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9 days
ago
Hi all,
the new book Succeeding with Agile from Mike Cohn is now available. It's a guide to start with Scrum and I can strongly recommend it.
Mike was so kind to offer me some signed copies of Succeeding with Agile for the Berlin
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Scrumtisch. You like to get one? Please let me know. The first 10 ordering the book will have it ;-)
We also get special conditions on the price, so if you like to make a nice Christmas present or just like to have it for your selfe: scrumtisch@agile42.com
We will publish a review on the book soon, but here is already the table of content and the link to the website for everybody who wants to know more.
Have fun Marion
Table of Contents
Part One: Getting Started
Why Becoming Agile Is Hard (But Worth It)
ADAPTing to Scrum
Patterns for Adopting Scrum
Iterating Toward Agility
Your First Projects
Part Two: Individuals
Overcoming Resistance
New Roles
Changed Roles
Technical Practices
Part Three: Teams
Team Structure
Teamwork
Leading a Self-Organizing Team
The Product Backlog
Sprints
Planning
Quality
Part Four: The Organization
Scaling Agile
Distributed Teams
Coexisting with Other Approaches
Human Resources, Facilities and the PMO
Part Five: Next Steps
Seeing How Far You've Come
You're Not Done Yet
More information about the book you can find here:
www.succeedingwithagile.com
www.mountaingoatsoftware.com
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Posted
about 1 month
ago
Hello everybody,
here are the information for the next Scrumtisch (Scrum User Group, Berlin) in November 2009:
Date: 26. November 2009
Time: 18:30 Uhr
Place: La Vecchia Trattoria, Niederbarnimstraße 25, 10247
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Berlin
As usual, please let me know if you can join or not: scrumtisch@agile42.com :-)
See you there
Marion [Less]
Posted
about 1 month
ago
What role does a Product Owner have?
Scrum is counted as an iterative and incremental process used for product development and the organization of teams. The classical roles and structures are actually replaced by this procedure method through
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agile and transparent sequences. There result some new roles from this method. One of them is the role of the person responsible for a product, which is –in scrum jargon- called the Product Owner. This first part is about the Product Owners’ tasks, responsibilities and personal capabilities. A second article will appear in the next magazine regarding the role of the Scrum Master, which is also a new role resulting from this new procedure.
Scrum is based on simple rules, as is every other agile method, and for that very reason easy to understand. But still it requires a high amount of discipline at the same time.
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about 1 month
ago
**Scrum gets more and more common as an agile method for the management of projects. Those who want to use the model of Scrum successfully should first take a closer look at the description of the three roles and not mistake the Scrum Master with a
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Team Leader.
As owner of the second important role in a project team that works with Scrum, the Scrum Master communicates between the Product Owner and the Team.
He moderates conflicts and takes obstacles that might interfere with the work of the team out of the way.
The Scrum Master is not only responsible for the success of a project; he is more likely required to ensure the rules of Scrum.**
The role of the Scrum Master...
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about 1 month
ago
The role of the development team
Neither the budget nor the strategies or techniques are responsible for successful IT-projects. The successful realization goes hand in hand with the collaboration of the development team.
Team
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spirit
As the last two tutorial parts of Scrum ([1], [2]) showed, this agile method for software development knows three significant roles. The Product Owner is responsible for giving and prioritizing the requirements and with that making a product backlog. The Scrum Master is responsible for the abidance of the Scrum rules and clears out any kind of impediment that would disturb the work of the team. The third role plays the development team – in the following just called team.
All three roles make up the Scrum team which should not be mistaken with the development team.
Teams that work with Scrum are self-organized. But this self-organization is not equal to democracy. Dependent on the time of the project, the experiences and the knowledge of individuals a “leader” develops. The leading of a team is not mandatory, but results from a combination of asking and capabilities of all participants that work together in interdisciplinary teams.
A self-organized unit...
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Posted
about 1 month
ago
Free Agilo Pro Licenses for Open Source Projects
In the past weeks we got the first questions about student licenses and open source projects.
Well, we think that would be great! So today we decided that of course, if you run an open
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source project and would like to use the full power of agilo - please contact us and we will give out a license to you. We will gladly have a look your project and then give you the licenses you need.
Free Agilo Pro Licenses for Students
Same for students: if you want to try agilo for a university project then please contact us for a license.
50% Discount for Non-Profit Organisation and Universities
For universities and non profit institutions we will be glad to offer you a 50% discount.
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Posted
about 1 month
ago
Yesterday Mary Poppendieck and Tom Poppendieck talked about lean and Scrum at the Scrum User Group Berlin (The Scrumtisch)
The best words describing those two hours are: It was simply great!
Thank you Mary and Tom for beeing with us and
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sharing your great experiences and thoughts.
Here's the content of the presentation that was all about Lean in a Nutshell:
Beyond the Low Hanging Fruit
System Thinking
Technical Excellence
Reliable Delivery
Relentless Improvement
The whole presentation you can download here:
Beyond the Low Hanging Fruit - Lean in a Nutshell
Comments
#1
On October 12, 2009 at 20:10.31,
andreat commented:
Thank you Mary and Tom to share with us your experience, it has been very valuable and delighting :-) [Less]
Posted
about 1 month
ago
Mike Cohn is now a member of the board of the Scrum Alliance.
Mike invented the trainings: Writing good User Stories and Agile Estimating and Planning, and he is the founder of Mountain Goat Software.
Read more on the Scrum Alliance Website: http://www.scrumalliance.org/news_items/77
Posted
about 1 month
ago
Agile Software Development is running a poll to find out what is the most popular or recommended agile project management software.
So if you like Agilo please head on over to the poll and vote for Agilo. We would be really curious to see
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what the agile project management landscape looks like, so the more votes the better.
So, along with the Agile Software Development blog we are calling all agile bloggers and providers of agile tools to please promote this poll. It would be great to get a comprehensive poll of the marketplace and see what tools people recommend. Make sure the software you like gets the votes it deserves!
Comments
#1
On September 30, 2009 at 23:09.47,
garbrand commented:
Thank you Niels for pointing us to the poll! [Less]
Posted
about 1 month
ago
Hi everybody,
as you know, the Scrumtisch with Mary Poppendieck is happening on the 11th of October 2009 at 19:00 o'clock.
Mary will talk about:
Beyond the Low Hanging Fruit: What Lean brings to Agile.
If you are interested in joining, please send an email to: scrumtisch@agile42.com
