One of the areas a Scrum Master needs to practice is facilitating meetings. I have found an exercise that can help train a Scrum Master in Facilitation. One of the problems that I had when facilitating a Scrum event was being able to move the meeting on when appropriate. I would let people ramble onContinue reading “Scrum From Hell”
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Daily Scrum Mistakes.
After researching techniques that would improve my Daily Scrum. I thought I would highlight some mistakes that can occur within a Daily Scrum Meeting that you can further improve to make your Daily Scrum more appealing. I read an article on “Scrum from the Trenches” Daily Scrum Mistakes that echo’s some of the sentiments feltContinue reading “Daily Scrum Mistakes.”
Scrum Alliance
The Scrum Alliance site is a very good resource for Scrum Articles, Scrum Training and finding out where Scrum gatherings are happening around the world. If you have not checked it out yet, have a look. It may be of use to you. Scrum Alliance Website
How to fit QA into Scrum
I read an interesting article that addresses some of the problems that my own team has encountered with trying to fit QA into Scrum. We have found that on some occasions coding new functionality for our site can take up a large part of the sprint, which can have a knock on effect on theContinue reading “How to fit QA into Scrum”
How Scrum has improved our QA
I have worked at a web based startup company for the past 3 years. Before we implemented Scrum just under two years ago now, the QA team, of which I was a part of was a separate unit from all other teams. We worked with the watrerfall method of development which meant we were involvedContinue reading “How Scrum has improved our QA”
The Mythical Product Owner Role
I was forwarded this article by a colleague. It basically describes the product owner role and categorises the different types of product owner. As a Product Owner could interpret their role differently depending on their ‘Day Job’ role it means that there can be different types of Product Owner depending on their role. Take for instance,Continue reading “The Mythical Product Owner Role”
What is Scrum?
Scrum is a framework or rules that allows you to tailor your own lightweight process to develop new products. Scrum is simple, it can be understood and implemented in a few days, but it takes a lifetime to master. “Scrum is not a methodology – its a pathway” Ken Schwaber Scrum will also help you fail inContinue reading “What is Scrum?”
Effective Story Writing in Scrum.
A major part of the Scrum Process is Story writing. I decided to research the art of story writing so that I could improve my own story writing and hopefully improve the story writing capability of my team. I discovered that all User Stories follow the same format. As a <USER> I want <FUNCTION> soContinue reading “Effective Story Writing in Scrum.”
The Ball Game
I attended my Certified Scrum Master training held by Tobias Mayer and Mike Sutton in September 2008. This was a brilliant course that had a practical element built in to help us learn. One of the practical elements was a game called "The ball game". I have taken this from Mike Sutton’s Blog at Agile-Blogs. ItContinue reading “The Ball Game”
Scrum Development Wiki
A Link to the Scrum Wiki page that describes the basics of Scrum. Also has some links to video’s which may be of interest. Scrum Wiki Page"
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