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As the co-founder of The Liberators, I aim to liberate individuals, teams & organizations from de-humanizing and ineffective ways of organizing work. Driven by a strong belief in the creativity and intelligence of people, and grounded in my learnings as a software engineer, Scrum Master and organisational psychologist, I am passionate about improving the profession of software development. As a Professional Scrum Trainer, I want to contribute by sharing experiences and insights, by developing and providing excellent Scrum training, by facilitating workshops and by contributing to a variety of events and meetups.
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Christiaan Verwijs
Sprint Goals are one of the more elusive parts of the Scrum Framework. Most teams know they are important, but few use them - for a variety of reasons. In this post, Barry Overeem and I bust the myth that Sprint Goals are optional in Scrum. And we make an effort to show what makes them so vital in the face of complex work. And more importantly, what you can do to start working with Sprint Goals from now on.
Sep 25, 2019
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Want to know if your team or organisation is suffering from Zombie Scrum? Find out with our free symptom checker and get help. And join our worldwide research into how teams work with Scrum, and what works for them.
Sep 4, 2019
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Conflicts are fascinating. Now, this may be the organisational psychologist in me talking, or the facilitator who senses them in the groups I work with.
Jul 22, 2019
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Writing code is like finding your path through a dark forest. Behind each tree can lurk a monster, a treasure or a pit. Or there is no path at all.
Jun 17, 2019
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During a recent meetup of The Liberators Network, we got together with 30 enthusiastic Scrum Masters.
Jun 11, 2019
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A personal story of what encouraged a Developer Culture at NowOnline. And why Scrum really doesn't work without it.
Jun 5, 2019
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Changing the way we work is extremely difficult — we all know this. It requires us to find novel solutions to wicked challenges, to deal with cultural baggage (‘the way we do things here’) and to bring along the people needed to make a change successful.
May 13, 2019
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Scrum Masters are often understood mostly as “team coaches”. Yet, their role is vastly more important. The Scrum Guide emphasizes that Scrum Masters are responsible for leading and coaching organizations in the adoption of Scrum and causing change that increases the productivity of the Scrum Team.
May 5, 2019
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I always assume that the people I work with are professionals - and not children. This is why I don’t like maturity models in whatever shape or form. And we’ve got a lot of those in our industry.
Apr 25, 2019
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Scrum is intended as a simple, yet sufficient framework for complex product delivery. Scrum is not a one-size-fits-all solution, a silver bullet or a complete methodology.
Feb 13, 2019
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