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    Author: Steve Spearman

    Steve Spearman is a CST and Agile coach with over 30 years of experience in corporate software development settings including 20 years in a variety of leadership roles. In his last corporate role, he was the sponsor for his business unit’s transition to Scrum. Steve is an Certified Scrum Trainer® (CST) and coach with great passion for Scrum but pragmatic enough to engage with you at different levels of transformational maturity. Steve’s varied experience as an engineer, architect, project manager and leader at Bell Labs, Lucent, Avaya and Cisco systems helps him relate to your real world transformational challenges.

    Three Reasons Why Virtual Agile Training Is Right for You, Right Now.

    Not so long ago, Agile classes such as Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) and Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO) could only be delivered in a face-to-face, in-person…

    Steve Spearman 2020-07-15
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    Top 5 Ways to Maximize Learning in Virtual Classes

    I’ve discovered that the people who get the most out of training do these 5 things. Here are some key tips to maximize learning in a virtual environ…
    Steve Spearman 2020-05-12
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    Top 3 Things I’ve Learned About Virtual Agile Training

    It’s been a whirlwind for many of us as we’ve adapted to the current work conditions – that’s equally true for us as Scrum Trainers…

    Steve Spearman 2020-04-01
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    What Is the Difference Between Scrum and Waterfall Methodology?

    As a trainer, I am frequently asked, “What is the difference between Scrum and Waterfall methodology”? Let’s break down these two different methodologies so you…

    Steve Spearman 2020-02-18
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    What Is Agile Methodology and How Does It Work?

    What is Agile methodology? Well, Agile is not exactly a methodology. Technically, Agile is a set of values and principles. Agile can also be thought…

    Steve Spearman 2020-02-17
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    The Framework That Changes Everything

    Scrum changes the way everyone in your company interacts and will likely influence your organizational structure. When an organization considers “moving to” Scrum, it’s easy…

    Steve Spearman 2018-01-30
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    Scrum changes the way everyone in your company interacts and will likely influence your organizational structure. When an organization considers “moving to” Scrum, it’s easy to think that Scrum is a new process that just needs to be learned and implemented. People say, “we need to do Scrum”, with the expectation to be faster and more competitive. This expectation can lead some to mistake Scrum as being prescriptive, but it’s only prescriptive to the extent that you discover your own way of getting work done. The goal of Scrum is to be the lightest-possible framework to guide you in discovering and creating your own process! It is a guide that allows you to discover the best approaches through constant inspection and adaptation. This means Scrum isn't a process. It is a framework or a metaprocess allowing it to be used in most any environment. What is the idea of a metaprocess? Simply defined it is “a process to develop a process”. Scrum as the metaprocess teaches an approach that helps you learn more quickly and guides you to constantly inspect and adapt not only your product but your process as well. It changes the way everyone in your company interacts and will likely influence your organizational structure. When it comes to doing your actual work (which may be software, hardware, research or any complex work), Scrum is silent on “how” to do that work. It does not describe the process for building or creating anything. It does not tell you whether you should use tools or which ones. It does not tell you how to best do software. It does not talk about coding languages, tools, metrics, architecture, object paradigms, whether to do code reviews or how to do testing. We believe that you know the most about your discipline and the various options and constraints in your environment. Scrum trainers will give you ideas and pointers, but the way you choose to get your work done is up to you! You are in the best place to come up with the processes, techniques, and tools to use (you can check out scrumplop.org for ideas!) Scrum calls you to use the practices of prioritization, have 3 empowered roles (ScrumMaster, Product Owner, and Dev team), use timeboxes, have certain meetings, and always create a valuable product increment in each sprint. The use of this meta-process, or framework, is what allows Scrum to be successful in almost any environment. It gives you some structure but allows you to design your own process to fit your organization’s needs. Overall, Scrum helps you focus on the right things and to find better and better ways to create value.

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