In a recent post, Alistair Cockburn has announced a collaboration with Ivar Jacobson with the goal to clarify and simplify use cases, because: “why this? you ask – We see projects suffering because the stakeholders are missing the big picture; and POs suffering because user stories have big holes that cost the sponsors lots of […]
Are Use Cases The Key to Better User Stories? Read More »
In a recent talk, Dan North shed more light on his criticism of SOLID and Scrum. The talk is very interesting, so we watched it and we have thoughts. Here’s the TLDR: It seems that Dan North has identified a new context for software development that doesn’t fit SOLID and Scrum that much. It’s a
Are SOLID and Scrum outdated? A reaction to the latest Dan North talk Read More »
During an AMA session with a client, a very good question came up: “How do I know I have a high performing team?” In the context of Scrum being a bootstrapping process for high performing teams, it’s interesting to discuss what they are and how to get there. To do so, we discuss a number
High Performing Teams Read More »
An overview of how Kanban and XP can work together compared to Scrum
Scrum Vs Kanban and Extreme Programming (XP) Read More »
This is a guest post by Ralph Roosmalen Scrum versus Waterfall. Management 1.0 versus Management 3.0. Automated Testing versus Manual Testing. Estimation versus No Estimations. SAFe versus LeSS. So many different opinions on all kind of topics and it seems like people always want you to choose between left or right, up or down etc. When
Management 3.0: Context is Everything Read More »
Our colleague, Adi Bolboacă, had a session at Agile Talks #17, a community event where we constantly make a contribution. Find out more about from the below presentation, containing topics on: cross-functional teams habits and their importance group decisions estimates scaling The video material is here. If interested in the above topics, set a meeting
Behind Agile: Practices and Misunderstandings Read More »
The Mozaic Works coaches have many conversations with people who have burning questions about Scrum, either in community or during trainings. We’ve decided to start answering the most common ones in a series of “Burning Questions” blog posts. This blog post is the first. 1. How do I convince my team to buy into Scrum?
3 burning questions you probably have as a Scrum Master Read More »
The Sprint has finished and the team has several incomplete stories. Is it ok to present partial work during the Sprint Review?
Should you demo incomplete stories in Sprint Reviews? Read More »
Do we need a full time Scrum Master or is it a part time role?
Full time Scrum Master or part time role? Read More »
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.
What does a Scrum Master do? Read More »
