Distributed Scrum
I once worked for a company that prided itself of doing distributed agile. The vision was to have one team split across two different country so that work could continue around the clock. They had the development team in Chicago and a testing team in India. Work completed in Chicago at the end of the … Read more
Australian CSM Courses for 2009
After a few months off from client related work, I’m ready to get back into the swing of things. A few years ago, I did a tour of Europe which was a fantastic experience. This year I’ll be doing a tour of Australia, and quite possibly New Zealand later in the year. This is exciting … Read more
The top five reasons companies adopt scrum
Someone asked me recently what where the five top reasons why companies adopt Scrum. I had difficulty answering this question, because, without doing a reasonably rigorous survey it’s difficult to provide a comprehensive answer. I do however, have some experience with companies adopting Scrum and I could provide the top five reasons that I’ve personally … Read more
The top five ways to survive Scrum
Over the last few years we’ve seen the introduction of Agile software development into the mainstream. In 2006 the Agile Alliance are claimed that Agile frameworks had crossed the chasm. Frameworks such as Scrum have been seized upon by management and they are the ones who are now controlling the introduction of Agility. The reasons … Read more
Lessons for Product Owners from The Kobayashi Maru
The Kobayashi Maru is the name of a starship in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and also the name of a simulation of a no-win scenario. Wikipedia has a good outline of the scenario and the dilemma: … the cadet receives a distress signal, stating that the Kobayashi has struck a “gravitic mine” … Read more
