In a recent post about Developer Certification, the author mentions hiring as the best way to find candidates, making developer certification about finding developers you can hire. And in many ways that makes sense – if you want the best, adjust your hiring process to find the best. But that’s not why the Certified Scrum…
Tag: Scrum
Analyzing Our Words
Last night I was writing a message to the Scrum Development list when I saw something that struck me. The bottom of my screen showed me that I had received 33,227 messages since I first subscribed to it. I wondered, what have we said since March 27th, 2006 when I first joined? I then also…
Developer Certification (ala “Certified Scrum Developer”)
Earlier this week the Scrum Alliance accidently posted some documents related to the Certified Scrum Developer program being released this week. While the documents were apparently an earlier draft, and not the finished product, there were two important points that have been confirmed (or at least reinforced) – the existence of the Scrum Developer Certification…
Scrum Alliance Reflux
[Alternate Title: “If I have to talk about the Scrum Alliance any more, I’m going to vomit”] Yes, I want this to die. But Jesse Fewell has posted some thoughts around the Scrum Alliance that in fact what they are doing is right, and correct, and they should fix the leaks and stay the course….
..but if the Scrum Alliance Can’t Do It, Who Will?
Jesse Fewell has written a blog post called Scrum Is Dead. Long Live Scrum. His viewpoint is that the old Scrum is dead, and that it is morphing into something new. In the comments, Jesse asked the following question in response to my call for the Scrum Alliance to focus on the Software Community: Here’s…
They Could Have Been Contenders
There’s been a lot of talk in the agile community recently around Software Development Practices, or Engineering Practices, being in Scrum. Scrum, if you’ll remember, is brought up around the 3/3/3 – 3 Roles (ScrumMaster, Product Owner and “Otherâ€), 3 Artifacts (Burndown, Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog) and 3 Ceremonies (Sprint Planning, Daily Stand-Up, Sprint Review)….
10 Mistakes Adopting Agile
Want to really mess up your adoption of agile methods in your organization? Here are 10 mistakes I’ve come across with teams that will ensure an utter failure, Dilbert style. Not Reading the Principles of the Agile Manifesto – Everyone likes to quote (and misquote) the Agile Manifesto. But the manifesto is more than just…
Scrum Taught Us That We’re Doing Waterfall
Last week I spoke at the Pasco County .NET User’s Group here in Florida on Debugging .NET Applications with WinDBG and SOS. Afterwards we all met at a local restaurant and were talking about agile topics – the good, the bad, and the downright ugly. The leader of the group, Greg Leonardo then said a…
Scrum Alliance Community Organizer Update
Just a quick note – for those of you who were familiar with my role as the Community Liaison with the Scrum Alliance. Effective today, my role has been transition out due to some reorganization happening. There will be announcements in the near future, but for now if you need something related to the Scrum…
For Value Blockage, Take Some X-LACKS
This week, I had the distinct pleasure of co-presenting with the ever lovable Mitch Lacey at the Agile Development Practices conference in Orlando. I also got the chance to have a great conversation with Alan Shalloway about the state of Scrum and the Scrum Alliance, and to run into Alistair Cockburn. This got me thinking…