OpenAgile is similar to Scrum in many respects. Both are systems for delivering value to stakeholders. Both are agile methods. Both are frameworks that deliberately avoid giving all the answers. So why would we choose OpenAgile over Scrum?
There is more to leading a self-organizing team than buying pizza and getting out of the way. Leaders influence teams in subtle and indirect ways.
Many people in my CSM classes start by thinking that the ScrumMaster job is easy and can be part time. Here’s a good article that summarizes why this is not the case, and provides even more useful references.
New to Agile? What Does the ScrumMaster Do Anyway?
We have wrapped up our Summer Special. There are still a few classes scheduled this year that have the discount price, but others have reverted to our normal price. I encourage you to take a look at our course schedule at http://www.berteigconsulting.com/ to see what is still available.
Also, all our future Certified ScrumMaster [...]
One of the most important jobs of a ScrumMaster is managing expectations, mainly the expectations of the Product Owner. Expectations are a funny thing. They tend to cascade. Let’s assume that everyone is playing by the same rulebook and accurately passing on the information they were provided. [Learn more][1].
[1]: http://www.agiledevelopmentwithrob.com/blog/agile-lessons/810/job-of-the-scrummaster-managing-expectations/
If we are going to start treating managers like grown-ups… and start asking them to behave like agile leaders… and giving them a real role on an agile team… let’s begin by exploring why we excluded them in the first place. Maybe if we can take a…
One of the first things I do when I meet a new team is ask them to introduce themselves and tell me a little about what they do. We go around the room and people say things like “hi… I’m Bob and I am the Product Owner” and “hi… I’m Sue and I am th…
You have just been hired to be the ScrumMaster for a team at Zysoft Corp. Your boss, Jeremy, hired you because he likes your attitude and because you have been a team lead at a competitor. But you have never been a ScrumMaster before. Jeremy assures you that you will do “just fine! Scrum is [...]
Our summer special is proving to be very popular! We started with 100 spots at our 50% discount price of CAD995.00. We’re down to 76 spots. Check out our course listing page – every CSM course we have scheduled in Canada is available at this fantastic price (Toronto, Waterloo, Edmonton, Ottawa).
Even without the discount, our [...]
I often get asked (or read posts) wondering about how to get started with Scrum. There are quite a few factors involved with coming up with an approach to switch to Scrum or Agile in general. Organization size and level of internal politics is probably the largest barrier I’ve seen based on conversations I’ve had [...]