When did you know that Scrum was an effective answer to complexity? Let’s start by describing the difference between complicated and complex environments. It’s so important to know the difference between the two that I always start an Agile consulting or Agile coaching engagement by asking my clients whether they...
When did you know that Agile was a great answer to complex engineering?
When did you know that Agile was a great answer to complex engineering? As I’ve spoken about before, my journey to agile started with a quest for excellence in the software development space and evolved through a series of agile experiences and agile frameworks before I found my home in...
In Scrum, what is the Increment?
We have a Product Owner, a Product Goal, and a Product Backlog in Scrum. Why don’t we have a Product but an Increment? The answer is both historical and essential. Scrum started as an iterative and incremental approach for software product development. OOPSLA 1995 Scrum Paper: SCRUM is an enhancement of...
Product Owners, You do NOT Accept the Work in the Sprint Review
In 2001 Ron Jeffries coined the 3Cs acronym[1]. 22 years later it is still more then current and relevant, especially in a Scrum context, even though it originated originally in eXtreme Programming. Card, Conversation, Confirmation Card The card can be either a physical card or a ticket in an electronic...