Danube Scrum and Agile Blog

As I thought, HR ‘best practices’ will continue to be challenged in our discourse as Scrum adoption continues to mature. In fact, if you are struggling with these issues right now, it may be a signal that your Scrum adoption is maturing.

The movement to Agile is fundamentally changing the way in which organizations build software. In situations where the requirements and the technology are far from understood — where there’s a lack of clarity — processes become more and more complicated. So a traditional approach, which requires planning, can’t possibly work.

According to the report, in which Danube’s own CTO Victor Szalvay was listed as a source contributor, project managers hoping to compete in today’s business landscape require “enhanced leadership skills,” flexibility and a focus on business value, and, more than ever, a strong familiarity with agile project management techniques and processes.

What strategies do you use to make sure that the feedback you provide to teammates is positive and inspiring?

With the Agile Australia conference about to be held in Sydney in October, iTWire recently ran a story teasing some of the talks planned there for representatives from large Australian enterprises. Namely, they’ll be discussing the truly disruptive effort required to successfully implement agile at an enterprise. Citing financial services company Suncorp, who began its [...]

As many have discussed before, one of the ways Scrum helps teams inspect processes and adapt to emerging conditions is through the retrospective meeting. To review, the retrospective meeting is a meeting which occurs at the end of every sprint. 
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Those who’ve tried to implement agile or Scrum at their organization know all too well that one of the biggest obstacle to a successful adoption is cultural.
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Those who know me know that I love analogies. Whenever I try to explain what it is I do or train new employees, I seem to always rely on analogies.
When we consult our customers on Scrum transformations, we are often quizzed about the stickiness of the transformation as a means to justify the ROI of [...]

For many managers adopting Scrum, one of the hardest traditional project management practices to leave behind is tracking hours spent. It’s not hard to let go of because tracking hours is essential to effective management, but because Scrum’s tenets of self-empowerment and transparency are in direct conflict with that kind of micromanagement. [...]

The other day, I met with my new accountant for the first time. (Don’t worry. I won’t name him in case I get something wrong.) It was a routine kickoff meeting; we focused on re-classifying our Income Statement to comply with GAAP . Then he asked me a “typical banker” question: “How [...]