Scrum

Scrum is a lightweight, iterative and incremental framework for managing complex work.

Scrum fails in a lot of businesses. Most don't realize it, and the rest accept it as an industry standard they can't avoid.

3 Reasons Scrum is failing you

Scrum fails in a lot of businesses. Most don’t realize it, and the rest accept it as an industry standard they can’t avoid. Here are three reasons why Scrum …

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Taking chances is something we all do, but most of us prefer taking calculated risks. Gambling is not a calculated risk, it's taking a risk far too great for gain that's far too small by comparison.

Stop gambling with Scrum

I used to play Texas Hold’em back when it was the popular thing to do. Like so many others I’d watched it on TV, and with the sudden availability of …

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In my experience, the retrospective is the most underutilized and straightforward ceremony in Scrum. Let's fix that...

How to benefit from a retrospective

In my experience, the retrospective is the most underutilized and straightforward ceremony in Scrum. I’ve sat in numerous retrospectives, where issues …

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Scrum is probably the most widely used agile development process, but it can become a cargo cult. Did yours?

When Scrum becomes a Cargo Cult

You probably started making changes to Scrum to make it “better fit” your organization or team, and at that point, it became “Scrum, …

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