Chinese whispers on Scrum roles

Few days ago, I attended the 2-day Martine Devos’ Certified Scrum Master, Estimation & Planning Class at Skills Matter. I…

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What really must a Scrum Master do?

It’s been a decade since we have had Scrum development methodology introduced to us. I like Scrum, it is really…

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Putting Security into Sprints

To build a secure app, you can’t wait to the end and hope to “test security in”. For teams who…

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The state of Scrum Mastering

As most readers will have worked out, I’m not a fan of Scrum Masters. Partly this is because I find…

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Agile Newspeak

Every time and again, I go back to the “4 ways that agile is declining post” to see if it…

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Six Tips for Interviewing Scrum Masters, Part 2

Now that you know what you expect from your Scrum Master’s job (the deliverables), and you know the essential and…

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Six Tips for Interviewing Scrum Masters, Part 1

People want to know the “secret sauce” for hiring Scrum Masters and agile coaches. I wish it was easy to…

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5 Things I’ve learnt being a scrum master

I’ve been a scrum master now for about 6 months. Having been involved in scrum previously as a product owner,…

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From Scrum to Kanban

This month marks one year from the time we switched from Scrum to Kanban. I find it is a good…

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