The fundamentals of Scrum—roles, artifacts, and ceremonies—are well-documented. But too often, teams stop there. In Plaky’s recent guide to Scrum Project Management, you’ll find the essentials clearly laid out. At Gehtsoft, Scrum is just one instrument in a larger system of disciplined delivery. Ivan’s approach
Don't get me wrong. I love Scrum. I use Scrum wherever it works. But let me be honest. The phrase "simple to understand, and difficult to master" is more than just truth. It is the perfect explanation of why some teams fall in the blasphemy of
Occasionally I become responsible for fixing dysfunctional teams on their way to agile. Often these teams are entirely misaligned with project and company goals and consistently failed to improve the process. Aligning goals and motivations is always a kind of negotiation inside the team, as well as between the team
Helping agile teams to improve, I often saw one problem, especially with the teams recently migrated from old-school methods, such as RUP. In these teams, product owners are the only team members proactively involved in backlog management. Such situation contradicts to the Scrum ideology and dramatically decreases the team performance.
In this introductory post, I want to explain why I am going to write some articles on how to use some Unified Process tools and techniques in the Scrum framework. This article does not provide any recipes yet; it just explains why I decided to help people to augment their
