Posts Tagged agile

The Taskboard Interview

Posted by David Bland in agile, jobs, scrum on October 5, 2009

So here you are, face to face with a potential employer to discuss an agile job posting. You’ve arrived armed with your 10 Scrum Master Interview Questions and copies of your freshly printed resume, but how do you set yourself apart from the other Scrum Master candidates? I propose the Taskboard Interview. Step 1 – [...]

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Planting Green Agile Seeds

Posted by David Bland in agile, environment on July 9, 2009

The phrase Triple Bottom Line or 3BL may not be something you hear often in your release planning meetings. It was coined back in 1994 with a focus on an organization’s social, environmental and economic responsibilities. At a recent PMI EMEA session in Amsterdam, Anne Larilahti, MsC spoke about the project manager’s role in implementing [...]

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Agile and Scrum Trend Analysis

Posted by David Bland in agile, jobs, scrum, trends on June 18, 2009

I hear the buzz about agile and scrum becoming more popular, but is there any data to support that notion? Are more employers looking for agile experience? Are people searching for agile and scrum resources on the internet? I decided to sit down and pull some numbers together for you. Most of them are very [...]

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My Response to the V1 Blog

Posted by David Bland in agile, lean, scrum on May 11, 2009

My comment over on the V1 Blog is pending moderation, but I wanted to expand upon it here in the meantime. You could run an Agile / Scrum / Kanban project to flawless execution and it could still result in waste. You could be achieving failure in an extremely efficient manner due to no customer [...]

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Is Your Product Owner Missing In Action?

Posted by David Bland in agile, scrum on May 6, 2009

I’ve experienced a wide range of Product Owners who’ve graced the presence of my Scrum projects. Some were engaging and always ready to answer questions at a moment’s notice, and others were, shall we say, not. I’ve recently conceded that more often than not my Product Owner is MIA. So instead ousting the Product Owner [...]

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