Estimating in Scrum : Breaking Away From Time Based Estimates.
This blog post explains why for Scrum it is better to drop the time based approach to estimating and specifically the focus on an individual.
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Navigating Conflict on Agile Teams: Why “Resolving” Conflict Won’t Work
On agile teams, conflict is constant and welcomed as a catapult to higher performance. It is about people working together in a context of constant collaboration and change. This video discuss how can teams chart a course through conflict and turn it into a force for greatness.
Striking a Balance: Let Scrum Die
The war around software craftmanship and the evangelism around Scrum are all signs of an unhealthy, unbalanced state for most development teams. In this article, the effect of this unbalanced state is highlighted and how to address this by introducing a balancing force – an economically viable code base. This article also predicts what will happen when such a state is achieved.
Scrum is more than Scrum
Alan Cyment explains that Scrum is more than roles, meetings and artifacts.
Scrum Master and Product Owner Cheatsheet
This is a simple one page article that can be used to help explain the responsibilities of the role of Product Owner and Scrum Master.
Key Barriers to Agile Transformation
In this blog post, Mike Cottmeyer list of his top 12 things you might need to consider before you start a journey towards an Agile organization.
A Thinking Grid for a Definition of Done
This blog post contains an interesting grid that help you analyze every aspect of your scrum project if you want to declare a sprint “done”.