LeSS

(UN)FITNESS PARADOX: Why Scrum and LeSS May Not Fit Your Organization?

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Join LinkedIn Discussion Since the early 19th century, people have been using an idiomatic expression: “you can’t fit a square peg in a round hole“. What it means, essentially and metaphorically, is that something or someone is a misfit in a particular environment, situation, or role. For example, if a person describes himself as a … Read more

Practice What You Preach – Coach & Trainer Wants to Play Product/Manager Owner Role

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LinkedIn Post I have spent more than 20 years of my career training and coaching agile, Scrum and Large Scale Scrum (LeSS), to hundreds of teams and thousands of team members.  I have upskilled hundreds Scrum Masters and Product Owners.  Many of my students were also certified by me. Many senior executives have received my … Read more

Large Scale Scrum (LeSS): Business Adaptiveness & Resilience

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What examples of resilience and survival of the fittest phenomenon do we know from the natural history of our planet?  Remember what happened to animals during the Ice Age Era that was caused by an asteroid impact? There were some adaptive animals that migrated towards the equator, with warmer weather. They were able to change certain … Read more

Avoiding False Dichotomy: “If We Are Agile, We Are Not CMMI Compliant”.

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“Our organization is trying to become more agile and we are using agile frameworks to deliver products to our customers. Therefore, it is going to be practically impossible for us to meet CMMI requirements”. – WRONG! If your organization wants to become Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) compliant because of direct government mandates or because … Read more

Scrum Master’s Resume To Steer Away From

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Looking For Your Next Gig? Avoiding Bad Advice About Scrum Master Role. SCRUM “MINISTER” This is an anecdotal SM resume.  It is fabricated, based on real life examples of what transpires in the world of agile.  Consider this as an example of what NOT do in real life, NOT say at an interview,  NOT write … Read more