Making the Daily Standup Work
As the author of the paper Scrum in Church, I’ve been invited to give a talk about using Scrum in non-IT settings. It’s hard to find a setting more removed from software development than a church! For the past two years I have been working at Scrum Inc. where we do...
Update: Scrum Metrics for Hyperproductive Teams
The Scrum Metrics for Hyperproductive Teams: How They Fly Like Figher Aircraft will be presented at the IEEE HICSS Conference in Maui in January. A preliminary copy is available online at the link above. Previously, OpenView Venture Partners videotaped the Scrum...Outsourcer Says: Do Not Outsource
Guest Blog By Peter Vaihansky, GM Americas, First Line SoftwareDo not outsource your software development. Yes, you read that right. I work for a software development outsourcing firm, and I am telling you not to outsource. But why not? Everyone’s doing it, and...
One Manager at a Time
By: Laura Althoff, Scrum Master and Executive Director of Scrum Inc. Last weekend while catching up with my mom on the phone the topic of Agile arose. I’d off-handedly let her know that I had presented at the Agile Boston monthly meeting, but this story...
GAO Report on Agile Practices in Government
The government is waking up to the incredible waste in federal software procurement. In 2000, a DOD study showed that 75% of $34B in projects was totally wasted. Ken Schwaber and I reviewed the Sentinel Project at the FBI in our latest book Software in 30 Days and...6 Agile Ways To Increase Employee Engagement
Organizations who utilize Agile ways of working experience a 20-30% improvement in employee engagement. Engage, Equip & Empower your employees.
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