Tweet Unforgettable 2 days at the 3rd Global LeSS Conference, at Angel Orensanz Foundation – the historical landmark in NYC. Conference Space and Our People Experience Report by Guest-Blogger Ram Srinivasan Though I have been associated with the Large Scale scrum (LeSS) community for about five years (though the “community” did not exist, I can … Read more
Another LeSS Training (CLP) with Craig Larman is in the CompuBox. This highly engaging training brought together 35 attendees from all over the globe. One of the attendees was Chet Hendrikson. A bit about Chet: Chet has been involved with Agile Software Development since 1996 and is the first signatory to the Agile Manifesto. Along with his … Read more
2018 Big Apple Scrum Day (BASD) is in the Copy Box. This was another amazing annual event, organized by BASD team of volunteers. The agile coaches-clinicians serviced more than 30 attendees, by addressing a variety of questions and concerns. While some of the discussion topics were similar to the prior years’ clinics, there was a … Read more
Tweet The purpose of this post is to summarize two very important and independent topics and then integrate them together, into a joint discussion. The topics are: Moving from rigid annual budgets to rolling forecasts (super important! in agile/adaptive product development environments) Quality of scaling in agile product development, specifically Scrum …and tying effective scaling of … Read more
Tweet Another Large-Scale Scrum Training (CLP), taught by Craig Larman in NYC, is in the CompuBox. More than thirty people from all-around the globe (North America, South America, Europe) came together for this brain-jelling learning experience! The group consisted of product owners/managers, software engineers, managers and organizational design consultants (scrum masters, coaches and trainers) – … Read more
Tweet Nowadays, for too many organizations, Agile Maturity Metrics (AMM) have become a trusted way to measure improvements of agility at personal (individuals), team and organizational level. However, it is not always apparent to everyone that AMMs are different from Agile Check-Lists (e.g. classic example of Scrum Check list by H. Kniberg) and this can often … Read more
Tweet Tonight -a great presentation by Malik Graves-Pryor of Natoma Consulting, as he shared how his company leveraged LeSS to achieve stunning results, while facing challenges and learning lessons. Malik’s Summary At the Thursday October 12, 2017 NYC Large Scale Scrum Meetup, Malik Graves-Pryor shared his company’s LeSS case study, “Web and Mobile Applications Agile Transformation”. He … Read more
Tweet Last week, at New York Scrum User Group (NYSUG) monthly event, co-facilitated by the agile coaches Dana Pylayeva and Emilie Franchomme, there were multiple agile games presented – all for different purposes and for all types of audience. Above all, what really stood out was the “Beautiful Meadow” game that helped with making a revealing … Read more
When people go to the doctor’s office, they often complain of superficial manifestations of a problem (i.e., “chief complaints”) that don’t present any serious concerns, but in reality, are indicators of a much more serious systemic illness. I’ve come to the conclusion that we in the Scrum field are also dealing with a similar type … Read more
Tweet When we ask an experienced scrum master, product owner or developer define a user story, they usually understand that “…every user story must be INVEST-able…(taken from B. Hartman’s post)”. When we further elaborate on the “INVEST” part, we discover that splitting a user story is done vertically (along features), not horizontally (along components e.g. … Read more
