Kane Mar

It’s been a long while since I’ve posted video links. The reason or this apparent lack of activity is simply because I haven’t seen anything new or news-worth for some time. However, just in the last few days there have been two links that I think are worth passing along. The first video is a talk that Jeff Sutherland gave at Google called “Hyperproductive distributed Scrum teams.” Here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ht2xcIJrAXo

This second link requires some explaining to understand the full context. Ken (Schwaber) often tells a story about a “squirrel burger.” It’s really a story about inappropriately accepting responsibility for the quality of a product, and he uses the “squirrel burger” is an proxy for a poor quality product. So, you’ll often hear Scrum teams talk about “squirrel burgers” when asked to cut quality to meet a deadline. You can imagine my delight when I stumbled across the following video that show’s how to make “squirrel melts!” I’d advise those with weak stomachs to look the other way. Here’s the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RlK0Xd4c2c