In Scrum geht es darum Wert zu generieren. Und die Product Ownerin ist verantwortlich für die Maximierung der Wertschöpfung. Dieser Blog beleuchtet die Fragen: Was ist Wert? & Wie kann man Wert maximieren.

The most perceptible activity that can take place in Scrum is the Sprint Review. The feedback-driven working session enables the demonstration of the functionality built during the Sprint to get feedback from the Stakeholders. In the following article, we will discuss the aspects of Sprint Review.

TL; DR: The SAFe ® NPS ® Score as a Scaling Framework Is -56 SAFe® has always been a controversial topic within the agile community. Therefore, back in 2017, I ran a first survey on the Net Promoter Score® of the Scaled Agile Framework SAFe®. The result back then was -52. Four and a half years la...

Spark small and incremental change in your Scrum Team, with our community-driven actionable quick tips.

Often enough one can stumble upon the article titled "X principles of doing something". It feels that the learning there is often incomplete as the opposite side of the spectrum is simply not there. For instance, reading an article titled "5 steps to help you quit smoking" is half as effective as r...

Scrum involves a radically different mindset that involves fully embracing Empiricism, or making decisions based upon what is known. Rather than creating project plans, teams rely upon Goals to measure success. The list of the most valuable things to do next is the Product Backlog, and it is the p...

Jedes Scrum Team sollte einen UX-Experten besitzen. Leider ist das Wunschdenken und entspricht selten der Realität von UX-Professionals und Scrum Teams. UX-Experten, die mein Professional Scrum mit UX-Training besuchen, berichten, dass sie teilweise mit 3 Scrum Teams zusammenarbeiten. Würden sie...

Warum ist es wichtig ein Produkt klar zu definieren? Wenn ein Produkt nicht klar definiert ist, dann bauen Teams oft eine „Eier legende Woll-Milch-Sau“. Mit anderen Worten das Produkt ist schwer zu bedienen, unnötig kostspielig, schwer zu warten und kann nur langsam erweitert werden ka...

Forget all these Agile Maturity Scans which are often treated as management reports and too focussed on the mechanical side of "do these things and the maturity goes up". Change itself should be considered an empirical journey with no end state. It’s always on the move, so start with making your tra...

A guide on how to act professionally by seeking out evidence to test what you believe to be true about Scrum, teams, and change

The 2020 Scrum Guide includes five values that are important to every successful implementation of Scrum.  These values are courage, commitment, focus, openness and respect. These values don’t get much attention, but the longer I practice Scrum and coach teams, the more important I find them.  This ...

Diese Frage habe ich neulich in einem meiner Professional Scrum Product Owner Trainings bekommen. Wo soll ich anfangen? Man kann vieles falsch machen, und vieles hängt vom Kontext ab! Aber dann dachte ich, es gibt schon einige kapitale Fehler, die ich in verschiedenen Kontexten immer wi...

In Kürze: Der Scrum Master Gehaltsreport 2022 — Wie schneiden Sie im Vergleich ab?

In tis blog post, Dave West shares tips on being a good Stakeholder based on his experiences.

In this podcast Shane Hastie, Lead Editor for Culture & Methods at InfoQ, spoke to Patricia Kong of Scrum.org about Evidence Based Management.

During this workshop, Valerio Zanini and Zeina Zeitouni explored the Zones of Value Framework that Agile and Product teams can use to build better products. We recorded this video at the 31st Hands-on Agile meetup of April 20, 2021.

Scrum uses an iterative, incremental approach to deliver value to the business through the medium of the Sprint. The purpose of each Sprint is to deliver a Done, usable increment. It sounds straightforward, but it can be tricky to achieve. Here are the three steps to Done in Scrum.

Over the years, I kept getting questions about the differences between Product Manager and Product Owner. In this video I explain why the product manager is not necessarily the Product Owner and how we should view the Product Owner instead.

La mayoría de las organizaciones de hoy en día quieren hacer un presupuesto en Agile.  Básicamente porqué se enfocan en brindar calidad y obtener la satisfacción del cliente, y eso es lo que Agile proporciona ya de salida. Para lograr esto, el desafío radica en dejar de trabajar de maneras tra...

„Warum müssen wir unsere Arbeitsweise ändern? Ich bin Führungskraft in einem durchschnittlichen Unternehmen und nicht in einem Tech-Giganten im Silicon Valley.“ Das ist die mit Abstand häufigste Frage, die ich in meinem Professional Agile Leadership Training gestellt bekomme. Ich stimme den Teil...

Spesso in formazione si discutono le differenze fra metodologia e framework. In questo articolo troverete la risposta alla domanda: "Perché Scrum non è una metodologia?"

TL; DR: The Scrum Master Salary Report 2022 — How Do You Compare? The Scrum Master Salary Report 2022 is the third edition of the industry survey after 2017 and 2019. This free report is based on the answers of 1,113 participants globally. If you are considering a career decision this year, maybe...

Als Steward für das Scaled Professional Scrum mit Nexus Training habe ich vor einiger Zeit an einer Podiumsdiskussion von Scrum.org über die Skalierung von Scrum mit dem Nexus Rahmenwerk teilgenommen. Bei dieser Diskussion konnten Yuval Yeret, Ravi Verma, Magdalena Firlit, Patricia Kong und ich n...

