this very readable article that every ScrumMaster should have in his scrum bag. Elements of taskboard design In this article I am compiling different elements or aspects of the way I build and use team task boards. Some ideas are old, some are [...]

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