Question #1) Which Scrum ceremony is when the team — in cooperation with the product owner, management, and customers — identifies the product backlog that it believes it can develop during the next sprint? Question […]
When is Inspect and Adapt?
June 2, 2019: It’s 12:00 Sunday afternoon… people are already gathering in front of the Knight Theater for the 1:00 PM event: the Ballet Performance — ‘Spring Performance’ — by the students of Charlotte Ballet. […]
Quiz Time
Which scrum ceremony wherein sprint goal and product backlog are compared to the actual results of the sprint, and reasons for any discrepancies are discussed? Please feel free to post / respond with your answer. […]
Nip It In The Bud
‘Lily… Lily… stop. Do you want to have a problem in the future?’ my daughter’s piano teacher gently exclaimed. She was referring to a bad form my daughter is developing. I thought, that’s kind of […]
Imagine…
The game of Chess and Lean Agile are similar in many ways: everything is transparent, open to inspection, adaptive to changing situations. Imagine a book like the image below. But it’s a book on Lean […]
Turn Them On
Like a flower waiting to bloom Like a fig tree fruit waiting to go purple blue Your customers are just sitting there waiting for you To deliver value and turn them on ——- Just having […]
Tell Me a Story
Think about that poem for a moment… and relate that to your Agile team’s ceremonies. Can you picture — in your mind — your team telling stories around a camp fire like the picture below? […]
What’s In a Name?
One of the first things a newborn person receives is a name. Roman Catholic parents long time ago opted for names of saints. For example, if a baby was born on June 5th, then the […]
Sharing…The Summer Day
My wife shared with us during our family lunch a poem by Mary Oliver… I thought it was so good… must be shared. Buy her book… share it with your Agile teams. Here is one […]
Milestone Part III
As stated in earlier parts of this series, milestones are installed to provide reference points along the road. This can be used to reassure travelers that the proper path is being followed, and to indicate either distance travelled or the remaining […]
