Driving Continuous Improvement
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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
Jeff at EMC
Last week, Jeff visited the storage giant EMC, a long time Scrum Inc. friend. He delivered the third iteration of his TedX Talk. The talk is a synopsis of the divergent experiences that helped Jeff create the first Scrum team at Easel in 1993 and is based on his new...
Scrum the Book out in the UK
The book hit the shelves in the UK this week. The North American version is out on September 30th. You can pre-order the book now and get a sneak-peak at the first chapter which tells the story of the FBI's Sentinel project. The FBI, in trying to move their computer...
Scrum Patterns by Jim Coplien – Thinking, Caring, Becoming
Jim Coplien, co-author of Organizational Patterns of Agile Software Development, describes the Scrum Patterns movement, the origins of Scrum, and the research that will lead to a future book on Scrum Patterns.
Definition of Done
Definition of Done The moment a Product Backlog item meets the Definition of Done, an Increment is born. The Definition of Done (DoD) represents the organization's formal definition of quality for all Product Backlog Items (PBIs). If an organization does not have one,...
Jeff Sutherland TEDx Talk
Jeff's TEDx Talk is up. Watch it here. Watch it now.
Scaling Scrum – What People Are Not Talking About!
Dean Leffingwell and I with a copy of my new bookat the VersionOne event at Agile2014 There was a lot of talk about scaling Scrum at Agile 2014. Here's a photo of Dean Leffingwell, creator of the Scaling Agile Framework aka SAFe, and me. People have...
Agile 2014: Scaling Frameworks and Scrum the Book
Scrum Inc. had a busy week at Agile2104. Our COO Alex Brown kicked things off mid-week with a comprehensive talk on how leadership works in an Agile context. Shortly after his presentation, Jeff Sutherland launched his new book Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work...
Scrum Inc @ Agile2014
Catch Jeff and Alex at Agile2014 as they present our thoughts on Scrum at Scale and Leveraging Business Value in your backlog. Jeff will also be signing a limited number of advance copies of his new book Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time. Meet us...
Scrum Inc.’s Scrum at Scale™ Framework
Scrum Inc.'s Alex Brown and Jeff Sutherland present an object-oriented model for scaling Scrum across the entire business enterprise. The modular approach enables the overall framework to function using different...
Scrum at Scale™: Part 1
Scrum at Scale™: Part 1 Scrum at Scale Part 1 introduces an object-oriented model for scaling Scrum across the business. The modular approach allows for the overall system to work together even if individual modules aren't agile. This allows the framework to support...
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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