After a 3 year journey, I was invited to a Scrum Alliance® TAC (Trainer Approval Community) in Vienna 2 weeks ago! The last 10 months have been intense, readying myself for this invitation. I didn’t know if I was going to get a TAC spot this year, but I prepared as though I was. No matter what happened, I knew that it was going to be a learning experience. An opportunity!
Category: Scrum
bookmark_borderThe Spiderman Antidote to the Anti-patterns of Agile Leaders
This annual event is happening on the 19th and 20th October and this year it is in Johannesburg.
My proposal for a 90-minute workshop was accepted and I am speaking on the 19th – The Spiderman Antidote to the Anti-patterns of Agile Leaders.
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bookmark_borderThe Adventure of Implementing Scrum in a Corporate
Agile adoptions tend to take the form of journeys. It would be wonderful if they were “on-off” switches but they are not. I was privileged to have been part of a part of such a journey. This journey started circa 2013 and this organisation is continuously learning and adapting.
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bookmark_borderThe Scrum Board – Physical vs. an E-tool
Article originally published on January 16, 2014.
I’m not a fan of teams using tools in place of a physical Scrum board. The physical act of writing stories on index cards, moving stickies and having the daily stand-up around it is so powerful. It becomes an anchor for communication and collaboration within the team, the place around which meaningful conversations take place, much like the proverbial watercooler.
bookmark_borderRetrospectives – Building Great Teams
This article was originally published on January 22, 2014.
The first thing I do when a Scrum Master tells me that they didn’t do a sprint retrospective because of lack of time is count…slowly…to ten, plastic smile pasted on my face while I try to focus through the red haze in front of my eyes, chaotic thoughts running through my mind…“No time for improvement? No time to become more productive? No time to become great?”, before I regain some semblance of rationality. For me, the sprint retrospective is the most valuable Scrum ceremony.