Advanced CSM (A-CSM) is coming to Ann Arbor, Michigan!
This course rocks. And I’ll tell you why (read on!). Agile For All is returning the Advanced CSM course offering in Ann Arbor, Michigan on…
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Advanced CSM (A-CSM) is coming to Cedar Rapids, Iowa!
Agile For All has a new course offering that is gaining momentum. I get to be the lucky one to share a little information!! On…
How to Give Clear Instructions When Facilitating
It’s a classic facilitation blunder: You start giving instructions for an activity, and as you’re talking, people begin the activity. You try to reel in…
Ask A4A: Long-running Stories
Hi Richard, My Scrum team has been working on a particular service for over a year. It’s been 20+ Sprints. I’m concerned about the deliverables…
Making Info Visible for Better Decisions
A key part of the ScrumMaster’s or Product Owner’s job is making information visible.* Whether that’s a product backlog, taskboard, cumulative flow diagram, or a…
Ask A4A: When the Observation Part of Focused Conversation Gets Boring
The Focused Conversation method asks us to start with observations before assigning labels – good, bad, effective, worthwhile, motivating, etc. In real-life facilitation, it can…
Peter Drucker ’s view is integral to the values of Scrum
Peter Drucker said, “Concentration is the key to economic results. No other principles of effectiveness is violated as constantly today as the basic principle of…
The Wheel of Change Retrospective
Marshall Goldsmith is one of the world’s leading executive coaches. In his book Triggers, Goldsmith introduces a framework for change that he calls the “Wheel of…
Be an Expert in a Year – Growing the Agile Way
The guys over at Expert Table Tennis had a great idea. What would it take to become an expert? Dedication? Heart? Perseverance?
As a ScrumMaster silence can be golden!
I love it when someone who was in one of my workshops sends me a message saying something from the workshop worked well for them.…
The ScrumMaster Diaries: #3 – Becoming a CSM
Dear Diary, I completed day 1 of my 2-day Certified ScrumMaster course today and I’m feeling a little bit overwhelmed. I didn’t have any idea…
The ScrumMaster Diaries: #2 – Making the Case to Become a CSM
Dear Diary, Tomorrow I am going in to speak to Henry about becoming a Certified Scrum Master. I’ve done more reading about it and it…
New to agile? What does the ScrumMaster do anyway?
I often have people ask me what a ScrumMaster does. Interestingly, today it came up on a mailing list I read on a regular basis. …
New to agile? Work at a sustainable pace
Question: Which is better: a) Working nights and weekends to meet iteration commitments, or b) Admitting the commitment was too much and working normal hours…