In this webinar, Professional Scrum Trainer Ravi Verma shares seven concrete steps that purpose-driven Scrum Masters can take to avoid and escape this trap while reclaiming their Scrum Master superpower.

How to Fail as an Agile Coach in Scrum by Scrum.org trainer Chee-Hong Hsia.  ​​​​​​​Helping organisations in their Agile journey sustainably while respecting the three Scrum accountabilities. A must-read if you're a dedicated Agile Coach or working with Agile Coaches in your organisation where Scru...

Wenn Sie in Ihrem Unternehmen eine Stelle für einen Product Owner besetzen möchten, können Ihnen die folgenden 82 Interviewfragen helfen, den richtigen Kandidaten zu finden. Dieser 8. Block von Interviewfragen für Product Owner befasst sich mit dem Produktdenken oder — neudeutsch — dem Product Minds...

Every Scrum Team, at some point, will struggle with how to facilitate the Daily Scrum. By using a Kanban Board and Flow Metrics, Scrum Teams can better collaborate on their work, visualize progress towards the Sprint Goal, and form the best plan possible for the day.

Does whiskey really help with Sprint Goals? Well, maybe not, but it sure would have helped my nerves creating this simple video about them. The basic idea is that Sprint Goals come first, and they will help the team focus.

TL; DR: Product Owner Interview Questions: The Product Mindset If you are looking to fill a position for a Product Owner in your organization, you may find the following 82 interview questions useful to identify the right candidate. This 8th set of Product Owner interview questions addresses the ...

Can you be Agile with fixed-bid Projects? It can be a challenging leadership problem and problematic to resolve. However, there is no direct and clear answer to the query. For clearing the dilemma, I have to recall the elementary difference between a project mindset and a product mindset.

Im Jahr 2022 ist Scrum inzwischen Mainstream – und dank des Erfolgs von Produkten wie dem iPhone von Apple, dem Kindle von Amazon oder der Suche von Google gilt dasselbe auch für User Experience.

En un panorama empresarial complejo, globalizado y tecnológicamente competitivo, las organizaciones buscan cada vez más ser más ágiles en todos los sentidos...

In this Scrum Tapas video, Professional Scrum Trainer Richard Hundhausen talks about his experience as a Developer and the difficulties that he and others have faced when moving to becoming a Scrum Master. Richard provides guidance and suggestions of what to look out for and how to overcome challen...

The Scrum Framework allows to face incertitude when developing complex products. In this interview, Alexis shares with us his Scrum journey, what stood out for him, why he choose to get trained to Professional Scrum with Collective Genius and Scrum.org and how he's applying it on a daily basis wi...

In Kürze: Wie Sie Ihren Scrum Master zum Scheitern bringen Scrum hat sich immer wieder als das beliebteste Framework für die Software-Entwicklung erwiesen. Angesichts der Tatsache, dass „software is eating the world“, ist ein erfahrener Scrum Master (m/w/d) heutzutage sehr gefragt. Diese Nachfrag...

There is often confusion in what happens in a Sprint with regards to the Increment and releasing. Short summary of this article: during a Sprint, one or more increments are produced. This happens when a Product Backlog Item meets the definition of "Done". At least once every Sprint, but it can h...

In this blog, Mark Kachanov shares a step-by-step guide to introducing WIP limits to a team based on a real-life example.

Was können Nexus, LeSS, SAFe, Scrum@Scale und das Spotify-Modell?

The Canvas plays the role of a guide for the Team Coaches. The coaches can follow the guidelines of the Canvas and partner with their teams and their stakeholders to maximise the required abilities to move forward successfully, achieving the shared goals.

Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world, a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. And that demand causes the market entry of new professionals from other project management branches, probably believ...

J'entends beaucoup parler de différents framework pour l'agilité à l'échelle. Personnellement j'ai toujours aimé travailler avec des équipes d'une dizaines de personne au maximum, avec un parcours qui leur permet de comprendre Scrum et l'utiliser à son plein potentiel. Il faut du temps pour y arr...

Es gibt zwei Arten von Product Ownern...

In this blog, I will share my valuable experience in my journey toward becoming a Scrum Master. I would also share stories of various professionals, including women, who successfully got a Scrum Master’s job even after a career break. 

Esta semana, un alumni611 (un alumno de uno de mis cursos) me contacto con una duda sobre cómo tener agilidad escalada.

In this Blog, Dave West explores how we are transitioning into the deployment phase of the digital age.

Words matter, especially when working in any team setting. Words that are spoken or written by one person can have different meanings when read or heard by another. Scrum Teams have multiple members, which means the interpretation of words used in the team setting increases with each member. The cha...

Scrum ist ein einfaches, aber hinreichendes Framework für die Entwicklung neuer Produkte, vorausgesetzt, man identifiziert im Voraus, was es sich lohnt zu bauen. Aber auch nach einer erfolgreichen Discovery-Phase kann es einem Scrum Team schwer fallen, das Richtige zu erreichen, wenn das Product Bac...

Scrum.org PST Chee-Hong Hsia is here to set the record straight. It’s actually a huge compliment when people say "You’re a Scrum purist".

In this blog, Venkatesh Rajamani shares tips on being a good Scrum Master.

Many well-meaning Scrum practitioners have misconceptions about Scrum, which sometimes leads to creating “rules” that do not exist in the framework. In today's article, we will discuss the five of the most common misconceptions about the Sprint.