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.
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Scrum Inc. Scrum Trainer Spotlight: Brian Hackerson
Brian Hackerson is a Scrum Inc. Scrum Trainer™ and co-creator of Agile Best Self. His work embraces the fact that becoming better teammates, employees, leaders, and members of our communities, starts with becoming better ourselves.
What Kind of Coach Are You?
Every great team has a great coach. Every great Agile organization has a stable of great coaches to help drive, sustain, and scale success across the enterprise. In short, the quality of Scrum and Agile coaches matter. Listen/watch the latest ScrumCast episode to learn more…
Understanding Definition of Ready, Acceptance Criteria, And Definition of Done
In this episode of ScrumCast, Scrum Inc. consultants and trainers Kevin Ball and Jack Harmening join host Tom Bullock to discuss how to use Definition of Ready, Definition of Done, and Acceptance Criteria to set your team up for success.
Scrum in Healthcare
Improving the process of turning around an operating room leads to both better patient outcomes and boosts the revenue of a hospital. This is why our hospital partner wanted to cut the average turnaround time for an operating theater by an average 15 minutes or more, without sacrificing standards or safety. Here’s how we did it…
Systemic Racism: An Open Letter to the Scrum Community
It is no longer enough to simply not be a racist. White supremacy must end. We must be actively anti-racist. We call on everyone in the Scrum and Agile community to take a stand. We must do all we can to demand and get real change. Silence is complicity.
Book Review: Doing Agile Right – So It Doesn’t Die On The Vine
Agile Done Right is a new book by Darrell Rigby, Sarah Elk, and Steve Berez. JJ Sutherland explains why it simply is a must read for the Agile Community.
6 Things To Do To Kick-Off Your Agile Transformation
As a Scrum coach and trainer, I have worked with a variety of clients over the years and have found consistently that 6 key elements can get your Agile transformation started on the right path.
What Happens to Managers in Scrum? – Episode 1 of ScrumCast
Scrum Inc. experts talk about the absence of Managers in the Scrum Guide, and how they still play an important role in your organization.
Scrum Trainer Spotlight: Dahm M. Hongchai
We are highlighting Dahm for his tireless work on behalf of Thai citizens and healthcare professionals during the Covid crisis as a Scrum Master and Agile Coach for Thai CoCare.
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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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