How do you get a team full of developers, who are generally comprised of introverts, to respond to a session where the key underlining topic is discussing their feelings? That, to me, has always been the ultimate challenge of the Scrum retro. Developers, by nature,...
A lot of folks come over to Scrum after spending a considerable amount of their careers navigating the possibilities present in a Waterfall model. At its fundamental levels, the roles associated with Waterfall projects are: Project Manager Business Analyst Development...
When I first encountered Scrum circa 2005, the role of a Scrum Master seemed pretty easy to understand: a person that spent 50 percent of their time doing story work and 50 percent of their time doing "Scrum Master" work (Larman, Craig. Agile and Iterative...