Before we talk about the comparison and contrast between Scrum Master and Agile Leader, people often compare and contrast Scrum Master and Agile Coach, and they often ask me, what’s the difference? The oversimplified answer is $200 per day because a scrum master should be working at an organizational level…

I often get asked, “where do I think scrum cannot be used?”. The background The 2020 scrum guide was a major departure for Scrum in that most references to software development were deleted from the scrum guide. The only reference that even hints at software development is the word developer, one of…

In a previous blog post, I talked about different categories of product owners. You can check it out here. But here’s a summary: Scribe — doesn’t add any value, just takes orders. Proxy — who maybe doesn’t just take the orders, maybe adds some value in terms of assessing whether…

Where is your product in its lifecycle? AND how that could overlap with the complexity of the work that you’re dealing with? How old is your product?

What is the difference between Scrum and Agile? A LOT of people think that: Scrum = Agile; and Agile = Scrum. But that ain’t so. Scrum predates the Manifesto for Agile Software Development, often known as the Agile Manifesto. And Scrum inherits from Lean. …

On a Kanban board, you have

This is my understanding of classes of service from the Kanban method. Classes of Service Standard/As soon as possible (ASAP)

The second practice in the Kanban Guide is actively managing items in a workflow. These items are work items. What are work items in progress?

I talk a lot about hypotheses, but what is a hypothesis? What is a hypothesis?