In this latest installment of Danube’s video blogs, CST Michael James discusses the importance of the ScrumMaster role and how his ScrumMaster Checklist can help ensure individuals in that position fulfill its many demands.
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In this latest installment of Danube’s video blogs, CST Michael James discusses lessons from other fields that would benefit Scrum teams.
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Hey Mike,
I just finished enjoying the excellent webinar that you hosted today.
My team has been tasked with being the first team to go through our company’s transition to 100% Scrum environment and have been through our first two sprints. So far, my experience has been that we seem to spend way more time in meetings/discussion [...]
In this video blog, Danube Software Process Mentor and Scrum Trainer Michael James discusses the challenges that large organizations face. Given Scrum’s recent rise in popularity–especially among enterprises–James offers commentary on common pitfalls and how they can be avoided.
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Read full article...Unnecessary task switching is wasting millions of dollars of human attention. Teams lack the focus and months of continuous membership stability to reach the self-managing state needed for high performance and high quality.
This fibrillation isn’t caused by having “too much to do” or “not enough resources” or “changing business climate.” It’s caused by bad habits and misconceptions.
Read full article...●SCRUMとは何か
あるとき、電気工学の博士過程に進んだ友人が、彼の博士論文を私に説明しようとしたことがあります。その友人は、自分が開発したプログラムを一行ごとに説明しだしたのですが、私は工学の分野に詳しいわけでも、ましてやコンピュータプログラマでもないので、彼の言っていることはちんぷんかんぷんでした。専門用語を駆使することが日常になっていた彼にとって、外の人間に自分の研究を説明するのは容易なことではなかったようです。
In this video blog, Danube CST Michael James starts with the basics by considering what Scrum is and what organizations stand to gain from implementing it. To take a look, simply click on the video below. Be sure to check back soon for more video blogs from Danube’s trainers.
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Read full article...Hi Michael,
I was part of your last Scrum training in NY. One of the questions that often comes up at my work place is self work assignment and architects input on those items. I’m an architect and managers of the engineering team. We have really promoted the idea of self work assignment and training people [...]
Does your ScrumMaster make business decisions for your team/PO?
Does he make technical decisions for your team?
Does he make promises on behalf of your team?
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While the U.S. military has historically relied on size and strength, a small book issued by Marine General A.M. Gray advocated an alternative approach relying on speed and skill as force multipliers. Effective Scrum teams, with business-savvy Product Owners, have also learned to outmaneuver larger competitors.
I’ve picked a few quotes to encourage you to [...]
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