Posts Tagged scrum
Scrum Pocket Guide Giveaway
Posted by David Bland in contest, scrum on February 2, 2011
The folks over at AgileScout have been gracious enough to provide me with an advanced copy of their Scrum Pocket Guide.
It is a succinct, well thought out and easy to read guide for anyone using Scrum within their organization.
After reading it, I liken it to Roman Pichlers Agile Product Management with Scrum book.
Yes, it is that good.
For a limited time, you can have the Scrum Pocket Guide for $17.00 FREE!
All you need to enter is… [Read More]
Dipping Your Toes Into Kanban
Posted by David Bland in agile, extreme programming, kanban, scrum, scrumban on January 26, 2011
The following post was originally a guest article for Planbox and is the basis for my proposed Agile2011 Lightning Talk
Like me, you may have read about the growing popularity of kanban in the agile software development community. Perhaps its mysterious allure and intriguing pronunciation (kahn-bahn not kayun-bayun) have piqued your curiosity, yet you struggle with finding a pragmatic way to apply it to your current software development process?
Interestingly enough, the beauty of kanban is that you can apply it to your two week iterations… right now if you like without that much disruption. In fact, you may even find it so useful that you’ll find other ways to work the kanban mojo.
Let me explain… [Read More]
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 [...]
10 Questions for Your Scrum Master Interview
Posted by David Bland in agile, jobs, scrum on July 5, 2009
So here you are, sitting across from a potential employer to interview for a Scrum Master position. The interviewer is prepared to ask you a series of questions to determine your worthiness, but where is your list? How do you determine if this is truly an agile company? Since I’ve been on both sides of [...]
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 [...]
