Scrum Agile Project Management

Quotes on Scrum and Agile Project Management

Scrum Is Built on Values

October 22, 2012 0

Any framework worth using is built on principles and values. Each of the original agile practices – XP, Scrum, DSDM, Crystal, and FDD – as well as Kanban and Lean, has a set of core values. These values guide us, provide clarity in times of ambiguity, and, most importantly, help us understand why we do what we do. As you read in the story above, the team was attempting to go through the motions of Scrum, but they did not understand why.

Agile Architecture

October 31, 2011 0

Upfront Modeling is fine, documents describing the intended architecture are fine, and so forth. But the architecture, and our learning about it, can improve. Speculative software architecture should be made concrete and not of concrete.

A Great ScrumMaster Can Handle One Team at a Time

August 31, 2011 0

“An adequate ScrumMaster can handle two or three teams at a time. If you’re content to limit your role to organizing meetings, enforcing timeboxes, and responding to the impediments people explicitly report, you can get by with part time attention to this role. The team will probably still exceed the baseline, pre-Scrum expectation at your organization, and probably nothing catastrophic will happen.

Reducing Sprint Length

June 27, 2011 0

“If the team is uncertain about how to achieve the sprint goal or if experimentation or prototypes need to be done, then the sprint should be shorter. Uncertainty implies that the work eventually required for the sprint might be significantly different from what was anticipated at the start. If this is the case, it’s better to change direction after two weeks than four.”

Openness Given and Received

January 4, 2011 0

It’s important for people to believe that openness given can lead to openness received. This openness must extend to admitting mistakes when necessary. […] When people admit to mistakes, others in a group are more apt to do so as well. It’s always better to know about mistakes earlier than later. Being open about them has the added benefit of giving critics less ammunition.

Large, Multisite and Offshore Agile Projects

January 3, 2011 0

“After working for some years in the domains of large, multisite, and offshore development, we have distilled our experience and advice down to the following: Don’t’ do it.” “Scaling Lean & Agile Development – Thinking and Organizational Tools for Large-Scale Scrum”, Craig Larman & Bas Vodde, Addison -Wesley

Change Happens Slowly

November 19, 2010 0

“Behavior change happens, but it happens slowly. It may take several tries from different angles before a team changes their stand-up behavior. Be patient. Keep trying. They will change when they need to, but only if you don’t shield them from natural consequences that follow from poor stand-ups.” Reference: “Coaching Agile Teams”, Lyssa Adkins, Addison Weisley, 315 pages, IBSN 978-0-321-63770-3

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