In this episode, Richard and Peter answer the question: “I get the basic definitions of the Scrum roles. In the real world, though, what do these roles look like when they’re done well?” Hear their take on what it means to be a great ScrumMaster, Product Owner, or Scrum developer, beyond the “by the book” Scrum Guide answers. Read More
In our ScrumMaster and Coach Community of Practice session on Friday, we talked about techniques to help influence beyond the team level. We started by… Read More
In this episode, Richard and Peter answer the question: “What are your thoughts on including managers in retrospectives?” Even if a manger wants to be helpful, the answer is complicated… Read More
Borrow to Unlock a Breakthrough In his book Range, David Epstein describes a classic cognitive psychology experiment (p. 104ff). Participants in the experiment are… Read More
In this episode, Richard answers the question: “Our team is trying to use Scrum, but we get a lot of interruptions, a lot of work that pops up mid-sprint. How do we handle that kind of thing well?” He explains how to borrow a couple of concepts from Kanban to accommodate emergent work on a Scrum team in a healthy way. Read More
The Power of Layering Models We love a good mental model, especially a shared mental model. Good models help you make sense of some aspect… Read More
Just saying “you’re empowered” doesn’t make it happen. In this episode, Peter and Richard offer a more nuanced way to think about empowerment and a structured path to increase the level of empowerment for your employees and teams Read More
Definition of Success One surefire way to increase your odds of success is to articulate what success actually looks like. In the Humanizing Work… Read More
In this episode, Richard and Peter share an agenda you can use for a Sprint Review meeting—or for any meeting where you want to share and get feedback on complex, meaningful work-in-progress. Too many Sprint Reviews are a demo with no useful feedback or a deep dive into the weeds on problem-solving. The best review meetings combine a deliberate demo with a well-structured feedback session. Learn how you can have this kind of review. Read More
Feature Mining Last week, we held a webinar with Miro on Feature Mining, our technique for finding a good first slice of a big, complex… Read More
