Driving Continuous Improvement
Find a vast array of advanced scrum topics and patterns that can increase your Team’s Velocity. Online courses and classes for Scrum Masters, Scrum Product Owners, and those team members seeking continuous improvement. If you’re not a member, visit our pricing and plans page for more detail.
Patterns: Finish Early, Accelerate Faster
Finish Early, Accelerate Faster (FEAF) is a Scrum pattern language composed of a number of Scrum Patterns used together. FEAF is an incredibly powerful pattern language because it will help new Teams establish good practices and take experienced Teams Hyper-Productive; defined as a Velocity 400% higher than a Teams’ initial Velocity.
Scrum Retrospectives
One of the core principles in Scrum is the idea of continuous improvement. Each Sprint the Team engages in an inspect-and-adapt cycle during the Retrospective meeting. Beyond that though, the Scrum Guide doesn’t offer much insight into how to run a successful Retrospective and how to use the meeting to improve production, quality, and velocity.
All Continuous Improvement Topics
Clinically Agile: How Doctors in the UK Used Elements of Scrum and Scrum@Scale in Their COVID-19 Response
Clinically Agile: How Doctors in the UK Used Elements of Scrum and Scrum@Scale in Their COVID-19 Response by Tom Bullock with Dr. Robert Macadam and Dr. David Raw | August 28, 2020 | Blog The United Kingdom has been hit particularly hard by COVID-19. For healthcare...
11 Simple Steps to Launch Your Scrum in Construction Pilot
11 Simple Steps to Launch Your Scrum in Construction Pilot by Felipe Engineer-Manriquez | August 26, 2020 | Blog Scrum is a team framework that allows complex projects to be delivered with adaptation yet supports people to both productively and creatively produce work...
User Stories And The Alternatives
User Stories And The Alternatives by Avi Schneier and Tom Bullock | August 26, 2020 | Blog If the Sprint is the heartbeat of Scrum, the Product Backlog is its backbone. To be effective, a Backlog must be comprised of individual items written in such a way that the...
Scrum Spotlight: Fabian Schwartz and Your Scrum Playbook: It’s Poker Not Chess
Scrum Spotlight: Fabian Schwartz and 'Your Scrum Playbook: It’s Poker Not Chess' by Scrum Inc. Team | August 26, 2020 | Blog Fabian Schwartz has spent decades spreading Scrum in new geographies and industries. He has helped many businesses from small start-ups to...
Scrum In Construction Webinar
From mega-projects and infrastructure to commercial buildings and residential construction, Scrum projects are safer and come in under budget and early. Attend this webinar to learn how Agile and Scrum are revolutionizing construction.
Coach the Coach Episode 2 – Building Relationships
Coach the Coach Episode 2 - Building Relationships by Dee Rhoda and Tom Bullock | July 31st, 2020 | Blog To be effective, all coaches must develop a productive relationship with their team or teams. If they don’t know you, trust you, believe you, and understand you,...
Determining The Right Length Of Your Sprint
Determining The Right Length Of Your Sprint by Dave Slaten, Kendra West, and Tom Bullock | July 30, 2020 | Blog The duration of your Sprint sets the cadence for everything else in Scrum; Events, releases, the work itself. Therefore, determining the optimal Sprint...
Scrum Spotlight: Raising Thousands of Dollars for the World Health Organization and Colors of Change
Trainers from the Scrum Inc. Education Program came together to support COVID-19 frontline workers and social justice by raising thousands of dollars for the World Health Organization and Colors of Change Organization. Together we can make a difference.
Why 47% of Agile Transformations Fail!
Why do 47% of Agile Transformations Fail? A good time was had by all at Scrum Day India 2020. My talk on “Why 47% of Agile Transformations Fail!” was well received. After many requests for the slides I am posting them here. I recently read that 47% of Agile...
2020 Scrummer Reading List+
2020 Scrummer Reading List We all know this is a very different kind of summer (or winter for our friends in the Southern Hemisphere). One where the need to escape, learn, grow maybe even more acute. Our annual tribute to great reads (and listens) is here to help. ...
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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