Tag: scrum

  • Opinion: What Makes a Scrum Master an Effective One?

    Introduction I’ve recently been asked: “Would you have any pointers to any internal or external information you recommend on guiding/teaching scrum masters on how to be an effective one?” This very straightforward question actually has a complex answer. The main cause for this is that the role of the Scrum Master is, intentionally, not something…

  • Ready-to-Sprint!

    Introduction In the past we treated Stories mostly like a rough idea with more details to follow as needed. Scrum states that you do not waste time on unnecessary detail and documentation. So this handling fits right? Wrong. A lot of people understand the lowered volume of documentation in Scrum as “do no documentation at…

  • Scrumerfall (or: You’re Problably Still in Waterfall)

    The transition from classical project management and development to Agile & Scrum can be quite drastic, turning the way work is done on it’s head (TDD) or even doing away with some things altogether (long isolated phases). A lot of teams struggle through the transition – especially while working with legacy code that did not…