A fool with a tool…

You know the saying, a fool with a tool… Yeah, so true. On the other hand, a smart woMan with the right tool can do much more than without this tool. I came across Atlassian Jira in my last project. It was used as bug tracking, specification, and UAT tool testing tool. As I accompanied …

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How to start SCRUM?

On my SCRUM path I saw a lot of SCRUM Master learners to ask themself: „How do I start?“. So one earns the SCRUM certificates, but what now? What’s the best way to start? As I do come from a different perspective – I see myself a trainer and a coach, here some of my …

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The misconception of the waterfall

In my opinion the analogy with the waterfall and SCRUM or agile methodologies is misleading. I asw too many „agile“ projects, where the agile heads did not fully understood the basic agile concept. Very often agile is compared to traditionally project management termed as the waterfall method. The idea of such a waterfall project is, …

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Where is the TRAINING?

On my way into agile thinking, I am thinking about TRAINING. Not me getting trained in SCRUM, or KANBAN, or Design Thinking. More about: Where does the training come in an agile project? We learn about this self-organizing, cross-functional teams with no roles, who are doing each task to the definition of DONE. A task …

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Super Geschichte vom Scrum Master :) – eine fiktive Geschichte von Jürgen Knuplesch

Mehr vom Scrum Master Alle Teile der Fortsetzungsgeschichte „Der Scrum Master“: Teil 1: Wie alles begann Teil 2: Die Offenbarung Teil 3: Wiedereintritt in die Realität Teil 4: Das potentiell (nicht) auslieferbare Produktinkrement Teil 5: Spannung im Meeting Teil 6: Konstruktive Konfliktbewältigung im agilen Setting Teil 7: Eine Weihnachts-Scrum-Geschichte mit Kudo Teil 8: Hey Du – mit Selbstreflexion ans Ziel Teil 9: Ist Agile …

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