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"It's meant to be an agile project why are we still making changes?" "Why didn't you capture those requirements earlier?" "It meets MVP why can't you release?" "Why are we only discovering these issues now? It needs to hit this deadline so no more changes!"
Read MoreI've been trying to design a game which will teach some agile & lean principles around running a portfolio of work.. And to be honest I've been struggling!! So many learning points to get across whilst making it fun.
Read MoreKanban thinking is a methodology for understanding systems. When I introduce Kanban I like to run a number of workshops.
The first is to understand the purpose of the system and to create a shared understanding and context…
Great Agile teams are prepared to change the rules... because they understand the behavioural changes, safeguards and phycology of being Agile... 'Bad' agile teams change the rules because they don't understand and are not prepared to take the leap of faith required to achieve greatness!
Read MoreBeing agile contrary to popular belief doesn't in fact insist you work in iterations at all - it's a concept used in Scrum but if your an agile team using Kanban you probably won't have any iterations at all - working instead on a flow based system - albeit you may have the concept of cycles.
Read MoreScrum is probably the most famous and popular implementation of Agile going....
It's established, structured and well documented - with clearly defined roles, responsibilities and ceremonies.
I've written a few blog posts about Scrum but if you're new to Scrum it's probably worth reading my article
Kanban is another agile term that gets thrown around a-lot.... usually by people who have no idea what it's really all about - but when did a lack of knowledge or understanding ever stop anybody throwing around buzz words?
Read MoreI love Agile! I really do, it's brilliant!!! It really is and one of the things I love most are the words we use..... Scrum, Grooming the Backlog and ceremonies, I love a good ceremony... and as Scrum Master I like to think I'm the grand master of ceremonies... I might even buy the big red robe one day!! But one of the things I love more than any other... is the 'The Information Radiator'.
What a brilliant name! I wish I'd coined the phase.... but what is the Information Radiator?
Read MoreI've used the technique of Story Mapping countless times at project inception to assist in understanding the problem domain area, ensuing a shared understanding of the problem and a collaborative approach to building a product backlog. Unfortunately I can't really claim any credit for this methodology!!
Read MoreWhat team isn't trying to be more collaborative these days? However one of the problems you can face as a Scrum Master is how do you encourage the team to work closer together or work with other teams more?
