How to Uninstall Scrum

by Erwin Verweij | 2 Comments | 01 Apr 2013 |

Erwin_bw_klein There are companies that somehow don't seem to get Scrum to work, and they attempt to get it undone — to uninstall it, so to speak. Sometimes the reason is that they feel they don't get the expected results, or that control is no longer ther...

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Agile Does Damage

by Erwin Verweij | 5 Comments | 20 Mar 2013 |

Erwin_bw_klein Agile can inflict a lot of irreversible damage to companies and teams and, in most cases, it cannot be repaired. I sometimes encounter companies that have implemented a form of Agile. Sometimes they use Scrum or Kanban, and on other occasions they...

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Jip and Janneke Should Have Used Scrum

by Erwin Verweij | 2 Comments | 04 Jan 2013 |

Erwin_bw_klein A friend of mine asked me if I could explain Scrum to her. I'm always willing to do this, and I started out with iterations, and estimation and delivering value, and all the stuff we know and do. But she is not a developer, and she soon interrupte...

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