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No Scrum Master? No Problem - Social, Agile, and Transformation

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No Scrum Master? How should Enterprises fill the Scrum Master Role? I field this question very often and especially from members of technology organizations where agile and scrum in particular is being introduced top down from Management. Note: Scrum of scrums really works for this scenario!). No Problem.

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Top Ten Thoughts for SCRUM Newbies - Social, Agile, and.

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Top Ten Thoughts for SCRUM Newbies. My colleagues and I from BusinessWeek gave a presentation last week covering our agile planning and development process and ended with an intro to SCRUM by @silviogalea. Roughly the same time, @jurgenappelo posted an excellent, easy to follow slideshare on The Zen of SCRUM 1.0. Newer Post.

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Agile Process Improvement Using. Agile! - Social, Agile, and.

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When I talk to leaders and teams about agile and scrum, they get the basics right away - sprint length, stand ups, commitments, getting to done, and basic backlog management. Who should be the scrum master? If you are using a coach, Id recommend using them as a Scrum Master on this team. startup cto. (19). Newer Post.

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Larger Scale Agile Development - Social, Agile, and Transformation

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I then saw this post Agile Project Management: Lessons Learned at Google that I found on the Agile Software Development topic at Business Exchange that gave me some new ideas on scaling agile. It covers agile release planning, scrum of scrums, and a number of other advanced topics. Makes sense for Google given their scale.

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We're an Agile Family! - Social, Agile, and Transformation

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I know of companies that have used agile methodologies outside of technology including marketing, construction, and operations. But to be a agile family with a scrum board, and family retrospectives? startup cto. (19). Strategic Technology. A colleague sent me this TED talk, Agile Programming for your Family. about me. (33).

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Enterprise Agile Development - Why you still need Project Managers.

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Ive been asked lately about the role of project managers on agile or SCRUM teams. Some specifics: Scrum and agile are very team and inward facing. startup cto. (19). Strategic Technology. Enterprise Agile Development - Why you still need Project Managers. Startups and Enterprises. Father of three. Keep me outdoors.

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Getting Enterprise Executives to buy in to an Agile Development.

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Agile practices (SCRUM, XP , etc.) Can you imagine a Startup CTO telling investors that they would spend two months on documentation and three months on development work before demoing a first version of software? We didnt spend a lot of time discussing SCRUM or other approaches internally or with executives. startup cto. (19).

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