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.
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AgilePalooza Slides and Papers, Charlotte, NC, 13-14 Aug 2009
The presentations below make a good introductory workshop on Scrum. All slides and reference papers are provided. AgilePalooza, Charlotte, NC, 13-14 Aug 2009 Day 1 – Wells Fargo KEYNOTE 8:45 – 9:45 am Agile Software Development in the Enterprise Jeff Sutherland, Ph.D....
Scrum Everywhere: Wiredrive Implements Scrum for Sales and Support
Bill Sewell, Scott Downey, Jeff Sutherland At a recent Digital LA Scrum event, Scott Downey and I talked with Bill Sewell, CEO of Wiredrive a company that manages creative advertising. Bill has an innovative approach to using Scrum for his sales team. Scott and I were...
Scrum Day Keynote South Africa: Take No Prisoners
I gave the keynote address for Scrum Day in South Africa, filling in for Ken Schwaber who had a bicycle accident the previous week. The group asked me to talk about the paper we presented at Agile 2009 called "Take No Prisoners: How a Venture Capital Group Does...
Pivotal Tracker: Now with a Burndown Chart!
Pivotal Tracker is a great lightweight tool for running distributed Scrum. It's free and I use it for my company and my wife has used it for Scrum in Church. Ward Cunningham says it is the only tool that is as good as cards. Well, maybe not as good as a Scrum Board...
Agile Richmond: Agile Software Development in the Enterprise
A large crowd showed up in Richmond on 23 July to hear my latest talk on Scrum in the enterprise. Click here for slides on Agile Development in the Enterprise V8. ------------- Agile Richmond, in partnership with CCPace and Staff Focus, are please to offer an...
Microsoft NE R&D Center 6 Aug: Practical Roadmap to a Great Scrum
Here are the slides for the presentation on "Practical Roadmap to a Great Scrum" given at Microsoft on 6 Aug 2009. Date: Thursday, August 6th Time: 6 - 9pm Where: Microsoft New England R&D Center, 1 memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA RSVP: Register at agilebazaar.org...
Ready: The Dynamic Model of Scrum
The Definition of Ready by Serge BeaumontI give CSM trainings with Jeff Sutherland, and about half a year ago he had put something in his material called "the dynamic model of Scrum". The essential feature was the addition of a READY state opposite the DONE state. The...
Nokia Test: Online
The latest version of the Nokia test is now ready for online scoring in French and English thanks to Antoine Vernois. We are finding that for teams that can establish a baseline velocity, raising the score two points will typically double velocity and quality. Raising...
nlscrum – Hilversum, Netherlands 24 June 2009
I spent the month of June in Europe and one of the highlights was the nlscrum meeting held at Xebia in the Netherlands. We had a full house that wanted to talk about taking the Red Pill instead of the Blue Pill. See "Agile Architecture: Red Pill or Blue Pill." Good...
Velocity: Why don’t people know how much Scrum teams can get done?
The velocity of the Scrum team is the number of story points they can turn into working code at the end of a sprint. This is used by the Product Owner to create a release plan with a realistic date. The investors at OpenView Venture Partners released that all the...
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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