When scrum is implemented well, organizations and scrum teams gain six major benefits. When scrum is implemented poorly, they don’t. Are you getting these benefits? How’s your scrum implementation going?
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Can Personal Scrum be Used for a Team of One?
Scrum is a framework created to help teams of 3-9 people develop and sustain complex products. Can it be used by a ‘scrum’ of one? And if it can, what skills do you need to make it work?
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Scrum Master Salary
Scrum master salary is affected by the qualifications a scrum master holds. But did you know that gaining a scrum master certificate widens your IT job prospects and can improve your salary? If you’re a software developer or a project manager, you MUST read this
Calculating Value for a Product Backlog Item
When creating a Product Backlog, the Scrum Guide tells us each item should have a Value attribute. How do you calculate Value for a Product Backlog item? Here’s one way.
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Electronic Scrum Boards. Good or Evil?
I’ve enjoyed working with a number of diverse organizations over the years and one question I’m regularly asked, is : “Which electronic scrum board should we use for managing our Scrum implementation?” My answer is almost always the same, with a couple of caveats.