It’s no secret among agile practitioners that retrospectives, as commonly practiced, tend to suffer from a fatal flaw: inaction. Teams discuss […]
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ScrumMaster Standup for Excellence By David Bulkin
New ScrumMasters often try to direct the daily standup until someone explains that they are a servant leader, and it […]
Stop versus Done, Part 2 of 2 David Bulkin
This is part two of a two part post, so if you didn’t read part one yet, you can read […]
Stop versus Done – Part 1 of 2 By David Bulkin
Project manager often rely on detailed task lists to monitor progress. The thought is that having lots of fine grained […]
Can Scrum and Kanban Coexist?
Our LitheSpeed team just returned from the excellent Agile Development Practices East conference. It was nice to be able to […]
User Story versus Requirement and SpecificationBy David Bulkin
In the agile community we focus heavily on user stories as a way of organizing our needs, but many make […]
Follow Up – What, I Have to Pass a Test to become a Certified ScrumMaster! By David Bulkin
On August 31st I blogged about the new CSM Exam. The test created considerable controversy and confusion. As such, this […]
What, I Have to Pass a Test to become a Certified ScrumMaster??! By David Bulkin
The Past, The October 1st Future, of ScrumMaster Certification Those who are certified as ScrumMasters are known as CertifiedScrum Masters […]
The Almost Daily Sit Downs
You can find literally hundreds of blog posts and articles on the Daily Standup, a.k.a. Daily Scrum. But there is […]
Scheduling in Scrumban
Recently, I wrote a short piece on Scrumban agile processes entitled “Moving To A Batch Size of One”. This piece […]