Scrum versus Kanban: Is there really a battle?
Watch the video from the first edition of Bucharest Agile Talks, where Flavius Stef picks a winner in the battle of Scrum versus Kanban. Or does he?
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Should you demo incomplete stories in Sprint Reviews?
The Sprint has finished and the team has several incomplete stories. Is it ok to present partial work during the Sprint Review?
Full time Scrum Master or part time role?
Do we need a full time Scrum Master or is it a part time role?
How to get the entire team involved during Scrum meetings
Are you facilitating meetings where only half the team gets to speak? Here are a few simple tips to get the entire team involved.
What does a Scrum Master do?
What are the main responsibilities a Scrum Master should take care of? This post identifies four major ‘hats’ they should wear: team facilitator, performance guardian, servant leader and change catalyst.
Product owner for a day
Recently, I participated in an experiment for Product Development. It was during a weekend, in the mountains, with a team of 8 persons from Bucharest Agile Software Meetup Group. We didn’t know each other very well and we have not been working together before. Our misson was to develop a product in a day and …
Learning resources for Product Owners
A few days ago I published a blog post with resources for ScrumMasters. I was saying how, since it’s a relatively new role, it requires new skills to get it right, so people often ask me for learning resources. Well, the same goes for the Product Owner role. In the past, things were clear: we had …
Learning resources for ScrumMasters
Quite often after a Scrum workshop, the newly appointed ScrumMaster will approach me and confess that this role is much harder than they had anticipated. I really sympathize with that problem. The role is deceivingly simple at first glance, but really challenging to do in real life. So I’ve gathered a list of resources that should …
5 Tips to Avoid Release Hell As Scrum Master
A Scrum Master friend of mine missed Karaoke night on Saturday because she had to stay until midnight at work getting the release out of the door. Briefly, the story is like this: It was the release week and the new version of the application should have been on UAT environment on Thursday night. Even …
A developer about Product Owner
I developed software products for about 5 years and collaborated with Product Owners (PO) during this time. I will share in the following my perspective as a developer about this role and about working together with POs. I was surprised when I first read about the definition of a product owner, after working for a …