What to expect in Advanced CSM (A-CSM) Workshop
Almost all my A-CSM students told me that what they expected from the workshop is totally different from what it really is. Most of them thought it is some more …
Scrum doesn’t work in my organisation!
This is the statement I hear a lot in my Certified Scrum Master (CSM) classes in India. I got used to this statements after running close 150 workshops. When we …
Should your team do Daily Scrum daily?
Scrum Framework suggests that the Development Team sync up everyday for maximum of 15 minutes so that all team members can inspect where they are in achieving the sprint goal …
Is Scrum Enough?
Scrum is a process framework designed for new product development. Scrum is a guidance with few rules. But is it enough to do your product development? Probably not! As soon …
Roles in Scrum Organization – You Get-In or Get-Out
Scrum recognizes only 3 roles, ScrumMaster, Product Owner and the Development team. Scrum is a process framework for product development. For product development, we need someone who knows what to …
Path to Certified Scrum Professional (CSP-SM) for ScrumMaster
I have been getting lots of questions around how does one can become Certified Scrum Professional (CSP) from Scrum Alliance. I would like to take a crack at explaining path …
Agile talk with a 11 year old
I saw my 11 years old, Harshith, studying French this morning. He has opted for French as his second language. He is pretty good with learning new languages, so I …
Scrum Master Effectiveness – Indian Context – Part 3
This is the Part 3 and last post of this series. Problem #3: Scrum Masters are not well trained The problem statement is that the Scrum Masters don’t have enough …
Scrum Master Effectiveness – Indian Context – Part 2
This is part 2 of the series. Read “Part 1” for the context. Problem #2: Scrum Masters are not empowered to make decisions The problem statement is that the Scrum …
Scrum Master Effectiveness – Indian Context – Part 1
Recently I facilitated a meet-up through our local user group, Agile Hyderabad. We had about 60 people attended from 24 different organizations. The group identified top 3 reasons to why …