Recent Comments by Andy

On Leader of the Band

I agree with Mike Cohn on all the attributes. In particular with regards to 'Knowledgeable'. I am a Scrummaster without any formal programmer\developer skills and at times i struggle to understand the complexity of project task or I am unable to a...

On Scrum’s Neat, But I Have a Schedule to Meet

ref: M W Lowery. Do not worry about the whats, whys and maybes, just follow your intuition. if you believe scrum is a good fit for your project, then go with it, keep an open mind and be gracious during the political murmerings. use the scrum tool...

On The Blue Peter Problem

Nigel: i came up against the same problems early on in the introduction of scrum. Rather than try and 'push' the point as 'the way scrum is done' i treated it as an impediment. We have a CMS so i moved all the card based info into the cms. I downl...

On Certified Scrum Coach Program: Draft Proposal

err.........on a selfish level...i am a scrummaster without any formal programmer\developer skills, my background has always been process\methods, quality and change management, so ........a scrum coach accreditation would be good for my future jo...

On Perfect Planning

Geoffrey F. Fisher: When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target. Thus agile!

On Plan of Action

thanks for the article. while i am not sure i understand\agree with all points made, i felt it highlighted the need for focus in the retrospectives. My own experience is to encourage the team to take ownership of the retrospective as part of their...

On Perfect Planning

Mike: I agree. the 'we commit to this' is often underestimated in it's importance. We have been very clear with the product owners with regards to prioritisation and the difference between bugs and backlog. We operate a rotating support enviroment...

On Going Nowhere Fast

Jim: i agree with your comment, always working on\with that one, and struggling to still operate scrum. but then, nobody said it was going to be easy :)

On Scrum Reading List

the book list is invaluable and i have spent many hours thumbing my way backwards and forwards through a few of them. I am particularly interested in your point 'students are expected to come to the class with a working knowledge of Scrum' When i ...

On Scrum Alliance Certifications

scrum community thoughts: www.infoq.com/news/ 2007/03/Scrum-CSM-debate

On Why Fixed Bids Are Bad for Clients

Truly inspiring ! oh to be involved

On Scrum is so easy! Why don't they get it?

Chris, your experience seems to be the opposite of the previous article bt Andy Brandt, which i found truly inspiring. If only we could all work under that enviroment. I also find it incredible that people are 'just not getting it' especially fro...

On Case Study: October 2007

13 team members is too many. You are already breaking the team by product items so consider splitting the team into two withing the 5 to 9 spec recommended in scrum. The teams do not have to be permenant. If you keep in touch with the backlog you...

On "Four"warned Is Forearmed

I am all for adding any 'tools' that the team feel will help them to acheive their commitment in a satisfactory manner. However, i have a few comments to make on the general story. 'No formal training' I would always recommend a workshop run by th...

On A Balancing Act

Anything the Team ask for that is requested and discussed in a practicle and professional manner should be the ultimate target.

On The Manager's Role in Agile

Kevin,one way is to see an improved velocity. After 2 years this information should be at hand. If requirements gathering, estimating\planning, retrospectives are improving , it is suggested velocity will improve also. testing measurements merely ...

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