Let’s start with the harsh reality. Most ‘Scrum Teams’ are actually mini-waterfall teams. They have a ‘sprint’ in which they work through a fixed backlog of items, with programmers writing code in the early days of the sprint, and testers who check that work at the end of the sprint. …

I’ve been working as an Agile Coach and Scrum Master for some time now, and it’s safe to say that Agility has not become widely understood in this time. …

I know there are going to be some people upset by this headline, so let me offer an olive branch up-front; I want to help you to get experience with Scrum. But before I can offer that help, we have to agree on something that should be a given. Mastery…

I’m going to start this article with a clear sentiment that might upset some people. Layoffs are sometimes unavoidable. I do not believe they are the result of greed or negligence in most cases, and we are often far too quick to assume the worst in CEO’s and exec leaders…

As a Scrum Master or Agile coach, facilitation is an important skill. I know that when I began my journey, I really struggled to know what this really meant in practice. …

Let’s get straight to the point. You probably clicked this article because you’re interested in the PSM-III certification from scrum.org. Lucky for you, I’m someone who both has the certification, and who struggles with traditional ‘exams’, and so had to put a lot of energy and thought into how to…

The product development industry is obviously in a very strange place these days. Taken over by the ‘Agile’ movement, (a movement I consider myself a powerful advocate for) and yet still mostly failing to grasp the basic concepts of a manifesto written more than 20 years ago. As Scrum has…

Scrum is immutable. This has been a topic of contention that I think needs clearing up. Scrum is a single codified approach that is described in the Scrum Guide. It’s defined in a minimal way, such that removing any single part nullifies it’s intended purpose. This means that if you…

Okay, so I’m about to prattle on about Physics for a short while. I promise it will be relevant, so just stick with me. In Quantum Mechanics, there’s a concept called ‘uncertainty’. …