Jochen (Joe) Krebs

Introducing Scrum to a team or an entire organization seems so easy. Stop doing what you are currently doing and replace it with Scrum as defined in the Scrum Guide.  Implementing what is  described in a 13-page document shouldn’t be so hard, right? That thinking ends already when you hit  the first sentence in the Scrum Guide...

How the Agile Kata can help following through on Improvement ideas, identified for example in a Sprint Retrospective.

What do you see when you look at your calendar? Back-to-back meetings everyday? Do you feel that when you enter a meeting (online or in-person) that you need a few minutes to become focused on the topic and achieve presence overall but valuable time has been taken off the clock already?

Would you be interested in increasing your chances of success following through on your New Year’s resolutions by 12%? Researchers at Stockholm University and Linköping University in Sweden analyzed resolutions made by 1,066 people and had some fascinating results that might impact not only your New Year’s resolutions but decision-making in general.

A common trend among Scrum practitioners that learn about the Kata the first time is to build bridges to something familiar, in this case Scrum. We often hear similar questions such as "Is a Kata a Sprint?", or "How long is Kata?". For that reason, I have a put together a quick follow-up video to discuss the differences between Scrum and Kata.

The latest EBM (Evidence-Based Management) guide makes a reference to the Improvement Kata as a way to practice scientific thinking for value-based metrics. That Kata consists of 4 basic routines and was popularized for many years by Mike Rother. But because this Kata can be used to improve potentially anything, I found it also highly effective steering agile transformations. If you like to learn what a Kata is, how it can be used for agile transformations, please take a look at this doodle style video. The Agile Transformation Kata is a scientific approach to practice agile transformations. {"preview_thumbnail":"/s3/files/styles/video_embed_wysiwyg_preview/public/video_thumbnails/I7Zdi4XL8JA.jpg?itok=DcqUoXKY","video_url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7Zdi4XL8JA","settings":{"responsive":1,"width":"854","height":"480","autoplay":0},"settings_summary":["Embedded Video (Responsive)."]}

Many years ago, when I began working with clients on full-scale agile transformations (beyond the team-level or product perspective), I realized that organizations would benefit from a practice that help them experiment toward more agility. As a result, I crossed paths with the world of Kata.

Breakout rooms in Zoom were a life-saver for many facilitators, trainers and Scrum Masters in recent months. As many of you probably already know, those breakout rooms aim to allow smaller groups to work independently. That increases engagement of each participant.

Scrum 2020 Poster and "Agile On" Sticker We are wrapping up a long Thanksgiving weekend in the United States with Cyber-Monday.

Scrum Guide 2020 Poster After yesterday's Scrum Guide 2020 launch event by Ken and Jeff, I am excited to announce the release of the new Scrum 2020 poster.