Archives for January 2008

ScrumMasters Should Not Go Fly Fishing for Cattle

In a recent Certified ScrumMaster course that I taught in Seattle we conducted an exercise where a group drew a series of pictagrams describing what a ScrumMaster should not do. One of the groups drew the following picture:

While debriefing the exercise with the entire class a comment caught my attention:
“What is that supposed to [...]

Emergent Misbehavior

One of the aspects of Agile software development methods that I believe is not well understood is the discipline it takes to implement and continue the use of good practices. Writing the test first, managing your build scripts effectively, and communicating impediments in the Daily Standup are all examples of areas which can slide [...]